Gil & Moti are known for their unique social artistic engagement in art and for working strategically in multiple disciplines. They switch effortlessly between classical and contemporary artistic mediums of expression from photography, painting, video, performance, and installation art. They work together exclusively since 1998 and have been engaged in an on-going exploration of identity, the notion of individuality, and related social norms and forms. Their approach is based on a few simple rules: always to dress identically, to do everything together, and to own only one wallet, phone and set of keys between them. Via small-scale social interventions, they address important socio-political issues, such as discrimination, social exclusion and racism. As artists, a gay couple, immigrants and Jewish born (ex)Israelis, they have direct experience of such issues within their own personal lives. Their appearance invariably causes surprise and amusement, enabling them to raise the subject of identity and otherness in a way that is always subtle and playful, but no less serious. In 2015 they received the MK Award, Dutch prize for visual art.
Gil & Moti
Gil & Moti
Website: www.gilandmoti.nl
Gil / 1968 Born in Rishon Lezion, Israel
Moti / 1971 Born in Ramat Gan, Israel
Work and live together since 1994, since 1998 based in Rotterdam.
Gallery representation: Pedrami Gallery/ Antwerp, Galerie Eric Dupont/ Paris.
Education
1998-2000 Master of Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam / Plymouth University, UK. (Gil & Moti) 1990-94 Bachelor of Fine Art, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Gil) 1993-97 Bachelor of Fine Art, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Moti) 1994 The Slade School of Art, U.C.L, London, UK (Gil) 1996 School of Visual Art, New York, USA (Moti)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 The gil & Moti Wedding (Project) Protect, Nieuw Charlois, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Time and Time Again, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Still Standing, Galerie Lecq, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022 ‘Nakba means a lot to me’, Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (icw: Finan Ghazal, Nivien Ragab’s, Jamal Al Shaabi, Mohammed Al-Fateh)
2021 Forget & Remember, The Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2019 Wild Bet, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Legacy of Shadows, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
2018 Donkey Without a Tail, Museum of History and Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland. Love for All Hatred for None, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland.
2017 MG&M Collective: Home Is Where You Fit, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Give Me More, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Chickens, Dogs and Artists Tale, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
2016 The Dutch Volunteers, The Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
2014 Cleaning With Love, Galerie Thiele, Linz, Austria.
2013 Future Line Tours, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel. The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Available for You, Curator: Nina Kirsch, under the program: “new wave” – outside the wall, Palais de Tokyo, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France.
2012 Totally Devoted to You, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
2011 Totally Devoted to You, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway. Totally Devoted to You, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden. Totally Devoted to You, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany. Totally Devoted to You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010 In the Future Everyone Should Love Everyone, Metis_nl, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Time Out, TETEM kunstruimte/ Medialab, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2009 Piece of Ground, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France. Available for You, TENT in ‘t Gemaal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2008 We Hope You Like It the Way We Do, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. Available for You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2007 Golden Dream, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006 Love Grows Free, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France. Love Stories, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dating Gil & Moti, Mucsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
2005 Sleeping With the Enemy, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, USA.
2004 Laylah the Creature Beyond Dreams (performance), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. Wide Open, 7×11, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands. Dating Gil & Moti, Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands.
2002 Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel.
2001 Gil + Moti Kijk x Shop, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The Gil & Moti Wedding Project, Cityhall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2000 Fresh Feelings & Boyzone Pavilion, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025/26 Unfolding Ten: The Geometry of Time, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen
2023 Allemaal Uit R’dam, DIG IT UP galerie en erfgoedlab, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Accrochhage D’ete’, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France. Video program, The Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv
2022 22 Silk Road, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen Art Rotterdam, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium Art Brussels, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2021 de Aanschouw, gastcurator voor, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Art Rotterdam, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium Fertile Crescent, guest curator: Philip Marquebreuck, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2019 Between Stops – 20 Years, Kav 16 Gallery, Israel. ‘It’s so good to have you in my life!’, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium The Colour of Water, Pedrami Gallery at Mas Museum, Antwerp, Belgium Accrochhage D’ete’, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France. HonderdJaar Gay Rotterdam, DIG IT UP galerie en erfgoedlab, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ArtiQ presents, Pride Week in Tel Aviv-Jaffa Let’s Meet a Jew, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussel, Belgium.
2018 My North is your South, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France. What The Love!?, Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. (duo show) Local Contemporary Print, The New Gallery Artists’ Studios Teddy, Jerusalem, Israel. Stories from One House, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel. Dangerous Art- Queer Show: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel.
2017 Same Same but Different, from the Haaretz collection, Minus1, Tel Aviv, Israel. We Are The Market, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2016 Optic Mountaineering, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2015 Regionale16: Visual Politics, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland. Residents 2015, Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland. Blackout Basel, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland. Israelische kunstenaars; een nieuwe diaspora, De Kring, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Het 25-jarig bestaan, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, The Netherlands. Turku Biennial: The Unexpected Guest, Museum of History and Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland. MK Award nominees, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Identity and the Self, Ram Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2014 The Value of Nothing, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2013 Wonderkamers, Gemeente Museum, Den-Haag, The Netherlands. Narcissistic Tendencies, NEST, Den-Haag, The Netherlands. Lade Project, Phoebus galerie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dichtkunstkrant The exhibition, Joey Ramone Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2012 The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria. Now I Lay Me Down To Eat, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, The Netherlands.
2011 A Piece Of Cake, Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel. Double Take Triple Give, Museums of Bat Yam, Israel.
2009 Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2008 Promenades insomniaques, Dormir/ Rêver dans l’art contemporain, Passage de Retz, Paris, France. Combined, Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands. Gastarbeider, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007 Paulo Post Futurum, Breda’s Museum, The Netherlands. Love Is Like Oxygen, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006 Arteast Collection 2000+23, Moderna galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Academy. Learning from the Museum, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2005 SuperStars, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. HOME at TENT, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 Para-site, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria.
2003 The Claim of Images … Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany. The 2nd International Triennale for Installation Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel. The Wandering Library, 50th Venice Biennale, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy.
Prizes, Grants, Commissions
2020-22 Onderzoek naar Nakba monument, BKOR / Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2020 Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, The Netherlands. 2019 Mondriaan Fonds, Projectinvestering Kunstenaar, The Netherlands. 2018 O & O Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, project subsidy, The Netherlands. 2016 O & O Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, project subsidy, The Netherlands. Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, The Netherlands. 2015 Winners MK Award 2015, The Netherlands. Mondriaan Fonds, support for participation in Turku Biennial, Finland. 2013 Mondriaan Fonds and O & O Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, project subsidy, The Netherlands. 2012 Mondriaan Fonds, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands. St. Leopold Peace Prize 2012, finals nominees, Klosterneuburg Monastery, Austria. 2011 The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibition in tour Totally Devoted to You, The Netherlands. 2010 Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Totally Devoted to You, The Netherlands. 2009 Fonds BKVB, project subsidy for Available for You, The Netherlands. 2008 Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands. 2006 The Mondriaan Foundation, support for exhibitions in Budapest, The Netherlands. 2003 Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, project subsidy, Dating Gil & Moti, The Netherlands. Fonds BKVB, Basisstipendium, The Netherlands. 1998 winner (Moti) Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel. winner (Moti) Painting Award, Cultural Grant America – Israel. 1997 winner (Moti) Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel. 1995 winner (Gil) Award for a Young artist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel. 1994 winner (Gil) Prize for excelling graduates, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel. winner (Gil) Sculpture Award, Cultural Grant America-Israel, Israel.
Residencies
2018 HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, April-Juni 2017 HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, October-December Capacete – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 months), Mondriaan Fund International Artist in Residency Program 2016 Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam 2015 Atelier Mondial Basel, Switzerland (6 months), CBK Rotterdam grant. 2013 Cabri Prints, Etching workshop, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel (1 month) 2011 Iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden (3 months), Iaspis grant. DIVA- The Danish International Visiting Artists Program, Copenhagen, Denmark (4 months), DIVA grant. 2010 Cabri Prints, Etching workshop, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel (1 month) 2009 The Artists’ Residence Herzelia, Israel (2 months), Herzelia municipality grant. 2008 CPH AIR, The City of Copenhagen, Denmark (3 months), Nikolaj Kunsthal grant. 2004 7×11, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands. (3 months), Artoteek Den Haag grant.
Selected Publications
2024 Het Grote Drop Boek; Marieke Hendriksen, The Netherlands, pp.192-194 2023 De Aanschouw, publication, tekst: Edo Dijksterhuis, p.36 2021 Forget & Remember, publication, Jap Sam Books, Jewish Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands Taking the City: New Art Strategies, Hadas Ophrat, Israel. 2019 Between Stops; 1998-2018, Kav 16 Gallery, Israel, p.1, pp.26-27, p.49, pp.52-53. Queer!? Beeldende kunst in Europa 1969-2019, pp.241-242, p.288, pp.295-297, p.379, pp.410-411. 2017 Same Same but Different, from the Haaretz collection, Minus1, Tel Aviv, Israel. pp.94-97, pp.148-149. 2016 De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2017 2015 PRŌTOCOLLUM’s 2nd issue- 2015/16, Dickersbach Kunstverlag, Berlin. pp.136-139. European Journal of Humour Research on “Humour in Art and Activism, UVA, Amsterdam. De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2016 Het 25-jarig bestaan, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, The Netherlands The Unexpected Guest, Turku Biennial catalogue, Museum of History and Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland Onderzoek & Ontwikkeling, CBK Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp.57-59 2013 Printmaking off the Beaten Track, Richard Noyce, Bloomsbury, London, England New Wave, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, pp.302-305 Attraction of the Opposites, Kiki Petratou, Nadorst, The Netherlands, pp.172-177 2012 Der Nackte Mann, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Kunst Nürnberg, Austria, p.7, 22, 141, 321 2011 Totally Devoted to You, monograph, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Tensta Konsthall, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany Double Take Triple Give, Chen Tamir, Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel, pp.16-18, pp.73-75, p.80 2010 Kitchen Secrets, Gal On Art Space, solo exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel 2009 Future Line Tours, The Artists’ Residence gallery solo exhibition catalogue, Herzelia, Israel Available for You, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen and TENT, Rotterdam solo project publication, The Netherlands Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.58-59, p.139 2008 Migratory Settings, Thamyris Intersecting no.19, publication, Rodopi, Amsterdam-New York, pp.57-76 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?, Art center, Haifa Museum of Art solo exhibition brochure, Israel Promenades insomniaques, Dormir/ Rêver dans l’art contemporain, Passage de Retz exhibition catalogue, Paris, France 2007 Boys Craft, Haifa Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Israel, pp.122-124, p.174 2005 SuperStars, Kunsthalle Wien exhibition catalogue, Vienna, Austria, p.138 Home at TENT, Gil & Moti Homegallery publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2003 Territorial Invasions of the Public and Private, Piet Zwart Institute publication, The Netherlands, pp.111-129. Madam, I_m Adam/ the Organisation of private life, Piet Zwart Institute publication, pp.96-97. The Claim of Images … Jewish Perspectives in Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Bochum exhibition catalogue, Germany The Wandering Library, 50th Venice Biennale, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy 2002 Road to a Dream, Tal Esther Gallery and Kav 16 Gallery solo exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv, Israel Bodycase, Gil & Moti Homegallery publication, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Collections
Works are in public and private collections, among others: The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel // Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel // Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany // Haifa Museum of Art, Israel // MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria // Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel // Fink, The Netherlands // Krinzinger, Austria // Dupont, France // Schocken, Israel // Alter, Israel // Lenel, France // Villa, Italy // Swagemakers, The Netherlands // Pot collection, Amsterdam // Greif collection, Linz, Austria // De Coster, Antwerp.