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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Yishay Garbasz ![Garbasz Bikini Khao Sok Day 22 2011](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Garbasz-Bikini-Khao-Sok-Day-22-2011.jpg) Yishay Garbasz Bikini, Khao Sok, Day 22, 2011 from "The Fence" Biography Yishay Garbasz finds significance in numbers, often using them to frame aspects of her personal history, memory, and imagination. Garbasz, who is transgender, previously explored issues of identity during her sexual reassignment surgery, documenting her body in the process. “I’m a very tactile and kinesthetic thinker, this is how I enter things, I enter the world through a very personal space, through my heart.” In two subsequent projects, Garbasz documented the path of her mother’s path to a Nazi extermination camp, counting the number of steps and photographing her progress periodically, and branded her arm with her mother’s prison camp identification number. These numbers constitute abstracted markers of real-world experiences that Garbasz translates back into materiality through her performances and documentary photographs. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View CV ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/garbasz_bio.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Packet ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Garbasz_Selected-Press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) Artist Website ](http://www.yishay.com) Select Press Mar 25, 2014 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-No.-2-Takaku-Kasetsu-temporary-evacuee-dorm-in-Chuodai-Iwaki-City-Iwaki-2014.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-garbasz-huffington-post) Huffington Post Group Show [ 10 Transgender Artists Who Are Changing Contemporary Art ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-garbasz-huffington-post) Mar 05, 2014 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Golf-driving-range-Mukaihata-Okuma-machi-Futaba-Fukushima-Nuclear-Exclusion-Zone-2014.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-garbasz-new-york-times) New York Times Group Show [ Yishay Garbasz: Ritual and Reality ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-garbasz-new-york-times) Jun 17, 2017 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/301_largeYG_LAMBg.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-garbasz-thiird-magazine) Thiird Magazine Group Show [ Artist Re-Creates the Route of her Mother's Footsteps ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-garbasz-thiird-magazine) Exhibitions [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin_2-The-Conversation-from-The-Last-Days-of-Pompeii-2001_1_200506_140344.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/prescient) May 08 – Jun 19, 2020 Group Show [ Prescient: A Five-by-Five Virtual Exhibition ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/prescient) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Salavon-Class-of-88-Diptych_190606_204821.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-group-show-summer-2019) Jun 18 – Jul 18, 2019 Group Show [ Summer 2019 ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-group-show-summer-2019) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2017-Art-on-the-Front-Lines/Ayotte-Universal-2017_2.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/329-art-on-the-front-lines-group-5-24-8-18-2017) May 23 – Aug 17, 2017 Group Show [ Art on the Front Lines ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/329-art-on-the-front-lines-group-5-24-8-18-2017) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz-Jerusalem-Envelope-2004.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/320-severed-connections-do-what-i-say-or-they-will-kill-you-garbasz-5-9-6-13-2015) May 08 – Jun 12, 2015 Yishay Garbasz [ Severed Connections: Do what I say or they will kill you ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/320-severed-connections-do-what-i-say-or-they-will-kill-you-garbasz-5-9-6-13-2015) [See All Exhibitions ](/past_exhibitions/yishay-garbasz) ![Garbasz Bomb Shelter And Photo Op Backdrop Igil Ri Cheorwon Inside Civilian Control Line 2014](/assets/artist_images/Garbasz/Garbasz-Bomb-shelter-and-photo-op-backdrop-Igil-ri-Cheorwon-inside-Civilian-Control-Line-2014.JPG) Yishay Garbasz Bomb shelter and photo-op backdrop, Igil-ri, Cheorwon, inside Civilian Control Line, 2014 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Garbasz Bomb Shelter And Photo Op Backdrop Igil Ri Cheorwon Inside Civilian Control Line 2014]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Bomb shelter and photo-op backdrop, Igil-ri, Cheorwon, inside Civilian Control Line, 2014 ![Garbasz Tunnel Road No 2 2004]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Tunnel Road No. 2, 2004 ![Garbasz Kirk Crescent Protestant Neighborhood Belfast 2014]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Kirk Crescent, Protestant neighborhood towards Catholic neighborhood, Belfast, 2014 ![Garbasz Rice Field Just Before The Harvest With Target Of North Korean Soldier As A Scarecrow Baengnyeongdo 2014]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Rice field just before the harvest with target of North Korean soldier as a scarecrow, Baengnyeongdo, 2014 ![Garbasz Near Jerusalem 2004]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Near Jerusalem, 2004 ![Garbasz Sawahre Near Jerusalem 2004]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Yishay Garbasz Sawahre near Jerusalem, 2004 from "The Fence" ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View Font Entrance](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Ritual-and-Reality-2014-Install-view-Font-Entrance.JPG) Ritual and Reality, 2014 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View Font Entrance]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery D]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery E]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View South Gallery B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 11]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 15]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View Font Entrance](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Ritual-and-Reality-2014-Install-view-Font-Entrance.JPG) ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery D](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Ritual-and-Reality-2014-Install-view-North-Gallery-D.JPG) ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery E](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Ritual-and-Reality-2014-Install-view-North-Gallery-E.JPG) ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View South Gallery B](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2014-Ritual-and-Reality/Garbasz-Ritual-and-Reality-2014-Install-view-South-Gallery-B.JPG) ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2015-Severed-Connections/Garbasz-Severed-Connections-Installation-View-2015_01.JPG) ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 11](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2015-Severed-Connections/Garbasz-Severed-Connections-Installation-View-2015_11.JPG) ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 15](/assets/exhibition_images/Garbasz/2015-Severed-Connections/Garbasz-Severed-Connections-Installation-View-2015_15.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View Font Entrance]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery D]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View North Gallery E]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Ritual And Reality 2014 Install View South Gallery B]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ritual and Reality, 2014 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 01]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 11]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view ![Garbasz Severed Connections Installation View 2015 15]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Severed Connections, 2015 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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