Tal Regev (b. 1985) received an MA in Painting from Royal College of Art, London and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Primarily depicting the human figure, Regev creates luminous and ethereal spaces on the surface of her canvases. Bodies and objects oscillate in mysterious territories conjured from light washes of colour, often threatening to slip from a viewer's grasp completely. Conceptualising the body as a porous vessel through which forces flow, Regev engages in a highly personal meditation on her experiences, while also alluding to more universal questions of political histories, borders and health. Regev looks to the invisible things we carry within us; how memories and feelings become embodied rather than stored solely in one's mind. This 'psychic map', as she describes it, unavoidably incorporates troubling darkness alongside lightness and joy. Residing in the subtle delicacy of the paintings is an acute sharpness. (text by Paul Luckaf)
Recent exhibitions includes Within our shapes ,Tempesta Gallery, Milano (2024, dou) Sunlit Moon, Sapling Gallery, London (2023, solo), Endgame, Secci, Pietrasanta, Italy, Curated by Kevin Francis Gray (?) The Rings of Saturn, Galerie Derouillon, Paris, France, Felix Fair, M+B, Los Angeles (2023), Do you feel me, Sapling Gallery, London (2022), Phantasmata at Public Gallery, London (2022), Zabludowicz Invites, Zabludowicz Collection, London (2021), Futures of Love at Magasins généraux, Paris-Pantin (2019) and Silence hits in a flash, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen (2019).