Reuven Israel (b. Jerusalem, 1978) is an artist living and working in New York.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Slip Slidin’, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, 2022
F.L.O.O.R, Center For Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv W.A.L.L, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2021
In Four Acts, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles Offshoot, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2018
As Above, So Below, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles Formula, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2016
Multipolarity, Fridman Gallery, New York Artist Spotlight: Reuven Israel, Wasserman Projects, Michigan, 2014
Superpartners, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2011
Fatima, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv From Shapes to Forms, Museo Civico Floriano Bodini, Gemonio, 2010
Range of Sorrow, Montrasio Gallery, Milan, 2009
Reuven Israel, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2006
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Bigger SBMs (Stand By Me), permanent public installation, Seter Square, Tel Aviv, 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Metamorphosis and metaphors, a dialogue on minor aesthetics, Ark Kultur, Istanbul, 2022
0 Years, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2022
The Promise, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, 2020
Play, Braverman Gallery Tel Aviv, 2020
Crossing Lines, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany, 2019
Diplomacy, Yeh Art Gallery St. John’s University, Queens NY, 2019
Only Connect, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2019
Twist, Fused, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, 2018
Flair, Fridman Gallery, New York Same, 2017
Same But Different, Works from Haaretz collection, Minus1 Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2017
Untitled., Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2017
BENE•F•ACTION, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, 2016
The Museum Imagined, Danse/Corey Gallery, New York, 2015
Re: Start, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015
The Museum Presents Itself 2, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2015
Domestic Ideals, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, 2015
Science/fiction, ACRE Projects, Chicago, 2014
Paper Weight, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2 person), 2014
Recent & Relevant, Spazio 522, New York (2 person), 2014
No Place, BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2013
The Readymade Centennial, Haifa Mu seum of Art, Haifa Human Nature, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2013
Curator: Yona Fisher, Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, 2013
Tracing the Fish Bladder, Radiator Gallery, New York, 2013
Caution, Expansion!, Loving Art Making Art, Tel Aviv, 2013
Re:Visiting Rockefeller, Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem, 2012
Senses of the Mediterranean, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, 2011
Group Show, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2011
Locomotion, 121 Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2011
The Ministry of Culture and Sport’s 2009 Awards, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, 2010
Il Segreto dello sguardo, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, 2010
What Does Sculpture Want?, Bezalel Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2009
Collection of Dr Raymond Azibert, Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse, 2009
Harlem State of Mind, Museo Civico Floriano Bodini, Gemonio, 2009
Once Upon a Time, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2008
In Silence, by Rothschild 69, Tel Aviv, 2008
High Speed Smooth Movements, HSF (Harlem Studio Fellowship), New York, 2008
Young Israeli Art: Recipients of the Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Helena, 2007
Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2007
Somewhere better than this place, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2007
Flat, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2007
Forms of Construction, Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, 2007
Salame 007., Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv, 2007
Raw & Cooked, Haifa University Gallery, Haifa, 2007
Artic 7, Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2005
Favorite, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2005
Bezalel Graduates, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2004
AWARDS
Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel, 2009
The Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, 2007
The Rich Foundation Award, 2006
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship, 2005/6
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship, 2004/5
Prize in memory of Ehud Elhananani, Department of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, 2004
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lilly Wei, “Reuven Israel, As Above, So Below”, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles, 2016
Gregory Volk, Graham Harman, “Reuven Israel, Multipolarity”, Fridman Gallery, New York, 2014
Joshua Neustein, Reuven Israel, “In Conversation”, Tel Aviv 2014
Ellen Ginton, Anat Danon-Sivan, Adi Efal, "Reuven Israel, Superpartners", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2011
Raffaele Bedarida, Matteo Galbiati, "Reuven Israel, Range of Sorrow", Montrasio Arte, Milan, 2008
Francis McKee, “On Reuven Israel's work”, Young Israeli Art (Recipients of the Legacy Heritage Fund Prize), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2007
EDUCATION
MFA (Graduated cum laude), Advanced Studies Program in Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv, 2005-7
BFA (Graduated cum laude), Department of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 2000-4