Gaston Zvi Ickowicz

Born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Immigrated to Israel in 1980

Lives and works in Tel Aviv

 

Education

 

1997–2000        Studied photography at the Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem

2006–2008        Graduate Program in Art and Photography, Bezalel School of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2011 – BC, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2010 – Cubit, Span, Foot, Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2008 – The Pale, Habres+Partner Gallery, Vienna

2007 – The Pale, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv

2005 – Chapters From a Settlement, Haifa Museum of Art

2003 – Buenos Aires – Good Air, Hagar Gallery, Jaffa

2001 – The Four Homes of Mercy Gallery of the Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem

2000 – The Four Homes of Mercy, Bethlehem Art Gallery

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2011    

Recipients of the Ministry of Culture and Sports Art and Design Prizes, 2010, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

Southern Spirit, The Negev Museum of Art, Be'er Sheba

A Road to Nowhere, Ashdod Museum of Art, Monart Center

 

2010

Work in Progress, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Comes with the Territory, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, and Chain Ingar   Contemporary, Berlin

Grandfather Paradox, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv

Works from the Collection of Arnie Druck, Haifa Museum of Art

 

2009

      Neighbors, Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

Neue Sehen, Dollinger Gallery, Tel Aviv

 

2008

Contemporary Israeli Art, The Current Generation, Municipal Museum, Bremen, Germany

Silverstein Photography Annual, Curatorial Nominees, New York

Art of the State, Israeli Photography and Video, Joods Historisch Museum,  Amsterdam

Real Time: Art in Israel 1998–2008, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

 

2007    

Displacements, Bat Yam Museum of Art

The Other Sea, The Artists House, Jerusalem

Bare Life, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem

Engagement, Israeli Photography Now, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

 

2006    

The Making of a City, Ashdod Museum of Art, Monart Center

The Third Generation – Photography as Identity Crisis, Minshar School of Art, Tel Aviv

Present, Now, Omanut Haaretz Art Festival, Reading Power Station

Disengagement, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Midgam, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv

Other Voices, Other Rooms, Le Ciminiere Museum of Contemporary Art, Catania, Sicily

 

2005

            Puntos Cardinales, P.S. 122, New York

Land, Peoples and Identities, Al-Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem

Symptom, Design & Violence in the Public Sphere, The Gallery at the Academic Technological Institute for Design, Holon

Playground, The New Gallery, Artists Workshops, Jerusalem

 

2004

Nazar, Noorderlicht Foundation Photogrpahy Festival, Holland; 2005  

Houston Fotofest, Houston, Texas; The Gallery of Photography, Dublin,Ireland

Field of Depth, Latin Collector, New York

Photo Bridge: Saint Petersburg-Israel, National Museum of Photography, Moscow and the Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai

 

2003

The Photography Biennale of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 

 

Awards and Scholarships

 

2010 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture and Sport

2008 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize

Gerard Levi Prize for a Young Photography, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2003 Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Sport

 

Collections

      Tel Aviv Museum of Art; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Haifa Museum of Art;

      Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Ashdod Museum of Art; Israel Phoenix Collection; and private collections