KAREN RUSSO
'The place where remote futures meet remote pasts' 2008, video, 3:40 min. (looped). Edition of 5 + 2 AP
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Exhibition: 'Aesthetics of Disappointment' 2008
Reviews and Articles
Biography
Born in 1974 in Israel
Lives and works in London
1995-1998
Graduated with distinction B.A Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2008 - ‘Aesthetics of Disappointment’, ARQUEBUSE, Geneva
2006 - One In the Other, London
2006 - Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2005 - ‘Economy of Excess’, VTO, London
2005 - Delfina, London
2001 - ‘Joint 4’- ‘A Doll’s House’, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 - ‘Spontaneous Human Combustion’, Herzliya Museum, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 - 'Deceitful Moon', curated by Tom Morton, Hayward Gallery Project Space, London (upcoming)
2008 - 'Three by Three, curated by JJ Charlesworth, 16 December - 13 January 2009, Yinka Shonibare's new space, Sunbury House, 1 Andres Road, London E8 4QL
2008 - "Artfocus 5 - Can Art do More?", Talpiot Beit Benit Congress Centre, Jerusalem, September 23- October 25
2008 - "Jerwood Prize Award 2008", Jerwood Space, London, September 17- October 26
2008 - "Won't Get Fooled Again", Café Gallery Projects, London, 13-21 September
2008 - Busan Biennale, September 6 - November 15
2008 - "Demons", Bat-Yam Museum, Israel, 4 September-30 December
2008 - 'Works from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS'. Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
2008 - Real Time: Art in Israel 1998–2008, The Israel Museum April 18 – August 30
2007 - ‘An Archaeology’, Project Space 176, works from the Zabludowicz Collection, London
2007 - ‘Off Screen’ - spatial soundings & silent musicalities, Instituut voor Mediakunst Montevideo, Amsterdam
2007 - ‘Videospread’, Paris Subway Transit – RATP, France
2007 - ‘Surrealist Ball’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2006 - ‘Wanderland’, Krefeld Museum, Germany, curator: Martin Hentschel
2006 - 'Write on Write off', The Great Unsigned at Chapman Fine Arts, London
2006 - Great Unsigned at Chapman Fine Arts, London
2006 - ‘In Between Places’, Vivian Horan Gallery, New-York, curator: Kari Conte
2006 - ‘Everything Must Go’, VTO, London
2006 - ‘Black Moon Island’, One in the Other, London
2006 - ‘Disruptions’, Petach-Tikva Museum, Israel, curator: Yehudit Matzkl
2005 - ‘Dreams and Trauma’, Haus Der Kulturen Die Welt, Berlin
2005 - ‘Video London’, Espai Ubú, Barcelona, curators: Keith Patrick and Jennifer Thatcher
2005 - ‘Take It Further!’ Andrew Mummery, London, curator: Gyonata Bonvicini
2005 - ‘Why don’t You Say It?’ Hertzliya Museum, Israel, curator: Michal Heiman
2005 - ‘Future Landscapes’, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
2004 - ‘Etude pour un Premier Amour’, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2004 - Delfina, London, curator: Walter John Cassidy
2004 - ‘Frigid’, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 - Works from the O'hana collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2003 - The 20th Film Festival, Jerusalem
2003 - Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Curator: Katharina Campino
2003 - ‘Video Invitational’, FA Projects, London
2003 - ‘Video Zones’, Herzliya Museum, Israel
2003 - ‘Video Works’, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2003 - ‘Parallel Worlds’, K&S gallery, Berlin, Curator: Miriam Bers
2002 - ‘The 35th Year’, Plonit Gallery, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2002 - ‘Where are the Children’, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2002 - ‘Special for Studio’, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2002 - ‘Drawings’ Tel-Aviv Artist’s Studios’, Tel-Aviv
2002 - ‘Narrative and Other Tales’, Haifa Museum of Art
2001 - ‘Video Works’, Bezalel Academy Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2000 - ‘Erection’- Pe’er gallery, Tel-Aviv
1999 - ‘Regarding Rafi’- Nufar Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998 - ‘Les Fous du Roi’, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nimes, Nimes, France
1998 - ‘Not to be looked At’, Le Miroir, Marseille, France
Awards and Residencies
2006 - Delfina Bursary award
2005 - America Israel Cultural Foundation
2004 - Delfina Studio Trust, London
2002 - Givon prize (Tel-Aviv Museum of modern Art)
2002 - Bertelsmann Foundation (Artists exchange)
2000 - Ministry of Science Culture & Sport award for a young artist
2000 - America Israel Cultural Foundation
1998 - Elhanani award (first excellence prize for a ‘Bezalel’ graduate)
Bibliography
2004 - Russo, Karen ‘Encyclopedia Thermica’, Prose, theory & images, Omanut La'am Press, 324 p
2001 - ‘Hamidrasha 4’ – Artist’s texts, page 59-90, Babel Publishing
Articles
2007 - JJ Charlesworth, Future Greats, Art Review, issue 09, March
2007 - Martin Herbert, Art Review, issue 09, March
2006 - Rachel Somerstein, ‘In Between Places’, ‘ARTnews’, October
2006 - ‘Ghosts, Magic, Enchantment’, David Lillington, Metropolis M, NL/ENG, No 2, April-May,
2006 - Michele Robecchi, ‘Karen Russo’, ‘Contemporary’, 2006 Annual issue, February
2005 - Martin Herbert, ‘Karen Russo- Delfina’- show review, Time Out, 21-28 September
2005 - JJ Charlesworth, ‘Untitled’,’Flash Art’, February
2004 - Juan S. Froutchmann, ‘De un pais en llamas’, ‘La Luna’ newspaper, 4 October
2004 - Irit Tamari, ‘Book Review’, Time Out Tel-Aviv, 14 October
2004 - Shaul Seter, ‘Russo’, Studio magazine 156
2004 - Hannah Hertzig, ‘All of Nature is a Singular Force’, Haaretz newspaper, 22 December
2004 - Yoram Meltzer, ‘A Private, Interesting and Unpredictable World’, Maariv, 15 October
2004 - Rona Segal, ‘Rotten Priest’, Profile & Interview, Hair Newspaper, 24 June
2004 - Efrat Shalem, ‘And the Devil was an Angel’, Studio Art Magazine, no’ 114, Cover, interview & a special work
2002 - Ilana Tenenbaum, ‘Narrative and Other Tales’, Haifa Museum of Art Publications
2001 - Sarit Shapira, ‘Dolls House’- exhibition catalogue, the Israel Museum Publishing
2000 - Elad Keinan, ‘Voodoo, Will-o’-the-Wisps and an Alchemical Wedding’, 42 degrees Magazine, issue no' 6
1999 - Shimon Adaf, ‘Caution, Landslide Ahead (This is a Metaphor)’, ‘Maariv’, November
Catalogues
"Depletion", Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel 2008
"Wanderland" Israel-Palestine, Krefeld Museum, Kerber Press, 2006
"Narrative and Other Tales", Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, 2002
"A Doll's House", Joint 4, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2000
Collections
Tel-Aviv Museum
Israel Museum, Israel
ORS Collection, Israel
Zabludowicz Collection, London