Roi Kuper

The field of work recorded is photography. Work by Roi Kuper is recorded in the collections of Tate, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art and Israel Museum. Distinctions recorded are Gérard Lévy Prize, Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artis and The Enrique Kavlin Photography Prize.

• Name — Roi Kuper רועי קופר • Born — 1956 • Known for — Photography • Awards — Gerard Levy Prize (1995); Constantiner Photography Award (2006); Enrique Kavlin Photography Prize (2004–2005) • Website — https: www.roikuper.com/

Kuper was born in Kibbutz Mefalsim and began his artistic career in the 1980s. Between 1980 and 1982 he studied photography in the Hadassah College, Jerusalem. In the 1990s, he was the photography curator of a studio in Tel Aviv. In the early 1990s, he created the photographic series Vanishing zones, using non-professional cameras together with printing techniques that created blurry, hazy images. In works from the second half of the 1990s, Kuper began to explore Israeli landscapes while emphasizing the perspective of the artist. In the series Necropolis, created in 1996–2000, his photographs took on a political slant as, working with Gilad Ophir, he documented IDF training zones. In his work, Kuper touches on broad philosophical issues, which he explores through the medium of photography. Also, his works examine the act and status of the medium of photography itself. Among his most prominent series and exhibitions are Vanishing Zones (1990–1994), Necropolis (1996–2000, with Gilad Ophir), Citrus (1999–2001), Ansar (2003), Like Stars in the Water (2005), War Situations (2006), To Eat of the Leviathan Flesh trilogy (2007), It Could Have Been Otherwise (2010) and Gaza Dream (2015). Kuper's works have been exhibited in solo exhibitions at, among others, the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Herzliya Museum and the Tate Modern Museum in London. A group of works from the series Necropolis was purchased by the Tate Modern and was in show at the museum during 2001–2002. Kuper also presented as part of group exhibitions, including an exhibition at the Negev Museum of Art in Be'er Sheva. Kuper has published two books: "CITRUS/NECROPOLIS" (containing two groups of works) and "NO ESCAPE FROM THE PAST" (containing works from 2000 to 2007).

Roi Kuper is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded with the occupation artist. Recorded as photographer and artist.