Dani Gal

Dani Gal (; born 1975 in Jerusalem) is an artist and a filmmaker who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Biography

He studied at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design in Jerusalem, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule in Frankfurt and in Cooper Union in New York. His films and installations have been shown at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), Istanbul Biennale (2011), New Museum New York (2012), Kunsthalle St. Gallen Switzerland (2013), The Jewish Museum New York (2014), Berlinale Forum Expanded (2014), Kunsthaus Zurich (2015) Kunsthalle Wien (2015), Documenta 14 (2017), Centre Pompidou (2018), Club TransMediale Festival Berlin, Festival Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2020). In 2019 he was artist-in-residence with Blood Mountain Projects and research fellows at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute.

Selected exhibitions 2020 – Steirischer Herbst (Paranoia TV) Graz 2019 – Weissenhof City, Staatsgallerie Stuttgart 2018 – FRONT International, Cleveland, OH, Screening at Centere Pompidou, Paris 2017 – Documenta 14 2016 – Collection on Display: Momentary Monuments, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 2015 – Europa, Die Zukunft der Geschichte, Kunsthaus Zürich 2014 – The Jewish Museum, New York, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Forum expanded – 66th Berlinale, Berlin 2013 – Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Turku Art Museum, FIN, Screening at 2013 – ICA, London 2012 – Stowaways Series, New Museum, New York, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA, 2011 – ILLUMInazioni, 54. Biennale di Venezia, Untitled, 12. Istanbul Biennial

Publications

Awards and residencies 2020 – Radio Lab CTM 2019 – Residency at Blood Mountain Projects Vienna, Fellowship at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies. Vienna, AT 2012 – Hans Purmann Prize 2009 – Ars Viva Award 2008 – Villa Romana Prize, Florence, IT