Gabriel Shalom is a videomusician, director and creative producer living and working in Berlin, Germany. He is the co-founder, together with Patrizia Kommerell, of KS12, a creative agency which produces original transmedia narratives. He is a regular contributor to opinion-leading blogs on the future of cinema and augmented reality. His signature work takes the form of rhythmically edited audiovisual compositions. He has been an artist in residence at the ZKM | Karlsruhe. He has been a guest speaker on audiovisual trends in London, Berlin and São Paulo, and since Spring 2009 he is adjunct faculty at the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule where he lectures on analog motion graphics.
EDUCATION
| 2005 – 2007 | Graduate studies at Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe |
| 2003 – 2005 | Bachelor of Arts in film in video at Bard College |
| 2003 | Exchange student at Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall |
| 2000 – 2003 | Honors student in fine arts at University of Maryland College Park |
SELECTED FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
| 2010 | The Tuesday Selection of Futuristic Art Films, Direktorenhaus, Berlin |
| [self] ~imaging, VideoChannel, Cologne | |
| 2008 | Örebro International Video Art Festival, Örebro Sweden |
| DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC | |
| Bilder über Bilder - Berlin | |
| Vision'R VJ Festival - Paris | |
| 2007 | Signali Video - Cagliari, Sardinia |
| Hea Uus Heli, Tallinn | |
| C-Prayer, Milano | |
| C/O Pop - Best of Optronica, Köln | |
| Le Cube - Optronica on Screen, Paris | |
| Optronica Festival, London | |
| Rokolectiv Festival, Bucharest | |
| Club Transmediale, Berlin | |
| 2006 | Transit Festival - Handclaps, Chiasso |
| ZKM Kubus - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe | |
| 8th CHROMA - Festival de Arte Audiovisual, Guadalajarra | |
| PI 5 Video Festival, Szczecin | |
| VIPER International Festival for Film Video & New Media, Basel | |
| Mapping VJ Festival - Media Flow, Geneva | |
| 2005 | CAMP International Festival for Sound and Light Arts, Stuttgart |
| Re/Act Festival - Ichiigai Label Showcase, Heidelberg | |
| Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock | |
| DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC | |
| Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 | Mirabilia - ROJO Artspace, Milano |
| 2009 | Art Video Exchange - Rauland Kunstforening, Rauland, Norway |
| 10 Years CAMP Festival - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart | |
| 2007 | Vereinigung Bildener KünstelerInnen Wiener Secession, Wien |
| Videovisionen - Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenberg | |
| Westwerk - 1A18 Screening, Hamburg | |
| India International Centre - VideoChannel Image Vs. Music, New Dehli | |
| GL Strand Kunstforeningen - 100 Tage = 100 Videos, Copenhagen | |
| 2006 | Heidelberger Kunstverein - 100 Tage = 100 Videos, Heidelberg |
| Gallery Olaf Stüber - Music Machines & Videomusic, Berlin | |
| Project 101 - Music Machines & Videomusic, Paris | |
| Kunstmuseums Bonn - 1A18 Screening, Bonn | |
| Kumho Museum of Art - Floating Perspective Showcase, Seoul | |
| Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan - Black Box Screening, Bangalore | |
| Black Box Kino - Black Box Screening, Düsseldorf | |
| KAMUNA Karlsruher Museumsnacht - 1A18 Screening, Karlsruhe | |
| Wilhelm Hach Museum - Media Flow, Ludwigshafen | |
| The Lab - Media Flow, San Francisco | |
| Museum Ludwig - Jump Cut Nights - Stories Told Through Movement, Köln | |
| 2005 | Sargasso: C - Media Flow, London |
| Project 101 - Media Flow, Paris | |
| 2004 | Gallery of Fluctuating Images - Media Flow, Stuttgart |
PUBLICATIONS
| <object type="obscure" name="desire"></object> | Case 2. Have Balls [Eccentric] The Anxious Prop, First Edition — July 29, 2010 SPLACE, Alexanderplatz Pavillon — Berlin, Germany |
| Hypercubist Exhibition Review | Installation Pamphlet Dornbracht Edges 2010 Revolving Realities Köln, Germany |