Ohad Meromi
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Curriculum Vitae
Ohad Meromi (b. 1967 in Kibbutz Mizrah, Israel) is a sculptor and multi-media artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After his release from the army he graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1992. Ohad Meromi holds an MFA from Columbia University. Born in Israel, Meromi brings forth his own experience of community living by addressing the agenda of the Israeli Kibbutz through drama, literature, poetry, modernism, and sci-fi movies, creating a layered ambiance and sites of reflection. His work has been included in several solo and group exhibitions such as Nathalie Karg Gallery; Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel; PS1 in New York; Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel; and the Public Art Fund in New York.
Ohad Meromi Selected Work
Cigarette Printer (prop), 2010, wood, acrylic, paint, and mixed media, 24.5 x 17.5 in, (62 x 45 cm)
Worker #1, gouache collage and wood panel, 15 x 11.5 x 2.5 in, (38 x 29 x 6 cm)
Worker #3, 2013, Gouache collage and wood panel, 15 x 11.5 x 2.5 in, (38 x 29 x 6 cm)
Resting Position #2, 2014, wood, industrial paint ashtray, 31 x 26.5 x 21 in, (79 x 67 x 53 cm)
Resting Position #1, 2014, wood, industrial paint ashtray, 31 x 26.5 x 21 in, (79 x 67 x 53 cm)
Resting Position #1, 2014, wood, industrial paint, ashtray, 27 x 26.5 x 21 in, (69 x 67 x 53 cm)
Metope #4, 2013, Concrete, Wood and Acrylic, 17 x 17 in, (43 x 43 cm)
Metope #1, 2013, Concrete and Silicon, 15 x 15 in, (38 x 38 cm)
Untitled (Egg), 2014, acrylic on wood panel, 19 x 19 in, (48 x 48 cm)
Grave Digger #7 (Broadcaster Pelvis), 2013, wood, aluminum and acrylic paint, 79 x 34 x 21 in, (200 x 86 x 53 cm)
Ohad Meromi Exhibitions
OHAD MEROMI
Worker! Smoker! Actor!
July 10th - August 15th, 2014
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SAND/CONCRETE
SAND/CONCRETE
July 10th - August 15th, 2014
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- Hyperallergic, Jeremy Sigler, The Trials of a Hot-Pink Sunbather, 2017
- Telavivian, Rebecca Roberts, The World of Ohad Meromi, 2016
- The Culture Trip, Pablo Markin, Ohad's Performative Art Project, 'A Resort', 2016
- Art Critical, Naomi Lev, The Smokey Life: Ohad Meromi at Nathalie Karg, 2014
- Artsy, Artsy Editorial, Worker! Smoker! Actor! The Art of Labor According to Ohad Meromi, 2014
- Art Critical, Noah Dillon, Ohad Meromi: Worker! Smoker! Actor! at Nathalie Karg
- Bomb Magazine, Naomi Lev, Ohad Meromi, 2014
- Blouin Artinfo, Orit Gat, "My Version of Utopia": Sculptor Ohad Meromi Makes Art a Collaborative Process, 2012
- The New York Times, Karen Rosenberg, OHAD MEROMI: 'Rehearsal Sculpture', 2011