BIOGRAPHY OF OMER FAST

BIOGRAPHY OF OMER FAST
Omer Fast
born in 1972 in Jerusalem, lives and works in Berlin
Scholarships/Awards
2008
Bucksbaum Award, Whitney Museum of American Art
2003
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Prize
ars viva 03/04 – Film, Preis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI
1999
Graff Travel Scholarship, Hunter College
1995
Boit Award, Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
Solo shows (assortment)
2009
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
South London Gallery, London
Berkeley Museum, San Francisco
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Performa, New York
2008
Betty Rymer Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Galerija Miroslav Karlijevic, Zagreb
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
gb agency, Paris
Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
2007
Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
Godville, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
Contemporary Art Center, Vox Contemporary, Montreal
2006
Godville, gb agency, Paris
2005
Mixed Doubles (with Nam June Paik), Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh
Postmasters Gallery, New York
International Institute for Visual Arts, London
Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis
2004
National Center of Photography, Paris
Pinakothek der Moderne, München
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam (with Jeanne Faust)
2003
Fri-Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Fribourg
Postmasters Gallery, New York
2002
gb agency, Paris
Group shows (assortment)
2009
Nostalgia, Gallery of South London, London
The same River Twice: Part 2, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Polyglottolalia, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2008
Made up, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Medium Religion, ZKM/ Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe
On the Subject of War, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Manifesta 7, Trento
The Casting, Whitney Biennial 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Les Inquiets, cinq artistes sous la pression de la guerre, Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Cinema Effects: Realism, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
2007
Filmische Wahrheiten, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
History Will Repeat Itself, Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund / Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Cross-Border, Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart
2006
Playback_Simulierte Wirklichkeiten, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
I, Direct Ontology, Futura Gallery, Prag / Secession, Wien
Mercury in Retrograde, de Appel, Amsterdam
2005
Second Sight, Prague Biennial, Czech National Museum, Prag
The Imaginary Number, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Covering the Real, Kunstmuseum, Basel
Life: Once More, Witte de With, Rotterdam
2004
Cut/ Film as Found Object, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami / Milwaukee Art Museum / Philbrook
Museum of Art, Tulsa
Faces in the Crowd - Volti nella Folla, The Whitechapel Art Gallery London / Castello di Rivoli Museo
d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Moving Picture Desire, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2003
Incommunicado, Hayward Gallery, London / Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich / City Art Center,
Edinburgh / Cornerhouse, Manchester
ars viva 03/04 – Film, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam / Kunstverein, Frankfurt / Pinakothek der
Moderne, München
(based upon)True Stories, Witte de With, Rotterdam
2002
Monitor: Video II, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Whitney Biennial 2002, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2001
Video Jam, Institute of Contemporary Art , Palm Beach, Florida
Some New Minds, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2000
Breakin´ In A New Partner, M.F.A Thesis Exibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York