Roi Kuper

 

   
Biographical Notes
1956 Born in Israel
1982 - 1980 Studied at the Hadassa College, Jerusalem
1984 - 1983 Studied at the State Art Teachers Training College, Ramat Hasharon
2005 - 1983 Teaches at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv
2009 - 1994 Teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Since - 2008 Teaches at the Shenkar College, Multidisciplinary Art Department, Ramat-Gan
1998 - 1994 Head of the Department of Photography, Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv
1992 Prize recipient of French Embassy in Israel
1995 Gerard Levi Prize, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002 Jaffin prize, America Israel cultural foundation
2003 The Jewish Cultural Art Award, London
2004 The Ministry of Eeducation & Culture Prize for Arts
2006

The Enrique Kavlin Photography Prize, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2006

Leon Constantiner prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2009

Visiting Artist Program at UNM, The Schusterman Foundation, N.Y.C

Solo Exhibitions
2011 'Hermeneutics', Wizo Haifa Academic Center
2010

‘It could have been Otherwise’, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv

2008

To Those Who Were Supposed To Be With Us’ third part of the: "To Eat of the Leviathan Flesh" trilogy, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv

2007

The White Cliffs of Dover’ scond part of the: "To Eat of the Leviathan Flesh" trilogy, Artist's Studios Gallery, Tel Aviv

Atlantis’ first part of the: "To Eat of the Leviathan Flesh" trilogy, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv

Military Landscape', Beit Gabriel

2006 Like stars in the water’,Tel Aviv Museum of Art
War situation’, Ansar’, Herzliya Museum of Art
2005 Like stars in the water’, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
'South, landscape', Morel Derfler Gallery, Jerusalem
2003 ‘Summer Day’, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2002 No escape from the past’, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
‘Citrus’, The Gershman Y Center, Philadelphia, U.S.A
2001 'Necropolis', Tate Modern, London, England
'Citrus', Herzliya Museum of Art
From the series Necropolis', Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
2000 From the series Necropolis, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
1998 Necropolis, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Necropolis - Military Spaces, Refusalon, San-Francisco
1997 So Far I Can See, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 Dwelling Machines, Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv
Ashdod, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995 Covering Structure, Colonnade House, Tel Aviv
1994 from Vanishing Zones, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991 Heros, Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv
  Vanishing Zones, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
1990 Disengoff Center Gallery, Tel Aviv
1988 Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
1987 Camera Obscura Gallery, Haifa
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Southern Spirit-Aspects of the Negev in Contemporary Israeli Art', Tel Aviv University Art Gallery
  'Southern Spirit-Aspects of the Negev in Contemporary Israeli Art', The Negev Museum of Art
  'Possibility of a Book', Sommer Gallery
2010 'Inner Landscapes', Bernheimer Gallery, Munich
  'Natural Conflicts', Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, U.S.A
2009 'NatureNation', Museum On The Seam, Jerusalem
  'The Light Show', The Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
  'After the Deluge', The Art Department Shenkar, Ramat Gan
2008 'Eventually We'll Die', Herzliya Museum of Art
  'No Grip', Morel Derfler Gallery, Jerusalem
  'Waking the Tiger', Florentin 45, Tel Aviv
  'Post-It-City' ,C.C.C.B, Barcelona, Spain
  'Facing the Sea', Cinematek, Tel Aviv
  'Jungle', the Spaceship at Hayarkon 70, Tel Aviv
  'Personal Landscapes', American University Museum, Washington, U.S.A
2007 'CT Fish', Hakibbutz Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
  'Close to home', d&a Gallery, Tel Aviv
  'Act of State 1967-2007', Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
  'Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography', Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  'The Other Sea', The Artist House, Jerusalem
  'Water in Art and Life', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  'the Making of a City', Ashdod art Museum
2006 'Far and Away', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  'Lanterna Magica', Bat Yam Museeum of Art
  'Eart Ways', Ashdod Art Museum
  'Dinamo Mascha', The Gallery on the Cliff, Netania
  Art of Living: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Israel Museum, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, U.S.A
2005 Prizes in Art from the Ministry of Culture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  'The Means of Art', Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
 

'Conflicted', Menier Gallery, London, England

  'Camera Sacra: Capturing the Soul of Nature', The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  'Fotografia Israeliana Contemporanea', Hendrik Christian Andersen museum, Roma, Italy
  'The New Hebrews', Martin-Gropius-bau, Berlin, Germany
  The Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
2004 'T. Carmi - 10 years' Morel Drefler Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem
  'Self Portrait with a Camera' Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
  In days gone by. At this time, Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv
  Framed Landscape, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa
Current Vision: Inside Israel, New York, U.S.A
2003 Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
‘Rules of the Games’, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2002 ‘Fragile Line’, Art Gallery Um El Fahem
2001 Cutting Edge, Arco, Mdrid, Spain
'Portrait of a State', Starr Gallry, Newton MA. U.S.A
1999 90th Anniversary of Tel Aviv - Yafo", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Not To Be Looked At, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 Condition Report, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Bamot, The Jewish Museum, Vienna
New Art from IsraelThe Jewish Museum, New York, U.S.A
SpotsThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Story Time, The Candid Arts Trust, London, England
1997 Detainees without Trial, Beit-Haam Gallery, Tel Aviv
1995 Contemporary Photography in Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 Contemporary Photography in Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
90-70-90, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1993 The Range of Realism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1992 New Directions in Israeli Photography, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1987 Down with the Occupation, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
  Against the Iron Hand, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Collections
Tate Modern, London
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Herzliya Museum of Art
Private Collections