Maya Zack ( he, מאיה ז"ק; born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, in 1976) is an artist-filmmaker who creates video art and installations.

Biography

Maya Zack studied at

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. Her work has been exhibited internationally and earned film awards and art prizes, among them the

Isracard Isracard ( he, ישראכרט) is an Israeli company that is made up of four different companies: Isracard LTD, Europay LTD, Aminit LTD and American Express Israel, which offers financial services – including credit card issuing, loans, cred ...

and

Tel Aviv Museum Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aro ...

Prize for an Israeli Artist, Idud Hayetzira Prize – Israeli Ministry of Culture, Adi Prize (Adi Foundation and the Israel Museum Jerusalem), Celeste Kunstpreis Berlin, Israel Lottery Council of the Arts, CCA Tel Aviv. Solo/group exhibitions include Moscow Biennial for Young Art 2012, MLF Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch Rome, Alon Segev Gallery Tel Aviv, Galerie Natalie Seroussi Paris, The Jewish Museum New York, LACE L.A., The Jewish Museum Berlin, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Museum Jerusalem, California Center for the Arts Museum Escondido, Figge von Rosen Galerie Cologne. Zack's videos, installations, drawings and computer-generated visualizations deal with the human attempt to impose order and form onto reality in order to cope with its chaotic nature. Her work reflects on the relation between memory and history. She is a lecturer at

Bezalel In Exodus 31:1-6 and chapters 36 to 39, Bezalel, Bezaleel, or Betzalel ( he, בְּצַלְאֵל, ''Bəṣalʼēl''), was the chief artisan of the Tabernacle and was in charge of building the Ark of the Covenant, assisted by Oholiab. The sect ...

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2016 * ''Counterlight'',

* Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy 2014 * ''Outlined Absence'', Manifesta 10's parallel projects, Taiga Space, St. Petersburg * ''The Mystical Shabbat'', Alon Segev gallery, Tel Aviv 2013 * ''The Shabbat Room'', a permanent installation at The Jewish Museum Vienna * Maya Zack : Videos, at Moving Image Art fair, London. With Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch. 2012 * ''Made to Measure'', Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy 2011 * ''Living Room'', The Jewish Museum, New York, U.S.A. Curator: Aviva Weintraub. * ''Camera Obscura'', Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris. Curator: Marie Shek. 2010 * ''Mother Economy'' - video and drawings, CUC Gallery, Berlin. Curator: Avi Feldman * ''Living Room'', Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv * ''Black and White Rule'' – Open Set, Yafo 23, Bezalel Gallery Jerusalem. 2009 * ''Reading Room'', Bialik House Museum, Tel Aviv. Curator: Marie Shek. 2008 * ''Mother Economy'',

The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The first Jewish museum in the ...

, Media Center Gallery, New York. Curator: Andrew Ingall. * ''Nalbishech Salmat Beton Vamelet'', Be’eri gallery, Kibutz be’eri. Curator: Ziva Yelin. (with Raya Bruckenthal) 2005 * ''Videos + drawings'', Alon Gallery, Ramat Hasharon 2004 * ''Concrete and Cement'', Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv (with Raya Bruckenthal) * ''Mockument'', Alon Gallery, Ramat Hasharon 2002 * ''The Baron E.T. von Home'', Artists Studios Gallery, Tel Aviv (with Raya Bruckenthal) 2001 * ''Hier seid Ihr zusammen'', Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv.

Videography

* Counter-Light (work in progress), 2016 * Black and White Rule, 2011 * Mother Economy, 2007 * Concrete and Cement 2: Door to Door, 2005 * Meme 2. - The Units, 2004 * Meme 1, 2003 * Concrete and Cement 1: Preparations for the Resembling People Ceremony, 2003 * Hier Seid Ihr Zusammen, 2000.

Awards and residencies

* Artis Grant Program, 2016 * Outset Contemporary Art Fund, 2016 *

Claims Conference The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, or Claims Conference, represents the world's Jews in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs. According to Section 2(1)(3) of the Proper ...

, 2016 *The Ostrovsky Family Fund, 2015 *Israel Lottery Council Grant For Culture and Arts, 2015 *The Shpilman institute for Photography, Tel Aviv, 2013 *Israel Lottery Council Grant For Culture and Arts, 2012 *'Idud Hayetzira' Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture, 2011 *Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize, 2011 * Artis Grant, 2011 *Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design, by Adi Foundation and Israel Museum in Jerusalem, 2010 *The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, 2009 *Israel Lottery Council Grant For Culture and Arts, 2008 *Celeste Kunstpreis, Art Prize Berlin, 1st prize Artist Category, 2008 * Israel Lottery Council Grant For The Arts, 2007 *The New Israeli Foundation For Cinema and Television, 2007 *The Center of Contemporary Art Fund for Video, 2005 *The Young Artist Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture, 2005 *The Center of Contemporary Art Fund for Video, 2002 *Tel Aviv Municipality, The Arts Department, 2002 *Excellence Award, Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Fine Arts Department, Jerusalem, 2000

Publications

* ''Maya Zack: Acting Memory'' (Arles: Actes-Sud 2015) * ''Maya Zack: The Shabbat Room'' (Vienna: The Jewish museum Vienna and Verlag für moderne Kunst 2014)

Collections

* Israel Museum Jerusalem *

Jewish Museum Berlin The Jewish Museum Berlin (''Jüdisches Museum Berlin'') was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On of floor space, the museum presents the history of Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses ...

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...

* Jewish Museum Vienna * Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, Tel Aviv. * Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart/Berlin * ORS Doron Sebbag * SIP-The Shpilman Institute for Photography Tel Aviv * Tiroche Deleon Collection

References

External links

Maya Zack homepage

Maya Zack
at the Jerusalem Print Workshop website

in Art and Design, New York Times. August 4 2011
Maya Zack’s Tel Aviv Exhibition Is Genius Marred Only by Self-restraint
Tal Niv, Ha'aretz, Aug 13, 2016
Salvage and Sabotage - Maya Zack, W.G. Sebald, Walter Benjamin and Chris Marker, A Further Inquiry on Image and Text
by Janet Sternburg, The Times Quotidian.com 2011/11/28 * La memoria odora di Kugel, Manuela De Leonardis. IL MANIFESTO, Italy Oct. 24 2012 * Maya Zack, l’horreur du temps présent , Ellie Armon Azoulay, Artpress no' 393. Oct. 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Zack, Maya 1976 births Living people 21st-century Israeli women artists Artists from Tel Aviv Israeli contemporary artists