My name is Or Peter, In the last decade I've had the pleasure of wearing several hats; as a graphic designer, a visual artist and an art educator.
About
Artist statement:
In my art I examine the different facets of my identity
by observing the hidden context and history that sexual identities
and political structures provide. While my art is diverse in terms of the
media I employ, I am particularly drawn to performance and installation.
For me, masking my appearance is a path to self-expression that allows me to discern my moral, political and philosophical standpoint. I often try to deconstruct patterns of masculine myths and other sexual attributes and tropes.
In general, I feel that the optimal conditions for me to produce are outside the white studio walls, experiencing different interactions in which I am stimulated and can re-examine my social and political perspective. In this sense, I see my practice as an art teacher as an important part of the artistic process itself.
In my art I also try to raise questions that are considered taboo, such as sexual relations in the family, and look at the ways art is received and perceived when it has a political import. Most specifically, In the last year I have explored what triggers ignite the censorship of art in Israel, and wrote about the attempts to limit and censor art in Israeli society and created an archive of those attempts which I find pertinent to my artistic endeavor.
CV
Awards:
2019 America-Israeli Cultural foundation,
2019 AICF graduate fellowship award
2019 Hamidrasha, Beit Berl,
2019 Excellency scholarship
Exhibitions:
2021 Subculture, LGBTQ Center, Tel Aviv
2020 Merkazit 1, Pyramida Art Center, Haifa
Domestic violence, Municipal Art Gallery, Afula
2019 Broken spaces, Tapir Gallery, Berlin
Mannequins and puppets, LoosenArt Gallery at Millepiani, Rome
Distorted Messages, Alfred Cooperative institute for art & culture, Tel Aviv
Masculine myths, Graduation Exhibition, Hamidrasha, Beit Berl
Common Camp 2, HaYarkon 19 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 Common Camp, HaYarkon 19 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017 Video event, OzenBar, Tel Aviv
Education:
2021 Graphic design studies with UX UI expertise
HackerU College, Ramat Gan
2019 B.Ed.F.A Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts & Education
Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts, Beit Berl College
2018 Erasmus + Semester Exchange Program
Breitner, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Amsterdam
2015 3D animation studies
Israel Animation College, Tel Aviv
Residency:
2019 Takt Organization, Leipzig
Press:
Ha'artz, Avi Pitchon, 30.7.2019, Exhibition review. link (full article in PDF)
TimeOut, Meital Raz, 25.7.2019, Exhibition review. link
Walla!, editorial board, 15.7.2019, Exhibition review. link
prtfl Magazine, editorial board, 14.7.2019, Exhibition review. link
Hamekomon Ramat Gan, editorial board, 30.5.2019, Exhibition review.