David GERSTEIN
BORN 1944
Born in Jerusalem, David Gerstein is a renowned Pop artist representing Israel. Following the path of Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and David Hockney, Gerstein has created his own personal post-pop art style.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The forms and colors in my work are my way of communicating. Those who taste the fruit will discover that it is not only beautiful, but also replete with vitamins.”
- David Gerstin -
BIOGRAPHY
Education
- 1973-74 Post graduate studies at St. Martin's School of Art, London, UK
- 1968-70 Studied at the Arts Students League, New York, USA
- 1966-68 Studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
- 1965-66 Studied at the Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
Career
1971-85 Senior Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
Selected Art in Public Spaces
- 2021 Donors Tree, Soroka Hospital, Gdolim MeHahaim building, Be'er Sheva, Israel
"Tornado", Hsinchu, Taiwan
Six outdoor sculptures in the Morgan Stanley building in Seoul, Korea
"Tea for Two" in Fuliang Province, China - 2020 Glass Windows, Exterior walls of Taikang Art Museum, Suzhou Park, Suzhou, China
"Boats" Suzhou Park, Suzhou, China - 2017 Five sculptures in National Park, Guizhou, China
"Journey Through My Gardens", Taikang's Residence, Beijing, China - 2016 "Windows" - four sculptures in Modiin, Israel
- 2015 “Presence-Present”, Gerstein / Alana Ruben, Jerusalem Biannale of Contemporary Jewish Art
- 2014 3 Public Art works – Lobby of Taikang Residence of Elderly People, Beijing, China
3 Free Standing Sculptures for Athletic Stadium, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2 Wall Sculptures for Lobby at Azriely Center, Holon, Israel - 2011 Hyundai Department Store, Seoul, Korea – Outdoor Printed Screens around the renovated building, 60×300 meter
- 2008 “Momentum” CBD, Singapore
“Star City”, Seoul, Korea
“Field of Butterflies” Lobby of “Beit Reich”, Tel AViv, Israel
6 Sculptures (“Sport Island”), Netania, Israel - 2007 “Ohel Moed”, Sculpture Park, kibbutz Hatzerim, Negev, Israel
- 2005 “Sun Rise” High School, Ashkelon, Israel
“Butterflies”, Harel, High School, Mevaseret, Israel - 2003 “Blue Mermaid”, Kiryat Yam, Haifa, Israel
“Rush Hour”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel - 2002 “Soul Bird”, Holon, Israel
“Digital Zabar”, Waddi Nisnass, Haifa, Israel
“No Favorite Color”, 3 months Installation, Kassel, Germany
“Shalom On Israel”, Rabin Building, Judaism Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel - 2001 “Day and Night”, Bezeq Lobby, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Colors from Nature”, Horev Center, Haifa, Israel
“Things that come from the Heart” (sculptures), Ramat Alon Park, Haifa, Israel - 2000 Audience, Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel
- 1999 A Whole World, Hebrew University, Jerusalem The Bus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Homage to Alterman, Dizingoff Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1998 Cow, Raanana Park, Raanana, Israel
- 1997 “Above the Head”, Installation, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel “City Square”, Center of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Pupils”, Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, Israel - 1996 “Scientific Orange”, Rehovot shopping & central bus station Mall Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
“Head Within a Head”, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
“Vases”, Brigada Street, Herzliya, Israel - 1995 Two wall pieces for Bank Leumi, Tel Aviv, Israel
“The Flower Vase”, Bank Leumi, Rehovot, Israel
“Jacob’s Ladder”, Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel - 1994 “Ladder of Motives”, Open Museum, Tefen, Israel
- 1993 “Great Tree”, billboard project in Ramat Hasharon Wall relief, main office of the Electric Company, Jerusalem, Israel
- 1992 “Kiosk”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Six sculptures at Avdat archeological site, the Negev, Israel - 1988 Sculptural children’s playground, Weiller Park, Jerusalem, Israel
- 1986 “The White Rider”, City of Lod, Israel
- 1985 “Bicycle Rider”, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2021 Urban Dream, Galerie Duret, Brussels/ Paris, Belgium/ France
- 2020 U-Turn, The Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2019 Belle Art Gallery, Stouby, Denmark
BACK & FORTH, Miva Gallery, Gothenburg / Malmö, Sweden
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL, Froots Gallery, Shanghai, China - 2018 Galerie Duret, Paris, Brussels, France
LAYERS, Froots Gallery, Beijing, China - 2017 Khpopulous Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Kellerman Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany - 2016 Galeria D`Art Mar, Barcelona Vera International Art Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Gana Art Busan, Busan, Korea - 2015 YHU Gallery, Architects Space, Jerusalem, Israel
The Sherover Cultural Center (YES Planet), Jerusalem, Israel
Rollebeek Gallery, Brussels, Belgium - 2014 The Visual Arts Center Gallery, New Delhi, India
Salduba, Zaragoza, Spain HTC, Taipei, Taiwan - 2013 Momentum Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Guzzini Center, Milano, Italy
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea - 2010 National Museum, Brasilia, Brazil
Momentum, Mathematican Museum, Gissen, Germany
Cazale Monferato, Hebrew Museum, Israel
Sea, Mud & Salt, Drawings Exhibition, The National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel
Riders In The Wind, Gerstein / Tzvika Horesh, Gerstein Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel - 2008 Mairie de Hesperange – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Gana Art Busan, Busan, Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Ermanno Tedeshi Gallery, Rome, Italy
True Colors, Guang Liang Gallery, Seoul, Korea - 2007 The Catto Gallery, London, UK
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Ermanno Tedeshi, Milan, Italy - 2006 Due-Diligence, Stadtische Galerie im Park, Viersen, Germany
David Gerstein (Color Magic), Jang Heung Art Park, Gyeonggido, Korea - 2005 Mensing Galleries in Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover, Germany
Galerie Nuance et Lumiere, Lyon, France
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, USA - 2004 Star Gallery, East Sussex, England
Ostendorf, Munster, Germany
Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, Spain - 2003 Nuances et Lumiere Gallery, Lyon, France
Art Symbol Gallery, Paris, France - 2002 Peter's Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Mensing Gallery, Hamm, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2019 Hundret Wasser, RIZZI, GERSTEIN, MAÏNTZ, Germany
- 2016 Galerie Duret, Marakech, Morocco
- 2015 Childhood drawings of Israeli artists, Israeli Art Museum, Ramat Gan, Israel
- 2015 It's Donkey Time, The donkey in local culture, Museum of Beer Sheva, Israel
- 2011 Sea of Sport - Outdoor Sculptures, Bat Yam, Israel
Sculpture Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Palacio Saint Ellia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Contemporary Sculpture of Israel - Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
Publications
- David Gerstein Paints (2015), The Passover Haggadah, Rabin Medical Center Publishing
- David Gerstein "Past and Present" (2012) Skira ISBN 978-88-572-1064-3
- David Gerstein, "Works" (2010) ISBN 9659149123
- Gerstein Sculptures (2008), Adar Publications
- Balconies, David Gerstein (1984) Domino Publishing House
David Gerstein won The Artistic Creation Awards at the 5th Public Arts Awards held in Taipei.
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