Uri Zamir
Born 1993 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Uri Zamir (born 1993, Tel Aviv) lives and works in Tel Aviv. A multidisciplinary artist, his body of work consists of sculpture, performance and video installation, where myth, space and theater are a central motif in his work. graduate (BFA) from the Fine art department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (2019) and the student exchange program at Tokyo University of the Arts. He has won various awards and scholarships, including: 30 Under 30, Forbes Magazine (2023) Mifal†HaPayis, Artists’ Greenhouse, Herzliya Museum†of† Contemporary †Art (2021), Rabinovich†Foundation†for†the†Arts (2020,2021), Honors†Fellowship from the†America-Israel Cultural†Foundation (2019) ;Lineen†S.†Cooper†Prize†for†Excellent†Artists (2019) And a scholarship from Tokyo University of the Arts. Exhibited in exhibitions in museums, galleries and alternative spaces, including the solo exhibition “Delirious Sailing” at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2022) "Crater's Belly" at Rosenfeld Gallery (2021),“Chasing†pavements”†Loving†Art†Making†Art (2021), Fresh Paint Fair - Independent Artists Greenhouse (2021), Solo Exhibition " From the Collection of", Studio Bank (2021)," Disform ", Fain 3 Gallery (2021)," DETERMINATION ", Edmond de Rothschild Center (2020), Night†Light Festival (2020, 2017)," Seven world ", The Jewish Museum in Munich (2020), Indie Gallery (2020), Print Screen Festival (2019), Light Festival in the Old City of Be'er Sheva (2018) and more.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Education
2015-2019 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 "Echo My Dear Friend", Raw-Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2022 "Delirious Sailing״, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by: Sally Haftel Naveh
2021 “From the Collection of”, Studio Bank ,Tel Aviv, curated by: Yoav Weinfeld and Omer Sheizaf
“Crater’s Belly”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Frenkel-Tene
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024-2024 NonFinito, Artport, Tel-Aviv, curated by: Vardit Gross
2024 Believe, Manofim Festival, Jersualem, curated by: Rinat Edelstein
2023 Collection’s Protest, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv
2023 “The Authority for Identity Security”, The Artist Residence, Herzliya, curated by: Ran Kasmy-Ilan
2021 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Artists Greenhouse, curated by: Raz Shapira and Ifat Gurion, Tel Aviv
2021 “Disform”, Fain 3 Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Fountain
2021 “Age of Aquarius”, Halal Bastudio, Tel Aviv, curated by: Uri Weinstein
2021 “Chasing Pavements”, Loving Art Making Art, curated by: Yoav Weinfeld and Omer Sheizaf, Tel Aviv
2020 “Seven Worlds", video with Benyamin Reich, Jewish Museum, Munich
2020 “Cleansed”, show\exhibition\shop, Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv
2019 “The Museum Goarder”, Night Light Festival, Tel Aviv, curated by: Noga Davidson and Yasha Rozov
2019 “Hours in the 30th Century”, space design, CCA, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2019 “Stand on the Wind”, , Print Screen, Israel's Digital Art Festival, Holon, curated by: Lior Zalmanson
Selected Grants & Awards
2023 Artport residency programme, Tel Aviv
2023 30 Under 30, Forbes Magazine,
2022 Impact Collections, Supported Project,
2021 Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts,
2021 Mifal HaPayis, Artists’ Greenhouse, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art,
2020 Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts,
2019 Lineen S. Cooper Prize for Excellent Artists,
2019 Honors Fellowship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation,
2017 Scholarship from Tokyo University of the Arts,
Stage
2022-3 Artistic Committee Member and Dramaturg for select performances at the Akko International
Fringe Theatre Festival
“VHS– Blast from the past”, space designer, created by Renana Raz ana Nitzan Cohen, Israel Festival
2021 “The Water Boy and the Water”, space designer, created by Ariel Sereni Brown, Hazira Theater,
Jerusalem
"Tricks”, performer and space designer, created by Lilla Roma Weisselberg, Habait Theater, Tel Aviv
2019 “Six Reasons to Leave”, director and space designer, Nissan Nativ Studio, Tel Aviv
2018 “Zula 2000”, Space designer, created by Ariel Sereni Brown and Maya Landsmann, Akko International
Fringe Theatre Festival
2017 "A-HOLE FUCKIN LOSER”, space designer, creator by Ariel Sereni Brown, The National Kaunas Drama
Theatre, Lithuania
2016 “NAME DROP”, space designer, created by Jason Danino Holt, Habait Theatre
Collections
Private collections