Keren Shalev

My works are the outcome of a working process that aims, on a regular basis, to draw on material from within oneself and through this activity to wander in a mental landscape and reveal given structures. This mental landscape is rough, abandoned, melancholic, mute, industrial, lonely, organic and tactile.
I am fascinated by how certain structures and our encounter with them and with their materiality can produce the phenomena of mental images and physical sense of presence, which I find poetic. I usually use materials such as metal, concrete, charcoal, and graphite for their raw, untamed qualities and resistance, and seek to preserve their brutal, physical, inherent traits. I work with them by creating performative gestures and constructing structures which are raw and exposed. The dynamics between the elements reveal their true nature, physical qualities, and function, and are in a constant state of rearrangement.

Studium und Schulbildung
2014 - 2015
Museumskunde. Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Germany
2009 - 2010
Lehrdiplom der Künste. Kibbutzim College of Education, Israel
2004 - 2009
B.A. Fine Arts. Haifa Universität, Israel
2003 - 2004
Kurse in Bildhauerei, Hagalil Hama’aravi College, Akko, Israel

Solo-Ausstellungen
2021
nothingness one piece two elements, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden
2019
Silence & Structure, Tête, Berlin
Self Reflection on Homeostasis, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berliner Berg Brewery, Berlin
Ausstellung mit Jungekunstberlin, Bristol Hotel, Berlin
2018
Hiding in foreign shadows, under buildings and in between, unperceived existence project- Shush gallery
2017
Boat Wreck, Helmut, Leipzig
2016
Constructions, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Gordon, Berlin
2015
Consolidated-Scattered, Plateau gallery, Berlin 2012 Dark Chamber, Fuc Bar, Berlin
2011
Artist Wall, Rishon Lezion Munizipalität, Israel

Zwei-Personen-Ausstellungen

2021
with Anna Myga Kasten, Galerie Drei, Dresden
2018
Bilinguale Lautskulptur - Performance mit Mirjam Dorsch, Verlorene Zeit, Berlin
2017
Gentle Destructions, exhibition mit Zorka Wollny, Flugwerk, Berlin
2016
Ein Ort des Jetzt, Installation mit Stephan Sitaras, Acud macht neu, Berlin
2014
Running man - Performance mit Udi Berner ´Reconstructing Reality’- T Berlin
Running man - Performance mit Udi Berner, Hachalalit gallery, Tel Aviv
2013
Peaceful burning - Performance mit Udi Berner, Greenhouse, Berlin
Peaceful burning - Performance mit Udi Berner, Kunst im Haus- Die Theatrale, Berlin

Gruppenausstellungen
2020
with EDGE Neuroscience-Art, Online, Berlin
2019
Broken spaces, Tapir gallery, Berlin
Konkret, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden Enclaves, Monopol, Berlin ZUKUNFTSVISIONEN2019, Görltz
Kunstsalon, Berlin
2018
The Abstract View, Junge Kunst Berlin, Starke Stiftung, Berlin
Berlin Inc., Artspring, Hugo Mayer Studio, Berlin
SCHAUfenster; la Art, Kunstpreis des Landkreises Alzey-Worms, Woerrstadt
2017
Fremde Werte, Galerie Drei, Dresden
Kostbarkeiten, Rathaus Marzahn, Berlin
Capriccio, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
Kunstgäste #6, Kulturbunker, Köln;
Performing Arts Festival Berlin, K77, Berlin
Souvenir – Ein Stillleben, Art Vending Machine, Jewish Museum Berlin KunstBoulevard, Boulevard Berlin, Berlin
2016
XXS Xmas, Blue Berlin art space, Berlin
Berlin art week exhibition-"50 Contemporary artists"- EAF, Berlin
Erde, Stahl & Leuchten, Hinterm Spaeti, Berlin
Heimat - Identifikation im Wandel, Kunstlerverein Walkmühle e.V., Wiesbden
2015
Roundabout- ID Festival, Radialsystem V, Berlin Don´t call it a Context, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
2014
Danalogue- Crossing Borders, Infarm, Berlin 2013
Kunst im Haus- Die Theatrale, Berlin
Art Shifting Festival, live painting, Santa Monica, Barcelona
2012
KreuzbergKalender, On-line exhibition, Berlin
Twin cities, Brasov

Skulpturen im öffentlichen Raum
2019-21
Illusionary/ real encounter on the shore, Schlosspark Stammheim Kunst 2019, Köln Schiffswrack, Max Planck Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (permanente Skulptur)
2018-19
Schiffswrack, Schlosspark Stammheim Kunst 2018, Köln
2017-18
Schiffswrack, Schlosspark Stammheim Kunst 2017, Köln
2015-16
Schiffswrack, Radial System V, Berlin

Kuration
2019
Extended Matter, Becher Triennale, Berlin Glas e.V, Berlin
Enclaves, Monopol, Berlin

Kunst am Bau
2021
Paavo Nurmi Grundschule, Berlin