Reuven Israel
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(b. 1978, Jerusalem)
Lives and works in NYC
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS “Tempus Fugit”, 89 Greene St at Signs and Symbols, New York (2024); “Metamorphosis and Metaphors, The abyss And rising from it, Reuven Israel/Panos Tsagaris”, Ncontemporary, Milan (2023); ”Slip Slidin’”, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul (2022); ”Reuven Israel: F.L.O.O.R. (Formulated, Liminal, Oblique, Openable, Rectangles)”, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv (2021); "W.A.L.L. (WOODEN ARRANGEABLE LINEAR LAMELLATIONS)", Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); "In Four Acts", Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); "Offshoot", Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2018); "As Above, So Below", Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles (2016); "Formula", Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2016); "Multipolarity", Fridman Gallery, New York (2014); "Superpartners", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (2011); "Fatima", Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2010); "From Shapes to Forms", Museo Civico Floriano Bodini, Gemonio (VA) (2010); "Range of Sorrow", Montrasio Gallery, Milan (2009); "Reuven Israel", Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2006).
GROUP EXHIBITION “Objects Of Affection”, Wasserman Projects, Detroit (2023); “Metamorphosis and metaphors, a dialogue on minor aesthetics”, Ark Kultur, Istanbul (2022); “10 Years”, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles (2022); “The Promise”, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv (2020); “Play”, Braverman Gallery Tel-Aviv (2020); “Crossing Lines”, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück (2019); “Diplomacy”, Yeh Art Gallery St. John’s University, New York (2019); Only Connect, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv“Twist,” Jessica Silverman Gallery Fused Space, San Fransisco (2018); "Flair," Fridman Gallery, New York (2017); "Same Same But Different," Works from The Haaretz Collection, Minus1 Gallery, Tel Aviv (2017); "Untitled.," Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (2017); ״BENE•F•ACTION״, Andrea Meislin, New York (2016); "The Museum Presents Itself 2", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (2015); "The Museum Imagined", Danese/Corey, New York (2015); "Domestic Ideals", Lesley Heller Workspace, New York (2015); "Re:Start", Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (2015); "The Readymade Centennial", Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (2013); "No Place", BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013); "Human Nature", Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013); "Curator: Yona Fisher", Ashdod Art Museum (2013); "Tracing the Fish Bladder", Radiator Gallery, New York (2013); “Re: Visiting Rockefeller,” Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem (2013); “Senses of the Mediterranean”, Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2011); “The Ministry of Culture and Sport’s 2009 Awards for Art and Design,” Herzliya Museum of contemporary Art (2010); “Il Segreto dello sguardo,” Galleria San Fedele, Milan (2010); What Does Sculpture Want?, Bezalel gallery, Tel Aviv (2009); In Silence, rothschild 69 project, Tel Aviv (2008), "Young Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion,Tel Aviv (2007), Forms of construction, Eigse festival, carlow ( Ireland) (2007); "Raw and Cooked", University of Haifa Art Gallery, Haifa (2007).
AWARDS Young Artist Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture (2009); the Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2007); Rich Foundation Award (2006); America- Israel Cultural Foundation- scholarship (2004,2006); Prize in memory of Ehud Elhananani, Department of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy (2004).
EDUCATION Reuven Israel holds both an MFA (2007) and a BFA (2004) from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem.