תערוכה "אסור?"

פרויקט מס' 8        " אסור ? "          בגלריה "אפרת"           רח' גורדון  תל אביב       2009

Michael Maytal was born in Transylvania during the cold war. A child
> of two Hungarian Holocaust survivors, his time in Romania was not long
> as the family found it necessary to emigrate to Israel given the
> communist regime.
> While his path to being an artist was not obvious or conventional -
> naval academy at 13; officer in the Israeli navy; participant in the
> Yom Kippur war and finally a member of the Israeli Secret Service -
> the impulse was always there.
>
> His creative spirit began to flower through his chosen career (to
> support his family) - when he moved to America.Then and now Mr. Maytal
> is the creative force behind a very successful business that restores
> antiques - specializing in Art Deco period - which has informed some
> of his artistic sensibilities. He works closely with top New York
> designers and has been responsible for the restoration of pieces shown
> at Sotheby's, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and St. Patrick's
> Cathedral.
>
> While his chosen medium is photography, Mr. Maytal's passion for art
> began as a collector of paintings, some of which have recently been
> shown at the National Gallery of Budapest. He has integrated a love of
> Balthus, Magritte, and contemporary painter Knox Martin, into his
> aesthetic. Composition is what he believes drives great art, and thus
> it is ever apparent in his photographs. Mr. Maytal's photographs share
> his spontaneous take on life and his desire to capture the nuances,
> the beauty, the usually unseen, the edgy and the pulse of people and
> objects, using the restoration work space to stage and photograph his
> fantasies about relationship reflections.
>
> His first exhibition was held at an historic Arab olive mill which was
> converted into a gallery by the Israeli artist community, Ein Hod. The
> success of that show was followed by others in Israel as well as in
> the US.

> Michael Maytal - Resume

>2008-Jeannie Freilich Contemporary- group show

> 2007 -Venice Biennale

> 2007-Jeannie Freilich Fine Art-two man show

> 2006- The New England Exhibition -group show

> 2006- attending the Santa Fe review project

> 2006- Fort Collins- group show

> 2006 -National Arts Club , Gramercy Park -one man show
>
> 2005- Fort Collins- group show
>
> 2005- Venice Biennale
>
> 2004- Givatayim - group show
>
> 2003- Ein Hod -one man show
>
> 2003 -photoshop self taught.
>
> 1999 -digital photography self taught
>
> To view Mr. Maytal's work can be seen on his website at www.listentoyoureyes.com