Kobi Israel
 
 
1970 Born in Israel
  Lives and Works in London
 
  Solo Exhibitions
 
   
2005 Intimate Strangers, Selected Images from the Book , The BOX , Covent Garden, London
2003 Views, Selected Images from the Book , Blue Elephant Theatre, South London
 

Views, Selected Images from the Book , The BOX , Covent Garden, London

 

The Metaphysical City , Maison Bertaux , London , UK

2001 Self-Portrait , Librairie-Galerie Les Mots a la Bouche, Paris, France
1998 Images of Venice , Photogen , Tel-Aviv, Israel
1997 The Metaphysical City , C Cafe gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  Group Exhibition
 
   
2005 AOP Open Exhibition, AOP Gallery, London, UK
  Pride in the House, Lauderdale House, London, UK
2004 International Photography Award, IPA04, People: Self-Portrait Category, USA
Second Place
  Inernational Open Image Award (IOI04), Waterloo Gallery, London, UK
"Highly Commended" Award
2003

Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2003, National Portrait Gallery, London,UK

  AOP Open Exhibition, AOP Gallery, London, UK
"Judges Choice" Award by Kylie Johnston (Photo Editor - RotoVision)
  International Open Image Award (IOI03) , Deluxe Gallery, Hoxton Sq, London, UK
2002 Descubrimientos PHE02 - PHotoEspana 2002 , International Festival of Photography , Madrid , Spain
  First International Saloon of Contemporary Artist ,Lisbon,Portugal
2001 Galerie Art 7, Nice, France
  Ramat-Gan Museum of Contemporary Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel
2000 The Millenium Project , Chicago, Illinois, USA
1999 Dogit Club, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998 Israel-U.S.A Friendship Fair, Bet-Zioney America, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1997 First International Saloon of Photography, Rishon-Lezion, Israel
  Time Out Travel Award, London, UK
 
  Professional Studies
   
2001 Graduated from the Still Photography and the Cinematography Departments, "Camera-Obscura" School of Visual Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1995/6

N.Y.F.A -New-York Film Academy, New-York, Cinematography Course

 
  Selected Publications
   
Photography books
- Intimate Strangers, 96 pages, Full Colour, Hardcover, Bruno Gmunder Publishing, 2005
- Views, 48 Pages, Full Colour, Paperback, Bruno Gmunder Publishing, 2005
Also participating in
- Portraits , Camera Craft by William Cheung, AVA Publishing 2003
- Professional Photography Photographing Buildings by David Wilson ,RotoVision
- Better Picture Guide to Portraits by David Wilson, RotoVision 2001
- Dawn of the 21st Century Published by Smashing Books, 2001
- Achbar Olam - Travel Guides ( Publisher: Modan, Israel) Prague, Greece, Lisbon, New-York, Rome, Florence etc
- Hasifa (Exposure) - Photography book
 
   
Postcard book
- VIEWS , 12 high glossy postcards , 2003 Bruno Gmunder Publishing
     
   
Selected magazines
  Canon(UK), Time Out (London), Time Out (Israel), Advocate (US) ,Genre (US), Instinct (US), Spartacus(Germany), Blue(Australia), Manner(Germany), Drum(UK), Guide(US), Homens(Brazil), QueenWeekly (Paris), Garcon (Paris) , Pride(Israel), Odysseus17 2002/3 (US), Freshmen(Germany), Sergio(Germany) , Pluma28(Portugal), Practical Photography(UK), Massa Acher(Israel), Acbar Olam(Israel), Gay&Nights (Amsterdam),reFRESH (London) , Attitude (UK) , nowuk (UK) etc
 
   
CD covers
  Over 30 CD sleeves and booklets for leading record labels N.M.C music (licensees of Sony music & EMI) and Hed-Arzi (licensees of WEA & BMG), including international artist albums and compilations
 
   
Social campaign
- 2003 GMFA AIDS Aawareness Campaign , UK
 
   
Cinematography
  Boulevards of Broken Dreams, 10min short film I created was screened at the" Tel-Aviv cinemateque" and broadcasted on Israel's channel 2 TV
 
  Special Features
  - Atmosphere -El-A" in-flight video magazine. The July-August 1998 edition includes a story about my photography work and me. Featuring 25 of my photos and an interview (bilingual - English/Hebrew versions)