About Miki Carmi: Carmi (b. 1976, Israel) received his M.F.A. from Columbia University in 2005 and graduated from Bezalel Academy of art and design in Jerusalem in 2003. He has exhibited at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY, and Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- About Tami Ben-Tor: Ben-Tor (b. 1975, Israel) lives and works in New York, NY. Tamy Ben-Tor is a graduate of The School of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem in 2001, and the M.F.A. program in Visual Art at Columbia University. With costumes, props, and makeup, Ben-Tor’s performances confront political issues, cultural cliches, and racial stereotypes. Ben-Tor has performed at international festivals, including The International Puppet Festival, France; the PIF 2000 Festival, Zagreb, Croatia; and the LUTKE festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her video work has been shown internationally at NGBK/Bethanien Gallery in Berlin, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center as part of Greater New York 2005, and at Zach Feuer Gallery. As a part of PERFORMA 05, Tamy Ben-Tor performed Exotica, the Rat, and the Liberal. She debuted “Judensau” at Salon 94 as a part of PERFORMA 07
