Litvak Contemporary is pleased to announce their first presentation at Pulse Miami Beach 2017, featuring Contemporary Israeli artists Itamar Freed, Elad Kopler and Peleg Dishon. Through varying mediums, these three artists create multilayered fictitious landscapes that are timeless and unplaceable, leaving the viewer unsure of what is real and what is manufactured. Itamar Freed’s photography provokes questions regarding the character of natural and artificial creation and the uncanniness of gestures that elude the strict definitions of either. These questions are at the same time ancient and utterly contemporary. His work ranges from portraits of nubile young women in foliage to naturalistic scenes that combine multiple locales together into one image. By merging images taken in nature with staged environments, Freed creates a new fictitious place that only exists in the photographic frame. The raw material of Freed’s photography includes the wilderness, museums, zoos, botanical gardens, and his own studio. The encounter between the three territories – the wild, the cultured, and the staged – creates a deceptive sensation and incites questions about aesthetics, politics, culture, borders, and specifically about what is real and what is artificial. In a similar manner, Elad Kopler’s work is also preoccupied with creating imaginary spaces, featuring urban landscapes that appear to have been severely damaged or partially destroyed. The desolate, vertical and horizontal outlines of buildings assimilate into vestiges of nature and point to traces of a lost culture. Through his brushstrokes, Kopler choreographs a dazzling amount of movement on the canvas’s surface that rushes from one to the next. Yet, among this great racket and amid the blasts of colors and forms, are points of quiet and calm. Kopler’s language of modernist painting is spoken with the enunciation of someone for whom it is his native, natural tongue. Yet the exchange, however swift, articulate and skilled as it is, presents to the viewer modernism’s obtuse aspect: the language of lines, forms, and colors that are not intended for translation into the literate. Peleg Dishon’s work oscillates between the real and the imaginary, the sentimental and the conceptual by exploring states of mind via the use of analog systems, digital conventions, games and user experience methods. Dishon’s use of different artistic mediums: traditional paper cutting, cinematic portrayal, stage sets, and architecture, construct absurd environments in which associative thinking is structured by logical concepts. In order to do so, the artist uses analog techniques embedded in digital environments, utilizing physiological mechanisms, such as physiological afterimages or optical illusions that manipulate the mind. Many of Dishon’s works create a mimetic, illusory world in which concepts of matter and space are intermittently undermined and consolidated.
About Itamar Freed Itamar Freed was born in New York in 1987. He received his B.F.A from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2012 and is currently pursuing his M.F.A at the Royal College of Arts, London. Freed’s work has been showcased in solo exhibitions at the Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Israel, and Feinberg Projects Gallery in Tel Aviv. His works were also shown in “NordArt 2016”, International Art Exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany, Musrara Gallery, Jerusalem, the Bezalel Gallery, Jerusalem. Freed has been the winner of the 2016 Clore - Bezalel Scholarship & a full Grant for a Master’s degree at the Royal College of Arts, London and the 2012 “EPSON” first prize for excellence in the art of photography. Freed’s works are in private and public collections worldwide including the Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Collection, USA, the Clore Collection, London, UK, the Estée Lauder Collection, and other private collections in Israel and abroad. Freed recently completed an artist residency at Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi) at the UNESCO World Heritage Greater Blue Mountains in Australia. About Elad Kopler Elad Kopler was born in 1974 in Ramat-Gan, Israel. He received his B.F.A from the Hamidrasha School of Art Beit Berl College in 2004, and he received his M.F.A from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2006. Kopler’s work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions including the Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa; Petach Tikva Museum of Art; Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv; Habres & Partner, Vienna; and Biet Berl Academic College Gallery, Tel Aviv. Kopler has been the recipient of many awards and recognitions, amongst them are the Award Scholarship, Hamidrasha School of Art Beit Berl College; Award for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art Design; America-Israel Cultural Foundation; Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science Culture & Sport; and the Rappaport Prize for Young Painter, Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2012. Kopler’s works are kept in collections worldwide including the Bank Ha’poalim Collection (Israel); Philip Hofer Collection, NY (USA); Sam & Yael Bacharach, NY (USA); and numerous private collections. Kopler currently has a solo exhibition at the Nahum Guttmann Museum of Art, Tel Aviv. About Peleg Dishon Peleg Dishon was born in Israel in 1979. He graduated with honors from Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl (2009) and was a START resident artist in 2009. Dishon has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout Israel and abroad including solo exhibitions at Circle 1 Gallery, Berlin (2014) and the Petach Tiqva Art Museum, Israel (2012) and group exhibitions at The Arts Center of Nicosia, Cyprus (2015) and START, Tel Aviv (2011). In the short time since his graduation, Dishon has been the recipient of several awards including Miron Sima Visual Arts Award (2013), AICF Scholarship for Excellency in Art (2010), and Award for Excellency in Art, Hamidrasha, Israel (2009) and is in the collection of START/Serge Tiroche. Dishon works and live in Tel Aviv.
Elad Kopler
Untitled, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 45 X 39 inches For inquiries please click here
Untitled, 2015 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 561/4 X 483/16 inches For inquiries please click here
Untitled, 2015 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 6415/16 X 561/4 inches For inquiries please click here
Untitled, 2015 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 711/16 X 561/16 inches For inquiries please click here
Untitled, 2015 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 499/16 X 649/16 inches For inquiries please click here
Elad Kopler Born in Ramat Gan, Israel, 1974. Lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Education
2008
2005-2006 M.A., Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Tel Aviv 2000-2004 B.E.D., Hamidrasha School of Art, Biet Berl Academic College
Ship of Fools, Kibbutz Be’eri Gallery, Kibbutz Be’eri; curator: Ziva Yelin 2007
1997-1998 Architecture and Design, Ort, Tel Aviv
Dread & Delight, The Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Monica Lavie VOLTA13 Basel, Art Fair 2017, Markthalle Basel, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions 2017
Ingathering, 10th Anniversary of Rappaport Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
2016
A Terrible Beauty is Born, Tivon Art Gallery, Kiryat-Tivon; curator: Michal Shachnai-Yacobi
Imaginary Spaces: Works by Elad Kopler and Itamar Freed, Mana Contemporary, USA 2016
VOLTA NY Art Fair 2016, Pier 90, New York, USA
2014 2013
Eminent Domain, Feinberg Projects, Tel Aviv
2011
Elad Kopler: Temperatures, Rappaport Prize for a Young Israeli Painter, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Tal Lanir (catalogue)
Re Seek, START COLLECTION Gallery, Jaffo, curator: Carmit Blumensohn Druchim, Alma Center for the Arts, Zichron Yaakov, Israel; curator: Sarit Shapira 2015
Mehilot, Beit Kaner Gallery, Rishon Le’Zion, Israel; curator: Galit Semel Akhshav: Contemporary Israeli Painting, Stein Rose Fine Arts, NY
No Man’s Land, The Artists’ Studio, Tel Aviv; curator: Vered Gani
Dark Matter, Litvak Contemporary, Tel Aviv; curators: Howard Rutkowski, Mary Dinaburg
“Artist Room” Project, Artplus Hotel, Tel Aviv; curator: Dana Golan 2009
When Despair Becomes Plausible, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv Passages, Hamidrasha Gallery, Biet Berl Academic College
Solo & Duo Exhibitions 2017
Twilight, Biet Berl Academic College Gallery, curatorial team guided by David Ginaton
Black Clouds, Habres + Partner Gallery, Vienna
2014 2012
Select Art Fair, Miami Art Week
After the Heat Wave, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011
The Coming Community, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa; curators: Yeela Hazut, Lee Veinberg
Other Space, Feinberg Projects, Tel Aviv
Placing Time, Theatrical Exhibition in the Public Space; curators: Yael Tsabari, Hila Cohen Schneiderman
2005
Artik 7, America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award Winners, Ramat-Gan Museum (catalogue)
2010
Crisis of the Genre, International Sculpture triennial, Poznan, Poland
2004
Graduates Exhibition, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Israel
2009
Postpop, Israeli Cartoon Museum, Holon; curator: Yuval Caspi (catalogue)
2003
Wounded, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008
In Silence, Rothschild Gallery 69, Tel Aviv; curator: Noam Segal
2012
Rappaport Prize for a Young Israeli Painter, Tel Aviv Museum
2007
Etchings, Scratches and Scars, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel; curator: Drorit Gur Arie
Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2006
Award for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Secret Art, Bank Hapoalim, Tel Aviv
2005-2007 America-Israel Cultural Foundation
Under the Sun, Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004
By the Way, The Heder Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Collections
Young Artist Award Winner Exhibition, Haifa Museum of Art; curators: Tami Katz-Freiman, Tal Yahas
2007
2006
Scholarships and Awards
Excellence Award Scholarship, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Academic College
Above and Beyond, The Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Avivv
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Collection
Shoshelet, (Dynasty), Sapir College, Sderot, Israel
The Petach Tikva Museum of Art Collection
100 Years of Bezalel Art Academy, Ben Gurion Airport
Bank Ha’poalim Collection
Graduate’s Program exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv Bezalel-Glasgow, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bezalel in Istanbul, Istanbul Biennial
Philip Hofer Collection, NY (USA) Sam & Yael Bacharach, NY (USA
Itamar Freed
Flowers, 2017 Inkjet print on archival paper 223/4 X 161/8 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Untitled, 2017 Cyanotype on fabric 333/8 X 301/4 inches For inquiries please click here
Swimmer, 2017 Cyanotype on fabric 73/4 X 113/8 inches For inquiries please click here
Green Parrots, 2014 Inkjet print on archival paper 431/4 X 431/4 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Peacock, 2017 Inkjet print on archival paper 431/4 X 54 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Girl II, 2016 Inkjet print on archival paper 65 X 431/4 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Burning Tree, 2016 Inkjet print on archival paper 65 X 431/4 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Red View, 2014 Inkjet print on archival paper 391/4 X 59 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
The Swamp, 2017 Inkjet print on archival paper 361/4 X 551/8 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Camouflage, 2017 Inkjet print on archival paper 391/4 X 59 inches Edition of 5 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Itamar Freed Born in Manhattan, NY, 1987 Lives & works in Israel / London
Education 2016 – ongoing
Selected Group Exhibitions M.F.A - Royal College of Arts, Photography Program, London, United Kingdom. (20162018)
2007-2012 B.F.A - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Department of Photography, Jerusalem
2017
Private Moment in Public, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel, Feb 2017 2016
Solo and Duo Exhibitions 2017
2015
2014
NordArt 2016, International Art Exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany Musrara Mix, Musrara gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Imaginary Spaces, Works by Elad Kopler and Itamar Freed, Mana Contemporary, USA VOLTA NY Art Fair 2017, Pier 90, New York, USA
BFAMI 70th Gala, Christie’s Auction House, London, UK, Jan. 2017
ArTi Art Fair at Tiroche, Herzelia, Israel 2015
NordArt 2015, International Art Exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany
No Time, Ramat-Gan Museum for Israeli Art, Israel
Journey between the Stars, Musrara gallery, Jerusalem
Birds of Paradise, Gitler &____ Gallery, New York, USA
Bread & Roses, Castiel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Birds of Paradise, Feinberg Projects Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2014
The International Photography Festival, Israel
2013
Bread & Roses, Castiel Gallery, Tel Aviv Surface Currents, FEINBERG PROJECTS Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Collection
Memory, Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Clore Collection
Promising artist of 2013 (Exhibition) Calcalist , Tel Aviv
The Estee Lauder Art Collection
Inventory, Spaceship Gallery, Tel Aviv
OBJECTS, Spaceship Gallery, Tel Aviv 2012
Collections
UNDER, Bezalel Gallery, Jerusalem
Prizes & Awards 2016
Winner of the 2016 Clore - Bezalel Scholarship & a full Grant for a Master’s degree at the Royal College of Arts, London
2012
“EPSON” first prize award winner for Excellence in the Art of Photography, Israel
Peleg Dishon
Blue Binder, 2011 Scanned paper cutout in light box 471/4 X 63 inches Edition of 3 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Power Plant Yard, 2013 Scanned paper cutout in light box 271/2 X 393/8 inches Edition of 3 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Ruins, 2013 Scanned paper cutout in light box 393/8 X 59 inches Edition of 3 + 2 AP For inquiries please click here
Peleg Dishon
Education 2005-09
Bachelor of Education (Art), HaMidrasha Art School, Beit Berl College
2003-05
Bachelor of Design (Fashion), Shenkar School of Design and Engineering
Across from, Mormon University, Jerusalem, Curators: Rinat Edelstein, Lee He Shulov, Tamar Manor Friedman Transformations, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Curator: Yifat Gurion On the edge, Erez Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, Curator: Anat Getaniu
Selected Exhibitions 2014
White to Play and Win -Circle 1 Gallery, Berlin, Curator: Doreet Levitte Harten
2013
Up turned Chairs -Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Meital Manor
Fragmented Spaces, Spliced Identities, Open University Gallery Raanana, Israel Curator: Yael Eylat Van-Essen, PhD 2016
Microvue - This is not a computer, Beéri Gallery, Kibbutz Beéri, Curator: Ziva Yalin Mach Bands, Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem, Curator: Edna Mosenson
Back and Forth, NIMAC Art Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus, Curator: Drorit Gur-Arie
2014
Give meaning to the place, collaboration with Pino Pascali Foundation. Pulgia Region, Italy
Trains that Pass in the night, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel-Aviv, Curator: Orly Hofman
2013
Wound, Petach Tikva Museum of art, Petach Tikva, Curator: Hila CohenSchneiderman
Graduate exhibition, Hamidrasha - School of art, Beit Berl Collage
2012
Tectonic Faults, Mani House, Tel Aviv, Curator: Drorit Gur-Arie
2011
Meshek-Bait, the Kibbutz Gallery, Kibbutz Urim, Curator: Sari Golan
Flood, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, Curator: Irit Carmon
2010
Z.Tz.U.K.L.L.H.H, HaMidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Boaz Arad
Selected Group Exhibitions 2017
Things to come, Petach Tikva Museum of art, Petach Tikva, Curator: Doreet Levitte Harten 2015
2012
2009
White on white, Mané-Katz Museum, Haifa, Israel, Curator: Svetlana Reingold
Safe Haven / State of Emergency, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Curator: Limor Alpern Zered
Site Specific, the Open University Gallery, Ra’anana, Curator: Carmit Blumenson
Shesh Besh, Petach Tikva Museum of art, Petach Tikva, Curator: Hadas Maor 2010
2009
Asylum Arts, Artis, and Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel
White Night, Dana Gallery, kibbutz Yad mordechay, Curator: Ravit Harari
2014
Give Meaning to the Place Residence, Pino Pascali Foundation, Pulgia Region, Italy
The Last Decade, 2000-2010 Midrasha Graduate Works, Mofat, Tel Aviv
2014-15
Art in community program, Ministry of culture, Israel
Corridor, Pyramid- center for contemporary art, Haifa, Curator: Smadar Shindler Life in an Emptied House, ST-ART - artist incubator, Tel-Aviv
Special Projects
Gabirol residency program, Tel aviv-yafo municipality, Israel 2013
Miron Sima prize for Visual Art 2013.
2009-10
Prize for Excellency in Art, America-Israel Cultural Association
2009
Prize for Excellency in Art, Midrasha Art School, Beit Berl College Excellent educators program, Ministry of Education, Israel
2016
The boulevard, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Home Decor, The most incredible stories in the world, Beit Michal, Rehovot
2005-09
Home DĂŠcor, Space Shuttle, Love Art festival, Tel Aviv
Collections
Art in community program, Ministry of culture, Israel 2013
The Enterprise, Love Art festival, Tel Aviv
2010
I Read the Text Afterward, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv
Scholarships and Awards 2016
Asylum Arts, International Jewish Artist Retreat, Garrison, NY, USA
2015
Artist Career Development Program,
The Israel Museum Collection, Jerusalem, Israel The SIP Collection, Shpilman Institute for photography, Tel Aviv, Israel Bank Ha’poalim Collection, Israel Petch Tikva Museum Collection, Petach Tikva, Israel START Collection, Serge Tiroche, Jaffa, Israel
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