Tal Ben Zvi is a doctoral student at Tel Aviv University. Her dissertation is entitled, “Representations of the Nakba in Palestinian Art.” She was curator of the Hagar Gallery of Art in Jaffa (2001-2003) www.hagar-gallery.com, and curator of the Heinrich Bell Foundation Gallery (1998-2001).  

1998-2008 Guest curator in: Al Kahif gallery, art center, Bethlehem , Al Matal in Ramallah, French Cultural Center, Ramalla, Zhiryab Gallery, Al-Katan Foundation, Ramalla, Ami Steinitz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Cinematic Tel Aviv, Mishkan Le’Omanut Ein Harod.

Among her publications:

Catalogues

http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/catalogues.html

Shadi Khalilieh, Tal Ben Zvi, Jaffar Farah(ed.), 2008. Land Day: The History, Struggle and Monument, Published by Mossawa Center, Haifa [Arabic]. http://www.hagar-gallery.com/landay/monument2008.html

Ben Zvi, Tal (ed.), 2006. Hagar – Contemporary Palestinian Art , Jaffa: Hagar Association, 2005, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/docs/PArt_eng_final.pdf

Ben Zvi, Tal (ed.), 2006. Biographies: 6 Exhibitions at Hagar Art Gallery ,Jaffa: Hagar Association, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/docs/PArt_eng_final.pdf

Ben Zvi, Tal (ed.), 2005. Khilwe: Samira Wahbi ,Jaffa: Hagar Association, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/docs/s_english.pdf

Ben Zvi, Tal, "Mother Tongue", exh. cat. 2004. in Yigal Nizri (ed.), Eastern Appearance / Mother Tongue: A Present that Stirs in the Thickets of Its Arab Past ,Tel Aviv: Babel, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/docs/MotherT_EN.pdf

Ben Zvi, Tal and Shoub, Moran (eds.), 2003. Brunette: Sixteen Solo Exhibitions at Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv ,Tel Aviv: Babel, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/brunette.html

Ben Zvi, Tal and Lerer, Yael (eds.), 2001. Self-Portrait: Palestinian Women’s Arts ,Tel Aviv: Andalus, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/selfpo.html

Ben Zvi, Tal (ed.), 2000. New Middle East: Eleven Exhibitions, 1998-1999, at Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv ,Jaffa: Hagar Association, http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/exhibition_links.html

Publications

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2009. "The Photographic Memory of Asad Azi", From: Exhibition catalogue: Asad Azi, My Father is a Soldier, The Ramat-Gan Museum.

http://www.hagar-gallery.com/AsadAzi/

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2009. "Variance through Unity: Contemporary Palestinian Art",

Jama'a Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Middle East, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press. [Hebrew] http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/catalogues.html

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2008.  Osama Said, "Casting Its Shadow Far ahead",  Etgar - online culture magazine, [Hebrew]. http://www.etgar.info/he/article__264/אוסאמה_סעיד_-_פורש_צילו_למרחוק

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2008. Abed Abdi, "Wa ma nasina", Etgar - online culture magazine, [Hebrew]. http://www.etgar.info/he/article__219/עבד_עאבדי_ומא_נסינא_לא_שכחנו

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2008. "Itzik Badash - Diwani", An Other Sex 08 - The Eighth Annual Lesbian & Gay Studies and Queer Theory Conference, Tel Aviv University, June 22-24, [Hebrew]. http://www.diwani.co.il/

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2007. "The case of the Hagar Art Gallery", Bezalel protocols: History and Theory, Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Issue No. 2 Contemporary curatorship: new approaches http://bezalel.secured.co.il/zope/home/en/1143538156/1143566056_en

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2007. "The case of the Hagar Art Gallery", Maidan: Perspectives on contemporary art and culture from Caucasus, Central Asia and Middle East, (editor: Beral Madre, published in Istanbul, Turkey)

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2007. PRESENT NOW Reding Art Fair 5

8-10.10.2006, Exhibition Text.

Maarav - online art and culture magazine, [Hebrew]. http://www.maarav.org.il/classes/PUItem.php?lang=HEB&id=797

http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/reding_cat.html

Ben Zvi, Tal, 2006. "Khen Shish, Transit", Action Field KODRA 2006

Thessaloniki, Greece. Exhibition Catalogue.

Ben Zvi, Tal, 1999.  "But I, and I Alone, Will Tell My Story: An Interview with Nizar Hassan," Plastica 3, pp. 75-81 [Hebrew].

Ben Zvi, Tal, 1998. "The Right of Return," Plastica 2, pp. 102-112.

http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/newme/1_emil-F.pdf

Ben Zvi, Tal, 1998. "Palestin(a): Palestinian Women's Art," Maariv, Jewish New Year Supplement, p. 35 [Hebrew]. http://www.hagar-gallery.com/Catalogues/palestina.html