Curriculum Vitae
Michal BarOrArtist · Berlin, Germany
Education
- 2011
- Royal College of Art, LondonM.A. at the Photography department.Graduated with honors July 2013.
- 2009
- Alma, Home for Hebrew Culture,Tel AvivTel Aviv Studying towards a diploma in Hebrew Cultural Studies.
- 2004-2008
- Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, JerusalemB.F.A. at the Photography department.Graduated with honors July 2008.
Solo Exhibitions
- 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, PolandMake-Up, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, PolandThe Museum Present itself III: Remotly Related, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 2016
- The Return Of Paper / Reflections On Drawing – Traces VI, Jerusalem Artist House, JerusalemDead Land, NURTUREart Non-Profit, New YorkThe Disorder Of Things, Musrara, Jerusalem
- 2015
- Terrorist in the Library, Harold Washington College, ChicagoVanishing Point, Bait Hagefen, Haifa, IsraelPanaccea, Inverness 43 gallery, LondonCrystal Palace and the Temple of Doom, Petach-Tikva Museum of ArtCovers, Kupferman Collection Gallery, The Ghetto Fighters’ KibbutzIndex, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 2014
- Measure For Measure, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva
- 2013
- New Sensations, Saatchi gallery, LondonLaboratory Austria, Xhibit , Academy of Fine Arts, ViennaExile (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, LondonFresh paint, art fair, Tel AvivExecution, Minshar Gallery, Tel AvivBeauty, Gallery Florentin 45, Tel Aviv
- 2010
- Briza, Erlich Gallery, Tel AvivTapestry, Rea Printing House, Tel AvivDaydreams, Gallery Florentin 45, Tel Aviv
- 2009
- 7×4.5, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel AvivTel Aviv Centenary, Ze Ze Ze Gallery, Tel AvivNefila (Fall), Panorama House, Tel Aviv
- 2007
- Disclosure of Name, The Arts Center at Haifa UniversityThe Birth of Venus, Hyusang Store, Tel AvivArtik 2009, The University Gallery, Tel Aviv University
- 2006
- Holon Now, Digital Art Lab, Holon
Awards and Prizes
- 2015
- Young Artist prize, ministry of cultureResearch scholarship Petavh Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva
- 2013
- Finalist – New Sensations, Saatchi galleryMetro Imaging RCA prizeRoyal College of Art, Dissertation Distinction
- 2012
- Google photography prize – IsraelNominated 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 Residencies
- 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 Presentations
- 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 artTel Aviv museum of art
Online Publications
- 2015
- Hagonev Mganav Patur, Yair Barak, Toho MagazineBomb Magazine, Portfolio by Michal Bar-Or, New works, based on research into historical museums in London, Mar. 3, 2014
- 2013
- Harama Magazin, Issue 3 – “Treasure”SMBHmag, Issue 13 – “Appropriation”
- 2010
- Laba Journal. “Pardes”,
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 2013Exile, 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, HerzliyaTeacher, The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium High school, Tel Aviv
- 2015
- Photography teacher, Arison Art School, Tel AvivResearch 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.