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Israeli artist (born 1971)
Shahar Marcus (born 1971) is an
Israeli artist who works primarily in
video ,
performance and
installations .
Biography
Shahar Marcus was born in 1971 at
Petah Tikva . His mother was a teacher and father a Diamond dealer. His first child was born during 2011 and in 2014 his youngest daughter joined the family. They currently reside in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In his early works Marcus dealt with the exploration of his own body and its limitations; his body serving as an instrument or rather a platform for the conducting of experiments with various perishable materials, such as dough, juice, ice and fire. While his early video-performances feature himself along with other artists, with whom he had collaborated in the past, in his recent works, Marcus appears by himself, while embodying different roles and characters.
His most recent works he deal with local political issues, by approaching iconic Israeli landmarks with a critical and humorous point of view (like "1,2,3,Herring"). Thus, Marcus reflects on his own heritage, environment and the creation of local historical narratives. He aspires to tackle a local issue, and convey it through universal visual means ("The Curator", "King of Falafel", "Homecoming Artist and Leap of Faith").
As of 2012, Marcus has been collaborating with the Turkish-German performance artist
Nezaket Ekici . The both of them have been employing their own bodies as a medium to build up forces and energies, to resolve tensions and conflicts. By pushing their own physical limits, they cause their works to revolve in no small measure around the limits of cultural and political difference. (Methexis, Sand Clock, Salt Dinner).
Education
Awards and residencies
2015 The Discovery award, Loop art fair and festival,Barcelona,Spain.
2013 The Israeli Ministry of Culture award for Encouraging Creativity.
2013 Special mention for "seeds" at the 20 min\max film festival, Ingolstadt, Germany.
2012 Winner of the "press" award,
Laguna art prize , Venice,Italy
2011 Winner of the
celeste prize -video award
2011 ArtMuse video festival, first place for "Freeze", Bocholt, Germany
2010 Art OMI, New York City
2009 Special mention for "frog test" video art. The
Jerusalem International Film festival , Israel.
2008 Beatrice Kolliner award for young artist,
Israel Museum of Art
2006 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Education And Culture
Solo exhibitions
2016 Artificial Islands, with Nezaket Ekici,
Galeria Labirynt ,
Lublin , Poland
2015 Going, Going Gone,
Haifa Museum of Art ,
Haifa , Israel
2015 Solid and soft, with Nezaket Ekici, DNA gallery,
Berlin , Germany
2015 "Fossils", with Nezaket Ekici,
Petah Tikva Museum of Art ,
Petah Tikva , Israel
2014 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici,
Saarbruken Stadt Galerie [
de ] ,
Saarbrücken , Germany
2014 "All is Gold", The Municipal Gallery,
Rehovot , Israel
2013 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici, Siemens Sanat,
Istanbul , Turkey
2013 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici, Artisterium VI,
Tbilisi , Georgia
2013 solo project at Threshold Gallery in "India art fair", New Delhi, India
2012 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici at
Braverman Gallery [
he ] ,
Tel Aviv
2012 1,2,3 Herring,
MoCA Hiroshima,
Hiroshima , Japan
2011 The Curator, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Israel
2011 The Memorial employee", Dana art Gallery,
Kibbutz Yad Mordechai , Israel
2010 Bread & Bunker,
Mediations Biennale ,
Poznań , Poland
2009 Bunkerbrot, MARS Gallery,
Moscow biennale , Moscow, Russia
2008 Bread & Bunker, G.D.K Gallery,
Berlin
2007 Salt & Ever, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 Precise, Blurrr International Biennale, Kalisher, Tel Aviv
2004 The Agency, Hakibbutz gallery, Tel Aviv
Group exhibitions
2016
Exhibition of works from the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków at the
MAXXI , Rome, Italy
The 9th Tbilisi Annual International Contemporary Art exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum,
Tbilisi , Georgia
VideoMedeja Festival,
Novi Sad , Serbia
5th Radial Festival, I.D. Festival Berlin,
Berlin , Germany
The Sea, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków,
Kraków , Poland
Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust,
Hanover
Fundamental- the 5th Mediations Biennale,
National Museum Poznań ,
Poznań , Poland
The Pleasure of Love, The 56th October Salon, Belgrade Culture Center,
Belgrade , Serbia
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,
Haifa Museum of Art ,
Haifa
Subspace, International Photography Festival,
Tel Aviv
Universum, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
Medicine in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Things to Come, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva
Berlin Case, APT Art Gallery,
Yekaterinburg , Russia
Torrance Art Museum (ArtVideoKOELN and the New Museum of Networked Art), Los Angeles, United States
2015
2014
Ekpharsis,
Hermitage ,
Saint-Petersburg , Russia
In creation,
Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) ,
Taipei , Taiwan
The Winners,
Haifa Museum of Art , Israel
Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
Berlin , Germany
Beyond, Galerie Maubert, Paris, France
Les Rencontres Internationales,
Gaîté Lyrique (Palais de Tokyo) , Paris, France
2013
WPA's Experimental Media 2013,
The Phillips Collection , Washington D.C., United States.
Faust Kunsthalle,"Schwerelos",
Hanover , Germany.
"The Compromised Land",
Neuberger Museum of Art ,
Purchase, New York , United States
Panorama
Weserburg ,
Bremen , Germany
The Wro Biennale,
Wrocław , Poland
Kino der Kunst,
Munich , Germany
SAU Affero gallery, NJ, "Awards Images Moving and Art "Global
2012
The
Mediations Biennale ,
Poznań , Poland
The 2nd Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art,
Yekaterinburg , Russia
Catastrophes and Incidences [
sic ], DNA gallery,
Berlin , Germany
Afterwards,
Total Museum ,
Seoul , Korea
Laguna art prize , Arsenale,
Venice , Italy
Middle East Europe, Dox Gallery,
Prague , Czech Republic
2011
Art is Art is Art,
Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow, Russia
The Museum, Presents Itself,
Tel Aviv Museum of Art ,
Tel Aviv , Israel
Nord Art international exhibition,
Büdelsdorf , Germany
Spring Exhibition,
Kunsthal Charlottenborg , Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
As I remember, Kunstraum und Ateliers,
Dresden , Germany
Celeste prize finalists, The Invisible Dog, New York City, United States
The Meaning of Windows,
Israel Museum youth wing,
Jerusalem , Israel
Israeli Video,
Haifa Museum of Art , Israel
Trembling Time,
TATE Modern , London – Screenings program dedicated to recent video art from Israel, Curators:
Stuart Komer and
Sergio Edelsztein
The Calm Before the Storm, Winzavod, Moscow
2009
3rd Moscow Biennale , Moscow, Curator: Irena Yshkova
Nuit Blanch, Paris, France, Curator: Marie Shek
Tina b Festival of Art,
Prague
FUSO International Video Art Annual of Lisbon,
Lisbon , Portugal
Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece
Athens Video Art Festival 2009,
Athens , Greece
Performance Evening,
Israel Museum Sculpture Garden,
Jerusalem , curator: Amitai Mendelson
2008
Real Thing,
Braverman Gallery [
he ] ,
Tel Aviv
Wa(h)re Kunst, Concent art e.V. Gallery,
Berlin , Germany
First Show, Contemporary Art from the
Israel Museum , Mani House,
Tel Aviv
EPAF 2008, European Performance Art Festival,
Warsaw
Freeze,
Israel Museum , Real Time Art in Israel 1998–2008,
Jerusalem , Israel
2007
Homecoming Artist,
Magmart I video under volcano ,
Naples , Italy
Homecoming Artist, 700.is,
Egilsstadir , Iceland
Rites & Rituals,
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art ,
Herzliya
A Quest from Sea to Sea, video,
Israel Museum youth wing,
Jerusalem
Homecoming Artist, video, exhibition for awards winners by the Ministry of Education And Culture,
Petah Tikva Museum of Art ,
Petah Tikva , Israel
2006
2005
Precise, Blur 5 International Biennale for Performance Art,
Tel Aviv
Cover, L.M.P Theatre, C.R.A.N.E Art Tulage, Chateau de Chevigny, France
2003
Freeze, Blur 4 International Biennale for Performance Art,
Jaffa
Soak Art Focus 4,
Jerusalem
Gallery
Articles
HA'ARETZ – GUIDE, 2 April 2010
City Mouse, 27 May 2010
"Tel Aviv", TIME OUT – Fresh Paint, 29 April 2010
ISLAND CHANNEL, HAARETZ-FRONT, 17 August 2010
BELLEMODE, 1 September 2010
"Tower of Babel", Pnai Plus, 28 September 2010
THE JERUSALEM POST – METRO, 15 October 2010
Yediot Hanegev, 12 November 2010
References
"Shahar Marcus" . Information Center for Israeli Art . Israel Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2011 .
External links
International National Artists