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Shahar Marcus

Shahar Marcus (born 1971) is an Israeli artist who works primarily in video, performance and installations.

Shahar Marcus
Born1971
Petah Tikva, Israel
NationalityIsraeli, Jewish
EducationTel Aviv University
Known forVideo art, performance and installations

Biography

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Shahar Marcus was born in 1971 at Petah Tikva. His mother was a teacher and father a Diamond dealer. His first child was born during 2011 and in 2014 his youngest daughter joined the family. They currently reside in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In his early works Marcus dealt with the exploration of his own body and its limitations; his body serving as an instrument or rather a platform for the conducting of experiments with various perishable materials, such as dough, juice, ice and fire. While his early video-performances feature himself along with other artists, with whom he had collaborated in the past, in his recent works, Marcus appears by himself, while embodying different roles and characters.

His most recent works he deal with local political issues, by approaching iconic Israeli landmarks with a critical and humorous point of view (like "1,2,3,Herring"). Thus, Marcus reflects on his own heritage, environment and the creation of local historical narratives. He aspires to tackle a local issue, and convey it through universal visual means ("The Curator", "King of Falafel", "Homecoming Artist and Leap of Faith").

As of 2012, Marcus has been collaborating with the Turkish-German performance artist Nezaket Ekici. The both of them have been employing their own bodies as a medium to build up forces and energies, to resolve tensions and conflicts. By pushing their own physical limits, they cause their works to revolve in no small measure around the limits of cultural and political difference. (Methexis, Sand Clock, Salt Dinner).

Education

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Awards and residencies

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  • 2015 The Discovery award, Loop art fair and festival,Barcelona,Spain.
  • 2013 The Israeli Ministry of Culture award for Encouraging Creativity.
  • 2013 Special mention for "seeds" at the 20 min\max film festival, Ingolstadt, Germany.
  • 2012 Winner of the "press" award, Laguna art prize, Venice,Italy
  • 2011 Winner of the celeste prize-video award
  • 2011 ArtMuse video festival, first place for "Freeze", Bocholt, Germany
  • 2010 Art OMI, New York City
  • 2009 Special mention for "frog test" video art. The Jerusalem International Film festival, Israel.
  • 2008 Beatrice Kolliner award for young artist, Israel Museum of Art
  • 2006 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Education And Culture

Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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2016

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  • Exhibition of works from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków at the MAXXI, Rome, Italy
  • The 9th Tbilisi Annual International Contemporary Art exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • VideoMedeja Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 5th Radial Festival, I.D. Festival Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • The Sea, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
  • Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust, Hanover
  • Fundamental- the 5th Mediations Biennale, National Museum Poznań, Poznań, Poland
  • The Pleasure of Love, The 56th October Salon, Belgrade Culture Center, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
  • Subspace, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
  • Universum, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
  • Medicine in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
  • Things to Come, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva
  • Berlin Case, APT Art Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
  • Torrance Art Museum (ArtVideoKOELN and the New Museum of Networked Art), Los Angeles, United States

2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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2005

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  • Precise, Blur 5 International Biennale for Performance Art, Tel Aviv
  • Cover, L.M.P Theatre, C.R.A.N.E Art Tulage, Chateau de Chevigny, France

2003

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  • Freeze, Blur 4 International Biennale for Performance Art, Jaffa
  • Soak Art Focus 4, Jerusalem
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Articles

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  • HA'ARETZ – GUIDE, 2 April 2010
  • City Mouse, 27 May 2010
  • "Tel Aviv", TIME OUT – Fresh Paint, 29 April 2010
  • ISLAND CHANNEL, HAARETZ-FRONT, 17 August 2010
  • BELLEMODE, 1 September 2010
  • "Tower of Babel", Pnai Plus, 28 September 2010
  • THE JERUSALEM POST – METRO, 15 October 2010
  • Yediot Hanegev, 12 November 2010

References

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  • "Shahar Marcus". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
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