About
Ofer Wolberger (b. 1976) is an artist who lives and works in New York City. He is the recipient of The Humble Arts Foundation Spring 2008 Grant for Emerging Photographers. He was a finalist for both the BMW Paris Photo Prize in 2008 as well as the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie in 2009. His photographs have been collected and exhibited internationally. In 2009 his project Life with Maggie, was exhibited at Michael Hoppen Gallery in London and at C/O Berlin. Next year Life with Maggie will be exhibited at VU in Quebec. He is currently working on a series of 12 self-published artists books collectively known as The Photographic Book Project.
Ofer is a member of the POC Project.
Solo Exhibitions
Life with Maggie, VU, Quebec, Canada, 2010
Life with Maggie, Goethe-Institut, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010
Life with Maggie, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2009
Life with Maggie, Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, England, 2009
Group Exhibitions
Self Publish, Be Happy, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK, 2010
Talents, Deutsche Borse, Frankfurt, Germany, 2010
Landscapes & Solitude, Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Colour, Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, UK, 2009
Masks, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2009
Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips de Pury, London, UK, 2009
Masks, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Gangwon-do, Korea, 2009
Things Are Strange, The Humble Arts Foundation, New Century Artists, New York, New York, 2008
My Other Nature, Camera Club of New York, New York, New York, 2008
Young Curators, New Ideas, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
Various Photographs: Curated by Tim Barber, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
Noise, Young American Photographs, TH Inside Berlin, Germany, 2007
Noise, Young American Photographs, TH Inside, Milan, Italy, 2007
I Turn My Camera On, Milk Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
When The Revolution Comes, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2006
Strange Instrument, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2006
Location, Location, Location, Gallery 10G, New York, NY, 2006
Still Life, Gallery 10G, New York, NY, 2004
ACRIA: Unframed First Look, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
Eat Me, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2004
AIM 23, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2003
All That's Red, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY, 2003
Inside Out, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
Towards A New Architecture, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
Photography 21, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, 2002
Mad In Pursuit, MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY, 2001
NYC/DXB [P.O.V.], Emirates Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2001
Beauty Matters, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
Anatomy Of A Collage, Elsie B. Rosefsky Gallery, Binghamton, NY, 1999
Re-Using the Refused, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, 1999
Education
MFA Photography and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2001
BA Studio Art, Art History, Minor in Cinema, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 1998
Awards
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie, 2009 (finalist)
BMW - Paris Photo Prize, 2008 (finalist)
Grant For Emerging Photographers, Humble Arts Foundation, Spring, 2008
Photo District News, 30 Photographers to Watch, 2004
AIM: Artist In The Market Place Residency, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2003
Publications
Life with Maggie. Talents 17, C/O Berlin, 2009
The Collector's Guide To Emerging Art Photography. Humble Arts Foundation. New York, 2008
Various Photographs. TV Books, Edited by Tim Barber. New York, 2008
Noise: Young American Photography. Milan, Berlin: TH Inside, 2007
AIM 23, catalogue. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, 2003
American Photography Eighteen. Times Square Theater, New York, NY, 2002
Surface Magazine. The 2nd Annual Avant Guardians, Issue 20, 1999
Bibliography
Eyemazing. Artists Issue 03, Edited by Susan A. Zadeh, 2009PDN. 30 Photographers to Watch, Ringwald, Christopher, 2004
The New York Times, Johnson, Ken. July 18, 2003
American Photography Eighteen. Times Square Theater, New York, NY, 2002
The Village Voice, Vol. XLVI, No. 33, p. 92, Aletti, Vince. August 21, 2001
Surface Magazine. The 2nd Annual Avant Guardians, Issue 20, 1999