Beit She’arim (Exit), 2010

Gaston Zvi Ickowicz (b. 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a visual artist based in Israel, working primarily with photography and video. He immigrated to Israel in 1980. Ickowicz's artistic practice explores the dynamic relationship between people and landscape within complex socio-political contexts. He graduated with honors from the Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem (2000), and later completed advanced art studies at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2009). Ickowicz has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions both in Israel and internationally. His work has been shown at major institutions including the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2011); Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2008); The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2016); Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv (2015); and MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2013), among others. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards and grants, such as the Lauren & Mitchell Presser Award for Young Israeli Artists (2009) and grants from the Israeli Ministry of Culture.