Vardit Gross is a curator and a writer, chosen by Time Out Tel Aviv as one of the 100 most influential people in Israeli culture.

Vardit has been the director of Artport Tel Aviv Art Center and Residency Program since June 2013. She has significantly expanded Artport offerings and profile, including initiating the Artport Art Bookfair and leading and curating a rich exhibition program including “Living as Form” and “NonFinito” group exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions for artists Guy Goldstein, Hinda Weiss, Gabi Kricheli, Maria Saleh Mahamid and more.

Prior to her role at Artport she was associate director of Artis contemporary art organization, supporting Israeli art, for six years. She also has been an influential writer about contemporary art in Israel (as the art writer of Yedioth Aharonot Newspaper) as well as a contributor to ArtReview, Flash Art International, and Tablet Magazine among others.

As a curator, she worked for over five years at Creative Time in New York, working on public projects by artists such as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Zang Huan, Hans Haacke and Jenny Holzer. In addition to her organizational work, she maintains a vibrant independent curatorial practice, and some of her projects include “Plaster” a benefit exhibition for Physicians for Human Rights in Israel, the video show “The Calm Before the Storm” at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, and “Sigalit Landau: Infinite Games,” at Solyanaka VAP, both in Moscow.

Vardit earned her bachelor degree in law and philosophy from Tel Aviv University, and a Master degree in Interactive Telecommunications from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

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