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What Bazooka Joe, Gangster of Art, has shown, painted in public and been filmed doing. Self-taught, he paints in a Williamsburg studio. Every line below is sourced, and the sources are available on request.
“I’m a natural-born rebel. A lone wolf. That’s a kind of gangster. I make my own way.”Bazooka Joe, in Gangster of Art
New York
- 2026Juried group exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn.18 September 2026.
Film
- 2023Gangster of Art. Documentary, 65 minutes. Directed by Liran Shabtai, shot over eight years, with the artist as its subject.Edited by Vitaly Kravitz. Official selection, national competition, EPOS International Art Film Festival, 14th edition, premiere 6 March 2023. Cinematheque screening with the director in conversation, July 2023. Television broadcast and video on demand, August 2023. Watch the film.
“Fascinating. Not to be missed.”Maariv, 2023
Public work
- 2018Walls of Hope. Permanent mural, about 197 × 30 ft (60 × 9 m), on the outer wall of the prison that once held him, painted at the prison service’s request. Unveiled at a public ceremony in August 2018.
- 2017Forty billboards. Flagship artist commission of a city design season: a solo presentation of his paintings across forty billboards along a city boulevard, September to December 2017.
Exhibitions
- 2016From There to Here. Solo presentation, Less Than Thousand, April 2016. Staged by the choreographer Ido Tadmor.
- 2015Alik Blik Boom. Solo exhibition, Tiroche Gallery. Curated by Kobi Karmi.
Performance
- 2017INFAUST, imPerfect Dancers Company. Onstage artist in a dance production, painting three large canvases live at each of three performances at the national opera house.“The entire cast, including onstage visual artist Bazooka Joe, gave an excellent performance.” MidnightEast, 2017.
Auction
- Since 2012Tiroche Auction House. Thirteen works offered at auction. Provenance for sold works is given on each work’s page.
Press
Time Out, 2017 · The Jerusalem Post, 2017 · Haaretz, 2017 · MidnightEast, 2017 · N12, 2017 and 2023 · Maariv, 2018 and 2023 · Ynet, 2023 · 103FM, 2023
For galleries and curators
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