CURRICULUM VITAE
Michal BarOr
michal.bar@network.rca.ac.uk
| 5 Shoshana Douer st. Jaffa Israel +972-543040075 |
Born 06-03-1984
Education
| 2011 | Royal College of Art, London M.A. at the Photography department. Graduated with honors July 2013. |
| 2009 | Alma, Home for Hebrew Culture,Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Studying towards a diploma in Hebrew Cultural Studies. |
| 2004-2008 | Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem B.F.A. at the Photography department. Graduated with honors July 2008. |
Solo Exhibition
| 2018 | Nahar (in collaboration with Avshalom Suliman), Cabri, a Jewish Arab Collective Gallery, Kibbutz Cabri. |
| 2017-2018 | Looters, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv |
| 2017 | The Bureau of Authentication (in collaboration with Patrick Hough), Narrative Projects Gallery, London |
| 2016 | Abandoned Property, Dana Gallery, Yad Mordechi Kibutz |
| 2015 | The Hawks and the Sparrows, Petavh Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva |
| 2010 | Introduction, Hamidrasha Gallery, Beit Berl photography department |
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
| 2018 | Evil Twin Sister, Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
| Make-Up, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland | |
| The Museum Present itself III: Remotly Related, Tel Aviv Museum of Art | |
| 2016 | The Return Of Paper / Reflections On Drawing – Traces VI, Jerusalem Artist House, Jerusalem |
| Dead Land, NURTUREart Non-Profit, New York | |
| The Disorder Of Things, Musrara, Jerusalem | |
| 2015 | Terrorist in the Library, Harold Washington College, Chicago |
| Vanishing Point, Bait Hagefen, Haifa, Israel | |
| Panaccea, Inverness 43 gallery, London | |
| Crystal Palace and the Temple of Doom, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art | |
| Covers, Kupferman Collection Gallery, The Ghetto Fighters’ Kibbutz | |
| Index, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv | |
| 2014 | Measure For Measure, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva |
| 2013 | New Sensations, Saatchi gallery, London Laboratory Austria, Xhibit , Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna Exile (part of “Host and Guest”, Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. Splinter Photo Fair, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London. |
| 2012 | Promising Photographers, International Photography Festival, Jaffa Port, Jaffa. Aspect, Tactic – Sample studios, Cork. Black Box, around town, Jerusalem. Paradise Milan salon, Milan design week, Milan. WIP Show,Work In Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London. The Suspension of History, , Basement Project Space, Cork. Behind Illusion, Merhav Le’Omanut, Jaffa. |
| 2011 | Constance Fairness Foundation Prize, Royal College of Art, London Fresh paint, art fair, Tel Aviv Execution, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv Beauty, Gallery Florentin 45, Tel Aviv |
| 2010 | Briza, Erlich Gallery, Tel Aviv Tapestry, Rea Printing House, Tel Aviv Daydreams, Gallery Florentin 45, Tel Aviv Briza, Erlich Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 2009 | 7×4.5, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Centenary, Ze Ze Ze Gallery, Tel Aviv Nefila (Fall), Panorama House, Tel Aviv |
| 2007 | Disclosure of Name, The Arts Center at Haifa University The Birth of Venus, Hyusang Store, Tel Aviv Artik 2009, The University Gallery, Tel Aviv University |
| 2006 | Holon Now, Digital Art Lab, Holon |
Awards And prizes
| 2015 | Young Artist prize, ministry of culture |
| Research scholarship Petavh Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva | |
| 2013 | Finalist – New Sensations, Saatchi gallery Metro Imaging RCA prize Royal College of Art, Dissertation Distinction |
| 2012 | Google photography prize – Israel Nominated for the European photography award (Leica prize) |
| 2011 | Constance Fairness Foundation Prize |
| 2008 | Honors at the Department of History and Theory, Bezalel. |
| 2007 | Scholarship and exhibition, Haifa University. |
| 2006 | Keren Sharet Scholarship. Honors at the Photography Department, Bezalel. |
Artist Residency
| 2018 | MeetFactory, three months studio residency, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2015 | ARTPORT – A year long artist residency, Tel Aviv |
| 2013 | “Fontaine, School of”,summer school organized by Lucie Fontaine, ARTPort, Tel Aviv. |
| 2011 | Akademie der bildenden künste wien with FWF (Austrian Science Fund) |
Conference Presentation
| 2018 | 19-20 June, PERVERSE DECOLONIZATION, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon (A project of the Academy of the Arts of the World, Cologne, Project heads: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff) |
| 2015 | 16 Mar: “The Missing Image”, Bezalal Academy of Art and Design, organised by the Department of Photography and the Department of History and Theory |
| 2013 | 27, Jun: “The trouble with Research”, Stuart Hall Library Symposium, London, organized by: Iniva. |
| 2012 | 29-30 Nov: “The Jewish Engagement with Photography”, Osnabruuck, organized by: University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld and Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London |
Public Collections
| Petach Tikva museum of art |
| Tel Aviv museum of art |
Online Publications
Printed Publications
| 2017 | The Book of Plunder, Artist book by Michal Baror, CCA publishing, Chen Tamir (Ed.) |
| 2017 | The Jewish Engagement With Photography, Aron Bodenheimer, Michael Daxner, Kurt Nemitz, Alfred Paffenholz, Friedrich Wissmann (Ed.) |
| 2016 | Granta No 4 – Opportunities, Mira Rashtu (Ed.) Under Dor Guez’s Bed: Scenes from the “Christian Palestinian Archive”, Rotem Rozental, Photographies, 9:1, 3-29 |
| 2015 | Vanishing Point katalog, publisher: Bait Hagefen, Haifa, Or Tshuva (Ed.) |
| 2014 | Hamidrash 17- Religion/Judaism, Hamidrash, Art school, Bail Berl, Gilad Meltzer (Ed.) |
| 2013 | Waving Flags, Black Dog publishing, Olivier Richon & Rut Blees Luxemburg (Ed.) History with Fethers (article), Source Photographic Review, issue 74, Spring 2013 Exile, Published by Tel Aviv Museum, Dora Garcia (Ed.) |
| 2006 | Holon Now, Exhibition Catalog, Published by Digital Art Lab, Holon and the Photography Department, Bezalel academy, Yossi Breger (Ed.) |
Relevant Work Experience
| 2017 – Today | Tutor for 2th years at Musrara, The Naggar school of Photography, Jerusalem |
| 2015 – Today | Lecturer for History of Photography, Basis Art School, Herzliya |
| Teacher, The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium High school, Tel Aviv | |
| 2015 | Photography teacher, Arison Art School, Tel Aviv |
| Research assistant for Boris Oicherman | |
| 2013 | Research assistant for Ariella Azulay |
| 2009-2011 | Printer at Rea Printing House, Tel Aviv |
| 2009 | Research assistant for curator Dr. Rona Sela |
| 2007-2008 | In charge of digitization (scanning and archiving) in the Judaic and Ethnography department at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. |
| 2007 | photographer, Journey to the Jewish Heritage in Iasi, Romania. |
Civil Service
| 2002-2003 | Physicians for Human Rights, Tel Aviv In-charge of attending to the appeals of prisoners arrestees. |