Born 1958, Israel
Lives and works in New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Desire for Anima, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (Forthcoming)
The Return of the Horse, The Subject Matters, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (Forthcoming)
Desire for Anima, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Small Death, Galerie Dukan & Hourdequin, Marseille, France (Catalogue)
Priscilla, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX (Catalogue)
2008
Singer Gallery, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, Denver, CO
The Boathouse, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Yigal Ozeri, Mike Weiss Gallery, SCOPE Basel 2008, Switzerland
Priscilla in Ecstasy, Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Genesis, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Genesis, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
2007
Priscilla in the Cloud Forest, Mike Weiss Gallery, SCOPE Basel, Switzerland
2006
The Montfort, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
As Early as New York, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Long Island City, Musée de Lodève, Lodève, France (Catalogue)
Cafè Hawelka, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
2005
Long Island City, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
New Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Four Seasons, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
2004
Long Island City, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
Long Island City, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
2003
The Watcher Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Memories from the Last Supper, New Gallery, Houston, TX
Tableau Vivant, Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin, Germany
The Last Supper, Hafemann Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
2002
The Countess de Castiglione, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
Presence of the Absent, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Presence de L'absence, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France
Yigal Ozeri Full Moon, Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg, Austria
2001
Tikkun-The Restoration Series, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
The Countess de Casteglione, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
2000
The Mark of the Bite, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
Still-Life, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany (Catalogue)
Tikkun (Restoration), New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
1999
Deep Storage, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria (Catalogue)
Overpass: Painting Beyond History, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
1998
Yigal Ozeri: The Grey Series, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
Last Dance with Velazquez, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX (Catalogue)
The Empty Dress, Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997
Unbuilt America, Tears of Buildings, Z Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Unbuilt America, Fragile Architecture. Drawings & Prints, ATP, Vienna
Yigal Ozeri-New Works 1994-1997, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Atlas-Yigal Ozeri, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
Yigal Ozeri, ARCO Art Fair, Bineth Gallery, Madrid, Spain (Catalogue)
Unbuilt America, Fragile Architecture, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria (Catalogue)
Dress Structures, Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995
The Mad House of Goya, Z Gallery, New York, NY (Artist Book)
Yigal Ozeri-New Works, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
A lot of White and a Bit of Yellow, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Vessels & Shrines, Yigal Ozeri & Fredrick Kiesler, Museum of Israel, Jerusalem, Curated by Prof. Mordechai Omer & Meira Perry-Lehman (Catalogue)
After Velazquez, Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1994
Born-Unborn, Yigal Ozeri & Wenda Gu, Berlin-Shafir Gallery, New York, NY
The Empty Chair, Museum of Modern Art, Haifa Curated by Prof. Mordechai Omer (Catalogue)
1993
Presence of the Absent: The Empty Chair, Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami, FL
My Library, Sala Gaspar Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (Catalogue)
1992
My Library, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
The Chemical Villa & The Hanging Garden, Yigal Ozeri & William Katavolos, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
The Chemical Villa & The Hanging Garden, Yigal Ozeri & William Katavolos, S. Bitter Gallery, New York, NY, June (Artist Book)
Unbuilt, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yigal Ozeri, Michal Rovner, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Decoy, Yigal Ozeri & Michal Rovner, S.Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
1990
Matter Becomes Light-Light Becomes Matter, Yigal Ozeri & Irene Peschick, Da-Da Yanko Museum and Ein Harod Museum, Israel (Catalogue)
1989
Interpretation on Fresco Paintings1989, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany (Catalogue)
Yigal Ozeri, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Recent Acquisitions: Moderm and Contemporary Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (Forthcomimg)
The Old Masters: Re-Mastered, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO (Catalogue)
Summertime…, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Old Masters Reinterpreted, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London UK, Forthcoming
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2008
Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2002
New York-Atlanta, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001
49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2000
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY. Curated by Lilly Wei (Catalogue)
The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture, 1982-2000, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by J. Ingberman & P. Colo
90th Anniversary of Tel Aviv-Yafo Contemporary Cityscapes-Israeli & American Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Prof. Mordechai Omer
Place Mark Person Mark, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Curated by Meira Lehman-Perry
Monumental Drawings, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Jeanette Ingberman & Papo Colo
The Vera, Silva and Arturo Schwartz Collection of Contemporary Art, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1909-1999: Contemporary Cityscapes, Israeli and American Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998
Modular Composite, Central Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
90 Years of Israeli Art A Selection from the Joseph Hackmey-Israeli Phoenix Collection, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Prof. Mordechai Omer (Catalogue)
Contemporary Israeli Art: Three Generations, organized by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, at the University of London, London, Britain & at the National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece, The National Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
Open Salute, White Box Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
1997
La Tradicion-Performing Painting, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY
Codified Desires, Rik Ritchev, Lisa Kokin & Yigal Ozeri, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco. Curatored by Anna Novakov
1996
Painting All-Over, Again, Promueve y Patocina, Saragosa
1995
Construction In Process V-Dukium (Co-Existence), The Artist's Museum, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
1994
Free Falling, Berlin-Shfir Gallery, New York, NY, January-February
Business Card: Autumn Exhibition, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, October (Catalogue)
1993
Locus, Fisher Gallery, University of Souther California, Los Angeles, CA
Construction in Process IV- My Home Is Your Home, The Artist's Museum, Lodge
Ten By Ten By Ten, TZ'ART Gallery, New York, NY, December-January
1992
Book, Box, Word, COCA Museum, Miami, FL, December-January (Catalogue)
The Presence of the Absent- The Empty Chair, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Prof. Mordechai Omer (Catalogue)
1990
Ornamentika, Hafemann Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany. Curated by Gottfried Hafemann
The Israeli Selection to the Aparto, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel. Co-Curated by Surin Heller & Meir Aharonson. (Catalogue)
Sieben Israelische Kunstlers, Fredericia Taylor Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Architecture on Paper, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Curated by Meira Lehman-Perry
Line Against Line: Neun Atelierberichte Aus Tel Aviv, Aussetellungshalle im Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Catalogue)
1988
ArtIsrael 1988, traveling exhibition, USA. Curated by Marge Goldwater & Paterson Sims (Catalogue)
Fresh Paint: The Younger Generation in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of art, Tel Aviv & the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Curated by Helen Ginton & Yigal Zalmona (Catalogue)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Bourbon, Mathew. Yigal Ozeri, ARTFORUM Critic's Pick, October 7, 2009
Chambers, Christopher Hart. Yigal Ozeri, Mike Weiss Gallery, Flash Art, October 2009
Stagemeyer, Suzanna. Art for Investment's Sake, Portfolio.com, August 26, 2009
Ayers, Robert. I'm not afraid of the word romanticism – Robert Ayers in conservation with Yigal Ozeri, A Sky Filled With Shooting Stars.com, September 2009
Mitsios, Apostolos. Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss Gallery, NY, Yatzer.com, September 14, 2009
Yigal Ozeri: Desire for Anima, City Arts – New York's Review of Culture, September 15, 2009
On the Cover: Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss Gallery, Gallery Guide, September 2009, cover illustration & p. 8
Ramirez, Nicollette. Armory Week: A Report on the Art Fairs, The M Magazine, April 2009, p. 22-35, illustrated p. 23
Art Actuel: Le Magazine des Arts Contemporains, March/April 2009. p. 62
Cote Magazine, March 2009
Donoghue, Katy. Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss Gallery, Whitewall Magazine, March 7, 2009
Gamand, Gérard. Yigal Ozeri, La poésie d'un nouveau Réalisme, AZART, March/April 2009, No. 37, p. 94-102
Fernandez, Lorena. Beneath the Seen - Spring exhibition at Wade Wilson Art focuses on works on paper, Houston Chronicle, March 16, 2009
The Art Newspaper, Scope "New" Focus: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/fairs/Armory/2009/2.pdf
White Wall Magazine: http://whitewallmag.com/2009/03/07/yigal-ozeri-at-mike-weiss-gallery/
2008
Maine, Stephen. Report From Kansas City, Live-Work Options, Art in America, October 2008, p. 58- 63
Crossroads Art Map and Monthly Exhibition Guide, The Pitch, September 2008, p. 33-34
Froyd, Susan. New Views: Two contemporary Israeli artists fill the Singer Gallery, Denver Westword, September 11-17, 2008, p. 26
Hellman, Rick. Yigal Ozeri Captures Magic in Realistic Paintings, The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, August 29, 2008, p. 8
Morgan, Robert. Review, Art Press Paris, June, 2008.
Marion Stemberger, Claudia. In the Thicket of Reality: On Mythical Femininity in Yigal Ozeri, Eikon, Issue 62, 2008.
Ayers, Robert. Scope Basel Ups the Ante, ARTINFO, June, 2008
Hirsch, Faye. Scope, Art in America, May, 2008
Somerstein, Rachel. Wunderkind Designer Brings Religion to the Runway, ARTINFO, April, 2008
Ayers, Robert. Scoping out Scope, ARTINFO, March, 2008
Paintings. Arts, The New York Sun, February 21, 2008.
Dickstein, Max J. Seeing realism in a fantasy world, am New York, Weekend Edition, January 18 – 20, issue 013, volume 6, p. 24
On the Cover: Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss Gallery, Gallery Guide, January 2008, cover illustration & p. 8
Yigal Ozeri: Genesis, 2008. Essay by Ktzia Alon and Dalia Markowitz. (Exhibition Catalog)
2007
Daniel, Michal. American Painting by an Israeli Painter, Yedioth America, December 28, 2007
Rosenfeld, Jeannie. Hamptons Heat, Art and Auction, July 2007, illus.
Ayers, Robert. Scope's All Smiles, Artinfo.com, June 13, 2007, illus.
2006
Amy, Michäel. The Quest (catalog essay), As Early as New York, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, exh. cat., illus.
Yigal Ozeri at Thom Andriola / New Gallery, Gallery t: Houston Visual Arts Magazine, August 2006Ramirez, Nicollette. Yigal Ozeri: Mike Weiss Gallery, M Magazine, Summer
BTN. Yigal Ozeri au Musée de Lodève, l'Art vues, February-March, 2006
Géliot, Clara. Lodève Exposition, Le Figaro Magazine, February 18
Moreau, Virginie. Yigal Ozeri, l'architecture d'un rêve, Hérault, February 16
Latil, Sophie. Yigal Ozeri, perspectives vertigineuses, Le Figaro, February 18
Harant, Marie-Christine. A Lodève, Yigal Ozeri peint avec le regard d'un architecte, Midi Libre, February 10
Caprasse, Marie-Jeanne. Yigal Ozeri 'Café Hawelka', Paris Art, February
Goalia, Janine. Yigal Ozeri, à Paris et à Lodève, L'Arche N.574/February
2005
Levine, Angela. Yigal Ozeri, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Alon Segev, ArtNews, November
Amy, Michael. Yigal Ozeri at Mike Weiss, Art in America, October
Hrbacek, Mary. Yigal Ozeri, The New York Art World, May
2004
Korotkin, Joyce. Yigal Ozeri, The New York Art World, January
2003
Seliger, Ralph. Yigal Ozeri: An Israeli Artist of Many Places, New Jersey Jewish News, December 11
Seliger, Ralph. Yigal Ozeri: The Watcher Paintings, New York Press, December 17-23, p.68
Kun, Shay. This Child is Me, The Maariv, November 2003
2002
Levine, Angela. "Yigal Ozeri," ARTnews, April 2002, p. 148
Gregori, Daniela. "Geheimnisvolle Verwandlungen," TAZ, February 16, 2002
Kunstmarket, Schichtmalerei, Profil, February 11, 2002
Gregori, Daniela. "Geheimnsivolle Verwandlungen," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 2002
Smock, Winter 2002, p. 16-18
2001
Schambelan, Elizabeth. "Yigal Ozeri at Stefan Stux," Art In America, November 2001, p. 152-153
Slome, Manon & Dominique Nahas. "Turning Away: The Work of Yigal Ozeri" & "Restoration of Aura," March
2001
2000
Nahas, Dominique. "Monumental Drawing, Exit Art," Art on Paper, January- February 2000, p. 84-85
1999
Levin, Kim. "Monumental Drawings," The Village Voice, November 2, 1999, p.03
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1998
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1997
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1996
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1994
Sureck, Suzi. New Observation, October-November 1994, p.36
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1993
Knafo, Robert. "Artists Converse in Poland," Art & Auction, October 1993, p. 30-32
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1992
Hollander, Kurt. "The Chemical City," Portable Lower East Side, September 1992, p. 32-37
1991
Gray, Alice. "Decoy," ArtNews, October 1991, p.132
1990
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1989
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1988
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Richard Massey Foundation
Rema Hort Mann Foundation
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Scheringa Museum Voor Realisme, Netherlands
The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
The New York City Public Library, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The General American Corporation, Houston, TX
The Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod, Israel
The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
The Da-Da Yanko Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
The Kuntzwerien, Wiesbaden, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
The Kennedy Center for the Arts, DC, USA
The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
The Nerman Museum, Kansas City, MO