ARTISTS
Itamar Jobani

BIOGRAPHY

Itamar
Jobani has been
identified as one of
the most promising
young artists
emerging from
Israel today. Since
relocating to New York, he‘s garnered critical acclaim for numerous
exhibitions and seen his recognition grow in the international art
world.

Jobani graduated from Beit-Berl College in Israel, with a
major in Fine Arts. Post-graduation, he was invited to join the faculty
of Beit-Berl where he taught video art and new media. Jobani
continued his education at Tel-Aviv University with a double major in
philosophy and film studies. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
with honors, Jobani went on to study at Pratt Institute in New York,
with a concentration in sculpture and new media.

Jobani has enjoyed numerous exhibitions both in Israel and
abroad, and received much acclaim for his solo show at the Herzeliya
Biennale in 2007. He was subsequently awarded a solo exhibition at
the prestigious VOLTA New York contemporary art fair in 2008.
Other recent exhibitions include: ―Inspired‖ Glasgow, Scotland;
―Martin-Gropius-Bau‖ Berlin, Germany; Three Rivers Arts Festival
gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; White-Box Gallery, New York
and solo shows at Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York and Le Poisson
Rouge Gallery, New York. Most recently Jobani was invited to be an
artist - in-residence at Vierter Stock, Berlin, as well as an open studio
artist Fall/Winter '09 at Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York.
Jobani was born in Israel in 1980, and currently lives and works in
New York.

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