Gilad Efrat

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Biographical Notes

Born in Israel in 1969
lives and works in New York and Tel Aviv

Education

1995 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem , Israel
1995 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (exchange program), New York , NY
1998 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (post-graduate program), Jerusalem , Israel
2003 M.F.A., The Hebrew University and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem , Israel
2006 Core Artist-in-Residence, The Glassell School of Art of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , Texas, U.S.A

Teaching Posts

2008 - Assistant Professor, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan
2006 Visiting Artist (spring), Univeristy of Texas San Antonio, TX
2004-06 Lecturer/Instructor, The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , TX
2005 Adjunct Faculty, Rice University, Visual Arts Dept., Houston, TX
1998-04 Assistant Professor, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan
1997-03 Assistant Professor, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Fine Art Dept., Jerusalem 1999-02 Curator of the Fine Art Department Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

Solo Exhibitions

2008 - Common Place, Oredaria Gallery of Contemporary Art, Rome
2008 - Common Space, Inman Gallery, Houston
2006 - New Paintings, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 - No Man’s Land, Oredaria Gallery of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
2004 - Archeological Site, St. Augustine Church, Erfurt, Germany
2004 - Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2002 - Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
2002 - Oranim Institute Gallery, Oranim
2001 - Nachshon Gallery, Kibutz Nachshon
2000 - Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
1998 - Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya
1998 - North Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 - Hakibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv
1995 - The Morasha Art Center Gallery, Jerusalem

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 - Real Time: Art in Israel, 1998-2008, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2008 - Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2007 - Traces III, Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Artists House Gallery, Jerusalem
2007 - Out of Time, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
2007 - Artadia at DiverseWorks, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2007 - Bare Life, Museum On the Seam , Jerusalem
2007 - The Sirens' Song, Arthouse at the Jones Center of Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX
2006 - News: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2006 - Premiere, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2006 - Vivian Horan Fine Arts Gallery, New York
2006 - Core 2006, Artists in Residence, The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2006 - Leg, Lowndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2005 - New Hebrews – A Century of Art in Israel , Martin Gropius house, Berlin
2005 - Core 2005, Artists in Residence, The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2004 - Out of Conflict, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004 - Exhibition 35, Jerusalem Print Workshop Gallery, Jerusalem
2004 - Our Landscape: Notes on Landscape Painting in Israel, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa, Haifa
2003 - Art Forum Berlin, Berlin
2003 - …the right of the image…Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Museum Bochum
2003 - Marked Landscapes, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
2003 - Ruins Revisited, Time for Art – Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv
2003 - Time Capsule, Art In General, New York, NY
2002 - Ne Carne Ne Pesce, Contemporary Art in Mandrione, Rome
2002 - Landscapes, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002 - Focus on Painting, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2001 - Recipients of 2001 Tel-Aviv Museum of Art Prizes, Tel-Aviv
2001 - Jerusalem Print Workshop Gallery, Jerusalem
2001 - Rechovot Museum for Art, Rechovot
2001 - Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod
2000 - M-ART Gallery of Contemporary Art, Vienna
2000 - Arad Museum for Art, Arad
1999 - 4 Artists from Jerusalem, PCC Kunstraum Weimar Gallery, Weimar
1999 - Art Focus 3 Not To Be Looked At Unseen Sites in Israel Today, The Israel, Jerusalem
1999 - Art Focus 3, International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
1999 - The Biennale for European and Mediterranean, Rome
1999 - Tales Of The Sands Contemporary art from Israel, Fruitmarket The Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland
1999 - Skin - Deep Surface and Appearance in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 - Unconscious Wire Being the Local Art Scene, Sotheby's, Tel Aviv
1998 - Art and Reality in Jerusalem, The Artists House, Jerusalem
1998 - Sarajevo Workshop and Exhibition, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
1998 - Springer Gallery, Hamburg
1998 - To the East Orientalism in the Arts in Israel, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 - Bamot Israel 1948 - 1998, The Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna
1998 - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 - Kaapelitehdas / Cable Factory, Helsinki
1997 - The Biennale for European and Mediterranean, Torino
1997 - Etchings, Academy of Arts, Tokyo

Projects

2001 - Guest Artist in the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
1998 - Participated in Workshop Project in Sarajevo, part of The Biennale of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Rome, Italy

Grants and Awards

2007 - The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2006 - Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue Award
2005 - Jaffin Award, Israel – America Fund for Culture (Sharet Foundation)
2001 - Richmond Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1999 - Sharet Foundation Fellowship for Painting, Israel - America Fund for Culture
1998 - Sharet Foundation Fellowship for Painting, Israel - America Fund for Culture
1997 - Young Artists' Award, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
1994 - The Herman Struck Award for Etching