Gabriel Klasmer

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Education

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (BFA)

Royal College of Art, London, MA (RCA)

Royal College of Art, London, PhD (RCA)

Awards

2002

Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1995

Janet and George Jaffin Award for Plastic Arts America Israel Cultural Foundation

1990

The Sandberg Prize for Israel Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1989

Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Painting and Sculpture

1987

Jacques O'Hana Prize for Young Israeli Artists, The Tel Aviv Museum

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

2009

'Parzufot', Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2008

'Portraits and New Landscape Painting', Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

2007

'The Face, Landscape, Gesture and the Moonochrome', Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

2006

Gabi Klasmer and Yoni Gold, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

'Car in the Sun', Public Art for Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Foundation

2004

‘Lets Talk Politics' Hubertus Wunschik Gallery, Munchengladbach, Germany

2002

‘Assassin' The Herzlia Museum of Art, Herzlia, Israel

2001

Gabriel Klasmer, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2000

Square Paintings Gallery Pierre Brulle', Paris (cat)

1997

Todd Gallery, London

1996

23rd International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Museum of Art, Ein Harod

1995

Office in Tel Aviv, 'Ulay' (cat)

1993

Hubertus Wunschik Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (cat)

1991

Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1990

Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat)

1989

'Hotel Palestine' Aika Brown Gallery, Artists Studios, Jerusalem

1988

Burgashov Gallery

Kibbutz Cabri, Upper Galilee (cat)

1986

Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (cat)

1985

Gallery X+, Brussels

1984

Gallery X+, Brussels (cat)

Schone Unendlich Organisation, Hamburg, Germany

1983

The Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion (with David Reev)

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Gabi Klasmer, Paintings (cat)

1982

Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem, (Also in 1987, 1988, 1989)

1977

Meal 2 (performance) for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories

1974

Meal (performance) for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories

1973

Activity of counting and declaring brass disks screwed to the floor of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, as an exhibition

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

'Incomniac Promenades Sleeping/Dreaming in Contemporary Art', Passage de Retz, Paris

'The Third Decade - My Own Body, Art in Israel 1968 - 1978', Tel-Aviv Museum of Art

'The Fourth Decade - Check - Post, Art in Israel in the 1980s', Haifa Museum of Art

2007

'Object d'Art', Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

2005

‘Carpe Diem' - Gallery Huberttus Wunschik, Monchengladbach, Germany

2004

'Grid Image in Israeli Art' University of Haifa – The Art Gallery (cat)

'Chain Reaction' Israeli Jewelry 2 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (cat)

‘The Lesser - The Better' Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2003

‘Treason' artist in research at the Royal College of Art , Café Gallery Projects, London

2002

'Where are the children' Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv and The Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod

'Focus on Painting' Haifa Museum of Art (cat)

2001

‘Message to the New Millennium - Israeli Art Today' The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

‘Love at First Sight', The Vera Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art

1999

'Vision of Light - A Century of watercolour in Israel', Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)

'The Mechanized Sublime', Ways of observing in the works of Deganit, Berest, Yitzhak Livneh, Gabriel Klasmer The Genia Schriber University Gallery, Tel Aviv University (cat)

1998

'The Eyes of the Nation - Perspective of Israeli Art in the Seventies', Tel Aviv Museum (cat)

1996

The Israel Presentation, The 23rd International Biennale, Sao Paulo' Brazil (cat)

'Station Trans-formation' The Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv, (Performance)

'The Seventies in Israeli Art', Tel Aviv Museum, (cat)

'Video projection', The Museums Forum

1995

Givon Gallery, 4/4 Tel Aviv

'Ultima- Cosmic Images in Israeli Art', The Museums Forum (cat)

1994

'Wir hier' Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Vestisches Museum, Kutschrrhaus, Germany

Todd Gallery, London

'Tel Aviv in the Tracks of the Bauhaus', Ha'aretz Building, Tel Aviv (cat)

1993

'Subtropical', The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (cat)

'I See This' Camera Obscura Gallery, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv

1992

'Barclays Young Artists Award, 1992', Serpentine Gallery, London (cat)

'Routs of Wandering' The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)

'Postscripts' The University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University (cat)

'Position Israel' Kunstlhaus, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (cat)

1991

'Six Artists from Israel' Delta Gallery, Dusseldorf

'The Fine Art Degree Show' The Royal College of Art, London

'Place and Mainstream' 44 From Israel Contemporary Sculpture Hara Museum Ark, Fukuoka Art Museum Japan (cat)

1990

Binational Israel/USSR Kunsthalle Dusseldorf and Moscow, Central House of Artists

1988

'Neun Israelische Maler' (nine Israeli Painters) KunstHause, Zurich Orangerie Herrenhausen Hanover (cat)

'Fresh Paint The Younger Generation in Israeli-Art', The Tel Aviv Museum and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)

'Artists for Human Rights', Bograsshov Gallery, Tel Aviv

'In the Shadow of the Conflict: Israeli Art 1980-1989', The Jewish Museum, New York

1987

'Down With the Occupation 1967-1987' Association of Artists for Freedom of Expression, Israel, (Travelling Exhibition of Prints)

1986

'The Concerned Eye' Israel Art Today, Port of History Museum Philadelphia, USA (cat)

'Colour Territory' 42nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Israel Pavilion (cat)

1985

The Association of Palestinian Artists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Israeli Committee for Solidarity with Bir Zeit University Israeli and Palestinian Artist

'Against Occupation-For Freedom of Expression' (cat)

'Kunst in Israel, 1906 -1985', Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp (cat)

'Milestones in Israel Art' The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)

'Ancient Currents' Ficsher Gallery, University of Southern California, USA (cat)

'Ultima- Cosmic Images in Israeli Art', The Museums Forum, (cat)

1984

'Contemporary Art from Israel' Israel Arts Festival, Chicago

'Two Years, Qualities Accumulated, 1983-1985' The Tel Aviv Museum (cat)

'Towards a Mythology Without God' Artist House, Jerusalem

'Catastrophe', Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem

1983

XVII Bieanal de Saulo Paulo, Brazil (cat)

'Artists Exhibit in Eilon' Kibutz Eilon, Upper Galilee (cat)

1982

'Hear and Now', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)

'Ulam Project', Artists House, Jerusalem

1979

'Performance 79', Artist house, Tel Aviv (cat)

1977

'Open Door', light installation, Jerusalem

1976

Bertha Urdang Gallery, Jerusalem

Performance and Installation, Sarah Gilat

'Performance 76', Artist House Tel Aviv (cat)

1975

'Open Workshop', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

'Young Artist', July M Gallery, Tel Aviv

Publications and Catalogues

Kav 4/5, Kav, Magazine for Contemporary Art. p.71-74

The Israeli Museum, Jerusalem, Gabi Klasmer Paintings

XVII Bieanal de Sao Palo, catalogue

Artist Exhibit in Eilon

Gallery X+, Brussels, 1984

'1983-1984' Two Years Israeli Art. Qualities Accumulated - 'Contemporary Art form Israel', Chicago USA

'Flash Art' Magazine, March 1984, p.72

Israeli and Palestinian Artists Against Occupation - For freedom of Expression

'Kunst in Israel', 1906-1985, Konninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

'Milestones in Israeli Art', The Israeli Museum, Jerusalem

Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, L.A.

'Israel Art Today, the Concerned Eye', Port of History Museum, Philadelphia

'Colour Territories', 42nd Int, Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale

'Down with the occupation 1967-1987'

'1980's Art From Israel', Lund, Sweden

'Nine Israeli Painters', Kunsthause, Zurich/Orangerie, Hanover

'Fresh paint - The young generation in Israeli Art', Tel Aviv Museum

'Kav 9' Magazine for contemporary art, p105

'Binationale Israel/USSR', Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf/Moscow

'Conteporana-Int. Art Magazine', March 1990, p.69-75

'Barclays Young Artist Award' Serpentine Gallery, London

'Roots of Wandering', Israel Museum, Jerusalem

'Postscripts', Tel Aviv University Gallery

'Position Israel', Kunsthaus, Berlin

'Studio' Magazine for contemporary art, Jan1993, p.24-58

'Studio', May 1993, p.15-19

'Subtropical', Israel painting, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv

'Tel Aviv in tracks of the Bauhaus', Tel Aviv

Grosse kunst Ausstellung, Dusseldorf

Office in Tel Aviv

'Wir Hier', Westdeutscher Kunstelerbund Recklinghauen

'Ultima', Cosmic Images in Israeli art

Gabriel Klasmer, 23rd Internationale Biennale, Ao Palo

Terminal No 1, 2, Station Transformation, Feb, Aug 1996

Terminal No 3, Station Transformation, Feb 1997

'The Seventies in Israeli Art', Tel Aviv Museum

'The Eyes of a Nation', Tel Aviv Museum

'Vision of Light, A Century of Watercolour in Israel', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and MOD publishing house 1998

The Mechanized sublime ways of observing in the works of Degannit Berest, Yizhak Livine, Gabriel Klasmer, The Genia Schrieber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, 1999

Gabriel Klasmer, Square Panitinngs, Galerie Pierre Brulle, Paris, 2000

'Sun', Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Massages to the Millenium, Israeli art Today, The museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan 2001

Love at first sight, The Vera silivia, and Srtuo Scwarz collection of Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2001

Focus on Painting Haifa Museum of Art, 2002

'Grid image in Israeli Art', University of Haifa, The Art Gallery, 2002

'Chain Reaction', Israeli Jewelry 2, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 2002

Studio Art Magazine No 145 August 2003, 'Painting about Life and death' Itamar Levy, On-line conversation between Klasmer and Jerzy Michalowicz