MEIR GAL meirgal at earthlink.net EDUCATION 1990 - 1993 MA, New York University, New York. 1987 - 1990 BA, City University of New York. TEACHING 1997 - present Adjunct professor, City College of New York. ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2002 Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. 1998 Tel Aviv Museum of Art. 1997 Saalbau Rhypark, Basel, Switzerland. Ami Steinitz Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1995 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1994 Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003 Shedhalle Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. Galway Arts Center, Ireland. Brecht Forum, New York. Ben Gurion University, Israel. O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria. The Eden Place Arts Centre, Derry, Northern Ireland. Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem. 2002 Gallery at Architect Institute, Tel Aviv. ICA, London, England. PS 1, NYC. Ein Harod Museum of Art, Israel. Beit Ha"am, Tel Aviv. 2000 Ami Steinitz Fine Arts, Tel Aviv. 1999 The Puffin Foundation, NJ. 1998 City University of New York (Faculty Exhibition). Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta. Haifa Museum of Art, Israel. 1997 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel. Grey Art Gallery, New York. Faculty Exhibition, CCNY, City University of New York. Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California. Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida. The Korean Cultural Center, New York. The Jerusalem Theater, Israel. 1996 Ein Harod Museum of Art, Israel. Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Arad Museum of Art, Israel. Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel. "The Outdoors Museum", Israel. 1995 'The Autumn Salon', Tel Aviv, Israel. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1994 Ein Harod Museum of Art, Israel. Tel Chai, Israel. Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel. 1993 494 Gallery, New York. Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1992 House of Artists, Jerusalem, Israel. El Bohio Art Center, New York. Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California. Taiwan Museum Of Fine Art, Taiwan. Museum of Art, Taipei. Kaoshsiung Cultural Center, Kaoshsiung, Taiwan. 1989 Downey Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. 1988 Hastings On Hudson, New York. 1984 House of Artists, Jerusalem, Israel. FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS (and guest artist) 2003 Columbia University, Chicago. Sarah Lawrence College, NY Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv. Cooper Union School of Art, NY. GUEST ARTIST and WORKSHOPS 2003 Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst, ZŸrich. 2002 The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 1997 The Academy of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland. Bezalel Art Academy, Jerusalem, Israel. 1995 Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, New York. Bezalel Art Academy, Jerusalem, Israel. CONFERENCES and PANELS 2002 'The Partition Panel', Queens Museum of Art, NYC 'Art and Immigration', The New School, New York. 1997 'Teaching at the End Of the 20th Century', SPE, NYU. '100 Years of Zionism: Liberation or Oppression', Switzerland. 'Debating Center & Margin', Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU. 1995 'Artist As Historian', CAA Conference, San Antonio, Texas. 'Sovereignty & Subjectivity; Situating Ethics', Department of International Politics,University of Wales, Aberytswyth, Wales. 1994 'Re-examination of Local Myths', Bezalel Art Academy, Israel. CURATORIAL 1992-1993 Curatorial Associate, The Alternative Museum, New York. 1992-1996 Curator, private international foundation of art, France. 'Pssiones privees', co-curated an exhibition of art from the foundations" collection at the Musee d"Art moderne, Paris, France. 1994 'National Showcase 1994', co-curator, The Alternative Museum, NY. 'Meticulous Tendencies', Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1990 'Israeli Borne', co-curator, Hastings on Hudson, New York. PUBLICATIONS Studio Art Magazine, Israel. (New York art critic 1995-1998) Third Text, Third World Perspectives on Art and Culture, England. Ha"aretz, Israel. News From Within, Jerusalem, Israel. Rou"iya Oukra, Jerusalem, Israel. 'Sovereignty & Subjectivity; Situating Ethics', U. of Wales. Annashara, Gaza, Palestine. AWARDS 1997 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Award. 1991 New York University Scholarship. 1990 City College of New York Scholarship. 1990 James R. Steers Award for Excellence in Art. 1988-1990 City University of New York Scholarship. 1988-1990 Fellow, City College of NY, Ford Foundation Fellowship. SELECTED COLLECTIONS Tel Aviv Museum of Art Haifa Museum of Art The Saul Collection The Shocken Collection The Gotlieb Collection The Sabag Collection The Alsheich Collection BIBLIOGRAPHY & REVIEWS Zimmer, William, "Artists Imprint Their Memories", The NYTimes, Oct. 1988,p 28. Shefi, Smadar, "We"re Photographers Not Graffiti Artists", Ha"aretz, May 1992. Dagan, Yael, "Political Art: The Crisis of The Zionist Dream", Shishi, April 1994, p6. Director, Ruti, "Poking the Insides of The State", Ma"ariv, Literature and Art, April 1994. Mimon, vered, "Fabricated Normalcy", The City, April 1994, p66. Cohen-Garbuz, Tali, "Breaking the Walls of the Gallery", Tel Aviv, April 1994, p82. Rabinian, Dorit, "Institutional Racism", The City, April 1994, pp54-55. Froind-Shertock, Chanush, Studio Art Magazine #53, May- June 1994, pp55-56. Madmoni, Shosh, "The Messiah Has Not Arrived", The Hammer, May 1994, pp6-7. Vorgaft and Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon, "A wave of Protest", The City Voice, April 1994, pp4-7. Segev, Tom, "The Summer of A Patriot", Ha"aretz, April 1994, p2. Luski, Aim, "The Thought Comes From the Outside", Davar, September 1994, p19. Shefi, Smadar, "The Tel-Chai Events", Ha"aretz, September 1994. Luski, Aim, "The Tents and The Dust", Tel Aviv, October 1994. Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon, "Exile Within Sovereignty", Theory and Criticism #5, Fall 1994. Yahav, Galia, "Art in The Periphery", Studio Art Magazine #58, Nov.-Dec. 1994, p66. Luski, Aim, "The Lost Gaze of The Eighties", Studio Art Magazine #58, Nov. 1994, pp24-27. Alternative Information Center, "The Severed Tongue", News From Within, Jan. 1995, pp23-30. Cohen-Garbuz, Tali, "Deep In The Carpet of Death", Tel Aviv, April 1995. Shefi, Smadar, "The Second Generation Resistance to Commemoration" Ha"aretz, May 1995, P6. Director, Ruti, "Neither Here Nor There", Studio Art Magazine, #62, May 1995, pp64-65. Segen Cohen, "One Wall will Appeal to You" , Culture and Communication, Nov. 1995, p.12. Blich, Baruch, "What Actually Happened on November 8th?", The City, Dec. 1995, p78. Director, Ruti, "Eight In November", Studio Art Magazine, #68, Jan. 1996, pp64-65. Ben Dov, Eyal, "Not All attended the Lecture on Democracy", Studio Magazine, #70, April 1996. Yahav, Galia, "You Are Forbidden To Leave A Sign', Globs, July 1996. Kaminer, Amir, "Desert Cliche", Yediot Ahronot, October 1996, p68. Tzur, Uzi, "Imagine There Were No Museums", Ha"aretz, October 1996. Director, Ruti, "The New Haifa Museum", Studio Art Magazine #76, Nov. 1996, pp86-87. Director Ruti, "Desert Cliche", Studio Art Magazine #79, Jan.-Feb. 97, p73. Shetrit, Sami Shalom, "A Zionist Ashkenazi Erasor", Maznayim, April 1997. Vorgaft, Nurit, "Address Tour", The City Voice, May 1997, pp14-17. Yahav, Galia, "Where Does the Cemetery End" Tel Aviv, May 1997, p73. Zrubavel, Miriam, "New Life in Photography", The Jerusalem Paper, May 1997, p44. Cantor, Judy, "Holy Moly", New Times, May 1997, p69, Miami, Florida. Tzur, Uzi, "Streets as Symptoms", Ha"aretz, May 1997, p10. Jones, Rachel & Nizri, Yigal, "Macro Politics", From The Other Side, Vol. 8, AIC, June 1997. Bitton, Simone, Revue d"etudes Palestiniennes, June 1997, pp129-131, Paris, France. Le Mond diplomatic, August 1997, p21, Zurich, Switzerland. Director, Ruti, Studio Art Magazine, #85, Aug.-Sep. 1997, pp69-72. Turner, Elisa, 'Desert Cliche', Art News, Sep. 1997, p140. Kivirinta, Marja-Terttu, "MAP", Helsingin Sanomat, Sep. 97, B3, Helsinki, Finland. Harris, William, 'Playing With Cherished Myths', The New York Forward, Nov. 1997, pp11-12. Glueck, Grace, 'Israelis Who Put Acid in the Milk and Honey Formula', The NYTimes, Nov. 28. Mandell, Jonathan, 'Mideast Coexistence', Newsday, December 12, 1997. Levin, Kim, Voice Choices, The Village Voice, December 23, 1997, p2. Schwendener, Martha, Time Out, Jan. 15-22, 1997, p38. Shohat, Habiba Ella, Inamo, pp29-31, March 1998, Berlin, Germany. Dachs, Gisela, 'Halb Orient, Halb Okzident', Die Zeit, June 18, 1998, Germany. Nachmias, Yosi, 'The Infected Gaze', Studio Art Magazine, #95, July-August 1998, p31. Chacham & Karkotzkin, 'The Limits of the Israeli Gaze', News From Within, Oct. 98, pp26-34. Chetrit, Sami Shalom, 'Not For The Love Of Mordechai', Challenge #54, April 1999, p13. Shohat, Ella, 'Taboo Memories and Diasporic Visions', Performing Hybridity, University of Minnesota press, 1999, p152. Shenhav, Yehuda, 'Mizrahim in Israeli Text Books', News From Within, vol XV no 9, Oct. 99. Ben Efrat, Yonatan, Etgar, issue #5, January 2002 Gilerman, Dana, Ha"aretz, January 17 2002 Zur, Uzi, Creative Erasure, Ha"aretz, February 3, 2002 Shefi, Smadar, Don"t Call Us, We"ll Call You, Ha"aretz, Feb. 12, 2002. Nader, Nir, The Art of Crime, Challenge no 72, March 2002. Alon, Ktzia, Meir Gal: New Works, Studio Art Magazine #132, March - April, pp22-23, 2002. Melzter, Gilad, The Facts of Life, Yediot Achronot, Feb. 1, 2002 Eshed, Sigal, Don"t Call Us, We"ll Call You, Studio Art Magazine #135, pp72-73, August 2002 Nir Nader, Interview with Meir Gal, Voima-Lehti, June 2002, Helsinki, Finland. Levi, Lital, Arab Studies Journal, Georgetown University, Fall 2002, pp10-30. Leenamaija Rossi, On The Edge Of The Field or Inside the Plane, www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture Philipp, Claus, Landvermesser Und Andere Akteure, Der Standard (Austria), March 7 2003, p25. Haywood James, Adrien, Images Of Resistance, Muslims (NYC), March 7, 2003, p1. Cuirt Annual, Cuirt International Festival Of Literature, Galway, Ireland, 2003. Schneider, Von Peter, Schule des Friedens, Zurittipp, May 16-22, p67 Zurich, Switzerland.