Born 1970, Ramat Gan
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
1993-1997 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Teaching
2000-2008 Oranim, Acadmeic College of Education, Kiryat Tivon
2002-2008 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
from 2008 Shenkar College, Multidisciplinary Art Department, Ramat Gan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1998 "3 Artists, 3 Solo Shows", The Artists' Studio Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 "Close to the Ground", The Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Tali Tamir
2000 "Passage" (in Collaboration with Pedro Cabrita Reis), Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel
Aviv.
Curator: Nira Itzhaki
2001 "Installation" San Fransisco Art Institute. Curator: Karen Moss
2002 Roof, 25th International Biennial of Sao Paulo. Curator: Tali Tamir
Jezreel Valley, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Curator: Tami Katz-Freiman
2003 "Man/Dog Teams", Art in General, New York
2005 "Huleh Valley", Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton
2006 "Cross-Section", Anna Ticho Pavilion, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Timna Seligman
2007 "Tremors", Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Pamplona. Curator: Octavio Zaya
2008 "Site-Seeing", The University Gallery, Haifa. Curator: Ruti Direktor
2010 "Beside, Each, Other", Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan. Curator: Gabi Scardi
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 Hiria in the Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Dr. Martyn Weyl
2001 The Arturo Schwarz Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Mordechai Omer
2002 "Transfer", Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Judith Spitzer
Arteinmemoria, Scavi di Ostia. Curator: Adachiara Zevi
"LandEscape", Moore College Art Gallery, Philadelphia. Curators: Tami Katz-Freiman and Sheryl
Harper
2003 "Transfer", Krefeld Art Museum, Germany. Curator: Dr. Martin Henttschel
Tranfer, Bonn Art Museum, Germany. Curator: Dr. Ilene Kleinshmidt-Altpeter
2004 "Terrorvision", Exit Art, New York. Curator: Jeanette Ingberman
"Point of View", Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton
"Embroidered Action", Herzliya Museum of Contemporary. Curator: Hadas Maor
"Rose c'est la vie", Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Edna Moshenson
2005 "The New Hebrews. A Century of Art in Israel", Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin. Curator: Doreet LeVitte
Harten
2006 "After", Petach Tikva Museum of Art. Curator: Hadas Maor
"Mini-Israel", Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Larry Abramson
"Inside-Out", Marco, Vigo. Curator: Octavio Zaya
Israele Arte e Vita, Palazzo Real, Milan. Curator: Amnon Barsel
2007 Israele: Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin. Curator: Arturo Schwarz
"Boys Craft", Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Tami Katz-Freiman
2008 "Real Time: Art in Israel 1998-2008", Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curators: Amitai Mendelson, Efrat
Natan
"Signs of Life", Anna Ticho Pavilion, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Mira Lapidot
2009 "Portrait: Different Sides", Ashdod Museum of Art. Curator: Yona Fischer
"Family Traces", Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Tami Manor-Friedman
2010 "The Calm Before the Storm", Winzavod Art Center, Moscow. Curator: Vardit Gross
"Expanded Drawing", Isabel Hurley Gallery. Curator: Pilar Ribal, Malaga
"Natura & Destino", Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan. Curator: Gabi Scardi
Permanent Collection - New Acquisitions, Israeli Art Wing, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Curators: Amitai Mendelsohn and Igal Zalmona
The Fourth Biennale for Drawing, The Jerusalem Artists House. Curator: Tamar Manor-Friedman
Fellowships & Awards
1998 Young Artists' Award, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
1999 Artist-Teacher Fellowship, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
2000 Artist-Teacher Fellowship, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
2001 Sharet Foundation Fellowship, Israel-America Fund for Culture
2003 Hadassah and Rafael Klatchkin Grant for Art, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2004 Israel Cultural Excellence Award
Tel Aviv Museum and Isracard's Israeli Artist Award
2006 Beatrice S. Kolliner Young Israeli Artist Award, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Israeli Ministry of Culture Award
Gal Weinstein was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, in 1970; he currently lives and works in Tel Aviv. He began his artistic studies in theatre set design at the University of Tel Aviv and received a degree in Art from the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem. His works are characterized by a sensitivity to material and space, a preoccupation with surface via inferior synthetic materials, camouflage and substitutes, and a fundamental ambivalence regarding the potential political content implied by the work.
Mr. Weinstein represented Israel at the Sao Paulo Biennial in 2002, participated in The New Hebrews at the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin in 2005, had a solo show at Huarte Contemporary Art Centre, Pamplona, Spain, in 2007 and at the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2005.
