Performer and Collaborator - Untrained
Simon Obarzanek was born in Israel in 1968 and currently lives and works in Melbourne. He has held a series of solo shows including Simon Obarzanek, Monash Gallery of Art 2008; 10pm-1am, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2007; 80 faces, Karen Woodbury Gallery 2006; 80/137 Faces, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne 2006 and Portraits, Max Bernstein Gallery, Melbourne 2005. He has exhibited in numerous group shows including Order and disorder: Archives and photography, National Gallery of Victoria 2008 - 09; William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2007, Monash Gallery of Art; Light Sensitive, National Gallery of Victoria 2006; Photographic Portrait Prize 2005, National Portrait Gallery, London; The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize 2005, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Commonwealth Place Contemporary Australian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2003; A Room with a View, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York 1999.
Simon was the winner of the Second Melbourne Airport Innovators Award 2008 at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda and his work is several public collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the Gold Coast City Art Gallery.
