New work by Nir Hod
"Luna a Las Vegas"
Artist's Information
Education
1989-1993 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1991 Student Exchange Program, Cooper Union School of Art, New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 “You Are Not Alone,” Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2005 "Forever," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
"Luna a Las Vegas," Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 "Destiny's Days," Rosenfeld Gallery ,Tel Aviv
2000 "Heroes’ Tears," The Borowsky Gallery at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia
"Nir Hod," LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York
1999 "Forever," Lime Light Club, New York
1998 "Forever," LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York; Miami-Dade
Community College, Wolfson Galleries, Miami
"Bleeding Hearts," The Opera House, Tel Aviv
1997 "DOHRIN: The Last Painting," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan,
Israel
"A Souvenir from November," Mary Fauzi Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Controversial Innocence," Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 "The Brush of the Heart," Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art ,Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 “East Meets Pop,” Nathan A. Bernstein Gallery, New York
"Poiesis," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2005 The New Hebrews – A Century of Art in Israel, Martin-Gropius-Bau
Museum, Berlin
2004 Rose c'est la vie: On Flowers in Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Stop & Stor, LUXE Gallery, New York
Pets, Time for Art (Zman Le'Omanut), Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv
Love is in the Air: Images of Romantic Love in Contemporary Israeli Art, Time for Art (Zman Le'Omanut), Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv
2003 “Wonderyears: New reflections on the Shoa and Nazism in Israel,” Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin; Künstraum Kreuzberg / Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2002 9-11: One Year Later, The New York Historical Society, New York
2001 Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F.
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Between Earth and Heaven: New Classical Movements in the Art
Today, Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
2000 Manly, Art in General, New York
Gallery Artists, LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York
Cutting Edge: Style, Psychosis and the Ethics of Self, Robert Sandelson
Gallery, London
1998 Uniform, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-
Hudson, New York
After Rabin: New Art from Israel, The Jewish Museum, New York
Bamot: The Building, Destruction and Restoration of High Places –
Israel 1948-1998, The Vienna Jewish Museum, Vienna
The Lesser Light, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 Fantasy, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
1996-98 Desert Cliché: Israel Now – Local Images, traveling exhibition, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center of New York University, New York; Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta; Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco
1995 In Construction, The Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
Windows, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 MetaSex 94: Identity, Body and Sexuality, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel; Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam, Israel
Transit, Alternative Space at the Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv
1993 Antipathos: Black Humor, Irony and Cynicism in Contemporary Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Selected Bibliography - Reviews and Periodicals
Irene Armbruster, "Von der Wuste in die Werte – Landschaft," Aufbau, December 5, 1997
Avner Bernheimer, "Narcissus' Confessions," Yediot Aharonot, Shiva Yamim (weekend supplement), April 4, 1997, pp. 62-68 (Hebrew)
Maia Beker, "Today Michelangelo would also be Making Toaster Ovens," Tarbut Maariv, December 29, 1999, pp. 12-13 (Hebrew)
Grace Glueck, ”Israelis Who Put Acid in the Milk and Honey Formula,” The New York Times, November 28, 1997, p. 40 (review of Desert Cliché)
Ken Johnson, "Angst and Introspection in a Time of Transition," The New York Times, September 18, 1998, p. 36 (review of After Rabin)
Tami Katz-Freiman, “This is not a Child, only a Child’s Image,” Mishkafayim 17, December 1992, pp. 46-47 (Hebrew)
Shani Litman, "Narcissus King of the Swamp," Haaretz, September 17, 1997, p. D3
Jonathan Mandell, ”Mideast Coexistence,” Newsday, December 12, 1997, p. B29 (review of Desert Cliché)
John Mendelson, "The Art of the Double Take," The Jewish Week, January 2, 1998, p. 13
Amelia Rosenblum, The American Dream of Nir Hod, Maariv, Sofshavua (weekend supplement), March 30, 2001, pp. 66-74 (Hebrew)
Martha Schwendener, ”Sabra Story,“ Time Out New York, January 15-22, 1998, p. 38 (review of Desert Cliché)
Kim Sillen, "Nir Hod: Forever," NY Arts Magazine, May 1998, p. 21
Franklin Sirmans, "Nir Hod at LiebmanMagnan," Art in America, January 1999, p.101
Ran Shchori, "Cellophane also Bleeds," Iton Tel Aviv, June 28, 1996, p. 75 (Hebrew)
Smadar Shefi, "As Pretty as Publicity," Haaretz, January 12, 2000, p. D8 (Hebrew)
Yoav Shmueli, "His Royal Highness," Ha'Ir, October 10, 1997, pp. 68-69
Elisa Turner, "Exhibits Celebrate Unusual Portraits," Miami Herald, November 27, 1998, p. 17G
Grady T. Turner, "Boy Talk," World Art, 20, Spring 1999, pp. 56-57
Grady T. Turner, "Nir Hod: Overture," Flash Art, October 1999, p. 108
Uzi Tzur, "All This Beauty: Nir Hod at Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art," Haaretz, June 28, 1996, p. D2 (Hebrew)
Richard Vine, "Report from Israel: Wider Focus," Art in America, May 2000, p. 75
Galia Yahav, "Nir Hod's Cliché," Globs, June 21, 1996, p. 18 (Hebrew)
Selected Bibliography - Books and Catalogues
Tami Katz-Freiman, "Forever Young," Wolfson Galleries, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
"Nir Hod: Forever," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2005 (exhibition catalogue)