Sergio Edelsztein
Sergio Edelsztein was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1956. He studied at the Tel Aviv University (1976-85) and shortly after founded and directed Artifact, a commercial gallery in Tel Aviv (1987-1995). In 1995, Edelsztein founded The Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv and has served as its director and chief curator until 2018. Within the framework of the CCA he curated seven performance art biennials (titled "Blurrr") and five international video art biennials ("VideoZone"). Edelsztein curated the Israeli component of the 24th Sao Paulo Biennial in 1998, and the 2005 and 2013 Israeli Pavilions at the Venice Biennale. Since 1995 he has curated exhibitions and time-based events in Spain, China, Poland, Singapore and several other locations. Major exhibitions curated for the CCA include solo shows of Guy Ben Ner, Roee Rosen, Yael Bartana, Marina Abramovic, Chrsitian Jankowski, Rosa Barba, Ceal Floyer, Gary Hill and many more. Edelsztein has lectured, presented video programs and published texts in Israel, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Germany, China, the USA, Switzerland, and Argentina, and he writes extensively for catalogues, web-sites and publications throughout the world.