Artist Statement/ Biography

Tali Keren is a media artist whose work investigates the formation of political ideology and collective identity. She often conducts research at sites and organizations that execute state power such as municipalities, political lobby groups, and churches. The materials she collects in these locations result in multi-media installation, performance, and video-based works. Since moving to the United States, Keren has become increasingly interested in looking at USA/Israel/Palestine relations through the intersection of politics, religion and military technology.

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Tali Keren is a media artist (b. 1982, Jerusalem living and working in Brooklyn, NY). Keren’s recent solo exhibitions include 'The Great Seal' at Eyebeam, New York; ‘Heat Signature’ at Ludlow 38, MINI Goethe Institute, New York; and the ‘The Great Seal’ at the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. She exhibited and performed her work in venues such as; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Moving Image, New York; Socrates Sculpture Park, New York; Times Square Arts Midnight Moment, New York; the Jewish Museum, New York; Museums Quartier, Vienna; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work has been written about in Hyperallergic, Vice, and The New Yorker. Keren received her B.F.A. from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (2009) and earned an MFA from Columbia University, New York (2016).