Oded Hirsch

Catalog # 15

Oded Hirsch

Breakfast 2008

16"x20"

Inkjet on paper

Valued at $1500

www.odedhirsch.com

About the artwork:

This photograph is part of a series that was taken inside my one-bedroom apartment in Queens, NY. In this body of works ("Sleep Tight") I re-staged scenes and memories from my life in Israel by addressing situations of discomfort and inner struggle.

About the artist:
1976 – Born in Kibbutz Afikim, Jordan Vally, Israel

2002 – Haifa, Israel

2006 – Queens, NY

Education –

2006 - 2008 - Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

(Coordinator of the Fine Arts Visiting Artists Lectures Series)

2002 – 2006 - Bachelor of Design and Education, Academy of Design, Israel

Solo Exhibitions –

2011 – Thierry Goldberg projects, New York, NY (impending)

2010 – EDS Galeria, Mexico City – “Chelsea Project

2008 – Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel - “Sleep Tight”

Selected Recent Group Exhibitions –

2011 – MASS MoCA, MA, - “The Workers” (impending)

2010 – The Jewish Museum, Munich, Germany – “Family Files”

2010 – The California Academy of science, San Francisco, CA – “Dawn Festival

“Seperation Anxiety”

2010 - Lesley Heller Workspace, New York - “The Young Israelis”

2009 – Queens Museum of Art, New-York - “Queens International Biennial”.

2009 – The Soap Factory. Minneapolis, MN – “Artery 24”

2009 – Black and White Gallery, New York, NY – “COMMUNE”

Recent Film Festival Appearances –

2010 - Silhouette International Film Festival, Paris , France

2010 – Curtocircuito International Film Festival, A Coruña, Spain

2010 – Signes De Nuit international Film Festival, Paris, France

2009 – Zinebi International Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain

2009 – HVCCA, Peekskill, NY.

Scholarships and Grants -

2010 - Six Points Fellowship

2009 – Artist Talk On Art award winner.

2009 – Artis exhibition grant.

2008 – Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY (FCA).

2006 – America Israel Cultural Foundation.

Recent Reviews -

2010 - ARTnews, Barbara Pollack, September 2010

2010 - NYTimes, Roberta Smith, August 11^th, 2010