Tirtzah BASSEL

L'artiste américaine Tirtzah Bassel, basée à Brooklyn et née en 1979, crée des images et des installations qui proposent aux spectateurs de percevoir le familier d’une manière inattendue. Ses peintures figuratives et ses installations attirent l’attention sur la neutralité présumée d’espaces précis comme les aéroports ou les supermarchés, et « Canon in Drag » - une série de peintures qui reprend des grands classiques - questionnent l’autorité des images canoniques à travers une inversion des genres et une altération de la narration.

Née en 1979 et vit à Brooklyn.


FORMATION

2010
- MFA en peinture, Boston University, Boston, Etats-Unis.
2004
- Jerusalem Studio School, Jérusalem, Israël.


EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES

2023
- Little Death, RX&SLAG, Paris, France.
2022
- Canon in Drag, Slag Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
2018
- Close One Eye, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
- When You Are Everywhere, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Copenhague.
- Keynote, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
2017
- Volta NY, Slag Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
2016
- Terminal, BRIC Arts Media House, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
2015
- Rites, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn (Two Person), Etats-Unis.
- I Want To Hold You Close, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
- PERFORM, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, Etats-Unis.
2014
- The Line Starts Here, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
2013
- Duct Tape Miami, Gliter&___, Miami, Etats-Unis.
- Stop and Frisk, Strivers Gardens Gallery, Harlem New York, Etats-Unis.
- El Paso/Juarez: Your dreams Available Now, Purple Pop Up, El Paso, Etats-Unis.
2012
- Airport In Security, Chashama 461 Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- TSA Chapel, LABA Fellowship, New York, Etats-Unis.
2010
- MFA Thesis Show, 8o8 Galler, Boston University, Boston, Etats-Unis.
2007
- Pieces of Change, Solo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israël.


EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPE (sélection)

2024
- The Invention of Truth, 601Artspace, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Rule of Five, SLAG&RX, New York, Etats-Unis.
2023
- Milk Tongue, Martin-Mullen Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, Etats-Unis.
2022
- PLATFORM in partnership with David Zwirner, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Tomorrow's Women, Natasha Arselan Gallery, London, Royaume-Uni.
2021
- Curated Choice. Female Figuration, ENTER Art Fair, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Copenhague.
- Unconquerable Women: Benefit Against Abortion Ban in Texas, Marthas Contemporary, Austin TX, Etats-Unis.
- Scapes, Slag Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
2020
- Domestic Brutes, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, Etats-Unis.
- Collective Disquiet, Musa Collective, Boston, MA (Virtual), Etats-Unis.
2019
- Instal/De-instal, 6O1Artspace, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Volta Basel, Slag Gallery, Basel, Suisse.
2018
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Rheinstetten, Allemagne.
2017
- Four New York Painters : Tirtzah Bassel, Dumitru Gorzo, Tim Kent, and Dan Voinea, Etats-Unis.
- Kunstverein Worms & Kunstverein Vierhnheim.
- Kunstverein Stuttgart, Allemagne.
- Art@ SAP, SAP International Training Center, Walldorf, Allemagne.
2016
- Home Land Security, FOR-SITE Foundation San Francisco, Etats-Unis.
2015
- Adhere, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Volta Basel, Slag Gallery, Basel, Suisse.
- Hort Foundation Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Bosi Contemporary Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Wagmag Benefit Exhibition and Auction, The Boiler, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
2014
- Convergence, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Etats-Unis.
2013
- ROOMS, Gitler&___, New York, Etats-Unis.
2012
- Line. Grid. Black. White. Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, Etats-Unis.
2011
- From Origin to Originality: Contemporary Israeli Art, The Laurie M Tisch Gallery, at the JCC Manhattan, Etats-Unis.
- Faculty Show, Weili Art Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Pop Up - Pop in, Amalgamated Artists, New York, Etats-Unis.
- I am my Beloved, Performance Project, LABA Theater, New York, Etats-Unis.
2010
- In Bodies That Dont Keep, Two Person Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, Etats-Unis.
- 25th International Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Florida, Tallahassee, FL Market, RKB Gallery, Royaume-Uni.
- Realization of Dreams, Rubin-Frankel Gallery, Boston, Etats-Unis.
2009
- Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, Etats-Unis.
- Imaging Desire, Aegis First Biennale, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Etats-Unis.
- Boston Printmakers, 2009 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston, Etats-Unis.
2008
- Genesis, Collaborative Performance Project, American Dance Festival, Duke University, Durham, Royaume-Uni.
- Home for Hebrew Culture, Tel Aviv, Israël.
2007
- New Work, High Touch Gallery, Herzliya, Israël.
2004
- Work in Progress, Art Space Gallery, Jerusalem, Israël.


BIBLIOGRAPHIE

2021
- BBC Radio 4 : Front Row, Artist Tirtzah Bassels Canon in Drag Reimagines art history without patriarchy.
- Lilith Magazine, Artist Tirtzah Bassels Female Gaze, Susan Schur.
- The Art Newspaper, Canon in Drag: Tirtzah Bassel, Etty Yaniv.
- Rethinking Painting, Nancy Princenthal, Raphael Rubinstein, Jutta. Koether, Barry Schwabsky, edited with an introduction by Joan Waltermath,
- The Leroy Hofflberg School of Painting at MICA.
2020
The Journal News, Pelham exhibit "a realistic picture of what it means to be a woman today " M. Falkenstein.
2018
- Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Die Stille Vor Dem Blick: Aktuelle Ausstellungen die. Israelische Malerin Tirtzah Bassel Jetz in der Galerie Thomas Fuchs - wird sich die Kunstwelt erobern, Nikolai B.  Forstbauer.
- Stuttgarter Zeitung, Einmal Waschen und Legen, Galerienotizen, Dr. Georg Leisten.
2017
- Le Monde Diplomatique, Artist of the Month, Wilhelm Werthern.
- Wormser Zeitung, New Yorker Kunst Worms und Viernheim, Sophia Rishyna.
2016
- SFAQ, Home Land at the Presidio, Gabrielle Gopinath.
- Hyperallergic, Stories of War and Survival Unfold in San Francisco's Presidio, Thea Quiray Tagle.
- ArtLtd Magazine, Report: San Francisco, Leora Lutz.
- Freize Magazine, Home Land Security, Rob Marks.
- KQED, “Artwork and Setting Depict Post-9/11 World,” Matthew Harrison Tedford.
- SF Weekly, “For-site is 20/20,” Jonathan Curiel.
- The Bay Area Reporter, “Coastal Art Installations,” Sura Wood.
- KQED Forum, “Homeland Security Installation Comes to San Francisco’s Presidio Barracks,” M. Krasny.
- The Art Newspaper, “Political Art That Packs A Punch,” Jori Finkel.
- Curbed SF, “Exclusive Look at Art inside Presidio’s Abandoned Bunkers,” Adam Brinklow.
- San Fransisco Chronicle, “Foundation Puts Ballistics Test Inside Mothballed Presidio Bunker, Sam Whiting.
- C Magazine, “Safe Haven,” Leilani Labong.
- SF/ARTS, “New Presidio Exhibit Illuminates Complex Social Issues,” Jean Schiffman.
- San Francisco magazine, “Make Art Not War,” Annie Tittiger.
- The New York Times, A ‘Home Land Security’ Art Show, at the Foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, J. Finkel.
- KQED,Ex-Military Bunkers to Host Major Group Exhibition in San Francisco, C. Veltman.
- San Francisco Chronicle, For-Site Show coming to Presidio in September, Sam Whiting.
- BK Live, Tirtzah Bassel’s Duct Tape Art.
2015
- Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Exhibition Catalog, Exposing Adhesives, Katherine Murdock.
- Brooklyn Hits, Interview with Garret Lawson.
2014
- The Boston Globe, BU's Abstract Ace Shows His Stripes, Cate McQuaid.
- Poets and Artists, Substance, Daniel Maidman, Issue #56.
- Metaleptic, Tirtzah Bassel at Slag Gallery, Tatiana Isotmina.
- Arts in Bushwick, An Odd Symbiosis: Action in Non- Action, Etty Yaniv.
- Prologue Profiles, Interview with Dan Held.
- The Huffington Post, Tirtzah Bassel Transform Duct Tape, Vanessa Albury.
2013
- Hyperallergic, The Miami Fairs, Rendered in Duct Tape, Vanessa Albury.
- Atribune, Miami Updates: Non-Solo Fiere, Santa Nastro.
- Journal of Absence: New York, Bookieman Publications.
- El Paso Inc., The Border Through a Visitors Eyes, Austin Savage.
- El Paso Inc., Pop Up Art: Your Dreams Available Now, Melody Parra.
- El Diario de El Paso, Expaone su art visual insirada en la Vida en la frontera, Sergio Arellan.
- Untapped Cities, A Tribecca Art Exhibition shown in 'Rooms', Abby Sam Thomas.
- Sketch 42, Airport Insecurity, Nicole Cohen.
- Buddy of Work, Oil &Duct Tape.
2012
- The One Way Ticket Show, Interview with Steven Shalowitz. - Waters Edge: Conversations with Three Artist, Interview with Davy Knitted.
- The Sisterhood/ The Jewish Daily Forward, Getting Inmate at the Airport, Interview with Gabrielle Bikner.
- Ynet/Yediot Acharonot, The Heart of LABA, Interview with Yasmin Shemesh (in Hebrew).
- America Israel Cultural Foundation website, Featured Artist: Tirtzah Bassel.
- Speakers Lab Exploring New Perspectives on Jewish Identity, Interview with Helena Gindi.
2011
- Ynet/Yediot Acharonot, Contemporary Conceptualism, Leor Grady (in Hebrew).
2007
- Globes Israeli Business Daily, A Window of Opportunity at the Central Bus Station, Hagit. Peleg Rotem.


CONFERENCES

2022
- Artist Panel : Birthing Bodies/Birthing Art, Conference: Mother’s Milk – Breastfeeding from Metaphor to Practice, with Loudon Wainwright III, Tirtzah Bassel, Katie Umans, Shilpa Darivemula and Isha Parupudi (Aseemkala Initiative), University of New Hampshire Visiting Artist, Visual Arts Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, Etats-Unis.
2018
- Visiting Artist, Dance Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Etats-Unis.
2017
- Visiting Artist, Print Media Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI, Etats-Unis.
- Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI, Etats-Unis.
2016
- Visiting Artist, Parsons The New School of Design, New York, Etats-Unis.
2015
- Visiting Artist, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, Etats-Unis.
- Visiting Artist Lecture, L.E. Hoffberger Graduate School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Etats-Unis.
2014
- Visiting Artist Lecture, Nassum Community College, Garden City, NY, Etats-Unis.
2013
- Visiting Artist Lecture Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Etats-Unis.
- Visiting Artist Lecture Davidson College, Davidson, NC, Etats-Unis.


RÉSIDENCES, SUBVENTIONS ET BOURSES

2010 – aujourd’hui
- Studio Résidence, Chashama Workspace Program, Brooklyn, NY, Etats-Unis.
2013, 2016
- Asylum Arts, International Artist Retreat, Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY, Etats-Unis.
2015
- Awesome without Borders Grant, The Harnisch Fondation, New York, Etats-Unis.
2011-2012
- LABA Arist Fellowship, 14th street Y, New York, Etats-Unis.
2011
- Résidence d’artiste, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT, Etats-Unis.
2002, 2003
- Résidence d’artiste, International School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture, Umbria, Italie.


BOURSES ET PRIX

2009-2010
- Boston University Woman's Council Scholarship, Boston Université, Etats-Unis.
2008-2009
- Dean's Scholar Award, College of Fine Arts Boston Université, Etats-Unis.
2016 – present
- MFA at Ceramic Department, Stieglitz State Académie of Art et Design, Saint Petersburg, Russie.
2015-2016
- Fondation course à Saint Petersburg State Université of Culture, Saint Petersburg, Russie.
2011-2012
- Research Study à Fine Arts Department, Bezalel Académie Art et Design à Jérusalem, Israël.
2008-2010
- MFA at Intermedia Department, Academy of Arts, Architecture et Design in Prague, République Tchèque.
2007-2008
Étude de recherche au département de peinture, Prague Academy of Fine Arts, République Tchèque.
2005-2007
- Étude de recherche au département de peinture et Département Intermedia, Université des Beaux-Arts de Hongrie, Hongrie.
2005
- Étude de recherche au département de peinture, Faculté des Arts, Kyoto Seika Université, Kyoto, Japon.
2003-2004
- Programme d'échange au département peinture, Glasgow • Ecole des Arts, Royaume-Uni.


ACTIVITÉ PROFESSIONNELLE

2018 – aujourd’hui
- Faculté, Études visuelles et critiques, Département de formation continue, École des arts visuels, New York, Etats-Unis.
2021 – aujourd’hui
- Vice-présidente des partenariats et de l'apprentissage juif, OneTable, New York, Etats-Unis.
2018 – 2021
- Directeur de programme, Fondation Lippman Kanfer, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.
2015 – 2018
- Directeur fondateur et éducateur principal, Pop Up for change, 14th street Y, New York, Etats-Unis.
2014 – 2018
- Directrice adjointe, Brandeis Institute for Music and Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Etats-Unis.
2009-2013
- Professeur d'arts visuels, Brandeis Institute for Music and Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Etats-Unis.
2010-2014
- Professeur d'arts visuels, École des arts, 92nd Street Y, New York, Etats-Unis.
2009-2010
- Instructrice de dossier, dessin de figure, Université de Boston, Boston, MA, Etats-Unis.
2004-2008
- Éducateur principal et coordinateur de programme, Institut Nesiya, Jerusalem, Israel Interracial Dialog Facilitator.


COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

2020 – aujourd’hui
Membre du conseil d'administration, conseil consultatif sur la foi et la démocratie, Philanthropie pour un engagement civique actif (PACE), Washington DC, Etats-Unis.
2014 – 2018
- Membre du conseil d'administration, conseil consultatif des arts visuels, école des arts visuels, collège des beaux-arts de l'université de Boston, Boston, MA, Etats-Unis.
2017
- Membre du comité d'évaluation, BRIC Arts Media House, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis.