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