• Source: Shahar Marcus

      • Shahar Marcus (born 1971) is an Israeli artist who works primarily in video, performance and installations.


      Biography


      Shahar Marcus was born in 1971 at Petah Tikva. His mother was a teacher and father a Diamond dealer. His first child was born during 2011 and in 2014 his youngest daughter joined the family. They currently reside in Tel Aviv, Israel.
      In his early works Marcus dealt with the exploration of his own body and its limitations; his body serving as an instrument or rather a platform for the conducting of experiments with various perishable materials, such as dough, juice, ice and fire. While his early video-performances feature himself along with other artists, with whom he had collaborated in the past, in his recent works, Marcus appears by himself, while embodying different roles and characters.
      His most recent works he deal with local political issues, by approaching iconic Israeli landmarks with a critical and humorous point of view (like "1,2,3,Herring"). Thus, Marcus reflects on his own heritage, environment and the creation of local historical narratives. He aspires to tackle a local issue, and convey it through universal visual means ("The Curator", "King of Falafel", "Homecoming Artist and Leap of Faith").
      As of 2012, Marcus has been collaborating with the Turkish-German performance artist Nezaket Ekici. The both of them have been employing their own bodies as a medium to build up forces and energies, to resolve tensions and conflicts. By pushing their own physical limits, they cause their works to revolve in no small measure around the limits of cultural and political difference. (Methexis, Sand Clock, Salt Dinner).


      Education


      1993‐1997 BA Linguistics, University of Tel Aviv
      1999‐2004 MA History of Art, University of Tel Aviv


      Awards and residencies


      2015 The Discovery award, Loop art fair and festival,Barcelona,Spain.
      2013 The Israeli Ministry of Culture award for Encouraging Creativity.
      2013 Special mention for "seeds" at the 20 min\max film festival, Ingolstadt, Germany.
      2012 Winner of the "press" award, Laguna art prize, Venice,Italy
      2011 Winner of the celeste prize-video award
      2011 ArtMuse video festival, first place for "Freeze", Bocholt, Germany
      2010 Art OMI, New York City
      2009 Special mention for "frog test" video art. The Jerusalem International Film festival, Israel.
      Jerusalem Film Festival, Experimental Cinema Award
      Naoussa Film Festival People's Choice Award
      2008 Beatrice Kolliner award for young artist, Israel Museum of Art
      2006 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Education And Culture


      Solo exhibitions


      2016 Artificial Islands, with Nezaket Ekici, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
      2015 Going, Going Gone, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
      2015 Solid and soft, with Nezaket Ekici, DNA gallery, Berlin, Germany
      2015 "Fossils", with Nezaket Ekici, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, Israel
      2014 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici, Saarbruken Stadt Galerie, Saarbrücken, Germany
      2014 "All is Gold", The Municipal Gallery, Rehovot, Israel
      2013 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
      2013 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici, Artisterium VI, Tbilisi, Georgia
      2013 solo project at Threshold Gallery in "India art fair", New Delhi, India
      2012 "In Relation" with Nezaket Ekici at Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
      2012 1,2,3 Herring, MoCA Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
      2011 The Curator, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Israel
      2011 The Memorial employee", Dana art Gallery, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel
      2010 Bread & Bunker, Mediations Biennale, Poznań, Poland
      2009 Bunkerbrot, MARS Gallery, Moscow biennale, Moscow, Russia
      2008 Bread & Bunker, G.D.K Gallery, Berlin
      2007 Salt & Ever, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv
      2005 Precise, Blurrr International Biennale, Kalisher, Tel Aviv
      To Be An Apprentice, Avni Institute of Art and Design, Jaffa
      2004 The Agency, Hakibbutz gallery, Tel Aviv


      Group exhibitions




      = 2016

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      Exhibition of works from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków at the MAXXI, Rome, Italy
      The 9th Tbilisi Annual International Contemporary Art exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
      VideoMedeja Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
      5th Radial Festival, I.D. Festival Berlin, Berlin, Germany
      The Sea, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
      Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust, Hanover
      Fundamental- the 5th Mediations Biennale, National Museum Poznań, Poznań, Poland
      The Pleasure of Love, The 56th October Salon, Belgrade Culture Center, Belgrade, Serbia
      Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
      Subspace, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
      Universum, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
      Medicine in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
      Things to Come, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva
      Berlin Case, APT Art Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
      Torrance Art Museum (ArtVideoKOELN and the New Museum of Networked Art), Los Angeles, United States


      = 2015

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      Shoot: about performance, DNA gallery, Berlin, Germany
      Recurrence, Nimac. Nicosia, Cyprus
      Re:Start – Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
      Changing Perspectives – Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
      DNA Berlin Solid and Soft
      Hospitalshof Stuttgart, Stuttgart Ich und Du


      = 2014

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      Ekpharsis, Hermitage, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
      In creation, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Taipei, Taiwan
      The Winners, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
      Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
      Beyond, Galerie Maubert, Paris, France
      Les Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique (Palais de Tokyo), Paris, France


      = 2013

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      WPA's Experimental Media 2013, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., United States.
      Faust Kunsthalle,"Schwerelos", Hanover, Germany.
      "The Compromised Land", Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, United States
      Panorama Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
      The Wro Biennale, Wrocław, Poland
      Kino der Kunst, Munich, Germany
      SAU Affero gallery, NJ, "Awards Images Moving and Art "Global


      = 2012

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      The Mediations Biennale, Poznań, Poland
      The 2nd Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia
      Catastrophes and Incidences [sic], DNA gallery, Berlin, Germany
      Afterwards, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
      Laguna art prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
      Middle East Europe, Dox Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic


      = 2011

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      Art is Art is Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
      The Museum, Presents Itself, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
      Nord Art international exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany
      Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark


      = 2010

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      As I remember, Kunstraum und Ateliers, Dresden, Germany
      Celeste prize finalists, The Invisible Dog, New York City, United States
      The Meaning of Windows, Israel Museum youth wing, Jerusalem, Israel
      Israeli Video, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
      Trembling Time, TATE Modern, London – Screenings program dedicated to recent video art from Israel, Curators: Stuart Komer and Sergio Edelsztein
      The Calm Before the Storm, Winzavod, Moscow


      = 2009

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      3rd Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Curator: Irena Yshkova
      Nuit Blanch, Paris, France, Curator: Marie Shek
      Tina b Festival of Art, Prague
      FUSO International Video Art Annual of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
      Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece
      Athens Video Art Festival 2009, Athens, Greece
      Performance Evening, Israel Museum Sculpture Garden, Jerusalem, curator: Amitai Mendelson


      = 2008

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      Real Thing, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
      Wa(h)re Kunst, Concent art e.V. Gallery, Berlin, Germany
      First Show, Contemporary Art from the Israel Museum, Mani House, Tel Aviv
      EPAF 2008, European Performance Art Festival, Warsaw
      Freeze, Israel Museum, Real Time Art in Israel 1998–2008, Jerusalem, Israel


      = 2007

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      Homecoming Artist, Magmart I video under volcano, Naples, Italy
      Homecoming Artist, 700.is, Egilsstadir, Iceland
      Rites & Rituals, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya
      A Quest from Sea to Sea, video, Israel Museum youth wing, Jerusalem
      Homecoming Artist, video, exhibition for awards winners by the Ministry of Education And Culture, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, Israel


      = 2006

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      Cover, Galataperform, Istanbul, Turkey
      Gefilte tish, Israel Museum youth wing, Jerusalem


      = 2005

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      Precise, Blur 5 International Biennale for Performance Art, Tel Aviv
      Cover, L.M.P Theatre, C.R.A.N.E Art Tulage, Chateau de Chevigny, France


      = 2003

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      Freeze, Blur 4 International Biennale for Performance Art, Jaffa
      Soak Art Focus 4, Jerusalem


      Gallery









      Articles


      HA'ARETZ – GUIDE, 2 April 2010
      City Mouse, 27 May 2010
      "Tel Aviv", TIME OUT – Fresh Paint, 29 April 2010
      ISLAND CHANNEL, HAARETZ-FRONT, 17 August 2010
      BELLEMODE, 1 September 2010
      "Tower of Babel", Pnai Plus, 28 September 2010
      THE JERUSALEM POST – METRO, 15 October 2010
      Yediot Hanegev, 12 November 2010


      References


      "Shahar Marcus". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2011.


      External links


      Shahar Marcus, (home page)
      ArtFacts
      Shahar Marcus collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
      "Shahar Marcus". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
      Art of Shahar Marcus at Europeana. Retrieved 22 January 2012

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