Yanai Toister  bio + work

Born in Israel, 1977
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel

Education

2006

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2004

Visiting Scholar, University of California Los Angeles, CA

2001

BFA Cum Laude, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel

                             


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 Whitespace, Zurich, Switzerland

2007

Yanai Toister, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Visible Color Series, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2005

Register of Facts, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2003

Jerusalem Syndrome, Artists' Studios Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Additions - Architecture along a continuum, The Israeli pavilion, The 11th international Architecture Exhibition, The Venice Biennial, September 14th - November 23rd, 2008, Venice, Italy
Sandroni.Rey - 10 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Sandroni.Rey Los Angeles
September 6th - October 11th, 2008.
Obsessions, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 24th – October 26th, 2008, Paris, France
BJCEM, XII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Puglia, Italy Depletion - Works from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS ltd., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Personal Landscapes, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
People and Places, SECCA, Winston Salem, NC
Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2007

The Herzliya Biennale, “Ha’Oref (The Rear)”, curated by Joshua Simon, Herzliya, Israel
Distinctive Messengers, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic, presented by Campari, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Wanderland, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Germany (curated by Martin Hentschel) 
10 of the Best, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv  
Collisions & Pileups, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena California 
Supersonic, Barnsdall Park Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles 
Technologized Bodies/Embodied Technologies, Art Interactive, Cambridge Maine  
Studio City, Pescali & Sprovieri Gallery, London (curated by Efrat Shalem) 
Humanscape, painting, sculpture and photography from the Israel Phoenix collection,
Ashdod Art Museum Monart Center, Israel (curated by Yona Fischer)  
The Young Artist Award winners exhibition, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2005

fresh stART,  Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, California
                                                                    

2004

Tal Esther Gallery, Tel-Aviv Israel
Alphabet Contemporary Israeli Art, Stockholm Art Fair, Gavle Konstcentrum, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Sweden
Pets, Time For Art Foundation, Tel Aviv Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel

2003

First Profile, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel   
Artic 5, Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Israel

2002

At Home, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Israeli Art Fair (Program of the Israel Museum), Tel-Aviv, Israel
Artic 4, Tel-Aviv University Art Gallery, Israel    
The Video Program, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2001

Re–Thinking, Bonner Cinematheque and Ifa Gallery, Bonn, Germany
Artic 3, Tel-Aviv University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2000

Medi@terra, Athens, Greece 
Site, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel


Awards / Grants

2005

The Young Artist Award, The Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
The Lovelace Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts

2004

The Overseas Study Grant, America – Israel Cultural Foundation

2002

The Fund for Video Art and Experimental Cinema in Israel                                               
The Sharett Scholarship, America – Israel Cultural Foundation
First Profile, The Council for the Arts, Israel National Lottery

2000

Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
The Sharett Scholarship, America – Israel Cultural Foundation


Collections

Tel Aviv Museum of Art
ORS Israel
The Israel Phoenix
The Lehman Brothers Corporate Art Collection


Bibliography

2008 Obsessions, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Exhibition Catalogue, p. 12-13)
Stiletto Homme (Issue 06, pp. 193-197)

2007

Ruby, Online publishing project (Issue 22)
Studio Israeli Art Magazine (Issue 170, pp. 38-45, essay by the artist p. 38,)
Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Exhibition Catalog p. 42)
LA Weekly (June 20, 2007)

2006

Bezalel 100 Centenary (Volume 3, p. 304, p. 474)
/seconds, Online Publishing Project (Issue 3)
Wanderland (Exhibition Catalog, pp. 100-107)
Frieze Art Magazine (Issue 100, p. 272)
The Young Artist Award, The Israel Museum (Exhibition Catalog, pp. 54-55)

2005

Studio Art Magazine (Issue 162, p. 78)

2003

First Profile, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Exhibition Catalog, pp. 26-27, p. 77)
Studio Art Magazine (Issue 148, pp. 70-71)

2002

HaMidrasha Art Yearly – Photography (Issue 5, pp. 8-9, pp. 96-101)