Yuval Yairi
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Israeli, born 1961
Projects/Portfolios
Fabienne Levy, Geneve, Switzerland
Podbielski Contemporary, Milan, Italy
Zemack Contemporary, Tel Aviv, Israel
Surveyor, Yuval Yairi, Zemack Contemporary, Tel Aviv, 2016
LAND, Ron Bartos, ZCA gallery, Tel Aviv, 2013
WORK, Ketzia Alon, ZCA gallery, Tel Aviv, 2011
Palaces of Memory, Dror Burstein, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2007
Forevermore, Eyal Danieli, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, 2005
Artist Statement
Yuval Yairi (born in Israel 1961), lives and works in Jerusalem.Studied visual communication at the WIZO College Haifa (1984-1988), director of a design studio in Jerusalem (1988-1999), produced and directed short films and documentaries until 2004.Since 2004 Yairi devotes his work to research and artistic activity, primarily in mediums of photography and video.
The subjects of Yairi’s work relate to Places, and his gaze – whether it’s a historical place, cultural, personal or political – explores these places in context of memory. A Leper Hospital or a writer’s library, an abandoned Arab village, a cheap hotel-room or a museum undergoing renovations – transform through his personal perspective, of deconstructing and recomposing spaces, times and events. Yairi’s works are exhibited in museums, galleries and festivals in Israel and abroad, and are in public and private collections.
Yairi is a recipient of The Ministry of Culture Award for Visual Arts, 2017
Yuval Yairi (born in Israel 1961), lives and works in Jerusalem.Studied visual communication at the WIZO College Haifa (1984-1988), director of a design studio in Jerusalem (1988-1999), produced and directed short films and documentaries until 2004.Since 2004 Yairi devotes his work to research and artistic activity, primarily in mediums of photography and video.
The subjects of Yairi’s work relate to Places, and his gaze – whether it’s a historical place, cultural, personal or political – explores these places in context of memory. A Leper Hospital or a writer’s library, an abandoned Arab village, a cheap hotel-room or a museum undergoing renovations – transform through his personal perspective, of deconstructing and recomposing spaces, times and events. Yairi’s works are exhibited in museums, galleries and festivals in Israel and abroad, and are in public and private collections.
Yairi is a recipient of The Ministry of Culture Award for Visual Arts, 2017
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