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
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