Inbal Abergil

Inbal Abergil is a photographer and educator originally from Jerusalem. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Israel, South Korea and Europe, and is part of the collections of the Israel Museum, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Haaretz; and The American University Art Museum. Her photographs have appeared in publications such as The Los Angeles Times, Lens Culture, Musée Magazine, Photograph Magazine and PDN. Her first monograph, “N.O.K.: Next Of Kin,” was published by Daylight Publishing in 2017.

Her series, “Nothing Left Here But The Hurt,” was nominated for the prestigious Prix Pictet Photography Prize (2012). In 2015, “N.O.K.” was selected for Artspire, a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). She was selected as a 2013 FlaxArt International Artist in Residence in Northern Ireland and was an artist in residence at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York (2015). Most recently ,she is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant (2017) and was a finalist for the 2018 CDS Documentary Essay Prize in Photography at Duke University.

Abergil received her M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University (2011) and is an Assistant Professor of photography at Pace University.

United Photo Industries (UPI)

United Photo Industries (UPI) is a New York based nonprofit organization that works to promote a wider understanding of, and increased access to, the art of photography.

Since its founding in 2011, UPI has rapidly solidified its position in the public art landscape by continuing to showcase thought-provoking, challenging, and exceptional photography from across the globe. In its first seven years, UPI has presented the work of more than 2,500 visual artists in gallery exhibitions and public art installations worldwide.