MEYTAR MORAN
Dreaming & Manifesting in Tel-Aviv
CV
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Jan-Cur Editorial Member at RESEN, online literary magazine for computational Hebrew creation
2023 Sep-Cur Gallery Member at Grosso Modo Gallery, Alfasi St. 31, Tel Aviv
2023 May-Cur Editorial Member at Da'at Tevunot series, Idra Press, Tel Aviv
2022 Nov-Cur Member at Olipou, literary collective and research group for computational Hebrew creation
2018-2021 CEO, Co-Founder and Creative Director at vrWiz, Virtual Reality Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Jan-July Producer at the Young Astronaut Program, a non-profit educational TV program for kids, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Sep-Feb Intern at Pierre Huyghe Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Oct-Nov Marketing assistant at Performa, Performing arts group, New York, NY
2017 Jan-May Artist assistant to Eva and Franco Mattes, artist duo, Brooklyn, NY
2015-2016 Lab assistant at Photography, Video and Related Media department, SVA, New York, NY
2015 Feb-Jul Head Reader -> Production manager at Keter Books, Israel
2014-2015 Member of co-op run gallery, Binyamin Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2014 Jan-April Artist assistant of the photographer Yoav Horesh, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013- Current Freelance photographer, Photoshop editor, video editor, designer, Hebrew-English translator
EDUCATION
2015-2017 M.F.A (With honors) in Photography, Video and Related media, SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2009-2013 B.F.A. (With honors) In photography, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2011-2012 Washington University in St. Louis, exchange program for Merit Students, MO, USA
2008-2009 Hebrew literature, sociology and anthropology, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
AWARDS+GRANTS
2023 Promising Artist Award, In-Print Art Book Fair, Jerusalem, IL
2023 Snapir Award for poetry nomination for 'Step, Harm, Wound' (2022)
2022 Rabinovich Foundation For the Arts, Grant recipient for the Publication of 'STEP HARM WOUND' (פסע פגע פצע) Poetry Book
2021 Outstanding artist grant, The Professional Committee for Artists in the Field of Plastic Arts, Tel Aviv, IL
2017 The Snider Prize, Honorable Mention, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2017 SVA Alumni Society scholarship award for merit students
2012 America Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) grant for excellence in photography
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 EX NIHILO, Group Exhibition, Grosso Modo Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2023 Musrara Mix 23, Multidisciplinary Art Festival, Jerusalem, IL
2022 This is Culture, Beit Ariella Public Library and Exhibition Space, Tel-Aviv, IL
2022 Who Comes After Us 2, CDA, Center for Digital Art, Holon, IL
2021 Out of the Box 3, The Street Gallery, Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, IL
2019 Musrara Mix 19, Multidisciplinary Art Festival, Jerusalem, IL
2018 New Vision: Virtual Reality, Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, NY, NY
2018 The Outer Body, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 No Other Place - Decade Exhibition, Fresh Paint Art Fair 10, Tel Aviv Convention Center, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 Vanishing Points, Nowolipki Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017 SaveArtSpace, public art exhibition on a private billboard in Brooklyn, NY
2017 Street Smart: The Intersection of Art and Design in the City, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2017 MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Thesis Exhibition, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2017 The 4th Biennial Best of the Northeast's MFA Student Exhibition, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, USA
2015 Online Group Show,Space Jamz, Hafny.org http://hafny.org/group-show-47-space-jamz
2015 Online Group Show, Poor Image Art Center, poorimageart.com http://www.poorimageart.com/meytar-moran-unclassified
2015 Untitled, Visible Futures Lab SVA Gallery, New York, NY
2015 I Am a Forest Dark, group exhibition, Space Between Gallery, Cape-Town, SA
2015 Balances, group exhibition, Artists House Gallery, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, IL
2014 Fresh Paint Art Fair 7, Tel Aviv, http://www.freshpaint.co.il/he/art-fair/artist-1344
2014 Traffic, 'Haaretz' photography blog's group Exhibition, Jaffa Art Salon Gallery, Jaffa, IL
2014 Sheon Horef (Winter Roar), street art and poetry collaboration, Jerusalem, IL
2013 America-Israel Cultural Foundation anniversary gala exhibition, New York, NY
2013 Exhibition of selected photography graduates, Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, IL
2013 Graduation exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
2012 Group exhibition, Weitman Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
2011 Bezalel in Ashdod, group exhibition, Ashdod, IL
SELECTED EVENTS + FESTIVALS
2019 Official selection, Tacoma Film Festival, WA (For: Down The Pixel Hole VR)
2019 Official selection, Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, TN (For: Down The Pixel Hole VR)
2019 Official selection, Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, San Jose, CA (For: Down The Pixel Hole VR)
2018 Start-Up Nation, Tech Fair at Columbia University, New York, NY
2018 Cheated Reality, Technology Convention, The Hansen House, Jerusalem, created by The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
in collaboration with Academy City, Jerusalem, Israel
CURATORIAL
2015 I Am a Forest Dark, group exhibition, co-curated with Pierre Le Riche, Space Between Gallery, Cape-Town, SA
2014 Potential Space, solo exhibition with artist Ohad Asher, Bezalel7 Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago, IL
Rhame collection, NY, USA
Arison collection, Israel
Kirshenbau collection, CT, South Africa
RESIDENCIES
2023 Jan Öres, Örö Island Residency Programme, Finland
2015 Mar "Side Street Studios", Cape Town, South Africa
2014 May-Jun "Arteles" creative center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
SELECTED PRESS + PUBLICATIONS
2023 Dec Recommended Exhibitions, EX NIHILO, Grosso Modo Gallery, Haaretz Online
2023 Dec Recommended Exhibitions, EX NIHILO, Grosso Modo Gallery, TimeOut Tel Aviv
2023 Jan Book Review, 'Step, Harm, Wound (2022), Haaretz, culture and Literature, by Ilan Berkovitch
2022 Dec Book Review, 'Step, Harm, Wound (2022), 'The Garage' (המוסך), by Tzia Litavsky
2022 sep Books you shouldn't miss, 'Step, Harm, Wound (2022), 'The Garage' (המוסך), by Tal Nitzan
2022 'Scales' (מאזניים), Literary Magazine, September Edition (2 Poems)
2022 STEP HARM WOUND Poetry & Artist Book (Eyruvin Publishing)
2021 'The Garage' (המוסך), Online Literary Magazine (2 Poems)
2021 GRANTA Israel, online platform, (3 Poems)
2020 World Literature Today, Magazine
2018 July Living In Her Own Reality, Interview, Ynet, Yediot America
2018 April Ten Years Of Emerging Art – No Other Place
2018 April Fresh Paint Art Fair 10, catalogue
2017 July Fresh Eyes at Helen Day: MFA Students Shine, Artscope magazine
2016 Oct All The Best, Alice magazine, SVA Photo MFA publication
2016 July Shirat Ha’avanim (Song of the Rocks), poetry booklet, self publication, 16 pg.
2015 Mar I Am A Forest Dark, article about the group exhibition, SA Creatives,
2014 Nov Fresh Paint 2014 catalogue
2014 Nov Fresh Paint 2014, "Meet the Artists", Mouse Online
2014 July Traffic, exhibition catalogue, 'Haaretz'
2014 May Hämeenkyrön Sanomat, front page article, Hämeenkyrö, Finland, pg.1
2014 Feb Lemaan Hachaim Hanitbachim (For the Slaughtered Life), Helicon #104
2013 Nov 'When the Earth Rises', Sasha Tamarin, exhibition text, Bezalel7 Gallery, Jerusalem
2013 Sep Hasifa, 'Haaretz' photography blog
2013 July Bezalel graduate exhibition catalogue
2013 Mar Nahalat Hadehara (Legacy of the Galloping), poetry booklet, self publication, 16 pg.
GUEST LECTURES
2023 Apr "The Infinite Body", Group Exhibition Artist Talk, Ramat Gam Art Museum, Curated by Adiya Porat
2020 "Alpha" program for gifted youth, Belmonte Center for Science Laboratories, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
2019 BFA game design program, co-guest lecturer and critic with Eliran Vegh, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY