Gil & Moti / Curriculum Vitae

Gil / 1968 Born in Rishon Lezion, Israel
Moti / 1971 Born in Ramat Gan, Israel

Work and live together since 1994
Since 1998 based in Rotterdam

Education
1998-2000
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, M.F.A. / Plymouth University, UK.
1990-94
B.F.A, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Gil)
1993- 97
B.F.A, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Moti)
1994
The Slade School of Art, U.C.L, London, UK(Gil)
1996
School of Visual Art, New York, USA (Moti)

Represented by
Metis_NL, Amsterdam
Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris

Website: www.gilandmoti.nl

Solo Exhibitions
2011
Totally Devoted to You, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway
Totally Devoted to You, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Totally Devoted to You, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
Totally Devoted to You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
In the Future Everyone Should Love Everyone, Metis_nl, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Time Out, TETEM kunstruimte/ Medialab, Enschede, The Netherlands
Kitchen Secrets, Gal On Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009
Future Line Tours, The Artists’ Residence gallery, Herzelia, Israel
Piece of Ground, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
Available for You, TENT in 't Gemaal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Non Provocative, Gal On Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up ?, Art center, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
Gil & Moti at Williams Collage, Williamstown, MA, USA
We Hope You Like It the Way We Do, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Available for You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
Golden Dream, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Love Grows Free, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
Love Stories, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Laylah the Creature Beyond Dreams (performance), Mucsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Dating Gil & Moti, Mucsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Willing to Give You Everything, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2005
Sleeping With the Enemy, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, USA
2004
Laylah the Creature Beyond Dreams (performance), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
A Home of Our Own, Layr:wuestenhagen Zietgenoessische Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Letters to Laylah, Mitra Demare, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Wide Open, 7x11, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands
Dating Gil & Moti, Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands
Letters to Laylah, Lokaal 01, Antwerpen, Belgium
2002
Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, Herzelia Museum, Israel
Road to a Dream, Tal Esther Gallery and Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2001
Gil + Moti Kijk x Shop, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Cityhall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Gil & Moti Homegallery, ongoing project, Rotterdam,The Netherlands
1998
Bay Watch, Beit Ha'am Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997
ADLOYADA, Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996
Suppression of Desire, Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
A Piece Of Cake, Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel
Double Take Triple Give, Museums of Bat Yam, Israel
2010
Florida II- TENT in 't Gemaal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Zulu : hunters and other fantasies, Nachum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Les Rencontres Internationales, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (screening)
Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
À Fleur de peau II – Le dessin à l’épreuve, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
2008
Promenades insomniaques, Dormir/ Rêver dans l’art contemporain, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
Les Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (screening)
Combined, Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Art Marathon, Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Performance)
Gastarbeider, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hyperlove, TETEM kunstruimte/ Medialab, Enschede, The Netherlands
2007
Boys Craft, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
Paulo Post Futurum, Breda's Museum, The Netherlands
Love Is Like Oxygen, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Tent Show, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunsthalle Wien, Ursula Blickle Video Archive, Vienna, Austria
2006
Show Off, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
Arteast Collection 2000+23, Moderna galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Academy. Learning from the Museum, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Intimate Spaces, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
2005
Hydrophobia II, ZINGERpresents, Tilburg, The Netherlands
A Fleur de Peau, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
Not Alone, Haifa University Gallery, Israel
SuperStars, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
HOME at TENT, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Artistic Strategies, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (performance)
PSi #11, Brown University, Providance, Rhode Island, USA (performance)
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Maine Jewish Film Festival, USA (screening)
2004
Para-site, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
This Side Up - Amsterdam, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany
Love is in the Air, Museum Zman Leomanut, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA (screening)
A Point of View, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2003
The Claim of Images ... Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
The 2nd International Triennale for Installation Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
The Wandering Library, 50th Venice Biennale, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy
2002
Bodycase/Mudmask, The Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam
Parking DenHaag, Stroom, The Hague, The Netherlands (performance)
The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Jerusalem Cinemateque, Israel (performance and screening)
2001
From Rotterdam with Love, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France
2000
Nudnik 2000, KX- Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
1999
Smart T.V, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (screening)
Artik, Ramat-Gan Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1998
Voice of Honour, Yanko dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
1997
Political art in the 90th, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
1996
Maps of a Memory, Israeli Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

Prizes / Stipends / Residencies
2011
The Dutch Embassy, support for exhibition Totally Devoted to You, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway
Iaspis, three months residency grant, Stockholm, Sweden
DIVA- The Danish International Visiting Artists Program, four months residency grant, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibition in tour Totally Devoted to You, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010
Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Totally Devoted to You, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cabri Prints, Etching workshop, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
2009
The Artists’ Residence Herzelia, two months residency, Israel
SIR, support for Gil & Moti Homegallery project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cabri Prints, Etching workshop, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Available for You, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
CPH AIR, two months residency grant, The City of Copenhagen
The Dutch Embassy, support for exhibition We Hope You Like It the Way We Do, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
SIR, support for Gil & Moti Homegallery project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Dutch Embassy, support for exhibition What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
2007
VSB Fonds and SIR, support for exhibition Gil & Moti Homegallery project We (don't) Need Another Hero, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006
The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibitions in Budapest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Dutch Embassy, support for exhibition Arteast Collection 2000+23, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Dutch Embassy, support for exhibition, Intimate Spaces, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
2005
VSB Fonds, CBK, SIR, support for Gil & Moti Homegallery project HOME at TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2003
Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, project subsidy, Dating Gil & Moti, The Netherlands
Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Rotterdamse Kunststichting, VSB Fonds, SIR, Stichting Cultuurfonds van de Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, support for Gil & Moti Homegallery project Bodycase, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rotterdamse Kunststichting, annual support for the Gil & Moti Homegallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001
Venco, sponsorship for Gil & Moti Homegallery project Dropland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
City hall Rotterdam, Rotterdam Cultural Capital 2001, Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Ruimte Bezetten, support for The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, project subsidy for Fresh Feeling & Boyzone Pavilion, The Netherlands
Rotterdamse Kunststichting, annual support for the Gil & Moti Homegallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, project subsidy for the Gil & Moti Homegallery, The Netherlands
1998
Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem, Israel
Painting Grant, Cultural Grant America - Israel
1997
Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1995
Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem, Israel
1994
Sculpture Grant, Cultural Grant America- Israel, Israel
Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Israel

Selected Publications
2011
Totally Devoted to You, solo exhibition in tour catalogue, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Tensta Konsthall, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
Double Take Triple Give, Museums of Bat Yam exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.73-80
2010
Kitchen Secrets, Gal On Art Space, solo exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009
Future Line Tours, The Artists’ Residence gallery solo exhibition catalogue, Herzelia, Israel
Available for You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen and TENT, Rotterdam solo project publication, The Netherlands
Atelier- vijftig kunstenaarportretten, Hans de Bruijn, 99 uitgevers, Haarlem, The Netherlands, pp.132-135
Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.58-59, p.139
Zulu : hunters and other fantasies, Nachum Gutman Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel, pp.164-165, pp.214-215
Cockeye, Gal On Art Space exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel, p.40, p.61, pp.95-96
2008
Migratory Settings, Thamyris Intersecting no.19, publication, Rodopi, Amsterdam- New York, pp.57-76
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up ?, Art center, Haifa Museum of Art solo exhibition brochure, Israel
Non provocative, Gal On Art Space solo exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel
Promenades insomniaques, Dormir/ Rêver dans l’art contemporain, Passage de Retz exhibition catalogue, Paris, France, p.36, p.69, p.98
2007
Boys Craft, Haifa Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.122-124, p.174
2006
With or Without Me, Galerija SKC publication, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, pp.19-24
2005
SuperStars, Kunsthalle Wien exhibition catalogue, Vienna, Austria, p.138
Not Alone, Haifa University Gallery exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.45-46, p.23, p.19,
Home at TENT, Gil & Moti Homegallery publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2004
De Tweelingbroer van Picasso, Tornado Ed., Lokaal 01publication, The Netherlands, pp.3-5, pp.18-67.

2003
Territorial Invasions of the Public and Private, Piet Zwart Institute publication, The Netherlands, pp.111-129.
Madam, I_m Adam/ the Organisation of private life, Piet Zwart Institute publication, pp96-97.
The Claim of Images ... Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Bochum exhibition catalogue, Germany, p.281, p.293
The 2nd International Triennale for Installation Art, Haifa Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel pp. 58-59, pp.137-138, pp.144-145
The Wandering Library, 50th Venice Biennale, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy
2002
Road to a Dream, Tal Esther Gallery and Kav 16 Gallery solo exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bodycase, Gil & Moti Homegallery publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001
Gil + Moti Kijk x Shop, Artis, Den Bosch solo exhibition brochure, The Netherlands
The Tale of DR.OP and the Serious Plague, Gil & Moti Homegallery publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Nudnik 2000, KX- Kampnagel exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, Germany, pp.11-12
Mother I Bought This Book For You, artist publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Political art in the 90 th, Haifa Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.119-120, p.134
1996
The Other Dictionary, artist publication, Tel Aviv, Israel

Selected Reviews
2011
Het leven als artistiek project, Mariette Dölle in Socialisme & Democratie no.4, The Netherlands, pp.32-43
Kunstverdenenes Dupond & Dupond, interview Sara Maria Glanowski in IBEN/POLITIKEN, 11.2.2011, Denmark
Nya vagar till kommunikation, interview Emma Thornkvist in Sydsvenskan, 11.2.2011, Sweden
Doppel-Scherz, review Clemens Bomsdorf in Art Das Kunstmagazin, 16.3.2011, Germany
Scheinbare Naivitat, review Ronny von Wangenheim in Ruhr Nachrichten, 25.3.2011, Germany
Mater sitt publikum, review Eli Naesheim in Stavanger Aftenblad, 10.9.2011, Norway
2010
2x Amsterdam: tolerantie en ketchuphartjes, review Jarin Dürst Britt in Metroplis M, 15.12.2011, The Netherlands
2009
Kunstproject, Israëlishe kunstenaars Gil en Moti zoeken dialoog met Arabieren, review Yvonne Keunen in AD, 20.3.2009, The Netherlands
Gil & Moti, Beeldende Kunst selectie, NRC Hanelsblad, 27.3.2009, The Netherlands
Gil & Moti, review Wim van der Beek in Kunstbeeld no.2, 2009, The Netherlands
2008
Toiletrensning som kunstnerisk konfliktmaegler, review Sandra Boss in Information, 8.5.2008, Denmark
2007
De beste geëngageerde kunst is persoonlijk, review Manon Braat, NRC Hanelsblad, 8.9.2007, The Netherlands
Kunstbeeld 100, review, Kunstbeeld nr.5, 2007, The Netherlands
2006
The Clogs and Cheese are in Amsterdam...For Art Head to Rotterdam, review Janna Schoenberger, NY ARTS Magazine,
Nov- Dec issue, USA
Gil & Moti, review, NY ARTS Magazine, Sep- Oct issue, USA
Warme huiskamer in grimmige wereld, review Marina de Vries, de VolksKrant, 22.3.2006, The Netherlands
Parnakonyv ket rojttal/Gil & Moti, review Winkler Nora, Artmagazin, pp.56-57, Hungary
2005
Public Display of Affection, review Rodrigo Tisi, NY ARTS Magazine, Sep- Oct issue, USA
Sei Spezifisch, review Tabea Metzel, Texte Zur Kunst nr. 57, Germany
2004
Heidi & Geissenpeter/ Gil & Moti, review Wolfgang Paterno, Falter, nr.45/04, Austria
Wespennest im white cube, review Von Almuth Spiegler, Die Presse, 16.10.2004, Austria
On the eve of the 24th annual SF Jewish film festival, review Erica Marcus, SF Bay Times, 15.7.2004 USA
Gil & Moti zijn de politiek beu, review Annelies Vlaanderen, BN/DeStem, 2.4.2004, The Netherlands
The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, article Maaike Bleeker, Etcetera nr. 87, pp. 25-29, Belgium
2002
Blond ambition, review Dalia Karpel, Haaretz Magazine, 16.5.2002, Israel
I do but for who or how Gil & Moti got married, article Maaike Bleeker, Maska spring 2002 issue, Slovenia
2001
Gil & Moti spelen zich in de kijkerd, review Mark van de Voort, Brabants Dagblad, 29.10.200, The Netherlands
Roze huwelijk op het balkon, review Eefje Oomen, Rotterdams Dagblad, 22.6.2001, The Netherlands
Huwelijk blijkt een consumptieartikel, NRC Hanelsblad, 28.6.2009, The Netherlands
1999
Gil & Moti Liefste jongens van Rotterdam, review Sacha Bronwasser, de Volkskrant, 8.9.1999, The Netherlands

Collections
Works are in public and private collections, among others:
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel // Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany // Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, //MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria // Herzelia Museum, Israel // Fink, The Netherlands // Krinzinger, Austria // Dupont, France // Shoken, Israel // Alter, Israel // Lenel, France // Villa, Italy //Swagemakers, The Netherlands