Zak Shiff
Instagram: @zakshiff
Born in 1978, Lives and works in Tel Aviv
EDUCATION
2017-2019 Boston University, S.V.A., M.F.A. in painting
2012-2015 The School of Art Hamidrasha, Fine Art Department B.Ed.F.A
2005-2007 Open University B.A. - humanities program
2000-2003 Avni Institute Visual Communications Department
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020 “No Art,” The Lab, Tel-Aviv
2018 “Brick by Brick,” Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
"Un Hero" The Gallery for Contemporary Israeli art, Tivon Memorial Center
2017 "GAME OVER" P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 "Dead theatres" Levinsky College Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 “La Central,” Zaritsky Artists House Gallery, Tel-Aviv
GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 “Experience 4,” curator: Rotem Ritov, ZuZu Gallery, Emek Hefer
“Fish Tale,” curators: Shahar ben-Nun, Avshalom Suliman, Hadasa Cohn, Zumu On
The Run, Hamiftan, Jaffa
2021 “Household Damage,” Fresh Paint Live, curator: Raz Shapira, Tel-Aviv
“When You Knock Your Head Against The Wall, The Head Will Break And Not
The Wall,” curator: Dan Alon, Artura Gallery, Campus Rupin
2020 “Like This And Not Like That,” Curators: Tamar Lev-On and Iris Pashadetzky
Hamekarer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2019 “Proximity,” Anna Zorina Gallery, New-York
Thesis Show, Laconia Gallery, Boston
2018 "Boston Young Contemporaries,” The Stone Gallery, Boston
2017 "Dangerous Art" Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
"Fresh Paint 9 Art Fair, Steinhardt Museum, Tel Aviv University
2016 "Egotrip" P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Clearing" Florentine Quartet Space, Group exhibition, Tel Aviv
Secret Art Fair 8, Bank Leumi, Tel Aviv
2015 B.F.A. Graduates Exhibition – Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts, Israel
2013 Toy Cycle Exhibition 2013, Old Jaffa Museum, Tel Aviv
7F, Street art Group Exhibition, New central Station, Tel Aviv
2012 Fresh Paint Art Fair 5, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv
Secret Art Fair 6, Bank Leumi, Yehuda Halevi St, Tel Aviv
2011 "3 to Get Ready,” Zadik Gallery, Jaffa
SITE-SPECIFIC
2018 Collaboration Performance – Music, Dancing, and Painting, N.E.C. New England
Conservatory, Boston
W.B. Mason Cardboard TruckThe Ramp at 808 Commonwealth, S.V.A.
2011 Mural Collaboration on the wall, Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium High School, Tel-Aviv
2010 Interventions in public spaces – artists paint on public structures.’
Sponsored by the municipality of Tel-Aviv
RESIDENCIES
2020 The Lab, Herzle 119, Tel-Aviv
SELECTED PUBLICATION
The W.B. Mason Truck: Office Supply Delivery Truck Inspires Art at B.U.- http://bunewsservice.com/the-w-b-mason-bus-office-supply-delivery-truck-inspires-art-at-bu/
Portfolio News: Solo Exhibition, Zak Shiff, GAME OVER- https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/93144
Portfolio News: No Art – Installation/Performance at The Lab- https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/126545
SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS
2020-2022 Art’s Class, Tel-Aviv municipality Merit Scholarship
2019 Award in honor of John Walker
2018 Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, Boston University
2017 Award for Exceptional Achievements, School of Visual Arts, Boston Universit