Dr. Tal Ben-Zvi, Cultural researcher and curator of contemporary art; Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Her PhD thesis at Tel Aviv University (2010) was on "Representations of the Nakba in the Palestinian art of the 1970s and 1980s, as reflected in the work of artists who belong to the Palestinian minority in Israel". The post-doctorate at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (2011) centered on contemporary art in the mixed port cities, Haifa, Acre, and Jaffa.
Selected publication: Shadi Khalilieh, Tal Ben Zvi, Jaffar Farah(ed.), 2016. The Story of a Monument: Land Day Sakhneen, Published by Mossawa Center, Haifa (Hebrew-Arabic-English) / Tal Ben Zvi, 2014. Sabra: Representations of the Nakba in Palestinian art in Israel, Resling, (Hebrew) / Tal Ben Zvi, 2010. Abed Abdi, 50 Years of Creativity, Umm el-Fahem Gallery. (Hebrew-Arabic-English) / Tal Ben Zvi, Hanna Farah-Kufer Bir'im, 2009. Men in the Sun, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (Hebrew-Arabic-English) / Ben Zvi, Tal (ed.), 2006. Hagar – Contemporary Palestinian Art , Jaffa: Hagar Association, (Hebrew-Arabic-English) / Ben Zvi, Tal, "Mother Tongue", exh. cat. 2004. in Yigal Nizri (ed.), Eastern Appearance / Mother Tongue: A Present that Stirs in the Thickets of Its Arab Past ,Tel Aviv: Babel, (Hebrew-Arabic-English) / Ben Zvi, Tal and Lerer, Yael (eds.), 2001. Self-Portrait: Palestinian Women’s Arts ,Tel Aviv: Andalus, (Hebrew-Arabic-English) . For more information see the website: http://www.hagar-gallery.com/
Currently, she is engaged in research and writing about the artistic work of the director, actress and writer, Samdar Yaaron at the Acre Theater. This retrospective study, which reviews Yaaron's theater works in the years 1985-2023, will soon be published in the book ""Smadar Yaaron: Testimony" by Resling Publishing. For more information see the website:
