Gabi Kricheli
Born in Israel in 1979.
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Education
2002 – 2006
BFA program, Dpt. of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem
Awards, Scholarships & residencies
2017 Asylum Arts Small Grant
Pais Culture-Council – grant for a new video
2016 Asylum Arts Small Grant
Artport resident Program. Tel Aviv
Asylum Art All-star Retreat, Garrison, NY
2015 Pais Culture Council grant to produce a printed catalog for the “promise trilogy””
2014 Artist Career Development Program, hosted by Artis, Artport, and Asylum Arts
2013 Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation for art & Tel Aviv municipality for special projects
Pais Culture-Council – grant for a solo show
2011 Israel Ministry of Culture Young artist Prize
2010 Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation for art & Tel Aviv municipality for special projects –
2006 Leumi Bank Prize for outstanding achievements, Dpt. of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem
2004 JVC scholarship for design
Teaching
2014 Lecturer, Dpt. of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem
2010-2013 Lecturer in the Dpt. of Art, Shenkar Academy, Ramat-Gan
2008- 2009 Lecturer in the Dpt. of Set and Spatial Design, Shenkar Academy, Ramat-Gan
2007 – present Lecturer in the Dpt. of Jewelry Design, Shenkar Academy, Ramat-Gan,
2007 – 2011 Lecturer in the Dpt. of Fine Art, Avni Institute, Tel-Aviv
2007-2008 Art instructor, MATAN summer camp for gifted youth in the Arts
2006 – present Lecturer in the School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem
2004 Adjunct Lecturer, Dpt. of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem
2002-2003 Technical assistant and depot manager, School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem
2001 Technical assistant and lighting technician, Hazira Performance art Arena
Solo Exhibitions & Special Projects
2019 In Disbelief, Artport, Tel Aviv
Room 235: I Don’t Know If You Understand Me Correctly, Mamuta Art and Research Center, Jerusalem, curator: Sagit Mezamer
Wanderer, Cabri gallery, Curator: Avshalom Suliman
2018 how to name a nose without a body, nobody knows, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Same World Trio – Live performance With Avi Sabah and Pesach Slabosky, Givon Art Gallery, Tel- Aviv
2015 Almostsexual Interactive installation, mini golf booth, part of “Mini Golf Bat Yam” exhibition at Bat Yam Museum of Art.
2014 View special installation for ArtPlus Hotel Tel Aviv
2013 Flower Bed outdoor installation. Bait Hagefen Museum without Walls, Haifa
I do what I can curator: Vered Gani, Sadnaot Hamanim Gallery Tel Aviv
2012 Evidence public installation. A series of ceramic objects hidden in various locations across Israel
Curator of Inbar Ben Ishay solo show “Raspberry”, Nidbach series, Artist House, Jerusalem
2011 Promise Trilogy part 3 – Floating World” Curator: Tali Ben-Non, G39 gallery, Tel Aviv
It’s about time curator: Dan Ormian Cube gallery, Jerusalem
Promise Trilogy part 2 – The William Ashbless Project”- Yaffo23 ArtSpace, Jerusalem
Fish Tank 2.0 + Fish Tank 2.1 outdoor installation, Haifa museum of Contemporary art
2010 Promise Trilogy part 1- Fish Tank, outdoor installation Curator: Omri Zin, Tel-Aviv
2008 1+1 (with Avshalom Suliman). Curator: Ma’ayan Shelef, Kav 16 gallery, Tel-Aviv
La’Noflim (For Those Who Fell). Curator: Pesach Slabosky, Project “Foundation”, The Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2007 Sweets and Cigarettes. Curator: Lans Hunter, 3 Meter Gallery, Tel Aviv
Yesh Sof (an Eend), Rosa pub, Mahne Yehuda market, Jerusalem
Group Exhibitions
2019 Back to Artport, Artport gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 I and thou, beit Bialik, Tel Aviv, curator: Smadar Sheffi
2017 The group show, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Measure , Givon Art Furom, Tel Aviv, curator: Neomi Givon
NonFinito // Artport’s Fifth Year Exhibition Artport, Tel Aviv
Across From The Mormon University, Jerusalem
From Thread to Sculpture Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Continuous Encounters – Ceramics in Art and Archaeology echt Museum, University of Haifa
Barbur B&B Barbur gallery, Jerusalem
2015 BEUYS, BEUYS, BEUYS curator Liav Mizrahi. Beit Binyamini, Tel Aviv
Gatherer / nonfunctional display. Curator Tali Ben Nun. Jerusalem Artist house.
2014 The Art to Survive. Curator Yehezkel Lazarov. AZA13, Tel-Aviv
2013 Tunnels in the air- outdoor Sculpture exhibition, Curators: Elad armon and Dalia Bar-Amotz. Kibuts Mabarot
Nisoy kelim – curator Carmit Beilson, Tami house, Tel-Aviv
The Blackbird eye – curator: Irena Gordon, Zaritzky artist house’ Tel Aviv
Random – BAAD gallery Tel aviv
Zliga – Curator: Eyal Asulin, Sapir college gallery
2012 Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design exhibition, Curator: Naomi Aviv, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
In the light of the florescent, curator: Vered Gani, The new Sadnaut Hamanim Gallery, Tel Aviv
Artis Shuck NADA Art Fair, NY New York
2011 Body without body, curator: liav mizrahi’ Georg Klobe Museum, Berlin
Electric Garden, curator: Naomi Aviv, Contemporary by Golconda gallery, Tel Aviv
Tight with Masha Zusman Curatot: Masha Zusman, Barbur gallery Jerusalem
Formally Speaking , Curator: Ruti Direktor, Haifa museum of Contemporary art
A Season in Heaven, Curator Irena Gordin, Florentine 45 gallery, Tel Aviv
Cover, Curator: Tali Ben-Non, G39 gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 The First Boulevard, Curator: Liron Koren’ “Bashdera” gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 What does sculpture wants? Sculpture after installation, Curator: Ruti Direktor, Bezalel gallery, tel aviv
Annual Report, Kayama gallery, Jaffa
MAXIMALISM, a-part of the Art TLV events’ Curator: Alagem Aline, Avni Institute gallery’ Tel-Aviv
Zulu: Hunters and Other Fantasies, a-part of the Art TLV events. Curator: Tali Tamir, The Nachum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv
Hafazim (objects), Curators: Masha Zusman and Yanai Segal, Barbur gallery, Jerusalem.
Fresh paint 2, contemporary art fair, in the Braverman gallery pavilion, “Hatachana” site Neve Tzedek, Tel-Aviv
Trained Impulse, Curators: Adi Gura and Yael Caron, Braverman gallery, Tel-Aviv
Abstract Now, Curator: Yuval kedar, Kayama gallery, Jaffa
2008 Hapohlaz Hashoeg. Curator: Yuval kedar, Shturman House nature Museum, En-Harod
Mix Art festival. An open space sculptural installation in Rishon Le’Zion’s first Bienialle.
Curator: Irit Poper Karmon
2007 The Return of Venus. Curators: Menahem Goldenberg and Alma Yitzhaki, Hyosang Motorcycles showroom, Tel-Aviv
2006 GangBang. Curator: Aim Deuel-Lusky, Minshar gallery, Tel-Aviv
Terminal 1 – graduation show of the BFA program, Dpt. of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy. Ben Gurion Airport, Israel
2003 He’Arat Shulayim (Marginal Remark) #4, curators: Le’a Maoes and Diego Rotman, Asirey Hamachtarot Museum, Jerusalem
Kola Shel Hamila (“Voice of the Word”), curator: Hadas Ofrat. A sound piece with Binyamin Oren, Hazira Performance Art Arena, Jerusalem
2002 He’Arat Shulayim (Marginal Remark) #3, curators: Le’a Maoes and Diego Rotman, Argentina House, Jerusalem
He’Arat Shulayim (Marginal Remark) #2, curators: Le’a Maoes and Diego Rotman, Saidof Court, Jerusalem
Selected Projects with Zik Group
2006 Hand Made: Zik Group, the First Twenty Years, curator: Alex Ward, Palevsky Pavilion, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Sand Table, a sculptural installation in the exhibition Passover Night in the Youth Wing of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 Twenty, an open space performance on Acco beach, The Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theater
“05-091138”, Die Neuen Hebräer. 100 Jahre Kunst in Israel (“The New Hebrews: 100 Years of Art in Israel”), curator: Doreet LeVitte Harten, Martin Grupius Bau, Berlin
2003 Muzik, opening show of the Israel Festival, Jerusalem
Publication
2019 In Disbelief Exhibition catalogue Artport Press
2017 Promise trilogy – project catalogue independent publication
2014 Israel/0ne contempotaty artists from israel, Luciano Benetton Collection
2013 I do what I can – Exhibition catalog edited by Vered Gani, independent publication
2012 Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
2010 Bank leomi collection edited and curetted by Smadar Sgefi, Zmura Bitan Books
2009 Zulu: Journey Adventure Israeli art Curator of the series editors: Tali Tamir Keter books
2007 Zik Group: Twenty Years of Work by DR Dafana Ben-Shaul, Keter books
Soul by Robert Blackson, University of Sunderland Press
2005 Die Neuen Hebraer/ 100 Jahre Kunst in Israel, Doreet LeVitte Harten in Zusammenarbeit mit Yigal Zalmona, Martin-Gropius-Bau, colaische Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Stage, Theater and Film Design
2019 Avigdor set design for a dance by Uri Shafir Company
2016 O.S.L.O set design for a dance by Guy Gutman Company
2014 -2016 Non troppo– set design for a dance by Guy Gutman Company. Commissioned and founded by the Pais Culture Council 2014. Preformed in 2016 Israel festival.
2010 Alterman, a Poet about town, reconstruction of theater sets of plays written and translated
by N. Alterman. Curator: Sara Turel, designer Hadas Ofrat, Eretz Israel museum, Tel Aviv
2006 Lighting design for the Tel-Hai historical museum, as part of a large scale conservation scheme for one hundred historical sites, Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Society for the Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites, with Architect Shmulik DavidsonIsraelite in the Individual. Props and weaponry design for a film by Gavriel Ben Chorin, M.E.R.I productions, Jerusalem
2004 Death in Sleepers by Amitai Yaish. Stage design for a performance in collaboration with Noam Dover and Yoav Reches, Hama’abada Theater, Jerusalem
2003 The Rite of spring (after Stravinsky) by Rubi Edelman. Stage design for a performance in collaboration with Eitan Ronel and Ariel Efron, The Acco Festival
Music & Sound
Groups and Bands
2009—present Same World Trio with Pesach Slabosky and Avi Sabach
2006-2007 Ysrael 3 with Nevo Savoray and Ben Yehova
2005 – present M.I with Osnat (blondy) Rosa and Gadi Blori
2004-2005 Maarof with Nevo Savoray, Ben Yehova & Gadi Blori
2002-2005 Hana+Hasiba with Binyamin Oren
2002 Kishalon with Binyamin Oren and Rocky B
2001 Computer to every child with Roy Etinger and Yoav Tubul
zax&lala with Eran Saches
Nisayon with Binyamin Oren, Eran Zachs, Ariel Efron and Niv Chachlili
Music for Film, Cellular and Stage
2009 -2013 kou kutso, Live music for a performance by ZIK group
2008 Achushiling SINGULAR, soundtrack to r a dance by the Yasmin Godar Dance Company
2001/2007 Buster Keaton’s Cops, Live soundtrack to a screening of a film by Buster Keaton in collaboration with Eran Zachs, 2001 International Film Festival, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv cinematheque
2007 SandBox, Music for a film by Maya Levi and Yonatan Schochat with the students of the School for Visual Theatre. Te’imot Machol (Dance Bites) Festival, Hazira Performance Art arena, Jerusalem; Gvanim baMachol (Shades of Dance)Festival #3, Suzan Dalal Center, Tel Aviv; Vdance Festival, the Tel Aviv cinematheque
2006 Zlengo, sound design for a cellular interface
The Making of Twenty, music for a film by Yuval Rimon, Zik Productions, Israel
2005 Trouble in Mind, music for a film by Yuval Rimon, Zik Productions, Israel, Berlin
Twenty, music for a performance by Zik Group in collaboration with Binye Reches and Haim Peramount, Acco Festival
2002 Contra-Cholera, music for a performance by Yoav Raynes, School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem
2001 Iceollatio, Live music for a performance by Shiri Asa, Keren Dambinski and Ayelet Friedman, School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem
THE WAKE (after James Joyce), Live music and video Art in collaboration with Binyamin Oren, Eran Zachs and Niv Chachlili, Hazira Performance Art Arena, Jerusalem
Nisayon (“Trial”) – a musical ensemble. Live shows with improvisational music for videos. A collaboration with Binyamin Oren, Eran Zachs, Niv Chachlili and Ariel Efron. The show was performed in several venues including Hazira Performance Art Arena and the Tel Aviv cinematheque.
Discography
2009 Not for something Gabi Lala and Rocky B, Miklatshachen Records
2008 Straight 1, Lior Ashkenazi, Gabi Lala, Vadim and Alon Ovnat. M.E.R.I Records
2007 One Spoke, Gabi Lala and Nevo Savorai. Shoshana Records
2006 Yisrael 3 with Yisrael band, documentation of a live performance in the Rosa Pub. Shoshana Records 010
2005 Zalafey Zion (Zion Snipers). Shoshana Records 006
2004 Mille plateaux: Bizz Circuits play Intifada Offspring vol1, Nisbar Li Ha’zyin
Electronic Facts (v.a.). Fact Records
Ma’aroof: Opium + 4X4 On the Way to Gaza. Shoshana Records 005
Loo Hooky 032 – Gabi Lala. DJ set.
www.Miklataklitim.com –Lhdocument032- “loo_hoki_032- gabi lala”
2003 Gabi Lala – Hagar’in Hakashe – Live, documentation of a live performance in the Jerusalem Chan Theater. Miklataklitim.com- LHmiriam001- gabi lala live- “hagarin hakashe”
Gabi Lala: Lalasing Lalasong. Miklataklitim 007, Miklataklitim.com -miklat007- gabi lala- “lalasing lalasong
2003 Hana + Hasiba: l.h.o.o.q. Miklataklitim 005,
Miklataklitim.com- miklat005- hana + hasiba – “l.h.o.o.q”
2002 Loo Hooky 016 – Gabi Lala, DJ set, Miklataklitim, LH document 016,
Miklataklitim.com -LHdocument016- “loo_hoki_016- gabi lala”
2002 Kisahlon – Burned, Miklataklitim LH minus 003,
Miklataklitim.com – LHminus003- kishalon- “burned”
2002 Mar Mimavet – v.a., Miklataklitim Lh minus 001,
Miklataklitim.com – LHminus001- v.a – “mar mimavet”
2002 Hana + Hasiba: Slow 1.0, Miklataklitim 003,
Miklataklitim.com – miklat003- hana + hasiba – “slow1.0”