B. Israel in 1974
Lives and works in London.
Education
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, BFA, 1998
Solo exhibitions include Arquebuse Gallery in Geneva, One in the Other, Delfina and VTO all in London, Dvir Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel Museum and Herzliya Museum all in Israel. Group exhibitions include Project 176 and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Montevideo in Amsterdam and Krefeld Museum in Germany.
Full CV below images
VIDEO LIBRARY:
The Place Where Remote Futures Meet Remote Pasts (video still), 2008
Point of Departure (video still), 2006
Economy of Excess (video still), 2005
Candy House (video still), 2004
Spontaneous Human Combustion (video still), 2000
All images courtesy the artist.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Aesthetics of Disappointment, Arquebuse, Geneva
2007
One in The Other, London
2006
Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2005
Economy of Excess, VTO, London
Delfina, London
2001
Joint 4, A Doll’s House, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000
Spontaneous Human Combustion, Herzliya Museum, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
An Archaeology, Project 176, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Offscreen, Montevideo- Netherlands Institute for Media Art, Amsterdam
Videospread, Paris Subway Transit – RATP, curated by Celine Jouenne
Surrealist Ball curated by Rosie Cooper, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2006
Wanderland, Krefeld Museum, Germany
Write on Write Off, The Great Unsigned at Chapman Fine Arts, London
In Between Places, Vivian Horan Gallery, New York
Everything Must Go, VTO, London
Black Moon Island, One in the Other, London
2005
Dreams and Trauma, Haus Der Kulturen Die Welt, Berlin
Video London curated by Keith Patrick and Jennifer Thatcher, Espai Ubú, Barcelona
Take It Further! Curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, Andrew Mummery, London
Why don’t You Say It? Curated by Michal Heiman, Hertzliya Museum, Israel
Future Landscapes, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
2004
Etude pour un Premier Amour, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Delfina, London, curator: Walter John Cassidy
Frigid, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
O’hana collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2003
The 20th Film Festival, Jerusalem
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Curator: Katharina Campino
Video Invitational, FA Projects, London. Curator: J.J. Charlesworth
Video Zones, Herzliya Museum, Israel. Curator: Dalia Levin
Video Works, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Parallel Worlds curated by Miriam Bers, K&S Gallery, Berlin
2002
The 35th Year, Plonit Gallery, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Where are the Children, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Special for Studio, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Drawings: Tel-Aviv Artist’s Studios, Tel-Aviv
Narrative and Other Tales, Haifa Museum of Art
2001
Video Works, Bezalel Academy Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2000
Erection, Pe’er gallery, Tel-Aviv
1999
Regarding Rafi, Nufar Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1998
Les Fous du Roi, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nimes, France
Not to be looked At, Le Miroir, Marseille, France
Bibliography
Books:
Encyclopedia Thermica, Prose, theory & images, Omanut La’am Press, 324 p, 2004
Hamidrasha 4– Artist’s texts, page 59-90, Babel Publishing, 2001
Catalogues:
Wanderland Israel-Palestine, Krefeld Museum, Kerber Press, 2006
Narrative and Other Tales, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, 2002
A Doll’s House, Joint 4, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2000
Press:
JJ Charlesworth, Future Greats, Art Review, issue 09, March 2007, p’ 94
Martin Herbert, Art Review, issue 09, March 2007, p’ 138
Rachel Somerstein, “In Between Places”, “ARTnews”, October 2006, p’ 184
David Lillington, “Ghosts, Magic, Enchantment”, Metropolis M, NL/ENG, No 2, April-May, 2006, p’ 45-51
Michele Robecchi, “Karen Russo”, “Contemporary”, 2006 Annual issue, February 2006, p’ 96-97
Martin Herbert, “Karen Russo- Delfina”, Time Out, 21-28 September, 2005
JJ Charlesworth, “Untitled”,”Flash Art”, February 2005
Juan S. Froutchmann, “De un pais en llamas”, “La Luna” newspaper, 4.10.2002
Irit Tamari, “Book Review”, Time Out Tel-Aviv, p’ 80, 14.10.04
Shaul Seter, “Russo”, Studio magazine 156, p’ 20-21
Hannah Hertzig, “All of Nature is a Singular Force”, Haaretz newspaper, 22.12.04
Yoram Meltzer, “A Private, Interesting and Unpredictable World”, Maariv, 15.10.04
Rona Segal, “Rotten Priest”, Profile & Interview, Hair Newspaper, p’-52-54, 24.6.04
Efrat Shalem, “And the Devil was an Angel”, Studio Art Magazine, no’ 114, Cover, interview & a Special work
Sarit Shapira, “Dolls House”- exhibition catalogue, the Israel Museum Publishing, 2001
Ilana Tenenbaum, “Narrative and Other Tales”, Haifa Museum of Art Publications, 2002
Elad Keinan, “Voodoo, Will-o’-the-Wisps and an Alchemical Wedding”, 42 degrees Magazine, issue no’ 6, 2000
Shimon Adaf, “Caution, Landslide Ahead (This is a Metaphor)”, “Maariv”, Nov’ 1999
Awards
2007
Experimental competition award, Jerusalem Film Festival
2006
Delfina Bursary Award
2005
America Israel Cultural Foundation
2004
Delfina Studio Trust, London
2002
Givon prize (Tel-Aviv Museum of modern Art)
Bertelsmann Foundation (Artists exchange)
2000
Ministry of Science Culture & Sport award for a young artist
America Israel Cultural Foundation
1998
Elhanani award (first excellence prize for a “Bezalel” graduate)