EDUCATION
- 2011- MFA, UC Berkeley
- 2009- BFA with highest distinction, California College of the Arts
- 2007- Bezalel School for the Arts- Israel
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROJECTS
2019
- Chish Chush Tours, “Social Bauhaus”, Haifa
- “The Association for Unborn Humans,”, ״Factory #6״, Performance event in conjunction with ״Fake News Fake Truths״, Haifa Museum of Art
2018
- (solo) “No Admittance”, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant
- “FUTURE CITIES: Metropolis Re-Imagined,” Center for Architecture + Design Gallery, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco
- “The Channel of Democracy: Womanhood, Power & Freedom in Video Art,” Photofairs SF, San Francisco
2017
- “Objectified”, CICA Museum, South Korea
2016
- (solo) “Story & History,” Artists’ House Gallery, Tel Aviv, (catalog)
- Archeology Workshop (Alternative Histories), Hand in Hand Center for Arab–Jewish Education in Israel, Jerusalem
- “Reinventing the Past workshops,” Artist Cube Artists’ studios, Jerusalem
- “Speed Show LA: Manifesto,” curated by Aram Bartholl, iPC Bang Internet Café, Los Angeles
- (three persons show) “JoyAbound®,” Louie Meager Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont
- (solo) “Bliss Drips H2O Mobile Boutique®,” Fort Mason, San Francisco
2015
- “Overshare,” A Simple Collective, San Francisco
- Introductions, Root Division, San Francisco (Catalog)
- Biennial Invitational Exhibition. Fisch Haus, Wichita (Catalog)
2014
- “Room for Big Ideas: Social in Practice,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- “Survival Adaptations,” Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco
- Soundwave Biennial:, “Soundwave ((6)),” Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco
- “Hundred Performances for the Hole,” SOMArst Gallery, San Francisco
- “Gaze #7”: Generation Loss, Artist Television Access, San Francisco
- “Water Work”, CCA Campus Center Galleries, San Francisco
- “Collect,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
2013
- “Working Title: Process-Based Projects By CCA Faculty,” Oliver Center, Oakland
- (solo) “Alternative Histories”, The White Gallery, Hatzor, Israel
- “For The Cherubs Educational Program Informational Booth,” Southern Exposure 39th Birthday Party, San- Francisco
- “To Build & Be Built: Kibbutz History,” Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
2012
- “Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought,” Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
- (three persons show) “Ficciones,” Krowswork Gallery, Oakland
- “Night Light: A Multimedia Garden Party,” SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco
- The Milkbar #30, The Biscuit Factory, Oakland
2011
- “Third Strike: 100 Performances for the Hole,” SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco
- “Micromanagement,” Performance Art Institute, San Francisco
- “Inarguably Uncertain” Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
2010
- Participant in “Shadowshop”: A Project by Stephanie Syjuco at SFMOMA exhibition “The More Things Change”, San Francisco
- UC Berkeley Film Makers, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
- Eisner Award Recipients, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
- “Footnote7″, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley
2009
- Bay Area Video Makers, Piedmont Theater, Oakland
- CCA Film and Video Makers, San Francisco
- “Frequencies,” Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley
2008
- (Solo) “The Masha is Real Museum,” IPW Gallery, Oakland
- (Solo) “Elysian Fields,” Bezalel Main Galleries, Jerusalem
- CCA Film and Video Makers, Oakland
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019
- Especially Outstanding Artist Grant, Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Israel
2018
- Barstow Artist-in-Residence, Central Michigan University
2016
- Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture AIR, San Francisco
- Guest Artist at Art Cube Artists’ Studio, Jerusalem, Israel
2015
- Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation
2014
- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2013
- Faculty Development Grant, CCA
2012
- The Dorothy Saxe Invitational Award for Creativity in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
- SECA Award Nominee, SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
2011
- Calder Hayes/Tevis Jacobes/ BAM Council Founder’s Award, UC Berkeley
- Art Alumni Group Recognition Award, UC Berkeley
2010
- Eisner Award Honorable mention, UC Berkeley
- Merit Scholarships, UC Berkeley
2009
- Student of Highest Distinction, CCA
- Merit Scholarship, UC Berkeley
2008
- CCA Faculty Honors Scholarship
- Trustees Scholarship, CCA
- Albertina Zanzel Endowed Scholarship
- Ralph Borge Emeritus Scholarship
2007
- CCA All College Honors
- Trustees Scholarship, CCA
- Albertina Zanzel Endowed Scholarship
- Ralph Borge Emeritus Scholarship
2006
- CCA Faculty Honors Scholarship.
- Trustees Scholarship, CCA
PRESS
2017
- Emergency Index– an Annual Document of Performance Practic, VOL. 6, by Index 2016 Contributors, Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2017
2016
- “Confidential Parent/Unborn Child Agreement,” Harama online Art Magazine, Issue #17 “Signature”, Rinat Edelstein and Yael Rochman, eds., Jerusalem, September 2016
- Kineret Avivi Bloch, “Merav Tzur,” Floating Flat Forma Art Magazine, Tel Aviv, August 4, 2016
- Moshe Zuckermann, “Archeology and Ideology,” Story & History Exhibition Catalog, Tel Aviv, July 2016, pp. 6–7
- Rivka Bakalash, “Merav Tzur: Story & History,” Story & History Exhibition Catalog, Tel Aviv, July 2016, pp. 3–5
2015
- Rachel Buller, Fisch Hous Invitational Exhibition Series, exhibition catalog essay, Fisch Hous, April 2015, p. 4
- Jayna Swartzman-Browsky, “Still Reading by the Fire,” Art 21 Magazine, December 2015
- Amy Cancelmo, Introductions 2015, exhibition catalog, June 2015, pp. 12 and 17
2012
- Dara Solomon (curator), Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought An Exhibition and the Dorothy Saxe Invitational, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Jewish Museum, February 2012
2011
- JD Beltran, “Inarguably Uncertain, 41st Annual University of California, Berkeley, Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition,” SFGate, June 26, 2011
SELECTED TALKS/LECTURES/PANELS
2018
- “Searching for the Gate to Transcendence”, artist lecture, Central Michigan University, MI
2017
- “Fabricated Fertile Spaces”, artist lecture, Lake Forest College, IL
- “Video Tutorials as Cultural Exchange,” Artist presentation, Creative Practice Exchange, The Museum for African Diaspora, San Francisco
2014
- Panelist, “Ideas of Late, Conversation About Food Rituals and the Biblical Sabbatical Year,” Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley
- Visiting artist lecture, Senior Media, SF State, San Francisco
2013
- Panelist, CCA Sculpture Alumni, CCA
2012
- Artist talk, “The Space Between,” Story Corps Story Booth, recorded at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, August 7, by Dan Schifrin and Kathryn Jaller
- Conversations with Artists: Merav Tzur and Tucker Nichols” Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
- Visiting artist lecture, Interdisciplinary Studies, CCA
- Visiting artist lecture, Sculpture Junior Seminar, CCA
- CCA First Year portfolio Review
- Panelist: CCA Junior Review
2011
- Panelist, CCA First-Year Portfolio Review, CCA
2010
- Visiting artist lecture, The Language of Sculpture, UC Berkeley
- Visiting artist lecture, New Genres, UC Berkeley
- Visiting artist lecture, Introduction to Visual Thinking, UC Berkeley
- Visiting artist lecture, Video Arts, UC Berkeley
TEACHING
2018
- Lecturer, Design Foundation, Central Michigan University
2014-2018
- Adjunct Faculty, Multimedia, Ohlone College
2017
- Instructor, 2D and 3D, Zhong Ao Vocational College, Hefei, China
- Lecturer,Medium and Message, San Jose State University
2015-6
- Lecturer, Sculpture, San Francisco State University
- Instructor, Creative Drawing, Richmond Art Center
2011-14
- Lecturer, 4D,Time Based Narrative. CCA
- Lecturer, Summer English + Studio for International Students,CCA
- Lecturer, Drawing, Special Programs CCA
- Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture, College of Marin
- Adjunct Faculty, 2D Art Fundamentals, College of Marin
- Adjunct Faculty, Drawing and Composition, College of Marin
2012
- Lecturer, Drawing Pre-college, CCA
- Lecturer, Experimental Drawing Atelier, CCA
- Adjunct Faculty, Fiber Sculpture, College of Marin
2011
- Guest artist instructor: Sight & Sound, CCA
- Sub, Drawing and Composition, College of Marin
- Lecturer, Life Drawing, CCA
2010-2011
- GSI, Introduction to Visual Thinking, UC Berkeley