Michal BarOr
http://michalbaror.com
1984, Israel
Education
2011-2013
Royal College of Art, London
M.A. at the Photography department.
Graduated with honors July 2013.
2009
Alma, Home for Hebrew Culture,Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Studying towards a diploma in Hebrew Cultural Studies.
2004-2008
Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
B.F.A. at the Photography department.
Graduated with honors July 2008.
Solo and Duo Exhibition
2019
Bite the Bullet (in collaboration with Amalia Vergas), Kostka galley, Meetfectory, Prague
2018 Nahar (in collaboration with Avshalom Suliman), Cabri, a Jewish Arab Collective Gallery,
Kibbutz Cabri.
It Is No Dream, TEA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2017
Looters, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
The Bureau of Authentication (in collaboration with Patrick Hough), Narrative Projects
Gallery, London
2016
Abandoned Property, Dana Gallery, Yad Mordechi Kibutz
2015
The Hawks and the Sparrows, Petavh Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva
2010
Introduction, Hamidrasha Gallery, Beit Berl photography department
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2019 Has anybody seen the photograph of an infiltrator?
Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
Blind Spot, The Social Gallery, Musrara, Jerusalem
2018 Evil Twin Sister, Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Jerusalem
Dead Land, NURTUREart Non-Profit, New York
The Disorder Of Things, Musrara, Jerusalem
2015 Terrorist in the Library, Harold Washington College, Chicago
Vanishing Point, Bait Hagefen, Haifa, Israel
Panaccea, Inverness 43 gallery, London
Crystal Palace and the Temple of Doom, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art
Covers, Kupferman Collection Gallery, The Ghetto Fighters’ Kibbutz
Index, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2014 Measure For Measure, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva
2013 New Sensations, Saatchi gallery, London
Laboratory Austria, Xhibit , Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Exile (part of “Host and Guest”, Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.
Splinter Photo Fair, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London.
2012 Promising Photographers, International Photography Festival, Jaffa Port, Jaffa.
Aspect, Tactic – Sample studios, Cork.
Black Box, around town, Jerusalem.
Paradise Milan salon, Milan design week, Milan.
WIP Show,Work In Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London.
2011 Constance Fairness Foundation Prize, Royal College of Art, London
2018 Asylum art small grants award
2016 Artis Grant Recipient
2015 Young Artist prize, ministry of culture
Finalist – New Sensations, Saatchi gallery
Metro Imaging RCA prize
2011 Constance Fairness Foundation Prize
2008 Honors at the Department of History and Theory, Bezalel.
Artist Residency
2018 MeetFactory, three months studio residency, Prague, Czech Republic
2015 ARTPORT – A yearlong artist residency, Tel Aviv
2013 “Fontaine, School of”,summer school organized by Lucie Fontaine, ARTPort, Tel Aviv.
2011 Akademie der bildenden künste wien with FWF (Austrian Science Fund)
Conference Presentation
2018 19-20 June, PERVERSE DECOLONIZATION, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
Public Collections
Petach Tikva museum of art
Tel Aviv museum of art
Printed Publications
2019 Ar(t)chaeology: Intersections of Photography and Archaeology, Dr Elena Stylianou (Ed.)
2017 The Book of Plunder, Artist book by Michal Baror, CCA publishing, Chen Tamir (Ed.)
2017 The Jewish Engagement With Photography, Aron Bodenheimer, Michael Daxner, Kurt Nemitz,
2014 Hamidrash 17- Religion/Judaism, Hamidrash, Art school, Bail Berl, Gilad Meltzer (Ed.)
Relevant Work Experience
2017 – Today Main tutor for 3th and 2th years at Musrara, The Naggar school of Photography, Jerusalem
2015 – Today Lecturer for History of Photography, Basis Art School, Herzliya
2009-2011 Printer at Rea Printing House, Tel Aviv
2009 Research assistant for curator Dr. Rona Sela
2007-2008 In charge of digitization (scanning and archiving) in the Judaic and