(eng) Born 1977, Israel, Yochai Matos is a Tel Aviv based artist who creates unique installations made primarily using fluorescent tube lights. using the ubiquitous piece of hardware, Matos uses it as a sculpting medium by arranging the lights in unusual formations that remove them from their original use.

Matos’ works also utilize colour to add another almost painterly quality to his projects. Matos also creates non-light based pieces that range from collage, photography and public interventions including his you’ve got mail project which placed 24,000 heart-shaped stickers on mailboxes in Tel Aviv.

http://www.yochaimatos.com

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E D U C A T I O N

2001 - 2004 - BA of Visual Communication studies, Betzalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem

2003 - Exchange program at MiddelSex university, London

1992 - 1996 - Graduate of Ort Ein-Harod high school of the arts, Fine Arts department

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S O L O _ E X H I B I T I O N S

Blind Date - The Spaceship Gallery @ Hayarkon 70, Tel Aviv (2009)

Decapitated - Dollinger Art Project Gallery, Tel-Aviv (2008)

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G R O U P_ E X H I B I T I O N S

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Timing - Bat-Yam Biennale, Bat-Yam, Israel

Paradiso - Watermill Center, New York

®Nova - MIS museum, São Paulo, Brazil

JaffaCakes TLV - Rove Gallery, Hoxton Sq., London

Family Romance - Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv

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Inferno - Watermill Center, New York

Fall - Panorama, Tel Aviv

Narcissus' Reflactions - P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

Darkrooms - Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York

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Happy Days - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece

True Love - Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv

And the Just Shall Live by His Faith - Art Jerusalem Fair, Jerusalem

Art TLV - Tel Aviv Biennial, Tel Aviv

Blind Spot - Petach Tikva Museum, Petach Tikva

BJCEM - The Biennial of young artist from Europe and the Mediterranean, Puglia, Italy

Fresh Paint - Israel Conemporary Art Fair, Tel-Aviv

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In the Name of Light- Dear Noga Gallery, Tel-Aviv

Moto - Tmuna art space, Tel-Aviv

CTfish - Kibbutz Gallery, Tel-Aviv

The Rear - The Herzelia Biennale, Herzelia Museum, Herzelia

OuLet - Comme-il-faut Gallery, Tel-Aviv

The Other Sea - The Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem

See Not / Fear Not - UEF Gallery, Umm el Fahim

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Temporary Grove - Architect House Gallery, Jaffa

Present Now - Redding Art Fair 5, Tel Aviv

YRY - Betzalel Gallery, Tel Aviv

Limited Edition- Levanvonet Galllery, Jaffa

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Heart of Gold - Israel Art Fair , Tel Aviv

Seeing Art - The opening of art season, Tel Aviv

Public for All - Saloona Gallery, Jaffa

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Finders Keepers - Old Street, London

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