KEREN BENBENISTY

KEREN BENBENISTY
Born in Israel (1977) Lives & works in Paris and New York
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2011
Kunsthuis SYB – Residency, NL (invited by Noa Giniger) 2011
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ME, USA 2009
Cal’Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA January – Mai 2003
École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR (Honored graduate) 2004
ONE- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Fabulous Opera, Keren Benbenisty and Jaye Rhee, Gym Gallery, Seoul, KR
2011 Parking, Solo show, La BANK Gallery, Paris FR
2009 You are here to stay, Keren Benbenisty and Hani Rashed, La BANK Gallery, Paris, FR
2008 QuickTime, Solo Exhibition, TÄT Gallery, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 So Near The Garden But Still Miles Away, Unosunove Gallery, Rome, IT
2011 Plutôt que rien, Maison populaire de Montreuil, FR (Curator: Raphaele Jeune)
2010 I Know what you did last summer, St. Ceclia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Grenzgâner, La generela, Saint-Cloud, FR
La nature ne fait sans objet, LA BANK Gallery, Paris, FR
Art Brussels, Art fair, BE, Abrasive, FIAC, Paris, FR
2008 Forever Young, ANNE+ Gallery Art Project, Ivry/Seine, FR (Curator: Ami Barak)
2007 Dessins, Appartement 22, Rabat, MA (Curator: Abdellah Karroum)
2006 Passage, Waterloo, London, UK (Curator: Eline Van Der Vlist)
Talking with phantoms, NY, USA (Curator: Anne Davidian)
Riches & Célèbres, La Bellevilloise, Paris, FR*
It is what it is, konstbiennal, Alma Lôv Museum, SE (Curator : Erik Sigerud)
La Naissance, Musée de L’Homme, Paris, FR
La Fabrique Du Dessin, Ensb-a, Paris, FR * (Curator: F. Bouillon, D. Figarella, V. Sonnier)
2005 Plus que vrai, ENSB-A, Paris, FR * (Curator: Henry Meyric Hughes)
2004 Nature Artificiel, Nuit Blanche, Bercy-Village, Paris, FR
Rencontre d’el-qantara, Bourges, FR
Utopie, Espace SD, Beirut, LB
2003 Yesterday There Was A Disaster, Today Is Okay, Studio 18, Valencia, CA, USA
(Curator: Elad Lassry)
Chambre D’hiver, Paris Project Room, Paris, FR (collaboration with Noa Giniger)
SCREENING
Le Signal, rencontres internationales d’image en mouvement, Biarritz, FR 2003
Ne pas tourner le viseur vers le soleil, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brétigny/Orge, FR
(Curator : Sophie Kaplan) 2004
PUBLICATIONS/ PROJECTS
Bijoux by artists, Dream Magazine, Fall 2011
He & I, Material Press Online Artist Project 2010
Jeune creation, catalogue*. Paris, FR 2006
Plus que vrai, catalogue*, Ensba. Paris, FR 2005
La Fabrique Du Dessin, catalogue*, Ensba. Paris, FR 2005
PPR Archives, Paris Project Room*, Paris, FR 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.paris-art.com, 2011 review by Garance Malivel
http://www.paris-art.com, 2009 review by Laura Houeix,
http://tranversales.blogspot.com/, review by Valéry Poulet
http://www.ouvretesyeux.fr/ 2009 review by Anne Kerner
Zerodeux, Never Again, November 2008, review By Mathilde Villeneuve
Artpress, November 2008, review By Paul Arden
Stiletto N° 20, Winter 2008, UTOPIES Portrait By Karine Porret
City Mouse/Achbar Ha’ir, January 2008 Ha’Articon/ Hemda Rosenbaum, Autoportrtait
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Professional Development Grant – ARTIS with Creative Capital, NY, USA 2012
ARTIS, Contemporary Israeli Art Fund, NY, USA 2011
Ostrovsky Family Foundation, Jerusalem, IL 2011/2012
Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in NY, USA 2011
French Ministry of Culture, Paris, FR 2009
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment, USA 2009
Installation-Sculpture Award, ENSB-A, Paris, FR 2005
Colin-Lefranc Foundation, FR 2004