Yigal Ozeri

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His son is Adam Ozeri, a professional soccer player.

Yigal Ozeri
Yigal Ozeri in 2019
Born
Israel
Known forpainting
MovementContemporary art, Photorealism
Websitewww.yigalozeriartist.com

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.[7]

In 2014 he co-founded Mana Contemporary where he has a studio in the flagship of Jersey City.[8]

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[9]
  • Photorealism in the Digital Age, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois[10]

2017
  • "The Storm". Zemack Gallery for Contemporary Art. Tel Aviv.[11]

2018

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.[13]

References
  1. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Update: The Photoreal Works of Yigal Ozeri". juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  2. "Yigal Ozeri | Zemack | Contemporary Art". zcagallery.com. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  3. "Israeli Artist Yigal Ozeri Paints Instagram Under The Table". huffingtonpost.com. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  4. "Photorealistic Paintings of Women by Yigal Ozeri | iGNANT.de". ignant.de. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  5. "Yigal Ozeri: dipinti ad olio che sembrano fotografie!". chedonna.it. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  6. "Art Review: Mana Contemporary in Jersey City | NJ.com". nj.com. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  7. "The Razor That Cut The Metaphoric Face Of Poetry". Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  8. "Artist Yigal Ozeri aims to mirror Mana Contemporary Jersey City in our hometown, Chicago!". Suzanne Lovell Inc. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  9. "Galería Alvaro Alcazar". galeriaalvaroalcazar.com. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  10. "Mana Contemporary Chicago". manacontemporarychicago.com. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  11. "The Storm by Yigal Ozeri". Zemack Gallery for Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  12. "Yigal Ozeri: A New York Story" (PDF). Louis K. Meisel Gallery. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  13. "Yigal Ozeri". Wall Street International. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
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