performer / vocalist / artist / musician.
Resonance104.4 FM, Mouthcrazy, Voltage, Meltaot. Free improvisation. Collaborative performances & compositions

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2013
April - Gals with Guitars. The Vortex. London.

January - Gals with Guitars & L'esprit d'escalier at Arnolfini Gallery. Bristol


2012 April - Gals with Guitars(acoustic) – Deptford Town Hall.

2011 October GALS with(acoustic) GUITARS – This Is Not a School.5 Years Gallery London

July LONG DRONE – Large group composition/performance.Raven Row Gallery London

May L’ESPRIT D’ESCALIER – Composition for large group of voices in a staircase – Goldsmith’s Deptford Town Hall. London

April GALS with GUITARS – Large group composition for electric guitars.Elevator Gallery London


2010 - July- VENUS RISING - Curator of the 5 hours event, which included films solo performances and my new composition for a large group of 25 musicians, LONG DRONE

February - L'esprit d'escalier - Performance for a group of vocals in a staircase. Old Town Hall. Tel Aviv. Israel.

2009-November - MELTAOT- New duo with Savage Pencil Live at Caf OTO, London.

TOY ORCHESTRA and two vocal performances - CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT FESTIVAL. ICA London.

July - ROOM TO BREATHE Leading a 5 hours participatory performance. London

June - Presenting my work at 176 Gallery, London.

Performance at the Equinox Festival. London.

2008- November - Curator and one of the performers PIANO NIGHT. Caf OTO, London

April/September - TOY ORCHESTRA - Conductor and leader of this performance/ workshop, bringing together adults and children and exploring collective music making London & COLOR OUT OF SPACE FESTIVAL, Brighton

June - Vocal performance Breaking Voices: Thinking Through Practice- University of the arts. London

2007-September - THE HAPPENING Curator and one of the performers in a 4 days, site specific, performance & sound event which included more than 50 participants. V22 Gallery, London.

February - Solo performance - CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE, London.

Solo performance -THIN CITIES FESTIVAL: Platform for Art. Heathrow Terminal 4, London.

2006 -November - Voice & electronics - COLOUR OUT OF SPACE FESTVAL, Brighton.October- Duo performance - Abaton Gallery, New Jersey, USA.

1996 - 2006- VOLTAGE- Improvising trio. Various performances. London&Festivals.

1992-1995 - Playing and performing with MOUTHCRAZY.1988-1990 - Playing and performing with WHERES ADAM

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Shows

2007 - DRAWINGS, Sweet Pricilla, NJ, USA

2006 - WE CAN REMEMBER IT FOR YOU, Abaton Gallery, NJ, USA.

THE GROUP, Transition Gallery, London

2004 - PATHOLOGIC - OLS &CO Gallery, London

2003 - THE THINGS I DO- Installation and durational performance - The Foundry, London.

Group shows

2009 - One painting included in Colour out of Space exhibition, Brighton.

2007 - Summer Show Novas Gallery Camden, London

2005 August - Total ASBO - POGO Gallery Caf, London.

May - CIRCLE OF SOUND A Sound Art Exhibition. The Foundry, London.

February - SOUL MINING Three artists show - Transition Gallery, London.

2004 October - 60 seconds, Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, IrelandJuly - 60 Seconds Showing the video UNDER MY SKIN. 291 Gallery, London. + Space Twotentwo, London.

February - LoveNBullets - Transition Gallery, London.

January- Neurovision A&D Gallery, London

2003 - Group show, nth art Collective, OLS&CO Gallery, London.

2001 - Three artists show - The Islington Arts Factory, London.

2000 - Demons & Icons - Kaleidoscope Gallery, London.

1998/ 2002- current
RESONANCE 104.4FM www.resonancefm.com
Co - Founder. Art Radio for London.
Producing and presenting weekly shows - Diggers, Venus Rising, In Search of Inspiration, Stereo Cilia.

EDUCATION
2010 -2012 Community Music - Certificate in workshop skills (Music)
Goldsmiths University. London

AWARDS
2013 - Francis Chargin Award for Gals with Guitars

2012 Goldsmith’s Annual Fund for Gals with Guitars

PUBLICATIONS
2012 This is Not a School Book – Gals with Guitars text and images
5 Years Gallery ISBN 9781-903724-071

Early work and training (Israel/London)

1988-1995- Working as a freelance journalist. Writing for Hadashot newspaper and recording a weekly review of the UK music scene for Israeli radio.

1987- Moving to London from Israel.1985-1987- Music journalist for Haaretz, a national newspaper.

1984-1986- Working as a live events producer and music editor. The arts and culture department. IDF Radio, a national Israeli broadcasting station.

1983-1986 - Performing with STANZ, a group inspired by Punk and Dada.

1982 - Bass playing with post punk band MEGAHERTZ.

1981-1982 - Bass guitar studies with Arnon Palti, a leading Israeli jazz musician.

1977-1982 - Study dance and movement with pioneer dancer and performer Yardena Cohen.

1977-1982 - Rubin Conservatorium of Music - Studies included music theory, composition, piano playing and improvisation.


SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2013
Candy Shop - Lina Lapelyte's Opera at Counterflows Festival. Glasgow

2012
Feral Singers at Hard Rock Calling Festival. Hyde Park. London

SOUND::GENDER::FEMINISM::ACTIVISM – presenting Gals with Guitars at this post graduate seminar. London College of Communication.

Tate Modern Turbine Hall - Performing Pauline Oliveros composition ‘To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation’

2011 Spectrum XII Festival- composition for voice and strings. Conway Hall. London

Solo performance - Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam. Holland

Feral Choir at the British Museum. London

2010 Toy Orchestra + 2 vocal performances – Tel Aviv. Israel.

2009 Feral Choir @ Tate Britain
Solo and group performances - The Zimmer + TEIVA. Israel.

Periodic performances @ Boat Ting experimental club, London
Performing at the Equinox Festival. London.


2008 Curator and one of the performers – PIANO NIGHT. Café OTO, London

OMSK performance night – Cable Street studios. London

SUBERBIA – Performance night curated by artist, Lee Campbell –
The Foreign Press Association. London.

2007 THE CURSE OF ME - A performance night, curated by artist, Lee Campbell - The Boiler House, The Old Truman Brewery. London

2003-2006 Site specific, yearly performances collaborating with local artists and musicians-
HAGADA, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2005 Opening night performance.Transition Gallery, London

CONTINUITY - Camberwell College of art, Camberwell Arts Festival.

2004 The London Improvisers Orchestra and The Gathering, Freedom of the city Festival. London.
Duo street performance with Dennis Austin: voice, Toys, Percussion,
OLS &CO Gallery, London

2002 The Gathering, Freedom of the city Festival. London

2000 AZYGY- A series of performances in public space. Spitalfields Market. London

CDs/ALBUMS
2012 MELANCOHOLIC - Solo 7” Vinyl. American Tapes Label.

2010 MELTAOT/BRUCE GILBERT – Ash International Label.
THE TAPEWORM COMES ALIVE - The Tapeworm Label.

2009 MELTAOT – First and Second Rites. The Tapeworm label.

PESTREPELLER - As Wolf. A Silence Place label

2006 BROKEN BRAIN –Compilation. Chocolate Monk label

2003 THE GATHERING for John Stevens, Emanem label.

2000 VOLTAGE2000, Hand to Mouth label.

1999 VARIATION 3 London compilation, Paradigm label

1997 VOLTAGE, Hand to Mouth label.

1996 MOUTHCRAZY, Open/Openwide, Vinyl release, Ecstatic Yod label. USA.

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