1966 Born in Kiryat Gat, IL
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, IL
1996-97 Multimedia and Programming Dept., ‘Sivan' Computer School, Tel Aviv, IL
1989-92 BFA, Department of Photography, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
One-person exhibitions:
2012
The Village, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
The Village, Jewish Museum, London, UK
The Village, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
The Village, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
Adi Nes, Koffler Gallery Offsite, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011
Deposition, Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia, Firenze, IT
2010
Deposition, Gliptoteka, Museum of The Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Zagreb; travels to Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb; Istrian Parliament Building, Porec; Opatija; Dulcic Masle Pulitika Gallery, Dubrovnik, HR
Deposition, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Roma, IT
2009
Biblical Stories, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
2008
Biblical Stories, Light & Sie Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
Biblical Stories, Wexner Center for the Art, Columbus, OH, US
Biblical Stories, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
2007
Biblical Stories (curated by Omer Mordechai), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Biblical Stories, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
2004
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Recent Photographs, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
Between Promise and Possibility: Photographs of Adi Nes (curated by Daniell Cornell), Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA, US (cat.)
2003
Leon Constantiner Prize for Photography Show (curated by Nili Goren), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
UQAM Gallery, Montreal, CA
2002
Adi Nes: Photographs (curated by Toby Kramps), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; travels to Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, US
2001
Recent Photographs (curated by Ellen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2000
Adi Nes: Photographs, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
1998
The Soldiers (curated by Susan Dechert), Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1997
To Be Taken Captive, Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, IL
1996
First Act (curated by Assaf Romano), Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
1993
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (with Nomi Talisman)
Group exhibitions:
2013-2014
(Forthcoming) MASCULIN / MASCULIN : l'homme nu dans l'art de 1800 à nos jours, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, FR
2012-2013
The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, AT; travels to Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest, HU
2012
Les visages de l'art contemporain israélien. Tours et détours d'une identité, Villa Emerige, Paris, FR
Remember Boaz Tal (curated by Surin Heler), The Artist House, Tel Aviv, IL
Composed; Identity, Politics, Sex, Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews but Were Afraid to Ask, Jewish Museum, Hohenems, AT
Mutables (curated by Ashley Stull), Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
Window to Reality, Israeli Homages to Italian Renaissance Art (curated by Alec Mishory), Open University of Israel, Raanana, IL
Israel Now (Reinventing The Future) (curated by Micol Di Veroli), MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Roma, IT
Faces of Cain: Representations of the "Others" in Contemporary Art in Israel (curated by Haim Maor & his students), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ben Gurion, IL (cat.)
Theatrical Gestures (curated by U. von Brandenburg & N. Segal), Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, Herzliya, IL
Lyrical Correctness (curated by P. Micha Kirshner), Wizo Gallery Academic Center, Haifa, IL
Boydaem, Bikurey Ha'ltim multi-disciplinary art center, Tel Aviv, IL
Israeli Culture Over The Years, As Represented in Art and Compared Israeli Films, The Sam Spiegel Film & Television School, Jerusalem, IL
2011
Lyrical Correctness, FiftyFifty Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
Rollenbilder - Rollenspiele, MdM-Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, AT
Human Landscape (curated by Daniella Talmor), Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL
Teror, Artists Respond, Dershowitz Center Gallery, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, US
Tel Aviv-Jaffa (curated by Tamar Drezner), Academic College of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv, IL
Nimrod's Descendants (curated by Gideon Ofrat), Artists House, Jerusalem, IL
Making A Place: Contemporary Israeli Photography (curaed by Nili Goren), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2010
In Detail, from The Collections of Arnie Druck, Hifa Museum of Art, Hifa, IL
Daily Treasures, Hamidrasha Art College, Beit Berl Academic College, Kalmaniya, IL
Rendering, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Roma, IT
From the collection/On Permanent View, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2009
What Is Your Gender?, WHcreation, Virtual Gallery
Taarucha, Beit Ha'Am Gallery, Tel-Aviv, IL
Ten, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
Last Summer in POV 01–The Israeli Photography Festival, The Station, Tel Aviv, IL
Open Table (curated by Ruti Direktor), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Family Traces, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
The Heritage of The Holy Land Treasures from The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, HU
Hugging and Wrestling (curated by Margo A. Crutchfield), Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, US
Ethics/Aesthetics, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL
Big Spender (curated by Gilit Fisher), 5 Place 4 Art & The Left Bank, Tel Aviv, IL
Fotografie aus Israel (curated by Avraham Eilat), Freundeskreis Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, DE
Great Expectations. Contemporary Photography Looks at Today’s Bitter Years, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, LX
Recent Acquisitions, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, US
Israeli Art Now (curated by O. Shani & N. Arin), Naomi Arin Contemporary Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, US
2008
Projection Programme: Mediterranean Photography, APhF08 in Athens Photo Festival, Athens, GR
As Is: Arte Israeliana Contemporanea, Salone Centrale, Via San Pietro in Carcere, Roma, IT
Acting the Part: Photography as Theater, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Weighing and Wanting: Selection from The Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA, US
But The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith, Museum of Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL
Unparalleled LunaPark, Tarsat Boulevard, Tel-Aviv, IL
ITCA 2008 – International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Veletrzni Palace, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
Eventually We'll Die: Young Art in Israel of the Nineties, Herzlia Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzlia, IL
Real Time: Art in Israel 1998-2008, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Art of the State: Contemporary Photography and Video Art from Israel, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Access to Israel (First Part), Museum Judengasse, Frankfurt, DE
Access to Israel (Second Part), Museum Judengasse, Frankfurt, DE
Between Memory and History: From the Epic to the Everyday, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, CA
Israel@60, Jewish Museum, Berkeley, CA, US
2007
Engagement: Israeli Photography Now (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
Six Days Plus Forty Years (curated by Dorit Gur Arie), Petach-Tivka Museum of Art, Petach Tivka, IL
Expose Life, Museum of the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
2006
Inside-Out. Contemporary Artists from Israel (curated by Octavio Zaya), MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Vigo, ES (cat.)
Making Scenes: Stage Photography Since the 1980s (curated by Tal Yahas), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
In Between Places: New Art from Israel (curated by Kari Conte), Vivian Horan Gallery, New York, NY, US
Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre (curated by Lori Pauli), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
Art of Living: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Israel Museum (curated by Nissan Perez), Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
Recent Acquisitions (curated by Daniell Cornell), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
Doron: Art and Workers Rights in Israel (curated by R.C. Arad, J. Simon & M. Strauss), Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Haifa in the Eye of the Camera (curated by Yehudit Matzkel), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL (cat.)
Men (curated by Sagi Refael), Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, IL (cat.)
Beyond Richness (curated by Hagai Segev), Uri and Rami Nechushtan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov Meuchad, IL
Into Me/Out of Me (curaed by Klaus Biesenbach), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, US; travels to KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE (cat.)
Israel: Art and Life, 1906-2006 (curated by Amnon Barzel), Palazzo Reale, Milano, IT
Cradle of Christianity (curated by D.D. Mevorah, Y. Israeli & A. Roitman), Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
2005
Humanscape: Painting, Sculpture and Photography from the Israel Phoenix Collection (curated by Y. Fisher & M. Ben Moshe), Ashdod Art Museum, Monart Center, Ashdod, IL (cat.)
Power: Israeli Art 4 (curated by Doron Rabina), Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, IL
Chaim – Life. Israel Through the Photographers’ Lens (curated by Andrea Meislin), Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, JCC, New York, NY, US
Acting Out: Invented Melodrama in Contemporary Photography (curated by Kathleen A. Edwards), University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA; travels to Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, NY, US (cat.)
Israeli Contemporary Photography (curated by Orit Youdovich), Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma, IT (cat.)
Dreaming Art/Dreaming Reality. Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Prize, The FirstDecade (curated by Ellen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
The New Hebrews: A Century of Art in Israel (curated by D. LeVitte Harten & Y. Zalmona), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE (cat.)
2004
In Days Gone By. At This Time: Contemporary Photographs and Rubin's Paintings (curated by C. Rubin & S. Naftali), Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate The Centennial (curated by Susan Goodman), Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Spread in Prato (curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi) (organized by Dryphoto arte contemporanea), Prato, IT (cat.)
Common Ground: Selections from The Collection of Julia J. Norrell (curated by Philip Brookman), Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, WA, US (cat.)
Self Portrait with a Camera, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Uproar of Emotions. Passions in Contemporary Photography (curated by Wiebke Ratzeburg), Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, DE (cat.)
Uniform Ltd. – Soldier Representation in Contemporary Israeli Art (curated by Haim Maor and his students), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ben Gurion, IL (cat.)
En Guerra (curated by A. Monegal, F. Torres & J.M. Ridao), Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, ES (cat.)
2003
The Rules of the Game, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Young Israeli Art: From the Jacques and Genia Ohana Collection (curated by Allen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Saint Sebastian. A Splendid Readiness for Death, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, AT (cat.)
Chimères, monstres et merveilles de la mythologie à la biotechnologie (curated by Didier Ottinger), salle d'exposition du Quai Antoine Ier, Monaco, FR
Agrupémonos Todos (curated by J.G. Durana & D. Euguskia), MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporanéo de Vigo, Vigo; travels to ARTIUM, Basque Centre of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
Show Your Wounds (curated by Yael Katz Ben-Shalom), Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv, IL
Fables de l’identité (curated by R. Durand), Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, FR
Attack! Art and War in the Age of Media (curated by T. Miessgang & G. Mackert), Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, AT (cat.)
The Promise, The Land (curated by Stella Rolling), OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, AT (cat.)
2002-2003
Corpus Christi – Representations of Christ in Photography 1850-2001 (curated by Nissan Perez), Hotel de Sully, Paris, FR; travels to International House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE; Kulturhuset Stockholm, SE; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2002
Armory Show: Young Art from Israel (curated by Steffen Fischer), Goch Museum, Goch, DE (cat.)
Mother Tongue (curated by Tal Ben-Zvi), Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod, IL (book)
Israeli Habitat (curated by Nirit Nelson), Dwek Gallery, Mishkanot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, IL
2001
Six Photographers, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Aspiration: Toward the Future in the Middle East. Photographs by Palestinian and Israeli Artists (curated by N. Cassouto & R. Stearns), Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, US; travels to Buenos Aires, AR; Santiago, CL; Havana, CU; Chicago, Il, US (cat.)
Re-thinking: Contemporary Art from Israel (curated by Yael Katz Ben-Shalom), ifa Galleries, Bonn, Stuttgart, Berlin, DE (cat.)
2000
Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
La Republica dell'arte: Israel (curated by Sarit Shapira), Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Sienna, IT (cat.)
Exposure: Recent Acquisitions from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection (curated by Aya Lurie), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
From Mirror to Memory: One Hundred Years of Photography in the Land of Israel, 1900-2000 (curated by Vivienne Silver-Brody), Mane Katz Museum, Haifa, IL (cat.)
1999
Winners of the Education in Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts, Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Old and New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
About Rafi, Nofar Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (book)
1998
After Rabin: New Art from Israel (curated by Susan Goodman), Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US (cat.)
Les Fous du roi (curated by Sarit Shapira), Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, FR
Bamot 1948-1198. Art from Israel (curated by Oz Almog), Jewish Museum, Wien, AT
Condition Report. Photography in Israel Today (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Kol Hakavod: Representations of Respect for the Other in Contemporary Israeli Art (curated by Haim Maor), Yanko Dada Museum, Ein Hod, IL
Capturing Reality: 19 Israeli and Palestinian Photographers (curated by Nella Cassouto), Tennesse State Museum, Nashville, TN, US (cat.)
Black Nudes: New Identities (curated by M. Matsamoti & R. Chotoe), Tropical Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Serial Number: the Image of the Soldier in Israeli Art (curated by Esti Reshef), Commemorative Center, Kiryat Tivon, Municipal Gallery, Rehovot, IL
1997
The Israelis: Shuka Glotman, Avi Ganor, Adi Nes, Micha Kirshner (curated by Haim Maor), School of Visual Art, Beer Sheva, IL
Icons of Masculinity (curated by D. Ichilov, J. Guetta & G. Gur Zeev), Limbus Gallery, Mishkan Le'omanuyot, Ramat Hasharon, IL
Who Created Me According to His Will (curated by Zvia Nudel & Vered Maimon), Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv, IL
1996
Israeli Diary (curated by Tamar Amitai), Tel Aviv Cinemateque Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
An Alternate Dictionary (curated by G. Nader & Dr. M. Gluzman), Borohov Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
1994
90-70-90 (curated by Rona Sela), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Export Surplus (curated by Ariella Azoulay), Bograshov Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
No Photography!, Tel Aviv, IL
1993
Jewish Gay Life in Winners of The Anglo-Israeli Photographic Awards Show, Nicky Akehurst Gallery, London, UK; travels to Artists House Gallery, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
1992
Graduates' Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
Catalogues / Publications:
2011
Stoos, Toni, Ruelfs, Esther (ed.), Rollenbilder – Rollenspiele, Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 2011
2007
Mordechai, Omer, Adi Nes: Biblical Stories, Tel Aviv, Museum of Tel Aviv, 2007
2005
Kamps, Toby, The Timeless Allegory of the Ages of Man, 2005
2004
Mordechai, Omer (et al.), Adi Nes: Photographs. The Leon Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum, 2004
Sheinfeld, Ilan, Adi Nes. The Promise the Land, 2004
2003
Sheinfeld, Ilan, Private Sebastian, Heiliger Sebastian, 2003
2002
Kamps, Toby, Adi Nes, San Diego, MCA San Diego, 2002
2001
Mordechai, Omer (ed.), Adi Nes, 2001
Dvir Gallery (ed.), Soldiers 1994 -2000, Tel Aviv, 2001
1999
Goodman, Susan (ed.), Adi Nes, New York, Jewish Museum, 1999
1997
Maor, Haim, Adi Nes, 1997
Rabina, Doron (et al.), Camera Obscura, 1997
Bibliography:
2012
Gross, Vardit, Adi Nes, Yediot Ahronot, April 27, 2012
Krishtalka, Sholem, The Silence not Broken, Toronto Standard.com, May 7, 2012
Farquharson, Rachel Anne, Adi Nes - The Biblical in The Banal, Art Barrage.com, April 26, 2012
Vaughan, R.M., But What Is There After The Gasp?, The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2012
Arrazola, Luis-Enrique, Avenue in The Heat of Battle, National Post, May 8, 2012
Levy-Ajzenkopf, Provocative Israeli Photographer's Exhibit Running in Toronto, The Canadian Jewish News, May 14, 2012
Marder, Rachel, Beneath The Surface, The Jerusalem Post, May 21, 2012, p.24
Israeli Artist Adi Nes's "The Village" Series at Jack Shainman Gallery, The Huffington Post.com, May 22, 2012
Estrin, J., Furst, D., Underpinnings of Greek Tragedy in Israel, Lens Blog / The NY Times.com, July 17, 2012
Azimi, Roxana, Les métaphores d'Adi Nes, Le Quotidien de l'Art, June 6, 2012
Bonnet, Frédéric, Adi Nes. "Je choisis toujours le moment avant l'instant T", Le Journal des Arts, n°372, June 22-July 5, 2012, p.11
Darmon, Stéphanie, Adi Nes - The Village, Art for Breakfast.com, June 30, 2012
Ben David, Alon, Village People, Atmosphere, June 2012
Boutoulle, Myriam, Shalom Shpilman. Voyage d'exploration, Connaissance des Arts Photo, n°29, June-September 2012, pp.54-59
Stewart, Laura, A Thursday Evening Gallery Hopping in Chelsea, Art Life Magazine, June 8, 2012
Bombardini, Silvia, Adi Nes - Israel, DUST, n°3, 2012
Baqué, Dominique, La photographie: il était trois corps..., Art Press, n°392, September 2012
Iron, Imi, Adi Nes. L'Etranger / Foreign Universalism, 02, n°63, Autumn 2012, pp.25-31
Malaure, Julie, "Caïn et Abel" d'Adi Nes, de la Bible à la banlieue, Le Point.fr, October 26, 2012
Phillips, Sarah, Adi Nes's Best Photograph: A Man, A Turkey and An Imaginary Village, The Guardian.com, December 12, 2012
Poiret, Dominique, L'art contemporain israélien illumine la Villa Emerige, Next Libération.fr, November 13, 2012
Levac, Alex, At The Still Point Of A Turning World, Ha'aretz Magazine, June 8, 2012, pp.12-17
Levac, Alex, Adi Nes ou l'instant d'avant, Courrier International, n°1132, July 12-18, 2012, pp.48-49
2008
Benaïm, Laurence, Exils intérieurs, Stiletto Hommes, 2008
B.H., Adi Nes, Le Point, 2008
2007
Leffingwell, Edward, Adi Nes, Art in America, September 2007
Gordon, Jeremy, Bible Stories from the Present, Jewish Chronicle, January 2007
Rubin, Markus, Bibelsk fotoserie angriber Israel for moralsk forfald, Politiken Skaertorsdag, April 5, 2007
Meir, Ronnen, Record Price, The Jerusalem Post, March 2007
Gilermann, Dana, Home Sweet Home, Haaretz, January 2007
2006
Schalit, Joel, Portrait of the Artist as Political Philosopher, Tikkun, July 2006
Somze, Catherine, Meeting with Adi Nes, Eyemazing, February 2006
S.R.F, Adi Nes, Art on Paper, January-February 2006
2004
Cohen Hadria, Michèle, Adi Nes - Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Tema Celeste, September 2004
Un consolant enfer peuplé de beaux soldats. Adi Nes, Préférences, n°3, 2004
Goldman, Lisa N., Photographing the Politics of Identity, Haaretz, December 3, 2004
Baqué, Dominique, La violence et la grâce, Art Press, September 2004
Hamlin, Jesse, Adi Nes, San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2004
Breuer, Shira, The Workers Will Wear Red to the Gallows, Haaretz, January 6, 2004
2003
Breuern, Shira, The Workers Will Wear Red To The Gallows, Ha'Artez, December 29, 2003
Tel Aviv - Adi Nes, Vogue Hommes International, Autumn-Winter 2003
Turner, Jonathan, Stars of David, Blue, September 2003
Deitcher, David, Get Real, Time Out New York, April 10-17, 2003
Cotter, Holland, Adi Nes, The New York Times, April 4, 2003
Goldstein, Richard, A Soldier Named Desire, The Village Voice, April 2, 2003
Schmidt, Chris, Boy Soldier, HX, n°603, March 28, 2003
2002
Adi Nes: Photographs at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Gallery guide, November 2002
Pincus, Robert L., Mortal Vision, The San Diego Union, May 6, 2002
Pincus, Robert L., When Pictures Work, They Shout Without Noise, The San Diego Union, May 6, 2002
Sherman, Pat, Myth, Militarism an Gay Iidentity, Gay & Lesbian Times, May 2, 2002
Foss, Paul, Adi Nes at The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Artext, Fall 2002
2001
Kamps, Toby, Adi Nes, Ha'Aretz Magazine, April 2001
Lopez, Guido, Ultima Cena, in Israele, Diaro, October 5, 2001
Ronnen, Meir, Post-Zionist Sex, The Jerusalem Post, June 6, 2001
Grushkin, Daniel, Telling It in Gat, The Jerusalem Report, June 4, 2001
Karpel, Daliah, The Only Democracy, Ha’aretz Magazine, April 6, 2001
2000
Tzur, Uzi, Renaissance Men, Ha’aretz, March 17, 2000
Dempsey, Judy, Seeing Through The Image, Financial Times, March 11, 2000
Muskuna Lerman, Billy, The Hero’s Soft Spot, Ma’ariv Newspaper, February 11, 2000
Shmueli, Yoav, Immediate, Strong, Hypnotic, Ma’ariv Newspaper, February 11, 2000
1999
Shmueli, Yoav, A Plastic Analysis - Less for Museums, More for Galleries, aIr, May 20, 1999
1997
Simantov, Naomi, The Warriors’ Rest, Haaretz, June 18, 1997
Shefi, Smadar, A Make-Up Kit in the Webbing, Haaretz, February 2, 1997
1996
Pratt, Tomer, The Sweetest Soldier, Kol Ha’ir, April 19, 1996
Yahav, Galia, Smoke Rings, Studio, August 1996
Grants / Awards / Resedencies:
Since 2005 The chosen artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExellence), IL
2003 Constantiner Prize for Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
2000 The Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
1999 Education, Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts, IL
1993 Sandra Jacobs's Anglo-Israeli Photographic Awards Project Scholarship, Department of Plastic Arts, IL
Collections:
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., US
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, US
NeuflizeVie, Paris, FR
Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, CA, US
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
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Lives and works in Tel Aviv, IL
1996-97 Multimedia and Programming Dept., ‘Sivan' Computer School, Tel Aviv, IL
1989-92 BFA, Department of Photography, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
One-person exhibitions:
2012
The Village, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
The Village, Jewish Museum, London, UK
The Village, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
The Village, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
Adi Nes, Koffler Gallery Offsite, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011
Deposition, Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia, Firenze, IT
2010
Deposition, Gliptoteka, Museum of The Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Zagreb; travels to Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb; Istrian Parliament Building, Porec; Opatija; Dulcic Masle Pulitika Gallery, Dubrovnik, HR
Deposition, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Roma, IT
2009
Biblical Stories, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
2008
Biblical Stories, Light & Sie Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
Biblical Stories, Wexner Center for the Art, Columbus, OH, US
Biblical Stories, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
2007
Biblical Stories (curated by Omer Mordechai), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Biblical Stories, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
2004
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Recent Photographs, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, US
Between Promise and Possibility: Photographs of Adi Nes (curated by Daniell Cornell), Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA, US (cat.)
2003
Leon Constantiner Prize for Photography Show (curated by Nili Goren), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
UQAM Gallery, Montreal, CA
2002
Adi Nes: Photographs (curated by Toby Kramps), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; travels to Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, US
2001
Recent Photographs (curated by Ellen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2000
Adi Nes: Photographs, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
1998
The Soldiers (curated by Susan Dechert), Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1997
To Be Taken Captive, Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, IL
1996
First Act (curated by Assaf Romano), Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
1993
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (with Nomi Talisman)
Group exhibitions:
2013-2014
(Forthcoming) MASCULIN / MASCULIN : l'homme nu dans l'art de 1800 à nos jours, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, FR
2012-2013
The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, AT; travels to Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest, HU
2012
Les visages de l'art contemporain israélien. Tours et détours d'une identité, Villa Emerige, Paris, FR
Remember Boaz Tal (curated by Surin Heler), The Artist House, Tel Aviv, IL
Composed; Identity, Politics, Sex, Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews but Were Afraid to Ask, Jewish Museum, Hohenems, AT
Mutables (curated by Ashley Stull), Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
Window to Reality, Israeli Homages to Italian Renaissance Art (curated by Alec Mishory), Open University of Israel, Raanana, IL
Israel Now (Reinventing The Future) (curated by Micol Di Veroli), MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Roma, IT
Faces of Cain: Representations of the "Others" in Contemporary Art in Israel (curated by Haim Maor & his students), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ben Gurion, IL (cat.)
Theatrical Gestures (curated by U. von Brandenburg & N. Segal), Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, Herzliya, IL
Lyrical Correctness (curated by P. Micha Kirshner), Wizo Gallery Academic Center, Haifa, IL
Boydaem, Bikurey Ha'ltim multi-disciplinary art center, Tel Aviv, IL
Israeli Culture Over The Years, As Represented in Art and Compared Israeli Films, The Sam Spiegel Film & Television School, Jerusalem, IL
2011
Lyrical Correctness, FiftyFifty Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
Rollenbilder - Rollenspiele, MdM-Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, AT
Human Landscape (curated by Daniella Talmor), Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL
Teror, Artists Respond, Dershowitz Center Gallery, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, US
Tel Aviv-Jaffa (curated by Tamar Drezner), Academic College of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv, IL
Nimrod's Descendants (curated by Gideon Ofrat), Artists House, Jerusalem, IL
Making A Place: Contemporary Israeli Photography (curaed by Nili Goren), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2010
In Detail, from The Collections of Arnie Druck, Hifa Museum of Art, Hifa, IL
Daily Treasures, Hamidrasha Art College, Beit Berl Academic College, Kalmaniya, IL
Rendering, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Roma, IT
From the collection/On Permanent View, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2009
What Is Your Gender?, WHcreation, Virtual Gallery
Taarucha, Beit Ha'Am Gallery, Tel-Aviv, IL
Ten, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
Last Summer in POV 01–The Israeli Photography Festival, The Station, Tel Aviv, IL
Open Table (curated by Ruti Direktor), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Family Traces, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
The Heritage of The Holy Land Treasures from The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, HU
Hugging and Wrestling (curated by Margo A. Crutchfield), Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, US
Ethics/Aesthetics, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL
Big Spender (curated by Gilit Fisher), 5 Place 4 Art & The Left Bank, Tel Aviv, IL
Fotografie aus Israel (curated by Avraham Eilat), Freundeskreis Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, DE
Great Expectations. Contemporary Photography Looks at Today’s Bitter Years, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, LX
Recent Acquisitions, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, US
Israeli Art Now (curated by O. Shani & N. Arin), Naomi Arin Contemporary Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, US
2008
Projection Programme: Mediterranean Photography, APhF08 in Athens Photo Festival, Athens, GR
As Is: Arte Israeliana Contemporanea, Salone Centrale, Via San Pietro in Carcere, Roma, IT
Acting the Part: Photography as Theater, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Weighing and Wanting: Selection from The Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA, US
But The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith, Museum of Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL
Unparalleled LunaPark, Tarsat Boulevard, Tel-Aviv, IL
ITCA 2008 – International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Veletrzni Palace, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
Eventually We'll Die: Young Art in Israel of the Nineties, Herzlia Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzlia, IL
Real Time: Art in Israel 1998-2008, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Art of the State: Contemporary Photography and Video Art from Israel, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Access to Israel (First Part), Museum Judengasse, Frankfurt, DE
Access to Israel (Second Part), Museum Judengasse, Frankfurt, DE
Between Memory and History: From the Epic to the Everyday, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, CA
Israel@60, Jewish Museum, Berkeley, CA, US
2007
Engagement: Israeli Photography Now (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
Six Days Plus Forty Years (curated by Dorit Gur Arie), Petach-Tivka Museum of Art, Petach Tivka, IL
Expose Life, Museum of the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
2006
Inside-Out. Contemporary Artists from Israel (curated by Octavio Zaya), MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Vigo, ES (cat.)
Making Scenes: Stage Photography Since the 1980s (curated by Tal Yahas), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
In Between Places: New Art from Israel (curated by Kari Conte), Vivian Horan Gallery, New York, NY, US
Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre (curated by Lori Pauli), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
Art of Living: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Israel Museum (curated by Nissan Perez), Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
Recent Acquisitions (curated by Daniell Cornell), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, US
Doron: Art and Workers Rights in Israel (curated by R.C. Arad, J. Simon & M. Strauss), Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Haifa in the Eye of the Camera (curated by Yehudit Matzkel), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL (cat.)
Men (curated by Sagi Refael), Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, IL (cat.)
Beyond Richness (curated by Hagai Segev), Uri and Rami Nechushtan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov Meuchad, IL
Into Me/Out of Me (curaed by Klaus Biesenbach), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, US; travels to KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE (cat.)
Israel: Art and Life, 1906-2006 (curated by Amnon Barzel), Palazzo Reale, Milano, IT
Cradle of Christianity (curated by D.D. Mevorah, Y. Israeli & A. Roitman), Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
2005
Humanscape: Painting, Sculpture and Photography from the Israel Phoenix Collection (curated by Y. Fisher & M. Ben Moshe), Ashdod Art Museum, Monart Center, Ashdod, IL (cat.)
Power: Israeli Art 4 (curated by Doron Rabina), Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, IL
Chaim – Life. Israel Through the Photographers’ Lens (curated by Andrea Meislin), Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, JCC, New York, NY, US
Acting Out: Invented Melodrama in Contemporary Photography (curated by Kathleen A. Edwards), University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA; travels to Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, NY, US (cat.)
Israeli Contemporary Photography (curated by Orit Youdovich), Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma, IT (cat.)
Dreaming Art/Dreaming Reality. Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Prize, The FirstDecade (curated by Ellen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
The New Hebrews: A Century of Art in Israel (curated by D. LeVitte Harten & Y. Zalmona), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE (cat.)
2004
In Days Gone By. At This Time: Contemporary Photographs and Rubin's Paintings (curated by C. Rubin & S. Naftali), Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate The Centennial (curated by Susan Goodman), Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Spread in Prato (curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi) (organized by Dryphoto arte contemporanea), Prato, IT (cat.)
Common Ground: Selections from The Collection of Julia J. Norrell (curated by Philip Brookman), Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, WA, US (cat.)
Self Portrait with a Camera, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Uproar of Emotions. Passions in Contemporary Photography (curated by Wiebke Ratzeburg), Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, DE (cat.)
Uniform Ltd. – Soldier Representation in Contemporary Israeli Art (curated by Haim Maor and his students), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ben Gurion, IL (cat.)
En Guerra (curated by A. Monegal, F. Torres & J.M. Ridao), Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, ES (cat.)
2003
The Rules of the Game, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Young Israeli Art: From the Jacques and Genia Ohana Collection (curated by Allen Ginton), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Saint Sebastian. A Splendid Readiness for Death, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, AT (cat.)
Chimères, monstres et merveilles de la mythologie à la biotechnologie (curated by Didier Ottinger), salle d'exposition du Quai Antoine Ier, Monaco, FR
Agrupémonos Todos (curated by J.G. Durana & D. Euguskia), MARCO-Museo de Arte Contemporanéo de Vigo, Vigo; travels to ARTIUM, Basque Centre of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
Show Your Wounds (curated by Yael Katz Ben-Shalom), Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv, IL
Fables de l’identité (curated by R. Durand), Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, FR
Attack! Art and War in the Age of Media (curated by T. Miessgang & G. Mackert), Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, AT (cat.)
The Promise, The Land (curated by Stella Rolling), OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, AT (cat.)
2002-2003
Corpus Christi – Representations of Christ in Photography 1850-2001 (curated by Nissan Perez), Hotel de Sully, Paris, FR; travels to International House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE; Kulturhuset Stockholm, SE; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2002
Armory Show: Young Art from Israel (curated by Steffen Fischer), Goch Museum, Goch, DE (cat.)
Mother Tongue (curated by Tal Ben-Zvi), Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod, IL (book)
Israeli Habitat (curated by Nirit Nelson), Dwek Gallery, Mishkanot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, IL
2001
Six Photographers, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Aspiration: Toward the Future in the Middle East. Photographs by Palestinian and Israeli Artists (curated by N. Cassouto & R. Stearns), Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, US; travels to Buenos Aires, AR; Santiago, CL; Havana, CU; Chicago, Il, US (cat.)
Re-thinking: Contemporary Art from Israel (curated by Yael Katz Ben-Shalom), ifa Galleries, Bonn, Stuttgart, Berlin, DE (cat.)
2000
Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
La Republica dell'arte: Israel (curated by Sarit Shapira), Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Sienna, IT (cat.)
Exposure: Recent Acquisitions from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection (curated by Aya Lurie), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
From Mirror to Memory: One Hundred Years of Photography in the Land of Israel, 1900-2000 (curated by Vivienne Silver-Brody), Mane Katz Museum, Haifa, IL (cat.)
1999
Winners of the Education in Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts, Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Old and New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
About Rafi, Nofar Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (book)
1998
After Rabin: New Art from Israel (curated by Susan Goodman), Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US (cat.)
Les Fous du roi (curated by Sarit Shapira), Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, FR
Bamot 1948-1198. Art from Israel (curated by Oz Almog), Jewish Museum, Wien, AT
Condition Report. Photography in Israel Today (curated by Nissan Perez), Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Kol Hakavod: Representations of Respect for the Other in Contemporary Israeli Art (curated by Haim Maor), Yanko Dada Museum, Ein Hod, IL
Capturing Reality: 19 Israeli and Palestinian Photographers (curated by Nella Cassouto), Tennesse State Museum, Nashville, TN, US (cat.)
Black Nudes: New Identities (curated by M. Matsamoti & R. Chotoe), Tropical Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Serial Number: the Image of the Soldier in Israeli Art (curated by Esti Reshef), Commemorative Center, Kiryat Tivon, Municipal Gallery, Rehovot, IL
1997
The Israelis: Shuka Glotman, Avi Ganor, Adi Nes, Micha Kirshner (curated by Haim Maor), School of Visual Art, Beer Sheva, IL
Icons of Masculinity (curated by D. Ichilov, J. Guetta & G. Gur Zeev), Limbus Gallery, Mishkan Le'omanuyot, Ramat Hasharon, IL
Who Created Me According to His Will (curated by Zvia Nudel & Vered Maimon), Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv, IL
1996
Israeli Diary (curated by Tamar Amitai), Tel Aviv Cinemateque Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
An Alternate Dictionary (curated by G. Nader & Dr. M. Gluzman), Borohov Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
1994
90-70-90 (curated by Rona Sela), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL (cat.)
Export Surplus (curated by Ariella Azoulay), Bograshov Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL
No Photography!, Tel Aviv, IL
1993
Jewish Gay Life in Winners of The Anglo-Israeli Photographic Awards Show, Nicky Akehurst Gallery, London, UK; travels to Artists House Gallery, Jerusalem, IL (cat.)
1992
Graduates' Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
Catalogues / Publications:
2011
Stoos, Toni, Ruelfs, Esther (ed.), Rollenbilder – Rollenspiele, Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 2011
2007
Mordechai, Omer, Adi Nes: Biblical Stories, Tel Aviv, Museum of Tel Aviv, 2007
2005
Kamps, Toby, The Timeless Allegory of the Ages of Man, 2005
2004
Mordechai, Omer (et al.), Adi Nes: Photographs. The Leon Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum, 2004
Sheinfeld, Ilan, Adi Nes. The Promise the Land, 2004
2003
Sheinfeld, Ilan, Private Sebastian, Heiliger Sebastian, 2003
2002
Kamps, Toby, Adi Nes, San Diego, MCA San Diego, 2002
2001
Mordechai, Omer (ed.), Adi Nes, 2001
Dvir Gallery (ed.), Soldiers 1994 -2000, Tel Aviv, 2001
1999
Goodman, Susan (ed.), Adi Nes, New York, Jewish Museum, 1999
1997
Maor, Haim, Adi Nes, 1997
Rabina, Doron (et al.), Camera Obscura, 1997
Bibliography:
2012
Gross, Vardit, Adi Nes, Yediot Ahronot, April 27, 2012
Krishtalka, Sholem, The Silence not Broken, Toronto Standard.com, May 7, 2012
Farquharson, Rachel Anne, Adi Nes - The Biblical in The Banal, Art Barrage.com, April 26, 2012
Vaughan, R.M., But What Is There After The Gasp?, The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2012
Arrazola, Luis-Enrique, Avenue in The Heat of Battle, National Post, May 8, 2012
Levy-Ajzenkopf, Provocative Israeli Photographer's Exhibit Running in Toronto, The Canadian Jewish News, May 14, 2012
Marder, Rachel, Beneath The Surface, The Jerusalem Post, May 21, 2012, p.24
Israeli Artist Adi Nes's "The Village" Series at Jack Shainman Gallery, The Huffington Post.com, May 22, 2012
Estrin, J., Furst, D., Underpinnings of Greek Tragedy in Israel, Lens Blog / The NY Times.com, July 17, 2012
Azimi, Roxana, Les métaphores d'Adi Nes, Le Quotidien de l'Art, June 6, 2012
Bonnet, Frédéric, Adi Nes. "Je choisis toujours le moment avant l'instant T", Le Journal des Arts, n°372, June 22-July 5, 2012, p.11
Darmon, Stéphanie, Adi Nes - The Village, Art for Breakfast.com, June 30, 2012
Ben David, Alon, Village People, Atmosphere, June 2012
Boutoulle, Myriam, Shalom Shpilman. Voyage d'exploration, Connaissance des Arts Photo, n°29, June-September 2012, pp.54-59
Stewart, Laura, A Thursday Evening Gallery Hopping in Chelsea, Art Life Magazine, June 8, 2012
Bombardini, Silvia, Adi Nes - Israel, DUST, n°3, 2012
Baqué, Dominique, La photographie: il était trois corps..., Art Press, n°392, September 2012
Iron, Imi, Adi Nes. L'Etranger / Foreign Universalism, 02, n°63, Autumn 2012, pp.25-31
Malaure, Julie, "Caïn et Abel" d'Adi Nes, de la Bible à la banlieue, Le Point.fr, October 26, 2012
Phillips, Sarah, Adi Nes's Best Photograph: A Man, A Turkey and An Imaginary Village, The Guardian.com, December 12, 2012
Poiret, Dominique, L'art contemporain israélien illumine la Villa Emerige, Next Libération.fr, November 13, 2012
Levac, Alex, At The Still Point Of A Turning World, Ha'aretz Magazine, June 8, 2012, pp.12-17
Levac, Alex, Adi Nes ou l'instant d'avant, Courrier International, n°1132, July 12-18, 2012, pp.48-49
2008
Benaïm, Laurence, Exils intérieurs, Stiletto Hommes, 2008
B.H., Adi Nes, Le Point, 2008
2007
Leffingwell, Edward, Adi Nes, Art in America, September 2007
Gordon, Jeremy, Bible Stories from the Present, Jewish Chronicle, January 2007
Rubin, Markus, Bibelsk fotoserie angriber Israel for moralsk forfald, Politiken Skaertorsdag, April 5, 2007
Meir, Ronnen, Record Price, The Jerusalem Post, March 2007
Gilermann, Dana, Home Sweet Home, Haaretz, January 2007
2006
Schalit, Joel, Portrait of the Artist as Political Philosopher, Tikkun, July 2006
Somze, Catherine, Meeting with Adi Nes, Eyemazing, February 2006
S.R.F, Adi Nes, Art on Paper, January-February 2006
2004
Cohen Hadria, Michèle, Adi Nes - Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Tema Celeste, September 2004
Un consolant enfer peuplé de beaux soldats. Adi Nes, Préférences, n°3, 2004
Goldman, Lisa N., Photographing the Politics of Identity, Haaretz, December 3, 2004
Baqué, Dominique, La violence et la grâce, Art Press, September 2004
Hamlin, Jesse, Adi Nes, San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2004
Breuer, Shira, The Workers Will Wear Red to the Gallows, Haaretz, January 6, 2004
2003
Breuern, Shira, The Workers Will Wear Red To The Gallows, Ha'Artez, December 29, 2003
Tel Aviv - Adi Nes, Vogue Hommes International, Autumn-Winter 2003
Turner, Jonathan, Stars of David, Blue, September 2003
Deitcher, David, Get Real, Time Out New York, April 10-17, 2003
Cotter, Holland, Adi Nes, The New York Times, April 4, 2003
Goldstein, Richard, A Soldier Named Desire, The Village Voice, April 2, 2003
Schmidt, Chris, Boy Soldier, HX, n°603, March 28, 2003
2002
Adi Nes: Photographs at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Gallery guide, November 2002
Pincus, Robert L., Mortal Vision, The San Diego Union, May 6, 2002
Pincus, Robert L., When Pictures Work, They Shout Without Noise, The San Diego Union, May 6, 2002
Sherman, Pat, Myth, Militarism an Gay Iidentity, Gay & Lesbian Times, May 2, 2002
Foss, Paul, Adi Nes at The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Artext, Fall 2002
2001
Kamps, Toby, Adi Nes, Ha'Aretz Magazine, April 2001
Lopez, Guido, Ultima Cena, in Israele, Diaro, October 5, 2001
Ronnen, Meir, Post-Zionist Sex, The Jerusalem Post, June 6, 2001
Grushkin, Daniel, Telling It in Gat, The Jerusalem Report, June 4, 2001
Karpel, Daliah, The Only Democracy, Ha’aretz Magazine, April 6, 2001
2000
Tzur, Uzi, Renaissance Men, Ha’aretz, March 17, 2000
Dempsey, Judy, Seeing Through The Image, Financial Times, March 11, 2000
Muskuna Lerman, Billy, The Hero’s Soft Spot, Ma’ariv Newspaper, February 11, 2000
Shmueli, Yoav, Immediate, Strong, Hypnotic, Ma’ariv Newspaper, February 11, 2000
1999
Shmueli, Yoav, A Plastic Analysis - Less for Museums, More for Galleries, aIr, May 20, 1999
1997
Simantov, Naomi, The Warriors’ Rest, Haaretz, June 18, 1997
Shefi, Smadar, A Make-Up Kit in the Webbing, Haaretz, February 2, 1997
1996
Pratt, Tomer, The Sweetest Soldier, Kol Ha’ir, April 19, 1996
Yahav, Galia, Smoke Rings, Studio, August 1996
Grants / Awards / Resedencies:
Since 2005 The chosen artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExellence), IL
2003 Constantiner Prize for Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
2000 The Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, IL
1999 Education, Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts, IL
1993 Sandra Jacobs's Anglo-Israeli Photographic Awards Project Scholarship, Department of Plastic Arts, IL
Collections:
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., US
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, US
NeuflizeVie, Paris, FR
Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, CA, US
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
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