Gideon Rubin

Gideon Rubin

Education

2000-2002

MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, UK

1996-1999

BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Born 1973, Tel Aviv, Israël

Lives and works in London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2025

Dialogues, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

2024

More Than A Feeling De Léon, Bath

Moon Above Water, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

The Anatomy of Seeing, Fox Jensen, Auckland, New Zealand

2023

Substance to Shadows, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

Yōga, CASSIUS & CO, London, UK

13, Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

The Last Day of Summer, Maho Kubota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2022

A Summer’s Tale curated by Cici Xiang, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, China

Looking Away, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

Red Boys and Green Girls, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021

The Sun Also Rises, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY

Swing, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, Switzerland

We Thought It Was Heaven Tomorrow, Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia

We Thought It Was Heaven Tomorrow, Fox Jensen McCrory Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2020

A Stranger’s Hand, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

Gideon Rubin, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy

Black Book, Jerusalem Artists’ House, curated by Marie Shek, Jerusalem, Israel

2019

Warning Shadows, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

2018

On the Far Side of the Mirror, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, Switzerland

Fragments, Gallery EM, Seoul, South Korea

Comrade, AE2, Los Angeles, CA

The Kaiser’s Daughter, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Black Book, Freud Museum London, London, UK

2017

If This Not Be I, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Once Removed, Pharos Art Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus

2016

Memory Goes as Far as This Morning, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China

Memory Goes as Far as This Morning, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA

Questions of Forgiveness, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2015

Memory Goes as Far as This Morning, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel

Blue House, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv , Israel

2014

Delivering Newspapers, ROKEBY, London, UK

2013

On the Road, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Last Year’s Man, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2012

Measured Distance, ROKEBY, London, UK

Brief Encounters, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

2010

To Change A Little Air, Beit Bialik, Tel Aviv, Israel

Others, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2009

1929, ROKEBY, London, UK

Mexican Summer, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008

Family Album, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007

A Boy’s Life, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY

Gideon Rubin, Rokeby, London, UK

2006

Tender, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Red Ribbon, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003

Toy Soldier, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Two Person Exhibitions

2025

Face to Face, Michal Rubin, Gideon Rubin, Eliat Art Gallery (forthcoming)

The Fold, Sara Berman, Gideon Rubin, Alon Segev

2023

Living Memory: Louise Bourgeois and Gideon Rubin, All Saints Chapel, London

2021

Hannah / Rubin, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Emotional Fragments, HdM Gallery, Beijing, China

2020

NOF: Gideon Rubin and Eldar Farber, The Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

Group Exhibitions

2025

Seeds of Hate and Hope, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (forthcoming)

Petach Tiquwa, Museum of Art (forthcoming)

Bloom, Fox Jensen, Auckland, NZ

Dialogues, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

Head in the Clouds, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

Drawn to Drawing, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Summer, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK

Esther Rubin – A Portrait, Rubin Museum, Israel

Us, Thom Oosterhof Projects, NBB Gallery, Berlin

Auguries of Innocence, Cedric Bardawil, London, UK

2024

Pictures at an Exhibition, Nassima Landau Foundation space, Tel Aviv

Time Future, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK

I Don’t Want To Forget, curated by Marie Shek, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

NU X IPO Project, Charles Bronfman Auditorium with the Israeli Philomonic Orchestra, Tel Aviv

Xinjiang International Art Biennale, Xinjiang Art Museum, China

Where Can We Live But Days, Mamoth, London, UK

More Than a Feeling, DELEÓN Gallery, Bath

The Bruise, Long Story Short, New York, NY

2023

Dark Noise, Kupferman Collection, Israel

No-Ones Rose, Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Portrait Without a Face, Fox Jensen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

30 Years, Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

Progetto Genesi, Triennale Milano, Milan, Italy

The Cabin LA Presents: A Curated Flashback, The Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX

2022

Here and Elsewhere, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK

Terrain, Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland, New Zealand

Progetto Genesi, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Agrigento, Italy

Red Sea, Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland, New Zealand

Art Theorema 3: Krisis, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy

Unmasked, Tisch Gallery, Lambert Centre for Arts + Ideas, New York, NY

Collezione Fondazione, Palazzi dell’Arte Rimini, Rimini, Italy

2021

Sexy Xmas, The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA

Where We Are, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Reflections: Human/Nature, curated by Matt Black, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea

On Cardboard, Project Room, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy

Spring Show, Maho Kubota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Holding Hands, Union Gallery, London, UK

Of Paper, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020

High Voltage, Nassima/Landau Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel

Identities, Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, Switzerland

To Paint Is To Love, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Olivier Zahm

Self-Portrait: One Can Only Depict Oneself, City Gallery Kfar Saba, Kefar Sava, Israel, curated by Meira Perry-Lehmann

2019

On Hair and Bathing, The Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by Irit Levin

Notes, Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

Eros, Fox Jensen Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Eros, Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australiz

Elements, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

Au Fil de l’Amour, Maison des Arts et Loisirs de Laon, France

The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2018

All In the Family, Senate Gallery, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

139 X Nothing But Good, Park – Platform for Visual Arts, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Pick & Pocket, Galerie Karsten Greve, Koln, Germany

2017

Water, Heart, Face, Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, Israel

Kunstlerraume II, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

Mirror Mirror, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, USA

The Reading Room, ROKEBY, London, UK

2016

Summer Show, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

2015

Nourish, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA

Words Without Letters, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014

Disturbing Innocence, curated by Eric Fischl, FLAG Art Foundation, NY, USA

Daily memories, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Germany

John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

2013

Mud and Water, ROKEBY, London, UK

Carnval, Fondation Frances, Senils, France

2012

Artist’s children. From Runge to Richter and Dix to Picasso, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany

Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

This is London, Shizaru Gallery, London, UK

To Have a Voice, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK

2011

Facelook, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

On paper III, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

Not for Sale, Passage de Retz, Paris, France

Lines Made By Walking, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel

Time Flies, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Rubin Rauchwerger Farber Reshef, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

2010

The International Beijing Biennial, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

No New Thing Under the Sun, Tennant Room, The Royal Academy of Art, London, UK. Curated by Gabriel Coxhead.

Small Adults, Shay Arye Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Head or Tails, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, USA

On Paper II, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

A Chacun Son Dessin, Galerie Rosa Turetsky, Geneva

2009

Strictly Painting V, Volges Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

Family Ties, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Vivid Fantasy, Kunst im Schloss, Temporäres Museum, Germany

On Paper, Karsten Greve Gallery, Paris, France

2008

Nomenus Group Show, Dactyl Foundation, New York, USA

Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London, UK

2007

Sequence and Repetition, Beldam Gallery and Jerwood Space, London, UK

Bomberg’s Relevance, Ben Uri Museum of Jewish Art, London, UK

2006

Inaugural Exhibition, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, USA

2004

Self Portrait, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

BP Award (cat.), National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

2 x 2, Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art, Luzerne, USA

Trackers, PM Gallery & House, London, UK

Le salon Europeen des Jeunes Createurs 49, France, Portugal, Spain

Young painters, Art Space Gallery, London, UK

2002

BP Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Good Look, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Hang the Curator, The Central Space, London, UK

Awards/Residencies

2025

Artist Grant Recipient, ‘Memory Goes as far as this Morning, Chengdu MOCA, China

2019

Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy

2018

La Brea Studio Residency, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Da Wang Cultural Highland, Shenzhen, China

2014

Outset Residency Bialik Street, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shifting Foundation Grant, Utah

Public Collections

Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota

Collezione Associazione Genesi, Italy

Park Seobo Foundation, South Korea

The Collezione Fondazione San Patrignano, Italy

Collezione Maramotti, Italy

Rubin Museum, Israel

Museum Voorlinden Collection, The Netherlands

Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, Israel

The Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK

Sender Collection, Germany

The Speyer Family Collection, NY

The Seavest Collection, NY

Ruinart, France

Fondation Frances, Senile, France

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco

Bibliography

2023

Gideon Rubin, Look Again (Monograph) published by Anomie, London. Introduction by Jennifer Higgie

2021

Gideon Rubin: We Thought it was Heaven Tomorrow – Fox Jensen Gallery. Text by Andrew Jensen

2020

A Stranger’s Hand – Galerie Karsten Greve. Catalogue essay by Sacha Craddock

Gideon Rubin: Black Book – Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem. Text by Marie Shek

2019

La mère la mer, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco

2018

Black Book, Freud Museum, London. Text by James Putnam

2016

Memory Goes as Far as This Morning – MOCA Chengdu. Text by Shu Qun

2015

Gideon Rubin, Monograph published by Art/Books, London

Gideon Rubin, Limited Edition Monograph, published by Art/Books, London

Questions of Forgiveness – Galerie Karsten Greve. Catalogue essay by Judicaël Lavrador

2010

Others, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris. Catalogue essay by Gabriel Coxhead

2007

Gideon Rubin – Rokeby Gallery, London. Catalogue essay by Charles Danby

2003

Toy Soldier – Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv. Catalogue essay by Klil Zisapel

Talks & Seminars

2024

Freud Museum, London

2018

Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

2017

Royal College of Art, London

HaMidrasha Faculty of the Arts, Israel

2016

Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu

San Jose State University, California

2012

Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Selected Press

2025

Artension, ‘Gideon Rubin Des Presences Sans Visages;’, Artension Issue 190, March-April 2025

2024

Francesca De Pra, ‘The Faceless art of Gideon Rubin;’, art-frame.org, 29 March 2024

2023

Paul Laster, ‘From NY to LA, 8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in December’, Galerie, December 2023

Laura Freeman, ‘The 9 Best Things to See at Frieze Art Fair 2023’, The Times, October 2023

Jo Lawson-Tancred, ‘An Art-Filled Chapel in London offers an Oasis of Calm’, Artnews, October 2023

Tabish Khan, ‘The Top 5 Exhibitions to See During London Frieze Week 2023’, FAD Magazine, Oct 2023

Rebecca Delmenico, “L’ero secondo l’artista Gideon Rubin in mostra a Milano’, Artribune, July 2023

2022

Max Blue, ‘Haunted House of Images Real and Imagined’, San Francisco Examiner, February 2022

Art & Culture:This Weekend’, The San Francisco Standard, January 2022

2021

Guillaume Lasserre, ‘Gideon Rubin, peintre de l’effacement’, Mediapart, January 2021

Eve Laliberte, ‘The Belonging of Memories’, Anniversary, January 2021

Roni Tarsinger, ‘A New Landscape Exhibition in the Time of Corona’, January 2021

2020

Purple Magazine, Issue 34: The Love Issue, November 2020

L’umanita senza volto di Gideon Rubin’ Pambianco

Stefano Castelli, ‘The Face is an Empty Space’, Arte Mondadori, July 2020, p. 98-102

‘The Quiet and Safe Painting of Gideon Rubin’, Giornale dell’Arte, September/October 2020, p.12

Damien Aubel, ‘Tomber le masque’, Transfuge No. 141, October 2020, p.110-111

Anne-Claire Meffre, ‘Gideon Rubin: Figure de l’art’, Madame Figaro No. 1882, September 2020, p.34-35

ViceVersa, ‘Amativeness: Anatomia del desiderio’, Eleonora Marangoni, 2020

Emily Tobin, ‘Gideon Rubin’, House & Garden, May 2020, p.53-54

Ralentir, Reflechir, Retrouver’, Tenou’a No. 180, Summer 2020, p.16-17

2019

Frontrunner, limited edition zine, presented at Galerie Karsten Greve, Art Basel Miami

New Magazine, Issue 2, April 2019

Unconditional, Issue 8 – The Body Issue, April 2019

2018

Cover Up, Tank Magazine, July 2018

Black Book de Gideon Rubin, Interview, Tenou’a, September 2018

Jonathan Curiel, Pop Kulturkampf at Hosfelt Gallery, SF Weekly, April 22

Jonathan Mcaloon, Gideon Rubin: Black Book, TimeOut London, April 15

Painting Over the Past, Elephant Magazine, March 26

Alexander Douglas Bryan, Black Book Review,The London Magazine, March 22

Taylor Dafoe, Black Book, Artnet News, March 15

2016

Melody Boh, Insert Face Here, Art Republik Magazine, January, pp. 130-131.

Jeffrey Edalatpour, Stories With Faceless Figures, MetroActive, San Jose CA, March 2.

Le Cadre, Emmanuelle, Expo: Gideon Rubin: ‘Questions of Forgiveness.’ ExpoParis.fr

2015

Xiaohui Guo, Memory Goes as Far as this Morning, Artzip, Issue 14, pp. 99-106.

Martin Herbert, Losing Face, Artists and Illustrators Magazine, December, pp. 28-31.

2014

Ariel Rosen, Gideon Rubin’s ‘On the Road’ at Hosfelt Gallery, SFAQ, January.

Alex Greenberger, Gideon Rubin on the Tragic Origin of His Faceless Portraits, Artspace

Iris Julia Buhrle – Gideon Rubin, Last Year’s Man – The Frenchmag

2011

Tory Noll – Gideon Rubin – Whitewall Magazine, December 2

Carl Hoffman – Jerusalem Post, July 1

Tamar Rotem – The social network redone, without the face (or the book) – Ha’artz 2010

2010

Bialik, Poet’s Mission – Epoch Times Israel, December 31

Gideon Ofrat – Minorism, Israeli Art at the Dawn of the 21st Century

Georgia Fee, Without A Name, Artslant.com, September 7

Laura Davis – No New Thing Under The Sun review – The Independent 2010

Kimberly Chen – No New Thing Under The Sun review – Spindle Magazine

2009

Kristopher Houser – Gideon Rubin, The Moment Blog, New York Times

2008

Amy Simon, Gideon Rubin, ARTnews, December

2007

Julia Weiner – A talented artist…- Jewish Chronicle

Brown, Neal. Fill in the Blanks, The First Post, April 20

JJ Charlesworth – Gideon Rubin – Time Out London, April 25- May 1, p. 42

De Cruz, Gemma. Watching the Figures, BBC.co.uk, April 12

Herbert, Martin. Repetition and Sequence, Time Out London

2006

Abir, Leah. Oil On Canvas, Time Out Tel Aviv

Sheffi, Smadar. Back to the Portrait, Haaretz Guide, April 21, p. 21

2003

Klil Zisapel -Toy Soldier catalogue essay – Alon Segev Gallery

Yaron Freed, Toy Painter, Time Out Tel-Aviv

2002

Vered Lee – Price Above Rubin – Ha’aretz Magazine

Sheffii, Smadar, Good Look, exhibition review, Haaretz