Lior Shvil

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1971
Lives and works in New York

Education 
2010 M.F.A, School of the Arts, Columbia University , NYC.
2003-2005 post graduate program, Bezalel academy of arts & design , Tel-Aviv.
2001-2002 non graduate studies, Hamidrasha School of Art , Bet Berl.
2000 B.Arch, Architecture Department , Bezalel academy, Jerusalem.

Residencies
2010 Recess, New York.
2007 Hotel Pupik, Schratenberg, Austria.

Scholarships and Awards 
2011 Artis, Artis Grant Recipient, New York.
2010 The Lotos foundation prize for students in the Art and Science, New York City.
20010-09 Merit Scholarship, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYC.
2007 The New Foundation for Cinema & TV, a Grant for a short film, Israel.
2007 Samuel Givon Prize, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
2005 – 06 The Israel America Fund for Cultur.

Solo Exhibitions 
2011 Operation; OZ Belev-Yam, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.
Benni-engage and Control, Recess, New York.
2008 Panoramas, Herzelia Museum of Art, Herzelia, Israel.
2005 Persona, The Heder Gallery, Tel- Aviv, Israel.
2004 Diamond In A Rough, Hamidrasha Gallery, Bet Berl, Israel.

Selected Group Exhibitions 
2012 Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York.
ArtGate Gallery, New York, New York.
Machine for living, Yafo 23, Jerusalem, Israel.
2011 In what ever time, WHA Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
2010 Painting and Sculpture, The FCA, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York.
In Practice Project, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY.
Neo Barbarism, Rothschild 69, Tel Aviv, Israel.
EAF 10 , Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY.
The Young Israelis, Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC.
MFA Thesis show, Fisher Landau Art Center, Queens, NYC.
CPH PIX, Copenhagen film festival, Denmark.
Brooklyn is Burning, PS1 Museum, Queens, NYC.
2009 First Year MFA show, Wallach gallery, Columbia University, NYC.
2007 Boys Craft, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel.
Video Marina, Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam, Israel.
2006 Simple, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
Normality, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Cortitos, Digital Nedia Gallery, New York City, New York, USA.
2005 Lost in Translation, 7th International Istambul Beinnial, Istambul, Turkey.
Power, Omanut Haarets, Reding, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
May, Post-Graduate final exhibition, Bezalel Academy, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2004 The Scream, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2003 Wonderyears, NGBK Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Project In House, The Gallery in Um El Fahem, Um El Fahem, Israel.
2002 Graduate final exhibition, Hamidrasha School of Art, Bet Berl, Israel.
The Shadow, The Gallery of the Midrasha, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Video Balagan, Experamental Films, Coolidge, Chicago, USA .

Press and Publications 
2010 Sharing a National Identity, The New York times, ROBERTA SMITH.
2008 Hebrew work, The New York times, review about the Israeli contemporary art scene.
2008 HaMidrasha no.12 Issue, HaMidrasha School of The Arts, Israel.
2005 HaMidrasha no.7 Issue, HaMidrasha School of The Arts, Israel.
2003 Springerin issu no. 2, Mirror-Inverted, Berlin, Germany.
2002 Campus, Center Community Cables television, Israel.