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AfTER A SUCCESfUL CAREER iN ThE iSRAELi dEfENSE fORCES, RAANAN GAbRiEL dECidEd TO ChANGE COURSE And dEdiCATE hiS LifE TO ThE GRAPhiC ARTS. AN AWARd-WiNNiNG GRAdUATE Of ThE PRESTiGiOUS bEZALEL ACAdEMY Of ART ANd dESiGN iN JERUSALEM (1994) ANd LONDON'S CENTRAL SAiNT MARTiNS (1998), hE RAN hiS OWN STUdiO fOR A NUMbER Of YEARS bEfORE COfOUNdiNG, iN 2006, ANd hEAdiNG UP ThE dESiGN bOUTiQUE bLUE-GOO OUT Of TEL-AViV. SUPERViSiNG GLOBAL iNNOVATiON ThROUGh ART ANd dESiGN fOR A SLEW Of hOUSEhOLd NAMES, iNCLUdiNG SAMSUNG, AUdi, ANd RUSSiAN STANdARd, hE COMPLETELY ChANGEd iSRAELi'S ViSUAL LANdSCAPE WhEN hiS PROPRiETARY fONT VETO bECAME UbiQUiTOUS iN iSRAELi PRiNT CULTURE ANd PUbLiC SiGNAGE.​
AfTER bEiNG iNViTEd TO PARTNER WiTh ThE AdVERTiSiNG GiANT MCCANN ERiCkSON, RAANAN GAbRiEL RELOCATEd TO NEW YORk CiTY TO ASSUME ThE POST Of CREATiVE diRECTOR ANd VP Of PROdUCTiON AT MRM WORLdWidE, MCCANN ERiCkSON'S diGiTAL ARM, WhERE hE RAN CAMPAiGNS fOR hOME dEPOT, GENERAL MOTORS, ANd MASTERCARd, AMONG OThERS.
SiNCE 2011, hE hAS bEEN dEVOTiNG hiMSELf TO hiS OWN ARTiSTiC PROJECTS, WhiCh iNCLUdE: iNNOVATiVE ORiGiNAL TYPOGRAPhY; bOOk dESiGN fOR VARiOUS PUbLiShiNG hOUSES iN iSRAEL ANd ThE US; ViSUAL ART PROJECTS ANd iNSTALLATiONS.
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iN RECENT YEARS, GAbRiEL’S PRACTiCE hAS EXPANdEd iNTO iMMERSiVE, TEXT-bASEd iNSTALLATiONS ANd CROSS-diSCiPLiNARY COLLABORATiONS. AS ARTiST-iN-RESidENCE WiTh LAb/ShUL iN NEW YORk (NYC 2023), hE PRESENTEd ThE ViSUAL LANGUAGE Of GOd—A LONG-TERM EXPLORATiON Of ThE POWER ANd fORM Of WORdS—ACCOMPANiEd bY A POP-UP EXhibiTiON Of ThiRTY LARGE-SCALE WORd PAiNTiNGS AT TRibECA PERfORMiNG ARTS CENTER. iN 2025, hE WAS iNViTEd TO PRESENT hiS PROJECT TRANSMEdiATiON: ViSUALiZiNG VERSE - WhiCh REiMAGiNES ThE ViSUAL EXPERiENCE Of POETRY - AT ThE PEN WORLd VOiCES fESTiVAL (NYC), iN diALOGUE WiTh PULiTZER PRiZE-WiNNiNG POET fORREST GANDER, AWARd-WiNNiNG AUThOR ANd CRiTiC MiChAEL ESKiN, ANd POET ANd ACAdEMY Of AMERiCAN'S POETS' RAiZiSS/dE PALChi fELLOW MOiRA EGAN.
SPEAkiNG & EVENTS
2025
TRANSMEdiATiON: ViSUALiZiNG VERSE / PEN AMERiCA ANNUAL fESTiVAL — PANEL
"WhEN POETRY MEETS ViSUAL ART, ThE RESULT iS A STUNNiNG CROSS-MEdiUM EXPERiENCE."
2023
ThE ViSUAL LANGUAGE Of GOd / TRibECA PERfORMiNG ART CENTER — ARTiST TALk. NEW YORk, NY
"iN ThE bEGiNNiNG GOd CREATEd hEAVEN ANd EARTh" ARTiCULATES A dRAMATiC EXPERiENCE iN OUR MiNd. ThE WORd "iN" bY iTSELf CONJURES ThE VOid WE ARE SUCkED iNTO. WhAT dOES iT LOOk LikE?
EXhibiTiONS
2023
2023
2022
WORdS / TRibECA PERfORMiNG ART CENTER — SOLO POP UP ShOW. NEW YORk, NY
fUN ART / WAAM (WOOdSTOCk ARTiSTS ASSOCiATiON MUSEUM — GROUP ShOW. WOOdSTOCk, NY
LANdSCAPE / EMERGE GALLERY — GROUP ShOW. SAUGERTiES, NY
2020
TERRAiN / EMERGE GALLERY — GROUP ShOW. SAUGERTiES, NY
2020
diMENSiONS VARiAbLE / bYRdCLiffE GUiLd — GROUP ShOW. WOOdSTOCk, NY
2016
POETRY & TYPOGRAPhY / PARALLEX MAGAZiNE — GROUP ShOW. BROOkLYN, NY
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