Ohad Matalon (b. 1972 Kibbutz Eilot, Israel) received an MFA in Art from Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem in 2001, and a BFA in Photography with an excellently award from Bezalel in 2007. Matalon teaches photography at Bezalel Academy of Art and at Beit Berl College.
One of the main aspects of Ohad Matalon's work over the last few years has been an attempt to debate and rethink the means in which photographic works are presented and viewed. This debate tries to create experiences that confront the viewer with the vulnerable and unstable state of contemporary images and with their complex ontological status, while paralleling these images with subversion and reflection on artistic photography as a commodity. Another central aspect of Matalon's work is an ongoing dialogue with other mediums – especially sculpture, painting and performance – with the use of digital techniques, in order to expand the variety of actions that take place during the creation of his photographs; Acts of sculpting, acting, performing, and textualizing that occur prior to or during the act of photography are supported by digital editing that connects, transforms, or expands them.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Ghost House at Tamtam Art Taipei IPIX inTaipei, Taiwan (2014); The Zone at Podbielski Contemporary Gallery in Berlin, Germany (2012); North True South Bright at Contemporary by Golconda Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel (2010); Today at the Herzliya Biennial of Art, Herzliya, Israel (2009); E at the Haifa Museum of Art , Haifa, Israel (2005); and Untitled exhibition at Dvir Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel (2001).
Selected group exhibitions include No Mans Land, Artist House Jerusalem, Israel (2014); Breaking News, Podbielski Contemporary Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2014); Is that Real, Me Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark (2012); Making Room, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (2011); Imaginary Homelands, Mina Gallery, New York, NY (2011); Israeli Texture, permanent exhibition at the Israel's Parliament, Jerusalem, Israel (2011); Decadence at Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2010); Winners 2010, Winners of Israeli Ministry of Culture Awards at the Ramat Gan Museum of Art, Ramat Gan, Israel (2010); ART-TLV Tel Aviv Biennial of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (2009); Power shows 04 at the Kuandu Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan (2009); Dreary Structures, Dreamy structures at the Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod, Israel (2009); Post Minimalism at the Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel (2008); Winners 2007, Winners of Ministry of Culture Awards, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel (2007); Laterna Magica, Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam, Israel (2006); Israeli Contemporary Photography, Andersen Museum, Rome, Italy (2005); Jerusalem through a private lens, Kunsthaus Hamburg & Artist House Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Hamburg, Germany (2005); Life, Contemporary Photography from Israel, Jcc Art Gallery, New York, NY (2005); Current Visions from Israel, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY (2004); Winners of "First Portrait" –Mifal Hapais Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (2003); New Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (2002); Gallery Photographers, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2001)
Ohad Matalon has won seven awards for his art and his works can be found in major public and private collections, including those of the Tel Aviv Museum, Spilman Institute for Photography, the Israeli Parliament, PKB Private bank Switzerland, BNP Paribas bank and many others.
Ohad Matalon lives and works in Tel Aviv.
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