Herman Y. Rafael

WORKS

BIOGRAPHY

EXHIBITIONS

Light of the Dark No. 11
Herman. Light of the Dark No. 5
Light of the dark N° 9
Light of the Dark No. 12
Light of the Dark No. 6
Light of the dark no. 10

Herman – Light of the dark no. 11

Herman – Light of the dark no. 5

Herman – Light of the dark no. 9

Herman – Light of the dark no. 12

Herman – Light of the dark no. 6

Herman – Light of the dark no. 10

Herman – Light of the dark no. 11

Herman – Light of the dark no. 5

Herman – Light of the dark no. 9

Herman – Light of the dark no. 12

Herman – Light of the dark no. 6

Herman – Light of the dark no. 10

Biography

BEER SHEVA (ISRAELE) 1974

Rafael Y Herman was born in 1974 in Be’er Sheva, Israel Herman began studying classical music at the age of six, becoming a percussionist in Philharmonic orchestras, ensembles and rock bands After graduating from the School of Economics and Management at the University of Tel Aviv, he moved to Latin America, traversing seven countries and exploring his craft: He photographed Cuban musicians, the Carnival of Bahia and the Zapatistas in Mexico, working with Amnesty International in Paraguay, eventually becoming part of an artist’s commune in Chile In 2003, Herman moved to Milan, and presented his project “ Bereshit-Genesis ” at Palazzo Reale, which launched him into the international art scene In 2012, Herman’s portrait of John Chamberlain was chosen by the Guggenheim Museum of N…

Y as an iconic visual for a number of seminal tri- butes In 2013, he was invited by TED to speak on his artistic language, a talk he titled “ Alternative Reality “ and in 2015, he won the Prague Photosphere Award His recent works address two main themes: metaphysical curiosity and the tale of what lies beyond, and the investigation of light as a physical element and protagonist of space-time Herman’s works are in prominent public and private collections, including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Salsali Private Museum of Dubai and MAXXI national museum, Italy His works were exhibited across Latin American capitols, into Europe and Israel Herman’s recent solo exhibition in 2017 at the magnificent Testaccio pavilion of MACRO museum in Rome claimed great international attention and marked the largest exhibition of the artist prior to the Ludwig Museum solo Exhibition in Budapest at the spring of 2018 Rafael Y Herman is an invited artist of Ville de Paris at La Cité Internationale des Arts He currently works and lives in Paris

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Personal:
Sinergia, with Amnesty International, Catholic university and Fuji, Japan Cultural Center, Asuncion, Paraguay, 2002;
Colores de Brazil, El Taller gallery, Santiago, Chile, 2003;
Ritos, Chilean Israeli Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile, 2003;
Szépség, Göethe Institute, Budapest, Hungary, December 2005;
Maga’, Sala Delle Cariatidi, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italia, Dec 2006;
Bereshit-Genesis, Galleria Studio Guastalla, Milan-Italy, Nov 2007–Feb 2008;
Kesef Base’ar (Money in the Hair), Gam Galeria, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2009;
Late | Line, Galerie Peripherie, Tubingen, Germany, Sep–Oct 2012;
Lightforms Continuum, Bodson gallery, Brussels, Sep—Nov 2013;
Bereshit-Genesis, Fotosfera, personal, Prague, Czech Republic, Sep—Oct 2015;
The Night Illuminates The Night, MACRO museum— Testaccio, Roma, Italy, Jan—March 2017;
Rafael Y Herman, Ludwig museum, Budapest, Hungary, February—April 2018

Collective:
Viajes, Kultraltum art festival, Plaza Brazil, Santiago, Chile, 2002;
Respirar Pasado, Palacio Larrain, Santiago, Chile, 2002;
Omanut—Israele Arte e Vita, Palazzo Reale, Milano, Nov 2006–Jan 2007;
Modular, East West Gallery, Bologna, February 2007;
6eme festival international de la photographie de mode, Cannes, France, June-August 2008;
Pour que vivent les deserts, Artcurial, Paris, France, Nov 2008;
7eme festival international de la photographie de mode, Cannes, France, June–Aug 2009;
Making Room, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Nov 2011–Oct 2012;
Choices-John Chamberlain, Guggenheim Museum, catalogue cover, New York, Feb–May 2012;
Trees in Focus, Sotheby’s, New York, March–April 2013;
Trees in Focus, Sotheby’s, Paris, March 2014;
Eina, Artveras Gallery, Geneva, Swizzerland,, September—Nov 2018;
Lo spazio dell’immagine, museum’s permanent collection, MAXXI museum, collective, Roma, Italia, Nov 2018—Nov 2019