Omer Fast
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Born: 1972 in Jerusalem
Lives: and works in Berlin and New York
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1990 - 1995 BA/BFA Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1997 - 2000 MFA Hunter of the City University of New York
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2010
The Whitney Museum, New York
Postmasters Gallery, New York
2009
Nostalgia, South London Gallery, London, UK
Nostalgia, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
The Casting, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Omer Fast: Looking Pretty for God (After G. W.), Howard Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
2008
�De Grote Boodschap,� MCA Denver, New Media Gallery, Denver, CO
The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
�Omer Fast, survey show,� Kunstvereign Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Omer Fast, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
gb agency, Paris
2007
Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Vox Contemporary, Montreal
2006
gb agency, Paris
2005
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh (�Mixed Doubles� with Nam Jun Paik)
Postmasters Gallery, New York
International Institute for Visual Arts, London
Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004
National Center of Photography, Paris
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt;
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam (with Jeanne Faust)
2003 Center for Contemporary Art, Fribourg
Postmasters Gallery, New York
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2002 gb agency, Paris
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2009
�Actors and Extras�, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels, BE (Forthcoming)
"The Eye in the Door" Kunsthalle Nikolaj, Copenhagen
National Galerie Prize, Hamburger Banhof, Berlin
Performa 09, (commission) Visual Arts Performance Biennial
2008
�Honey, I Rearranged The Image�!� curated Rike Frank, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Art
Video Lounge, Botanical Gardens
�On the Subject of War,� The Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
�Made Up,� Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, UK
�Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art,� CCS Bard Galleries and
Hessel Museum of Art, Annadale-On-Hudson
�The Casting� 2008 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York
�Equivalence,� The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
�The Anxious� Centre Pompidou � Espace 315, Paris
�The Cinema Effects: Realisms� The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC
2007
Contour Video Biennale, Mechelen
�History Will Repeat Itself� Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund / travels to
Kunstwerke, Berlin
�Mystic Truths� Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
�Closed Circuit: New Media Acquisitions� Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
�Visite: Contemporary Art in Germany� Center for Fine Arts, Brussels
�Cross-Border� Museum of Art, Stuttgart
�Re-� Site Gallery, Sheffield
�Collateral� Hangar Bicocca, Milan
�Raised by Wolves� The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2006
�We All Laughed At Christopher Columbus� Platform Garanti, Istanbul
�Simulation Games� Edith Russ House, Oldenburg, Germany
�I, Direct Ontology� Futura Gallery, Prague, travels to Secession, Vienna
�Why Pictures Now: New Media Acquisitions� Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
�Mercury in Retrograde�De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
�Cut/Film as Found Object� Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
2005
�Cut/Film as Found Object� Milwaukee Art Museum/Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
�Narrow Focus� Tranzit, Bratislava
Prague Biennale
�The Imaginary Number� Kunstwerke, Berlin
�Covering the Real� Museum of Fine Arts, Basel
�Reprocessing Reality� Ch�teau de Nyon, Nyon
�Fair Use: Appropriation in Recent Film and Video� Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
�Life: Once More� Witte de With, Rotterdam
2004
�Faces in the Crowd� Whitechapel Gallery, London/travels to Castello di Rivoli, Turin
�Pickup� Public, Paris
�Voluntary Memory� Austrian Cultural Forum, London
�Rear View Mirror� Kettle�s Yard, Cambridge
Busan Biennale (Moving Picture Desire) Busan, Korea
�A Perfect Day for Bananafish� Postmasters Gallery, New York
�Storytelling� George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
�Video X� Momenta Art, Brooklyn
2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel
�Incommunicado� Hayward Gallery Traveling Exhibition:
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich; City Art Centre, Edinburgh; Cornerhouse,
Manchester
�Gestes d�attention� Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
�Hidden in Daylight� Foksal Gallery Foundation, Cieszyn, Poland
�Kaap Helder� Den Helder, Holland,
�Arcadia� Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
�In Media Res� Galerie Art & Essai, Universite Rennes
�Contemporary Art/Recent Acquisitions� Jewish Museum, New York
�[based upon] True Stories� Witte de With, Rotterdam
�Pol.i.tick� Williams College Museum of Art
�Think Big� Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
2002
�Monitor: Video 2� Gagosian Gallery, New York
�Here and Now� B�ro Friedrich, Berlin
�While U Wait� MOT London
�Submerge� Kunstbunker N�rnberg
Whintey Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
�Second Site� Hunter College MFA Gallery, New York
2001
�Video Jam� Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida
�Affinit�s Narratives� gb agency, Paris
�Weak Architecture� Midway Initiative Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
�Travelling Scholars� Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
�Hors-Jeu� (Out of Bounds) gb Agency, Paris
�Salad Days� Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
�Some New Minds� P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
�Death Race 2000� Thread Waxing Space, New York
2000
Two-person Exhibition (with Akiko Ichikawa), Momenta Art, Brooklyn
�Breakin� In A New Partner� M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, New York
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2009
Karl Rittenbach, �Dramatic Witness: The Art of Omer Fast,� Art In America, December 15, 2009
Marcus Verhagen, �Pleasure and Pain,� Art Monthly. October 2009
Doreen Mende, �Back to the Present,� The Displayer #03, 2009
Eric Herschthal, �Omer Fast, At The Border,� Jewish Weekly, December 18, 2009
William Pym, �Missing in Action,� Art Asia Pacific, November/December 2009
Patricia Maloney, �Omer Fast� ArtForum Picks, November 19, 2009
Jessica Lack, �Exhibition Preview: Omer Fast, London,� guardian.co.uk October 3, 2009
Joey Anderson, �Of Coffins and Kids: Omer Fast�s Documentary at the Johnson Museum,� The Cornell
Daily Sun, October 20, 2009
Roselee Goldberg, �Futurist Manifesto ,� Performa
Maria Muhle, �Omer Fast: When Images Lie�About Fictionality of Documents,� Afterall, Spring 2009
Elisabeth Lebovici, �From Homer to Omer Fast,�Afterall, Spring, 2009
�Contemporary Filmmaker Omer Fast�s �The Casting� at the IMA,� WTTV_TV, August 18, 2009
Kate Green, �Omer Fast: De Grote Boodschap (The Big Message),� ArtInfo.com February 1 2009
Kate Green, �Omer Fast: De Grote Boodschap (The Big Message),� Flueentcollab.org, January
2008
Chen Tamir, �Omer Fast: New Magic Realism,� Flash Art, October 2008
Adrian Searle, �Cowpokes and yetis,� Guardian.uk.co, September 23, 2008
Olivier Basciano, �The New Face of Liverpool,� Artinfo.com, September 28, 2008
Charlotte Higgins,� Liverpool Biennial a Patchy Event,� Guardian.co.uk, Sept 19, 2008
Dany Louise, �MADE UP at Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Arts 2008.� September 26, 2008
Nancy Princenthal, �In Times of Trouble,� Art in America, June/July 2008
Gregory Volk, �Spring in Dystopia,� Art in America, May 2008
Tom Holert, �Attention Span,� Artforum, February 2008
Roselee Goldberg, �Performance Anxiety: Political Currents at the Whitney Biennial,� Modern
Painters, May 2008
Edward Sozanski, �Art: If only the Whitney show were simply disappointing,� Philadelphia Inquirer,
March 30, 2008
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, �The Reanimator: Omer Fast�s Virtual Realities,� Nextbook, April 2008,
www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id825
Kenneth Baker, �Review: Highlights from 2008 Whiteny Biennial,�San Francisco Gate, March 22,
Jerry Saltz, �When Cool Turns Cold,� The Art Review, New York Magazine, March 13, 2008
Peter Schjeldahl, �Lessness,� The New Yorker, March 17, 2008
Blake Gopnik, �Indelible Impressions: At the Whitney Biennial, Several Artists Works Linger in
Memory� Washington Post, March 7, 2008, C01
Joanna Fiduccia, �Omer Fast,� Artforum.com, February 19, 2008
Eric Herschthal, �Playing With History�s Gray Areas,� The Jewish Week News, February 27, 2008
2007
CLOSED CIRCUIT: Video and New Media at the Metropolitan, Art in Review, The New York Times, April 6, 2007
David Briers, �Re-, Site Gallery,� Art Monthly, April 2007
2006
Simon Rees, �Omer Fast at gb Agency� Art US,Issue 13, May/June 2006
Mark Godfrey, �Making History� Frieze, March/April 2006
Thierry Davila, �Omer Fast at gb agency� ArtPress, March 2006
Carly Berwick �Penguins, Lies and Videotape� Artnews, February 2006
Alexandre Quoi, �Omer Fast: Godville� ParisArt, February 2006
Claire Moul�ne, �Omer Fast, A Paris� Les Inrocktibles January 18-24, 2006
Elisabeth Lebovici, �Pass� D�compos� Lib�ration, January 2006
Joshua Mack, �Omer Fast: Godville� Modern Painters, January 2006
2005
Emily Hall, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� Artforum, December 2005
Brian Boucher, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� Art in America, December 2005
Eliza Williams, �Omer Fast at InIVA, London� ArtReview, December 2005
Jerry Saltz, �Ups and Downs: the Good, the Bad and the Very Bad,� Modern Painters, November,
Daniel Baird, �Godville� The Brooklyn Rail, November, 2005
Holland Cutter, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� New York Times, October 7, 2005
Rachel Withers, �The Fast Lane� The New Statesman, October 3, 2005
Bill O�Driscoll, �Tell A Vision� Pittsburgh City Paper, September 14, 2005
Sven L�tticken, �Gated History� Texte Zur Kunst, Volume 59, September 2005
Ruth Lopez, �Fresh Revisions� Time Out / Chicago, July 21 � 28, 2005
Ulrich Gutmair, �Macht nur soviel Ihr K�nnt� Netzeitung, August 2, 2005
Mary Abbe, �Below the Radar� Star Tribune, Minneapolis, May 27, 2005
Peter Campbell, �At the Whitechapel� London Review of Books, Vol.27, January 6, 2005
2004
Simon Gould, �Voluntary Memory� Contemporary, Issue 70, December 2004
�Omer Fast� Contemporary Visual Arts n�61, March 2004
�Omer Fast au Centre national de la Photographie� Les Inrockutibles, February-March 2004
Sandra Danicke, �Was wahr sein k�nnte� Frankfurter Rundschau, February 4, 2004
Konstanze Cr�well, �Eine Nagelschere f�r den Vorgarten� Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January
28, 2004
2003
Felicity Lunn, �Fiction or Reality� Artforum, December 2003
Jennifer Ostrower, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� Art in America, October 2003
Anke Kempkes, �Hidden in Daylight� Frieze #78, October 2003
Jennifer Allen, �Openings: Omer Fast� Artforum, September 2003
Chris Chang, �Vision: Omer Fast� Film Comment, July/August 2003
Brian Boucher, �History, Memory, Fiction� Published online bbs.thing.net, May 2003
Rachel Stevens, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� Flash Art, May/June 2003
Roberta Smith, �Omer Fast at Postmasters� New York Times, April 18, 2003
�Goings on about Town: Omer Fast at Postmasters� New Yorker, April 21-28, 2003
David Deitcher, �Get Real: Two contemporary Israeli artists subvert the documentary tradition�
Time Out New York, April 10-17, 2003
�(based upon) true stories� (Review) R�gis Durand, Art Press, April 2003
Silke Hohmann, �Wenn ich Soldat bin� Frankfurter Rundschau, February 19, 2003
Christoph Sch�tte, �Blick aus dem Panzer� Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 18, 2003
2002
Emmanuelle Lequeux, �Omer Fast: Citoyen d�un Monde qui Cloche� Le Monde, (Aden), June 19,
Charlotte Laupard, �Think Fast� Technikart (Paris) issue 64, July-August, 2002
Holland Cotter, �Never Mind the Art Police, These Six Matter� New York Times, May 5, 2002
Holland Cotter, �Art in Review: Second Site� New York Times, March 21, 2002
Susan Wise, �Omer Fast and Akiko Ichikawa at Momenta Art� Williamsburg Quarterly
2000
Ken Johnson, �Death Race 2000� New York Times, December 22, 2000
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2008 Bucksbaum Award from the Whitney Museum of American Art
2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Prize
2003 Kulturkreis: Ars Viva, Film in der Kunst, Germany
2000 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts Alumni Travel Grant
1999 Graff Travel Scholarship, Hunter College
1995 Boit Award, Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
1995 Peter J Wade Award for Studio Work, Tufts University
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York
National Collection of Contemporary Art, France
Hamburger Bahnhof, National Galerie, Berlin
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
Jewish Museum, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern
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�The Greenroom, Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art,� CCS Bard Galleries and
Hessel Museum of Art Catalog, New York, 2009
Alan G. Artner, �Fast�s �Looking Pretty� Doesn�t Overstay Welcome,� Chicago Tribune, November 6,
2008
Jennifer E. Quick, �The Dialectics of Time: Reflections on the Work of Andreas Gursky, Omer Fast,
and Allan Sekula,� Trajectories, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. 2008 (catalog)
�Why Pictures Now�Published by Mumok, Vienna and Verlag f�r moderne Kunst, N�rnberg, 2006
�Report (Not Annoucement)� published by Basis voor Aktuele Kunst, ed by Binna Choi, 2006
�Godville� Published by Midway Contemporary Art and Revolver Verlag, 2005
�Experience, Memory, Reenactment� Edited by Anke Bangma, Steve Rushton and Florian W�st,
published by Piet Zwart Institute
in collaboration with Revolver Verlag, 2005
�Cut/Film as Found Object� Stefano Basilico, published by Milwaukee Museum of Art, 2005
�Second Sight� Prague Biennale, published by the National Galerie, Prague 2005
�The Imaginary Number� Anselm Franke, published by Kunstwerke, Berlin, 2005
�Covering the Real: Art and the Press Picture from Warhol to Tillmans� Hartwig Fischer, published by
Museum of Fine Arts,
Basel, and Dumont Verlag, Cologne, 2005
�Reprocessing Reality� by Claudia Spinelli, Ch�teau de Nyon, 2005
�Life, Once More: Forms of Reenactment in Contemporary Art� Sven L�tticken, published by Witte de
With Center for Contemporary Art,
Rotterdam, 2005
�Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life� Iwona Blazwick, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, published
by Skira Editore, 2004
�Beyond Form: Architecture and Art in the Space of Media� Omar Calderon, Christine Calderon,
Peter Dorsey, editors.
Lusitania Press, New York, 2004
�Moving Picture Desire� Busan Biennale, 2004
�Facing Footage: Film in Art� Published by Ars Viva, Kultur Kreis der deutschen Industrie, 2003
�Cream 3: Contemporary Art in Culture� Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Phaidon Press, London 2003
�Incommunicado� Published by Hayward Gallery, London, 2003
�Fast Forward: Media Art, Sammlung Goetz� published by Ingvild Goetz, Munich, 2003
�In Media Res: Information, Contre-Information� Galerie Art & Essai, Universite Rennes, 2003
�Printemps de Septembrer: Gestes� published by Actes Sud, Toulouse, 2003
Insideout, Fifth Festival of Contemporary Art, Berlin 2002
�Omer Fast: I wanna tell you something� (catalog) Published by &: gb Agency, Paris 2002
�Second Sight� Alumni Exhibition, Published by Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, 2002
�Biennial 2002� Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2002
�Traveling Scholars Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2001
�Working in the Wasteland�, Exhibition Catalog for �Fido: Television�
Published by Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, 2000
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