GIL SHACHAR
1965 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel 1988-92 Studies at Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon 1994-96 Teacher at Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon, teacher at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem Since 1996 lives and works in Germany
Selected One Man Shows
1992 Artist´s House, Jerusalem 1993 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 1994 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 1995 Haifa University Art Department, Haifa 1996 Oranim Institute Art Department, Oranim. The Artist‘s Studio Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg. Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach 1999 Forum For Contemporary Art, Worpswede. Artfocus, Jerusalem 2001 John Doe, Duesseldorf 2002 Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya 2003 Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach 2004 Eboran Gallery, Salzburg 2005 Goch Museum, Goch. Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach. Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 2008 Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach. Museum and Gallery im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2011 The Secret Life of Sculptures, Museum of the City of Ratingen. Nature and Image, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg. Museum of the City of Siegburg. Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 2012 Löhrl Gallery, Mönchengladbach 2014 Circle1, Berlin (with Roy Mordechay) 2015 Gil Shachar and Imaginary Friends, SPAM Contemporary, Düsseldorf. Scheinmond, Labor, Colonge. Charlottae Cyclops, Hong Kong Derrick Barge, Duisburg 2016 Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin 2017 To Cast A Shadow, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv 2018 Dead Flat, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin 2019 The Cast Whale Project, Salt River, Cape town. Schattenreich, Paul-Clemen-Museum, Bonn 2020 The Cast Whale Project, Kunstmuseum Bochum. Gil Shachar at the Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Berlin. Lunapark Transylvania, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin
Selected Group Shows
1992 Contemporary Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art 1993 Israel‘s Suggestion for the Aperto of The Venice Biennale, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv. In The House, In The Courtyard, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1994 Seperate Worlds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art 1996 Desert Cliché, Israel Now - Local Images, Arad Museum, Arad, Bass Museum, Miami, Florida, Grey Art Gallery, New York 1999 HEAVEN, Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Tate Gallery, Liverpool 2001 Kinderblicke - Kindheit und Moderne von Klee bis Boltanski, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen. 8. Triennale der Kleinplastik, Fellbach 2002 Portraits: From Antiquity to the Present, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Wächserne Identitäten, Kolbe Museum, Berlin. The Land of Shadow, Tel Aviv museum of Art 2003 Ninôs (Children), CASA-Centro de Arte de Salamanca 2004 Love is in the Air, Time for Art, Tel Aviv. The Pupet Show, Time for Art, Tel Aviv 2005 Die Neuen Hebräer, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. Die Obere Hälfte – Die Büste Seit Auguste Rodin, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Kunsthalle Emden, Museum Liner Appenzell 2006 SURreal. Aspekte des Figuralen aus der Sammlung, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg. Fatamorgana: Illusion and Deception in Contemporary Art, Haifa Museum of Art 2008 Territorial Bodies, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag 2009 Spotlight, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg 2010 Family/Tree, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. An die Natur, Collection of the Altana Kulturstiftung, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Langen Foundation, Neuss. Krieg/Individuum, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster. Körper Codes, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg 2012 Good Night, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Zündstoff, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot. Der Nackte Mann, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz 2013 ArTricks, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2014 Zeichen gegen den Krieg, Stiftung Museum Lehmbruck, Duisburg. Additionen der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bochum 2015 Konturen des Alltags, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr. Du sollst Dir (k)ein Bild machen, Berliner Dom, Berlin 2016 Shachar/Kohlmetz, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin. The 6th Biennale of Drawing, Artist's House, Jerusalem 2017 Penetrating Paper, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin 2018 Interlocal, Blue Container, Duisburg. Bild Macht Religion, Kunstmuseum Bochum
2019 Die Spitze des Eisbergs, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
2020 Poetic Faith - From the Collection, S.M.A.K., Gent
Prizes and Scholarships
1991 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award, Tel Aviv 1992 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award, Tel Aviv 1993 Artist/Teacher Award, Ministry of Education, Jerusalem 1994 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, founded by Anselm Kiefer, Jerusalem 1996 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Scholarship, Duisburg 1998 Atelier Scholarship, Mönchengladbach 1998 Barkenhoff Scholarship, Worpswede 2001 Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf 2003 Leube Baustoffe, Artist in Residence Program, Austria 2005 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2008 Artist-in-residence, Sylt Quelle, Sylt 2015 Travel grant to South Africa, awarded by Kunststiftung NRW 2019 Project grant for Cast Whale Project - presentation in Germany, Kunststiftung NRW