The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy
Shay Kun
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2000
MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1998
BA in Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Slack Tide, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2009
Opportunities multiply as they are seized, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2008
Nails & Feathers, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Old Flames Don't Die Out They Build New Fires, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2007
Perversion Is The Love We Feel When Others Feel Love, SEVENTEEN Gallery, London, UK
2006
Melting Midlands, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2005
I Care Because You do Too, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Desktop-The Reunion, Efrat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1992
Gesher Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
LABA, 14TH Street Y, New York, NY
The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy, West Los Angeles College Art Gallery, L.A.
2009
Animamix, The Shanghai contemporary Art Museum, China
Viceroy Hotel, Vara Global Fine Arts, Special Projects, Art Basel Miami Beach
Golden Record: Sounds of Earth, The Collection, Lincoln, England
Three Painters, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2008
In Your Face, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
Pole Shift, Project Gentili , Berlin, Germany
Somewhere To Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Pulse Art Fair, Saatchi online, New York
Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Fresh Paint, Israeli Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
London Confidential, MEWS 42, London, UK
Artfutures, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
2007
Holiday!, BUIA Gallery, NY
…A Landscape Show , Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Slick Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, Paris, France
Sunny, Clear and Cool, BUIA Gallery, NY
The Most Curatorial Biennial, Apexart, NY
The Juddykes, John Jones Gallery, London, UK
Subreality, Aftermodern Gallery, SF
Reddot Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, NY
Invisible Jet, Buia Gallery, NY
2006
Winter Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, NY
Bridge Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, Miami
Art 212, Aftermodern Gallery, NY
Learning How to Make New Friends, Mackb Gallery, Florida, U.S.A
Shifting Landscapes, Aftermodern Gallery, SF
Breezer, BUIA Gallery, NY
Draw_Drawing 2, The Foundry (in conjunction with London Biennial), London, UK
The Pop Art Show, The Kaufmann Arcade, NY
2005
Children of the Grave, the Agency, London, UK
Our World, World Arts Media, New York, NY
Utopia, Fournos Center For Digital Art, Athens, Greece
Poles Apart / Poles Together, 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
In the Ring, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
This dream, America, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Tsunami Benefit Auction, at Philips de Pury, New York, NY
Wandering, a part of Artis05' (Israeli Art Week), Makor, NY
"...and death", New Space Gallery, Manchester College, CT
2004
Boundless Joint, Oslo, Norway
The Peekskill Project, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
Wandering Library, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
Draw_Drawing, Gallery 32 (in conjunction with London Biennial), London, UK
Primo, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
Feast or Famine: Artists and Food, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Social Order, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
Raid Projects, The Armory Show, New York, NY
Sub-Plot, Barthelemy Gallery, New York, NY
The Mouth Breathers, Nurture Art Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Banners III, Lubbock, TX
The Bill Clinton Show, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Puppy Love, Pelham Art Center, Westchester, NY
Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
2002
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Gallery Fortes Villaca, Sau Paulo, Brazil
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Liverpool Bianalle, Liverpool, England
Artists Respond, Joint Exhibition, Somerville Museum of Art, Boston, MA
2001
Hi Falutin’, Hi Kickin’, VTO Gallery, London, England
Egotripping, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Plastic Sheet, A.A. Silver Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Cream, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Glamour Hammer, The Boxing Ring, London, England
2000
Assembly, Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, Stepney City, London, England
Master’s Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, England
Outhouse, The Rich and Famous Gallery, London, England
Brainstorm, Curators’ Space, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1998
Graduates’ Exhibition, Fine Arts Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Residencies
2004
Makor Artist in Residence, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Projects
2005
Homeland Lessons, Loushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005
A Shell Of A Man, Loushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel
Press
2009
LoDown Magazine, October Issue no.168, Berlin, Germany 2009
Maznaim Magazine, September Issue no.4, Israel (cover back and front) 2009
Biscayne Times, Art Listings, Printed Edition, March 30th, 2009
2008
Brooks, Kimberly. "The Election and Art Swimming in My Head," The Huffington Post, November 3rd, 2008
Art Futures: The altruistic art fair, Art World Mag, Feb- March, Issue 3, p.11, 2008
Arts Council UK, “News: Artfutures - Own Art” , February 15th, 2008
2007
Meredith Etherington-Smith, “Letter from London”, Artinfo.com, January 26, 2007
Shay Kun At Seventeen, Artdaily.org, February 11, 2007
Beth Greenacre, Artrabbit.com, January 30th, 2007
John Stones. “American Dreams”, Design Week Magazine, January 11th, 2007
Tiffany Martini, “Subreality, A New View Of Pop Art”, The SF Examiner, April 3rd, 2007
Dana Gilerman, “A Free Developing Market”, Haaretz Newspaper, February 7th, 2007
Shay Kun at Seventeen, re-title.com, February 5th, 2007
John-Paul Pryor, “Shay Kun Chocolate’s Box Paintings”, Dazed Digital, February 1st, 2007 Jane Neal, Shay Kun: Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice, August 6th, 2007
Kende Gyorgy, “Exhibitions”, Uj Kelet Hungarian Weekly, December, 2007
Meni Peer, “Maga Shel Rahav”, BIG TIME Magazine, p.54, October 2007
Megan And Murray, “A Landscape Show At Samson Projects”, September , 2007
2006
Shay Kun, BA, MA, Cocksoft Art News, December 24th, 2006
Merrily Kerr/ Ruth Perez Chaves: Shay Kun, Recent Paintings 2006-2008 (Cat.)
Mary Evangelista, “On Art”, Maariv Weekend Edition, 14 July, p. 10
Megan Voeller, ‘Lat Rites Of Summer’, Creative Loafing, 25 October, 2006
2005
Tochin Andrea, “Wandering”, NY Press, January, Volume 18 No.3, P.48, 2005.
Consulate General of Israel Cultural Department, January-February, 2005.
Whats Up! whatsupnyc.com, New York, NY, January, 2005
Moyal, Raviv. “The Big Apple Falls Close to the Tree.” Maariv International Ed., 14 January. p. 46
2004
Cerbini, Lorenza, “Alla Buia Gallery si Festeggia con ‘Primo,’” America Oggi, 27 June, 2004, p. 9.
Jon Elliot, "The Mouth Breathers at NURTUREart." The Greenline, 11-29 February, 2004, p. 11.
2003
New York Magazine, (Intelligencer section), “The Bill Clinton Show”, New York, NY, October.
2002
PoT Exhibition Catalog, Sau Paulo, Brazil, September.
“Artists Respond,” Art New England Reviews, New England, September.
2003
Maariv America, weekend edition, New York.
Maariv America, weekend edition, New York, September.
2001
Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, May.
Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, March.
2000
Assembly Group Exhibition Catalog, London, England, October.
Goldsmiths Master’s Thesis Exhibition Catalog, London, England, July.
1999
Ouie Kelete Hungarian Weekly Paper, Jerusalem, Israel, May.
Studio Art Magazine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May.
1995
Jewish Week News, Art Section, New York, December.1995
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2000
MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1998
BA in Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Slack Tide, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2009
Opportunities multiply as they are seized, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2008
Nails & Feathers, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Old Flames Don't Die Out They Build New Fires, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2007
Perversion Is The Love We Feel When Others Feel Love, SEVENTEEN Gallery, London, UK
2006
Melting Midlands, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2005
I Care Because You do Too, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Desktop-The Reunion, Efrat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1992
Gesher Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
LABA, 14TH Street Y, New York, NY
The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy, West Los Angeles College Art Gallery, L.A.
2009
Animamix, The Shanghai contemporary Art Museum, China
Viceroy Hotel, Vara Global Fine Arts, Special Projects, Art Basel Miami Beach
Golden Record: Sounds of Earth, The Collection, Lincoln, England
Three Painters, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
2008
In Your Face, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
Pole Shift, Project Gentili , Berlin, Germany
Somewhere To Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Pulse Art Fair, Saatchi online, New York
Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Fresh Paint, Israeli Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
London Confidential, MEWS 42, London, UK
Artfutures, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
2007
Holiday!, BUIA Gallery, NY
…A Landscape Show , Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Slick Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, Paris, France
Sunny, Clear and Cool, BUIA Gallery, NY
The Most Curatorial Biennial, Apexart, NY
The Juddykes, John Jones Gallery, London, UK
Subreality, Aftermodern Gallery, SF
Reddot Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, NY
Invisible Jet, Buia Gallery, NY
2006
Winter Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, NY
Bridge Art Fair, Vanessa Suchar, Miami
Art 212, Aftermodern Gallery, NY
Learning How to Make New Friends, Mackb Gallery, Florida, U.S.A
Shifting Landscapes, Aftermodern Gallery, SF
Breezer, BUIA Gallery, NY
Draw_Drawing 2, The Foundry (in conjunction with London Biennial), London, UK
The Pop Art Show, The Kaufmann Arcade, NY
2005
Children of the Grave, the Agency, London, UK
Our World, World Arts Media, New York, NY
Utopia, Fournos Center For Digital Art, Athens, Greece
Poles Apart / Poles Together, 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
In the Ring, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
This dream, America, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Tsunami Benefit Auction, at Philips de Pury, New York, NY
Wandering, a part of Artis05' (Israeli Art Week), Makor, NY
"...and death", New Space Gallery, Manchester College, CT
2004
Boundless Joint, Oslo, Norway
The Peekskill Project, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
Wandering Library, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
Draw_Drawing, Gallery 32 (in conjunction with London Biennial), London, UK
Primo, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
Feast or Famine: Artists and Food, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Social Order, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
Raid Projects, The Armory Show, New York, NY
Sub-Plot, Barthelemy Gallery, New York, NY
The Mouth Breathers, Nurture Art Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Banners III, Lubbock, TX
The Bill Clinton Show, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Puppy Love, Pelham Art Center, Westchester, NY
Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
2002
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Gallery Fortes Villaca, Sau Paulo, Brazil
PoT, Joint Exhibition, Liverpool Bianalle, Liverpool, England
Artists Respond, Joint Exhibition, Somerville Museum of Art, Boston, MA
2001
Hi Falutin’, Hi Kickin’, VTO Gallery, London, England
Egotripping, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Plastic Sheet, A.A. Silver Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Cream, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Glamour Hammer, The Boxing Ring, London, England
2000
Assembly, Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, Stepney City, London, England
Master’s Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, England
Outhouse, The Rich and Famous Gallery, London, England
Brainstorm, Curators’ Space, Goldsmiths College, London, England
1998
Graduates’ Exhibition, Fine Arts Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Residencies
2004
Makor Artist in Residence, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Projects
2005
Homeland Lessons, Loushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005
A Shell Of A Man, Loushy Art & Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel
Press
2009
LoDown Magazine, October Issue no.168, Berlin, Germany 2009
Maznaim Magazine, September Issue no.4, Israel (cover back and front) 2009
Biscayne Times, Art Listings, Printed Edition, March 30th, 2009
2008
Brooks, Kimberly. "The Election and Art Swimming in My Head," The Huffington Post, November 3rd, 2008
Art Futures: The altruistic art fair, Art World Mag, Feb- March, Issue 3, p.11, 2008
Arts Council UK, “News: Artfutures - Own Art” , February 15th, 2008
2007
Meredith Etherington-Smith, “Letter from London”, Artinfo.com, January 26, 2007
Shay Kun At Seventeen, Artdaily.org, February 11, 2007
Beth Greenacre, Artrabbit.com, January 30th, 2007
John Stones. “American Dreams”, Design Week Magazine, January 11th, 2007
Tiffany Martini, “Subreality, A New View Of Pop Art”, The SF Examiner, April 3rd, 2007
Dana Gilerman, “A Free Developing Market”, Haaretz Newspaper, February 7th, 2007
Shay Kun at Seventeen, re-title.com, February 5th, 2007
John-Paul Pryor, “Shay Kun Chocolate’s Box Paintings”, Dazed Digital, February 1st, 2007 Jane Neal, Shay Kun: Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice, August 6th, 2007
Kende Gyorgy, “Exhibitions”, Uj Kelet Hungarian Weekly, December, 2007
Meni Peer, “Maga Shel Rahav”, BIG TIME Magazine, p.54, October 2007
Megan And Murray, “A Landscape Show At Samson Projects”, September , 2007
2006
Shay Kun, BA, MA, Cocksoft Art News, December 24th, 2006
Merrily Kerr/ Ruth Perez Chaves: Shay Kun, Recent Paintings 2006-2008 (Cat.)
Mary Evangelista, “On Art”, Maariv Weekend Edition, 14 July, p. 10
Megan Voeller, ‘Lat Rites Of Summer’, Creative Loafing, 25 October, 2006
2005
Tochin Andrea, “Wandering”, NY Press, January, Volume 18 No.3, P.48, 2005.
Consulate General of Israel Cultural Department, January-February, 2005.
Whats Up! whatsupnyc.com, New York, NY, January, 2005
Moyal, Raviv. “The Big Apple Falls Close to the Tree.” Maariv International Ed., 14 January. p. 46
2004
Cerbini, Lorenza, “Alla Buia Gallery si Festeggia con ‘Primo,’” America Oggi, 27 June, 2004, p. 9.
Jon Elliot, "The Mouth Breathers at NURTUREart." The Greenline, 11-29 February, 2004, p. 11.
2003
New York Magazine, (Intelligencer section), “The Bill Clinton Show”, New York, NY, October.
2002
PoT Exhibition Catalog, Sau Paulo, Brazil, September.
“Artists Respond,” Art New England Reviews, New England, September.
2003
Maariv America, weekend edition, New York.
Maariv America, weekend edition, New York, September.
2001
Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, May.
Time Out Magazine London Art Review, London, England, March.
2000
Assembly Group Exhibition Catalog, London, England, October.
Goldsmiths Master’s Thesis Exhibition Catalog, London, England, July.
1999
Ouie Kelete Hungarian Weekly Paper, Jerusalem, Israel, May.
Studio Art Magazine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May.
1995
Jewish Week News, Art Section, New York, December.1995
