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Roi Kuper, Israeli photographer, born 1956

Roi Kuper was born on Kibbutz Mefalsim. In the 1990s, he was photography curator of Studio on Borochov in Tel Aviv.
In the early 1990s, Kuper created "Vanishing zones," a photographic series using non-professional cameras and printing techniques that created a blurry, hazy image. From the second half of the 1990s, he began to explore Israeli landscapes emphasizing the perspective of the artist, as in "Citrus," which uses serial images. In Necropolis, a series created in 1996-2000, his photographs take on a political slant. Working with Gilad Ophir, he documented IDF training zones.

Education

1980-1982, photography, Hadassah College, Jerusalem
1983-1984 Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon

Teaching

1990-92 Curator of Photography, Studio on Borochov, Tel Aviv
1998-1994 Head of the Department of Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
1994 Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1994-1998 Head of photography department, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv 2008 Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, Ramat Gan
Since 2014 Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Art, Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, Ramat Gan

Awards And Prizes

1992 Since Prize, French Embassy in Israel
1995 Gerard Levy Prize for a Young Photographer, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002 George and Janet Jaffin Prize for Excellence in Plastic Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2003 The Jewish Cultural Art Award, The Foundation for Jewish Culture, London, England
2004 Prize for Visual Arts, Ministry of Education and Culture
2004-05, Enrique Kavlin Photography Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2006 The Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2009 Artist-in-residence, The Schusterman Foundation, New York, USA