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Biography
Yigal Ozeri (born 1958) is an Israeli artist based in New York City. He is known for large-scale cinematic portraits of young women in landscapes. His works are photo-realistic oil paintings.
Biography
Yigal Ozeri was born in Israel in 1958. He currently lives and works in New York City.
In 1997, Ozeri collaborated with Israeli poet Ronny Someck to produce The Razor that Cut the Metaphoric Face of Poetry which included five etchings by Ozeri, and five ensuring poems by Someck. Ozeri's etchings, in order, were titled Pointed Tower, Tears of Buildings, Unbuilt Pagoda, Dirty Laundry, and Tears of Buildings II. The book itself was produced by The Cabri Print Workshop, based out of Kibbutz Cabri in the Western Galilee.
Solo exhibitions
2010
- Lizzie Smoking, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- Lizzie in the Snow, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Desire for Anima, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, China
- Olga in the Park, Galerie Brandt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
- Territory, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Territory, Zemack Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Garden of the Gods, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- Luce silenziosa (Silent light), Bologna, Italy
2012
- Territory, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- Photorealism, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
- The Boathouse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany
- Territory, Karen Jenkins Johnson, San Francisco, CA
- Territory, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2013
- Territory, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Triads, Galerie Brandt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014
- Fiction of Distance, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
- Photorealism in the Digital Age, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2017
- "The Storm". Zemack Gallery for Contemporary Art. Tel Aviv.
2018
- "Yigal Ozeri: A New York Story". Louis K. Meisel Gallery. New York City.
Collections
Yigal Ozeri's art are in permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the Jewish Museum of New York, The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Albertina and other public institutions.
