Yoav Shmueli
Born in Petach-Tikva in 1968. Lives and works in Tel aviv
since 1997 lecturer at Beit Berl College, school of art, Hamidrasha; from 2007 head of sculpture department
Writing about art – 1997-2000: Hair; 2000: Maariv; 2002-2004: Timeout Tel aviv; 2005: Studio; 1997-2008: texts for artists, exhibitions, catalogues, journals.
Curator and writer – “more than this”, series of exhibitions, 2003-2005, Sommer Gallery of Contemporary art, Tel aviv
Education
1991-1995 B.F.A. the fine arts department, Bezalel academy of art and design, Jerusalem
Solo exhibitions:
1998 “TOM(3)”, the nathan Gottesdiener foundation, the israeli art prize, Tel aviv museum of art
1997 “TOM(2)”, Dvir gallery, Tel aviv
1996 “the white sport (TOM)”, Artists house, Jerusalem
Group exhibitions:
2008
“the winners 2007”, Haifa museum of art
“can art do more?”, Artfocus 5, Jerusalem
2007
“open park: independence park for everybody”, artists house, Tel aviv
“bread and amusements”, Haaretz art, hangar Yafo port
“flat”, Bezalel academy of art and design, Tel aviv
2005
“dreaming art / dreaming reality”, the nathan Gottesdiener foundation, the Israeli art prize: the first decade, Tel aviv museum of art
2003
“rules of the game”, Noga gallery of contemporary art, Tel aviv
1996
“desire for identity”, Janco dada museum, Ein hod
“TOM(1)”, project within the exhibition “Joint 3:sap”, the Israel museum, Jerusalem
1995
“the psyche’s first lot”, Artists house, Tel aviv
Awards:
1995 Ehud Elhanani prize for academic excellence, fine arts department, Bezalel Academy of art and design, Jerusalem
1997 The Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, the Israeli art prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2007 Prize to encourage creativity, Ministry of science, culture and sport
Collections:
Amos Schocken art collection
Benno Kalev art collection
Givon gallery collection