Dvir Gallery
  

 

Artist's website : www.leoralaor.com

 

Born 1952, Israel
Lives and works in Jerusalem

 


Education

1996

Jerusalem Graphic Design, Ministry of Labour

1981

Photography Department, The New School, New York

1979-1980

Photography Department, School of Visual Arts, New York

1973-1977

Faculty of Fine Art, Film & TV Department and Jewish History, Tel Aviv University

 


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006

Wanderland #2, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
Wanderland, The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, JCC, Manhattan, New York
Leora Laor: Images of Light, Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2005

Leora Laor: Image of Light, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Leora Laor, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

2004

Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Wanderland, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York

1984

Bess Cutler Gallery, New York

1983

Oggi Domani Gallery, New York
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York

 


Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

Current Visions: Inside Israel (Part 2). Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York.
Dateline Israel: Recent Photography and Video, the Jewish Museum, New York

2006

"Wanderland", Mies van der Rohe building, Krefeld Museum, Germany
"Shadows and Silhouettes", the Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem

2005

Recent acquisitions, GEM, Museum of Actuele Kunst, Hauge
The Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist: Tel Aviv Musuem of Rattle Aviv
"Lights", the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"Fotografia Israellana Contemporana", Hendrik C. Anderson, Museum, Rome
"Luca Pagliari and Others", After Hopper, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York

2004

"Etude pour un Premier Amour", Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Water Water Everywhere", Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
"Current Visions: Inside Israel", Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York

1989

"Alef Beth Bgimel", Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem

1984

"Landscapes and Mindscapes", Gallery Contretype, Brussels
"Summer Group Show", Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
"H2O", Pan Am building, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Limbo", P.S.1, Long Island City, New York
"Just Appearances", New Math Gallery, New York
"Contemporary Israeli Photography", Lieberman & Saul Gallery, New York
Photographs from the Museum Collection; Highlight of the Museum
Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
"Terminal", New York
"Group Preview", Oggi Domani, New York
"The Ritz", Collaborative Projects Inc., Washington D.C.

1983

"Photo-Vision 83'", Foto Gallery, New York
Terminal, New York
Group Preview, Oggi-Domanim New York
Variations, Caidoz Gallery, New York
The Ritz, Collaborative Projects Inc., Washington D.C.
7 Days of Creation, ABC - No Rio, New York

1982

"Pinko", West-Beth Painters Space, New York
Photography Show, Foto Gallery, New York
Salmagundi First Annual Show, Photography and Sculpture Exhibition, New York
Erotic photography Show, Foto Gallery, New York

1981

Stephen Rose Gallery, Boston, MA

 


Awards

2005

Leon Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, The Tel-Aviv

 


Bibliography

 

- Louria-Hayon Adi. "Objects of Desire", Afterimage, Issue 33.3, the Journal of Media, Art and Cultural Criticism, Rochester, NY, Nov.-Dec. 2005, pp. 44-45
Louria-Hayon Adi, "Digital Fantasy; Longing for the Sublime," in: Bezalel : Proceeding of History and Theory, V. 1, Nov. 2005
Artner Alan G. "Images Extract Visions from the Commonplace", Chicago Tribune, October 21, 2005, p.29
Adler, Tony. "Now You See It, Now You Don't", Chicago Reader, Section 1, October 7, 2005, pp.30-31
Tzur Uzi. "Leora Laor Photographs", Ha'aretz, Literature and Culture, September 16, 2005, p. 2e
Casgar Amanda. "Chelsea Galleries Provide Diversity at Every Turn", Art Business News, March 2005, pp.159-162
Menkes Suzy "At Paris Photo, A Focus on the Power of Women" Herald Tribune, November 9, 2005, p.11
Leora Laor, New york Photos / The Dead Sea Photos, Kav 10, July 10, 1990
Sgan-Cohen Michael, "Between New York and Jerusalem"Kav 6-7, June, 1984, pp. 64-76
Robinson Walter and Carlo McCormick, "Searching towards Ave. D", Art in America, summer 1983, pp. 135-160
Mcdarrah Fred, Leora Laor, The Village Voice, Nov.29 1983, p.77

 


Selected Public Collections

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Tel-Aviv museum
Museum of Contemporary Art (GEM), Hauge
Coca-Cola Corporation
Colgate-Palmolive
IBM Corporation
Jordache Enterprises
McDonald Corporation
Smart Foundation
Private collections

 

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