BIOGRAPHY

Galia Gluckman produces large-scale multi-faceted artworks in her medium of choice: pigment ink on cotton paper and collage. Reflecting varied contemporary concerns, Gluckman highlights ongoing creative and social conversations, through her exploration of atmospheric and emotive themes. Wide ranging in their hybrid of environmental and social references, they draw upon contemporary notions of the passage of time, referencing the mixture of creative subcultures that ebb and flow through the limitless global community. The viewer is invited to consider the dialogue surrounding mass production versus the handcrafted, oscillate between an abstraction of nature and epic man made habitats and follow the artists’s reflections that address the tensions between modern day order and chaos in the world around us. 

Born in 1973, Gluckman first qualified as a fashion designer, operating in London and New York before returning to Fine Art. Having relocated to Cape Town in 2010, Gluckman has participated in a number of group and solo exhibitions both locally and internationally. Most recently this has included group exhibitions at Circa Gallery (Johannesburg) and at Circa London as well as upcoming presentations at the Cape Town Art Fair with the Everard Read Gallery in 2017.

Her first two person exhibition at the Everard Read (in dialogue with the artist Penelope Stutterheime), marked Galia's debut with the Gallery in March 2015.  

In 2016, her work was 17purchased for the Presidential residence in Cape Town as part of the 'people's collection', as well as Spier (Spier Arts trust).  She is represented in many private and corporate collections in Australia, Dubai, Israel, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and USA.

Upcoming exhibitions

2018

April Solo exhibition at CIRCA Cape Town

​​Solo Exhibitions

2015

Everard Read Cape Town 

2014

Pixels, Artist House, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2013

New Works Galia Gluckman, The Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

2009

Gallery 25 Ltd Booth,  International Artexpo,  New York , USA

2 Person Exhibitions

2015

Galia Gluckman and Penelope Stutterheime, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

Cubicle exhibition: Galia Gluckman together with Lynette Bester, Justin Southey, Louise Mason and Penny Stutterheime, Everard Read, CIRCA, Cape Town, South Africa

​Abstract Show, Circa London, United Kingdom

​Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Everard Read, CIRCA, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa (EVERARD READ/CIRCA Booth B7)

Summer Exhibition, CIRCA Gallery London, United Kingdom

Winter Collection, Everard Read Cape Town, South Africa

Winter Show, CIRCA, Johannesburg, South Africa

Space Between, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

2015​

Resonance & Wonder, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

Homage, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

The Winter Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Empire, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Nando's Broken Monsters Charity Art Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa 

2014

Summer Season Part I, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Seeking Eden, Casa Labia Gallery, Casa Labia Muizenberg, South Africa

Winter, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town

Salon 91 Booth , CAPE TOWN ART FAIR,  Cape Town, South Africa

Epidermis, curated by Gilat Nadivi and Vera Pilpoul, Florentin 45, Tel Aviv, Israel

Artlines Gallery, curated by Nicki Westcott, Kleinmond, Overberg, South Africa 

2013

Salon 91 Booth , CAPE TOWN ART FAIR,  Cape Town, South Africa

I’d rather be swimming, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

The Editions Show, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

Shining Girls, curated by Jackie Lang, Cape Town, South Africa

Artlines Gallery, curated by Nicki Westcott, Kleinmond, Overberg, South Africa 

2012

Impression : Sunset , Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

Artlines Gallery, curated by Nicki Westcott, Kleinmond, Overberg, South Africa 

Rock Girl Ball Project, curated by Lauren Shantall, Freeworld Design Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

2010

Diana Levine Fine Art Booth, Design Boston, Boston, USA

Group Show- Galerie Mistinguette Fine Art, Great Neck, New York , USA

2009

Group Show- Galerie Mistinguette Fine Art, Great Neck, New York , USA 

2008

Manhattan Arts Project,  Manhattan, New York , USA 

ART SOURCE, Nevada City, California, USA

2007

Group Show- Organization of Independent Artists, Manhattan, New York , USA

Hello Chelsea!, PS 35 Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan, New York , USA 

2006

Group Show- Women’s Studio Centre, Manhattan, New York , USA 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Hilton Hotel Group, USA

M & C SAATCHI ABEL Collection, South Africa.

Rupert Collection, South Africa

Roddick Collection, UK

Spier ,Spier Arts Trust/ Yellowwoods Art, South Africa

Peoples Collection, presidential residence in Cape Town, South Africa

Further Private collections in Australia, Dubai, Israel, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and USA.

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2010 New York Public Artwork- commissioned by Great Neck, New York Major Jean Celender.

2009 Winner of Global Green Artist Challenge , International ArtExpo, New York, USA.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

ART BUSINESS NEWS, USA - May 2009

ART BUSINESS NEWS, USA - March 2009

ART BUSINESS NEWS, USA - January 2009

ART SOUTH AFRICA,  October 2013, online feature— http://art-south-africa.com/220-news-articles-2013/2092-in-conversation-with-galia-gluckman.html

ARGUS, WEEKEND EDITION, South Africa, 2012 - feature

CASAVIVA, Greece, Art Issue – 2010

ELLE DECORATION, South Africa- 2009  http://elledeco.blogspot.com/2009/03/report-from-nyc-galia-gluckman.html

HOUSE & GARDEN, Conde Nast, South Africa June 2014 – feature

HOUSE AND LEISURE, Conde Nast, South Africa South Africa, online Article- http://www.houseandleisure.co.za/eco-conscious-art/

GOOD TASTE, South Africa, October 2011 - Cover & feature

INTERIOR DESIGN, USA, Best of the Year, December 2009

INTERIOR DESIGN, USA, Making art - August 2009

O- THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, South Africa, Beautiful things, , November 2011 - feature

PRIVATE EDITION, South Africa, Sheer Artistry issue, July 2014 - feature

THE NEW AGE, South Africa, Arts & Culture Issue, February 2012 - feature

THE GOOD WEEKEND, South Africa, February 2012 - feature

VISI, South Africa, Fine Art Issue, May 2014 - feature

WOMAN & HOME, South Africa, July 2013 – feature GALIA GLUCKMAN