Gil 1968 Born in Rishon Lezion, Israel; Moti 1971 Born in Ramat Gan, Israel
Work and live together since 1994, since 1998 based in Rotterdam
Education
1998-2000 Master of Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam / Plymouth University, UK. (Gil & Moti)
1990-94 Bachelor of Fine Art, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Gil)
1993- 97 Bachelor of Fine Art, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Moti)
1994 The Slade School of Art, U.C.L, London, UK(Gil) 1996 School of Visual Art, New York, USA (Moti)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 MG&M Collective: Home Is Where You Fit, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
Give Me More, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
Chickens, Dogs and Artists Tale, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
2016 The Dutch Volunteers, The Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
2014 Cleaning With Love, Galerie Thiele, Linz, Austria.
2013 Future Line Tours, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel.
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Available for You, Curator: Nina Kirsch, under the program: "new wave''-outside the wall, Palais de Tokyo, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France.
2012 Totally Devoted to You, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
2011 Totally Devoted to You, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway.
Totally Devoted to You, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Totally Devoted to You, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany.
Totally Devoted to You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010 In the Future Everyone Should Love Everyone, Metis_nl, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Time Out, TETEM kunstruimte/ Medialab, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2009 Piece of Ground, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France.
Available for You, TENT in 't Gemaal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2008 We Hope You Like It the Way We Do, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Available for You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2007 Golden Dream, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006 Love Grows Free, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France.
Love Stories, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dating Gil & Moti, Mucsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
2005 Sleeping With the Enemy, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, USA.
2004 Laylah the Creature Beyond Dreams (performance), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Wide Open, 7x11, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Dating Gil & Moti, Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands.
2002 Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel.
2001 Gil + Moti Kijk x Shop, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands.
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Cityhall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2000 Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Optic Mountaineering, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2015 Regionale16: Visual Politics, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland.
Residents 2015, Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland.
Blackout Basel, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland.
Israelische kunstenaars; een nieuwe diaspora, De Kring, Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
Het 25-jarig bestaan, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim,The Netherlands.
Turku Biennial: The Unexpected Guest, Museum of History and Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland.
MK Award nominees, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Identity and the Self, Ram Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2014 The Value of Nothing, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2013 Wonderkamers, Gemeente Museum, Den- Haag, The Netherlands.
Narcissistic Tendencies, NEST, Den- Haag, The Netherlands.
Lade Project, Phoebus galerie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Dichtkunstkrant The exhibition, Joey Ramone Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2012 The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
Now I Lay Me Down To Eat, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim,The Netherlands.
2011 A Piece Of Cake, Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Double Take Triple Give, Museums of Bat Yam, Israel.
2009 Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2008 Promenades insomniaques, Dormir/ Rêver dans l’art contemporain, Passage de Retz, Paris, France.
Combined, Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Gastarbeider, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007 Paulo Post Futurum, Breda's Museum, The Netherlands.
Love Is Like Oxygen, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006 Arteast Collection 2000+23, Moderna galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Academy. Learning from the Museum, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2005 SuperStars, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
HOME at TENT, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 Para-site, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria.
2003 The Claim of Images ... Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany.
The 2nd International Triennale for Installation Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel.
The Wandering Library, 50th Venice Biennale, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy.
Prizes, nominations and Grants
2016 O & O Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, project subsidy, The Netherlands.
Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, The Netherlands.
2015 winners MK Award 2015, The Netherlands.
Mondriaan Fonds, support for participation in Turku Biennial, Finland.
2013 Mondriaan Fonds and O & O Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, project subsidy, The Netherlands.
2012 Mondriaan Fonds, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands.
St. Leopold Peace Prize 2012, finals nominees, Klosterneuburg Monastery, Austria.
2011 The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibition in tour Totally Devoted to You, The Netherlands.
2010 Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Totally Devoted to You, The Netherlands.
2009 Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Available for You, The Netherlands.
2008 Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands.
2006 The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibitions in Budapest, The Netherlands.
2003 Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, project subsidy, Dating Gil & Moti, The Netherlands.
Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands.
1998 winner (Moti) Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel.
winner (Moti) Painting Award, Cultural Grant America – Israel.
1997 winner (Moti) Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel.
1995 winner (Gil) Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel.
1994 winner (Gil) Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel.
winner (Gil) Sculpture Award, Cultural Grant America- Israel, Israel.
Residencies
2018 HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme, April-Juni
2017 HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme, October-December
Capacete – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 months), Mondriaan Fund International Artist in Residency Program
2016 Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
2015 Atelier Mondial Basel, Switzerland (6 months), CBK Rotterdam grant.
2013 Cabri Prints, Etching workshop, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel (1 month)
2011 Iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden (3 months), Iaspis grant.
DIVA- The Danish International Visiting Artists Program, Copenhagen, Denmark (4 months), DIVA grant.
2010 The Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel (1 month)
2009 The Artists’ Residence Herzelia, Israel (2 months), Herzelia municipality grant.
2008 CPH AIR, The City of Copenhagen, Denmark (3 months), Nikolaj Kunsthal grant.
2004 7x11, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands. (3 months), Artoteek Den Haag grant.
Selected Academic activity, Artist talks, Committees
2017 Artist talk, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jury member, MK Award 2017, The Netherlands.
Workshop: Curious Autonomy, Willem de Kooning Academie and CBK, Rotterdam.
2016 Artist talk, Zwiterse Meet-Up, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Guest tutors, Minerva, Groningen.
Guest tutors, ArtEz, Zwolle.
Artist talk, Vrijdag, Groningen.
Jury member, Atelier Mondial Basel, CBK Rotterdam
2015 Guest tutors, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
Artist talk, Postgraduate Programe in Curating, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland.
Artist talk, Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin, Mulhouse, France
Artist talk, ANGE(SE)HEN, Basler Münster, Switzerland.
Panel discussion together with curator Hielde de bruin, De kring, Amsterdam.
2014 Guest tutors, Linz, University of Arts and Industrial Design, Linz, Austria.
Educatieve Meet & Greet KABK, Den Haag.
Workshop Rotterdam, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
2013 Artist talk, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam.
Exploratory workshop, wassenaar, University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Theatre Studies.
2012 Lecture, University of Arts and Industrial Design, Linz, Austria.
Collections
Works are in public and private collections, among others:
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel
Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
Fink, The Netherlands
Krinzinger, Austria
Dupont, France
Schocken, Israel
Alter, Israel
Lenel, France
Villa, Italy
Swagemakers, The Netherlands
Pot collection, Amsterdam
Greif collection, Linz, Austria