Yael Ben-Simon

Available Works

In The Studio

Biography

Yael Ben-Simon (b. 1985, Israel) is contemporary artist whose practice explores the relationship between propaganda, identity, magic and symbol making through painting. Her recent works examine the relationship of an individual narrativization through the object of the flag by way of investigative handling of materiality and techniques. Together with historical research, Yael's process in the studio is one of constant flow between manual and mechanical production, using 3D physics engine modeling software and a stencil maker. Yael lives and works in NYC, USA.

Education

MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013-2015

BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, 2007-2011

Press

2019, Interview, De:formal

2017, Hazel Tempesst, Ground Floor Exhibition Catalogue, Hyde Park Art Center Chicago

2017, Mothes Kate, Young Space Blog

2017, New American Paintings, No. 129, MFA Annual Issue

2017, Critic’s Comments , MFA Annual Issue

2016, Ground Floor at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Gallery News

2016, National Wet Paint Exhibition Catalogue, Zhou B. Art Center

Exhibitions

2020, 2020, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, NYC, USA (Group)
2019, Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA (Group)
2019, Annual Members Show, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC, USA (Group)
2019, Status, First Presbyterian Church, NYC, USA (Group)
2019, Kindred Constructs, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 92, NYC, USA (Group)
2019, Belonging, Geary Contemporary, NYC, USA (Group)
2019, Multiversant, Chashama Space to Present, NYC, USA (Group)
2018, Signs Foretelling, RATA Projects, Fig 19, NYC, USA (Group)
2018, Out of My Book, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA (Solo)
2017, Artists Co-Op, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, NYC, USA (Group)
2017, Vagabond Time Killers, The Wassaic Project, NYC, USA (Group)
2016, Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA (Group)
2016, Deal With It, Maake Magazine Fall 2016 Exhibition, Woksob Gallery, State College PA, USA (Group)
2016, Window Weather, SIM gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland (Group)
2016, Babel, PILOTENKUECHE Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany (Group)
2016, Analog RAM, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, USA (Group)
2016, Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B art center, Chicago, USA (Group)
2015, Ontology, Lame & Cool Gallery, Chicago, USA (Group)
2015, Entrainment!, Voyeur Theater, Chicago, USA (Group)
2015, Unruly Attachments Considering Failure, Potluck Salon, Chicago, USA (Group)
2015, MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, USA (Group)
2014, Cushy, Open Studios Night, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, USA (Group)
2013, New-Mannerism, Open Studios Night, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, USA (Group)
2013, Site Specific 2, Galleria Citta, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Group)
2012, Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Group)
2012, First Time at the Beach, 13 Hakongress street, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Group)
2011, Raw Material, Minshar gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Group)
2011, BFA Thesis Show, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel (Group)