BIO:
Israeli born photographer Tal Shpantzer has been based in New York since 2000, Tal has spent several years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe after graduating from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1996, with a B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art.
Her work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Most recently in The New York Times Lens Blog, MTV and W Magazine, a portrait of the artist Kiki Smith.
She is the recipient of a Soros Center for Contemporary Art grant for her Limbus Diary series, and a Morrison Vanderlip media award.
Tal is currently represented by Witzenhausen Gallery. She is working on her first book publication, and collaborating with Obscure Object Films, to animate her photos into live videos for clients and multimedia installations.
Artist Statement
My interest in photography lies principally in exploring moments that are undefined. I am fascinated when a dialog emerges from what appears to be the simplest of moments from states of uncertainty and transience. A raw and unpretentious moment can reveal complexities, evoke imagined histories, and hidden truths.
Selected Commercial Client list:
· Walt Disney Signature
· MTV
· NBC
· Hayden-Harnett
· Alberta Ferretti
· Leo Burnett Advertising
· Harpers Bazzar – CZ
· Rolling-stone – CZ
· Associated Press
· Capitol Records
· EMI Records
· Hed Artzi Records
Exhibitions & Screenings:
Prague House of Photography 1996
Frankfort Art, Germany 1999
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv 1998
Tiroche Auction House, Tel Aviv 1998
Richterova Villa, Prague 1999
Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague 2000
Rabbitholestudio Gallery, NY 2007
VBrooklyn Video Festival 2007
Subdivision NY 2008
Rabbitholestudio Gallery 2000, Dumbo, NY
ICP Art Auction, NY 2010
Witzenhausen Gallery Art Fair, Armory week 2011, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery, 2011 NY
ArtMRKT Hamptons , 2011 NY
Israeli born photographer Tal Shpantzer has been based in New York since 2000, Tal has spent several years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe after graduating from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1996, with a B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art.
Her work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Most recently in The New York Times Lens Blog, MTV and W Magazine, a portrait of the artist Kiki Smith.
She is the recipient of a Soros Center for Contemporary Art grant for her Limbus Diary series, and a Morrison Vanderlip media award.
Tal is currently represented by Witzenhausen Gallery. She is working on her first book publication, and collaborating with Obscure Object Films, to animate her photos into live videos for clients and multimedia installations.
Artist Statement
My interest in photography lies principally in exploring moments that are undefined. I am fascinated when a dialog emerges from what appears to be the simplest of moments from states of uncertainty and transience. A raw and unpretentious moment can reveal complexities, evoke imagined histories, and hidden truths.
Selected Commercial Client list:
· Walt Disney Signature
· MTV
· NBC
· Hayden-Harnett
· Alberta Ferretti
· Leo Burnett Advertising
· Harpers Bazzar – CZ
· Rolling-stone – CZ
· Associated Press
· Capitol Records
· EMI Records
· Hed Artzi Records
Exhibitions & Screenings:
Prague House of Photography 1996
Frankfort Art, Germany 1999
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv 1998
Tiroche Auction House, Tel Aviv 1998
Richterova Villa, Prague 1999
Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague 2000
Rabbitholestudio Gallery, NY 2007
VBrooklyn Video Festival 2007
Subdivision NY 2008
Rabbitholestudio Gallery 2000, Dumbo, NY
ICP Art Auction, NY 2010
Witzenhausen Gallery Art Fair, Armory week 2011, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery, 2011 NY
ArtMRKT Hamptons , 2011 NY