Tal Shochat

Tal Shochat

TAL SHOCHAT
Born 1974, Israel
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel

EDUCATION
1995 - 1999 Art, Hamidrasha Art College, Beit Berl, Kalmaniya
1988 - 1992 Plastic Art Stream, WIZO France Art High School, Tel Aviv, Israel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-2002 Photography Teacher, Ironi Hey High School, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator of the Art Gallery, Hamidrasha Art College, Beit Berl, Kalmaniya
2009 Photography Teacher, Hamidrasha Art College, Beit Berl, Kalmaniya
1999-2002 Art and photography workshops, and private individual tutoring

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
In Praise of a Dream, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA

2011
In Praise of a Dream, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Sometimes It’s Cold In The Morning, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007
Flying Ceiling, Herzliya Museum of Art

2005
Awakening, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
Awakening, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2003
Queen of the Night, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

1999
Marshim, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Leaving the Land of Roses, Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA

2012 – 2013
Light from the Middle East: New Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

2012
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF
Summer Solstice, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Videozone V: The 5th International Video Art Biennial in Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Family Flies, The Jewish Museum, Munich, Germany

2009
Four Openings in Israeli Art, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ethics/Aesthetics, The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fireflies, The Curatorial Studies Program Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
100 Years - 101 Women Artists, The Amiad Center, Jaffa, Israel
Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2008
Good Kids, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dead End, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Stills 07-08, Oranim Art Institute Gallery, Israel
Centered Space, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel
Real Time –Art in Israel 1998-2008, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Personal Landscapes, American University, Washington D.C.

2007
The Other Sea, The Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel
Group Exhibition within the Photograph Series Project, Bet Gabriel Gallery, Israel

2006
Raw and Cooked, University of Haifa Art Gallery, Israel
Apropos, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Petach Tikva Museum, Israel
Omanut Haaretz, Reding Power Plant, Tel Aviv, Israel
Far and Away, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Recipients Prizes in Art and Design, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Making a Scene, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
The Art of Living, Contemporary Photography and Video from the Israel Museum, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

2005
Face to Face, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Disrupted Realism, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Israel through the Photographer’s Lens, The Jewish Community Center, New York, NY

2004
Current Visions, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
Love Is In The Air, Time for Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2003
Flowers, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Every Day, Every Year, New Art Gallery, Tivon, Israel
2002
Mother Tongue, Mishkan Le’Omanut, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel

2001
Sense of Wonder, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel
Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2000
Ladies and Gentlemen, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Arie Aroch, Pe’er Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Graduates at Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

1999
Regarding Raffi, Nofar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Auction, ArtLink & Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Hai Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, Israel

PRESS
Cameo Smith, “Tal Shochat’s work included in the collection of photography from the Middle East to be displayed in London," Haaretz, July 18, 2012
Exhibition Review, Huffington Post, March 14, 2012
Abigail Minor, “Busted ears, Jewish trees, and tattoo flash," City Paper, February 9, 2012
Menachem Wecker, “Tu B’Shvat a Holiday in Transition," The Forward, February 7, 2012
Laura Amann, Exhibition Review, Uwishunu, February 1, 2012
Deborah Hirsch, “Photos Rooted in an Artistic Tradition," Jewish Exponent, Feb 1, 2012
Hadas Kuznits, “Special Tree Exhibit at Jewish Museum," CBSPhilly.com, January 23, 2012
Peter Crimmins, Exhibition Review, “In Praise of Trees," NewsWorks, January 24, 2012
“Goings On About Town: Art”, The New Yorker, October 27, 2011
Peggy Roalf, Exhibition Review, Design Arts Daily, October 27, 2011
Sandee Brawarsky, Exhibition Review, The Jewish Week, September 30, 2011

AWARDS
2005
The Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture Prize for a Young Artist

COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel