RESUME

SARI CAREL

Education

2001       MFA, Hunter College, Department of Art, New York, NY

1996       BFA Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

1994       Student Exchange Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

One and Two Person Shows

2023    Mud Maze, Room 25 Sound Space, TA (Upcoming)

2022    The Sun Is A Mouth Of Blue, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR 

2021     Maps (With Betty Yu), Curated by Klaudia Ofwana Draber, Five Myles Gallery, NY 

    The Coyote After-School Program, Saison Video (solo online presentation), FR

2020    The Shape of Play, commissioned by JArts and curated by Now & There, Boston 

Worked with multiple stakeholders and partners for this project. Community Dialogues were limited to Zoom, topics included the history of monuments in Boston, visions of public art today, a hands-on workshop for young audiences

2019     The Coyote After-School Program, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR

Organized  as part of this exhibition  the event Like Animals: An interdisciplinary discussion on similarity and difference in the more-than-human world. The panel focused on moving beyond anthropocentric models of thinking in the arts and humanities, and towards changes in our fundamental ideas and practices involving animals and calling into question the idea of an impermeable distinction between humans and other beings.

2018    Out of Thin Air, A public sound installation commissioned by More Art, City Hall Park, NY  

Worked with multiple stakeholders and partners for this project. Co-led   interdisciplinary breathing and sound workshops with Jessica Wolfe, Alexander  Technique Master. Collaborated with South Bronx Unite on an Environmental Justice Tour. Collaborated with Cue Art Foundation on a symposium on art and the commons at the School of Visual Arts.

2017     Earth & Sky, Curated by Irit Ben Jacob, Tel-Aviv University Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)                                               

2016     Breach of Skin, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR                                                                    

2015     Borrowed Light, public art, sound project, and performance series in Sunset Park, commissioned by More Art, NY                     Worked with multiple stakeholders  for this project. Taught a music and sound workshop in collaboration with Eli Keszler, working with adult ENL students in Sunset Park. This workshop culminated with a live performance and celebration. An extensive public engagement program on-site included  programming for children and adults.

2014    Semaphore Island, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa                                                                                                                                   Flight Song, curated by Lorissa Rinehart, Center for Strategic Art and Architecture, NY                                                                                    Worked with multiple collaborators for a series of live performances, including new- music practitioners and Renaissance musicians. 

2013    Sari Carel/The Museum of Commerce, La Mama Gallery, NY                                                     

2012    Warp & Weft, Contemporary by Golconda, Tel Aviv                                                                            

2012    Breathless: Sari Carel and Jennifer Levonian, Young Projects, Los Angeles                              

2010    Sari Carel: Endemic, Vox Populi Video Lounge, Philadelphia                                                     

Landscapes: Sari Carel and David Nipo, Contemporary by Golconda Gallery, TA                                          

              Sari Carel, Video Lounge Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY                                                                       

2009    Watching the Wolfman Dance the Foxtrot, The Heder Gallery, TA                                              

2008    Watching the Wolfman Dance the Foxtrot, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY                            

2007    Dog Ear, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, TA (cat.)                                                                                

2006    The Beekeeper, Artists House, TA                                                                                                 

2005    Champs Elysees, Artists Space, NY                                                                                                      

2003    Sari Carel, Stundars Museum and Cultural Center, Solf, Finland
 

Selected Group Shows and Performances

2021     Makeshift, Curated by Aimee Burg with Collective View, Artlot, NY 

Shared View, Online exhibition by Collective View

Private View IRL, Paradice Palase, NY

2019    Let’s Try Listening Again, curated by Prem Krishnamurthy, Sarah Demeuse, AIR  Gallery NY

Install/Deinstall, curated by Gabriela Vainsencher, 601 Artspace, NY

Sari Carel: Three Works, published by Contour Editions, NY

ExChange 010, curated by Daniel Neumann, Live performance at Fridman Gallery, NY 

2018     Out Of Thin Air, Sense tuning tours with artist Zoey Hart as part of programming 

When the Jay Feeds The Cuckoo, Maalot Tarshicha Gallery, IL 

Companion Pieces, Anytime Department Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2017     Reassembly, The Cultural Foundation of Tinos, Greece (Cat.)

Sinkholes, Arad Center for Contemporary Art, Arad

2016    Residual Historical Haunting, curated by Roxana Fabius and Humberto Moro, Johannes Voght Gallery, NY

2015    On The Exactitude Of Rain, Ryan Lee Gallery, NY

    Borrowed Light, Collaborative workshops and performance with Eli Keszler, NY     

2014     Opera Feroce and Sari Carel’s Flight Song, collaborative performance at Silent Barn, NY

Can You Finish my Novel For Me, Curated by Ethan Hauser, Governors Island, NY 

Sunday at the Park, as part of a collaboration with Sarah Crowner and Exile Books, Locust Projects, Miami 

Sonic Youth, Nuzhaa Gallery, Jaffa

Back to the Future, curated by Hadas Kedar, The Cube Gallery, Jerusalem, 

Sari Carel, Flight Song, The Alenbi Sound Art Project, curated by Hagit Werner, Tel  Aviv 

2013     What is the Sound of One Bird Singing, Artist’s text in Antennae Journal, UK 

Anti Anti, curated by Hadas Kedar, Tel Aviv University Gallery, TA(Cat.)

Two Sound Tracks, The Aldrich Museum Gala, Ridgefield, CT

2011     Revisiting Extinct Sounds, with Curator Leah Abir and Historian Jonathan Sterne, Cabinet Magazine Art Space, NY

Drawing Club, Soloway, NY

Take Me Home, Curated by Francesca Arcilesi, NY

2010    White Night, Curated by Ory Dessau, Benleumi Space, Tel Aviv

Parts and Labor, Soloway, NY

Ideal #12, Espace Croisé, Roubaix (Cat.)

Video 2010, Momenta Art, NY

Endemic, a very noisy silent film, Performance with Sergei Tcherepnin, Momenta Art, NY

2008    Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (Cat.)

Unparalleled Luna Park, Curated by Moran Shuv, Rothschild Avenues, TA

Show Number One, Melanie Flood Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2007    It Can’t Happen Here, Soundwork Gallery, Portland, Oregon

              Majuscule, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York (Cat.)

          Secret Art, Mani Building, Tel Aviv, Israel (Cat.)

              Voyage to an Ancient Planet, Art Space, Jaffa, Israel 

              Sari Carel, Holly Coulis, Katerina Pfefferkorn, Thierry Goldberg Projects, NY     

2006    Unspooling Stories: Sari Carel, Paradeep Dalal, Margarida Garcia, Tart, SF 

              Group Show Curated By Clarissa Dalrymple, Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles

              Not Out Of The Woods Yet, The Projection Gallery, Liverpool            

2004     The Neon Forest Is My Home, 67 Gallery, Brooklyn,

2003     14X14, Century Gallery, London

2002     Blixa Bargeld, Sari Carel, Juan Gomez, Bjorn Melhus, Momenta Art, Brooklyn

               Welcome To The Playground Of The Fearless, Entropy Space, Brooklyn

               Building Anxiety, Ten In One Gallery, New York

2001      Plastica, A.A. Silver Gallery, Tel Aviv

               Follies, Artists Project, zingmagazine, fall Issue     

2000     Nae’r Do Wells, DNA Space, New York     

Awards and Residencies

2022    Zero Foot Hills Farm, Famil Residency, CT

2021    Koda: Land and Environment artist residency, Governors Island, NY

The residency included  a Tree-Care and Art-making workshop co-led with Trees NY, an Activism as Self-Care workshop with 350Brooklyn. 

2019    C3:Initiative, Artist in Residence, Portland, OR

2018    Artis Exhibition Grant, NY

2017    LMCC Process Space Residency on Governors Island, NY

2016     Portland State Educational Activities Speakers Board Award, Portland, Or

2015     Emergency Art Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Art, NY

2014     Artist In Residence, The Center for Strategic Art and Agriculture, NY

2008    Emerging Artists Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York

      Atlantic Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence Program Florida

     Bundanon Artist Residency, North Nowra, Australia

2007    ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York

2004     A.I.R Vienna, Atelier Stipendium des Bundeskanzleramtes, Vienna

2003     Artist Residency, Stundars Museum, Solf, Finland

Screenings and Festivals

2010       Indecisive Moment, Brooklyn Fire Proof, NY

  Urban Research on Film, The Directors Lounge, Berlin

2009      Bird Days, Dumbo Arts Festival, Dumbo Arts Center, NY

                The Fuzzy Set, curated by Pilar Conde, LAX Art, Los Angeles

                Echo Gap, curated by Modou Dieng, Valentine’s, Portland

2008      Species of Spaces and Other Places, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York

                Urban Research on Film, The Directors Lounge, Berlin

2007      70 CM, New York-Tokyo-Rio, Berlin

               Camera Obscura, Sydney, Australia    

Selected Bibliography

2020    Sari Carel, The Shape Of Play, Naomi Lev, The Brooklyn Rail

At Waterfront Park An Artwork Invites Visitors To Play a Little Longer, Cate McQuad, The  Boston  Globe

Public art debuts in Waterfront Park, Chris Lovett, Boston Neighborhood Network

Art this week: The Shape Of Play, WGBH.org (NPR)

A new public artwork asks the question: Do you feel free to play, Andrea Shea, The Artery 

2018     Eight Outdoor Installations in NY To Get Excited About, Danie McDermon, NY Times

How Health and the Environment Impact Art, Elisa Would Almino, Hyperallergic 

This Audio Installation Lets You Hear A City Breathe, Ben Paynter, Fastcompany.com

New York Today: Our Collective Breath, Jonathan Wolfe, NYtimes.com

Why This NYC Park Is Filled With The Sound Of Loud Breathing, Jessica Holmes, Observer

Hearing is Seeing, Carl Glassman, Tribeca Trib

2017     Swallowed by the Earth, Eitan Buganim, Haaretz

The Biometric ID of Fish, Moshe Gilad, Haaretz

2015     Sunset Park magnifies the sounds of local critters, Nikhita Venugopal, DNA.info

2014     500 Words: Sari Carel, by Rotem Rosenthal, Artforum.com

A Rare Breed, Eitan Buganim, Haaretz

From Palestine to the Sea, Miriam Kotz, Yediot Achronot

Sari Carel: Semaphore Island, Haaretz 

A Nuanced Orchestration: A conversation with Sari Carel, by Avi Lubin, Harbor Magazine

Locust Projects, Sunday in the Park, by Anne Tschida,Miami Herald

Locust Projects blossoms with seasonal repertoire, Irene Sperber, Miami Art   

2012      Sari Carel, Warp & Weft, Irit Cohen, Niche Magazine

Warp & Weft, Bloodhounds, Vardit Gross, Yediot Achronot

2011      Featured artist with writer Naomi Fry, Abe’s Penny, Micro magazine

Sari Carel, interview with Brandon Johnson, zingmagazine.com

2009    The official Refreshment Of The Summer, Uzi Tzur, Haaretz    

2008     Art Shoehorned Amid Charm, The New York Times, Holland Cotter

               Don’t Look Back, The Midrasha Journal

2007      A Reality in Pieces, Sari Carel, Ozone magazine, Maria Antelman

        The Beekeeper, Artists Project, Sari Carel, zingmagazine    

2006     Sari Carel , Not a hole in the ground, Studio Magazine, Ori Dromer

               A Group Show Curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Artforum.com, Catherine Taft 

2004     The Neon Forest is My Home, The Brooklyn Rail, by William Powhida

2003     Sari Carel at Stundars, Vasabladet, Lisbeth Rosenback

2001     Nae’r Do Wells, The New York Times, Roberta Smith