Shay Kun

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1974
Lives: New York, NY

Education
1999-2000 MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1995-1998 BA in Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel


Solo Exhibitions
2005 I Care Because You do Too, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Desktop-The Reunion, Efrat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1992 Gesher Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel



Group Exhibitions
2005 White Box Benefit Auction, at The Angel Orensanz Center For The Arts, New York, NY
�This dream, America�, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
"...and death", New Space Gallery, Manchester College, CT
Tsunami Benefit Auction, at Philips de Pury, New York, NY
�Wandering", a part of Artis05' (Israeli Art Week), Makor, NY
2004 Makor Marathon, New York, NY
Boundless Joint, Oslo, Norway
The Peekskill Project, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
Wandering Library, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
Draw_Drawing, Gallery 32 (in conjunction with London Biennial), London, UK
Group Exhibition, Israeli-Polish Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Primo, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
Feast or Famine: Artists and Food, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Social Order, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
Public Execution/ Big Glass, Exit Art, New York, NY
The Law of the Jungle, Sau Paulo, Brazil
Raid Projects, The Armory Show, New York, NY
Sub-Plot, Barthelemy Gallery, New York, NY
The Mouth Breathers, Nurture Art Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Banners III, Lubbock, TX
The Bill Clinton Show, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Puppy Love, Pelham Art Center, Westchester, NY
Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
The Great Painters Ball, �La Vuelta�, New York, NY
2002 Night of Thousand Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Violence, Online Festival Collaborative Effort with Agricola de Cologne/A Virtual Memorial
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Gallery Fortes Villaca, Sau Paulo, Brazil
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Liverpool Bianalle, Liverpool, England
Artists Respond, Joint Exhibition, Somerville Museum of Art, Boston, MA
2001 Blowing Up, The Foundery, London, England
Hi Falutin�, Hi Kickin�, VTO Gallery, London, England
Egotripping, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
April Fool�s Day, San-Paulo, Brazil
Plastic Sheet, A.A. Silver Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Cream, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Glamour Hammer, The Boxing Ring, London, England
2000 Assembly, Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, Stepney City, London, England
Master�s Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, England
Outhouse, The Rich and Famous Gallery, London, England
Brainstorm, Curators� Space, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1998 Graduates� Exhibition, Fine Arts Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1994 Riva Gallery, Paris, France
New Art, �New Art From Israel� Gallery, New York, NY


Bibliography
2005 Tochin Andrea, �Wandering�, NY Press, January, Volume 18 No.3, P.48, 2005.
2005 Consulate General of Israel Cultural Department, January-February, 2005.
2005 Whats Up! whatsupnyc.com, New York, NY, January, 2005
2005 Moyal, Raviv. �The Big Apple Falls Close to the Tree.� Maariv International Ed., 14 January. p. 46
2004 Cerbini, Lorenza, �Alla Buia Gallery si Festeggia con �Primo,�� America Oggi, 27 June, p. 9.
Jon Elliot, "The Mouth Breathers at NURTUREart." The Greenline, 11-29 February, p. 11.
2003 New York Magazine, (Intelligencer section), �The Bill Clinton Show�, New York, NY, October.
2002 PoT Exhibition Catalog, Sau Paulo, Brazil, September.
�Artists Respond,� Art New England Reviews, New England, September.
2003 Maariv America, weekend edition, New York.
Maariv America, weekend edition, New York, September.
2001 Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, May.
Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, March.
2000 Assembly Group Exhibition Catalog, London, England, October.
Goldsmiths Master�s Thesis Exhibition Catalog, London, England, July.
1999 Ouie Kelete Hungarian Weekly Paper, Jerusalem, Israel, May.
Studio Art Magazine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May.
1995 Jewish Week News, Art Section, New York, December.


Grants/Awards
2004 Makor Artist in Residence, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY