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Gilad Ophir, Israeli, was born in 1957.

Gilad Ophir was born in Tel Aviv-Jaffa in 1957. In the first half of the 1980s he studied photography in New York City, USA. His early works dealt with the dissolution and composition of cultural concepts, with reference to the history of art. In the early 1990s he created the series “Cyclopean Walls,” which documented the construction sites of the new neighborhoods of Rishon Letzion. This series was very successful. Between 1996 and 2000, together with Roi Cooper, he created the series of photographs "Necropolis," which displayed targets and other structures at IDF shooting ranges. His photographs from the 2000s onwards document urban landscapes and surfaces.

Education

1979-1980 Tel Aviv University
1980-1981 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1981-1984 School of Visual Arts, New York City, USA, B.F.A.
1984-1986 Hunter College, New York City, USA,, M.F.A

Awards And Prizes

1986 William Graf Award, Hunter College, New York, USA
1991 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Grant
1992 Gerard Levy Prize for a Young Photographer, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995 Prize for Completion of Work, Ministry of Education
2002 Prize, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2003 The Jewish Cultural Art Award, London Jewish Cultural Centre, London, England
2006 Janet and George Jaffin Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2013 The Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv