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KOBI ISRAEL  
       
1970   Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel  
    Lives and Works in London, United Kingdom (since 2004)  
   

EDUCTION

  
   
2010   MA in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins - University of Arts, London, UK  
2001   Cinematography, Camera-Obscura - School of Visual Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel  
2000   Photography, Camera-Obscura - School of Visual Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel  
1996   Film, N.Y.F.A-New-York Film Academy, New York, US  
1993   General Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel  
   
EXHIBITIONS  
  Installation View
Solo  
2007 • Promised Lands, David Gallery, Los Angeles, US  
  • Intimate Strangers, David Gallery, Los Angeles, US  
  • Promised Lands, Hamiltons Gallery , London, UK [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6]
2006 • Photographs, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, US [1] | [2]
       
Group  
2010 • 101 Seconds, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, UK  
  • Lingering whispers, The crypt, London, UK  
2009 • Dogma, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia  
  • Something for Everyone 2, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK  
  • AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK  
2008 • Promised Land, Warehouse Gallery, Teramo, Italy  
  • Something for Everyone, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK  
2007 • London Photo, London, UK [1] | [2]
  • AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK  
2006 • Paris Photo, Paris, France  
  • AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK  
2005 • AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK  
2004 • International Photography Award, IPA04, London, UK  
  • International Open Image Award, IOI04, Waterloo Gallery, London, UK
"Highly Commended" Award		  
2003 • Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK [1] | [2] | [3] | [4]
  • AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK
"Judges Choice" Award		  
  • International Open Image Award, IOI03, Deluxe Gallery - Hoxton Sq, London, UK  
2002 • Descubrimientos PHE02, PHotoEspana 2002, Madrid, Spain  
  • First International Saloon of Contemporary Artists, Lisbon, Portugal [1]
2001 • Galerie Art 7, Nice, France  
  • Ramat-Gan Museum of Contemporary Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel  
       
PUBLICATIONS  
       
Catalogues  
2009   Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips de Pury, London & New York  
    AOP Open Awards, Association of Photographers, London  
2007  • Promised Lands, published by Hamiltons Gallery, London  
2003 • Schweppes Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London  
       
Monographs  
2005 • Intimate Strangers, Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3861876957  
2003 • Views, Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH ,ISBN: 3861872854  
       
Selected Anthologies  
2008   Night Visions - Photo Anthology, Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH, ISBN: 3861878925  
2007 • Men for Men: Homoeroticism and Male Homosexuality in the History of Photography, 1840-2006, Jonathan Cape Ltd, ISBN 0224081659  
2006 • Dateline Israel, New Photography and Video Art, The Jewish Museum New York, Yale University Press ISBN 0300111568  
2005 • Self Exposure, The Male Nude Self Portrait by Reed Massengill, Universe Publications – Rizzoli,  ISBN 0789313170  
       
FILM  
1996   Boulevards of Broken Dreams, 16mm, 10min , New York  
       
AWARDS  
2007 • PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Honorable Mentions  
  • IPA, International Photography Awards - Honorable Mentions  
2006 • PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Honorable Mentions  
  • IPA, International Photography Awards - Honorable Mentions  
2004 • IPA, International Photography Awards - People, Self-Portrait  
  • Inernational Open Image Award, "Highly Commended" Award, Waterloo Gallery, London, UK  
2003 • AOP Open, "Judges Choice" Award, AOP Gallery, London, UK