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Our dear friend Yishay Garbasz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 55. She was a renowned Berlin-based artist and photographer, a fierce activist for trans and queer people, and a loyal friend to many.
As we, her friends, mourn her loss, we hope to provide her with a memorial service that will do justice to her life and profound impact. This all has to happen on short notice, and there are many costs associated with the funeral and burial. We are currently in touch with members of the Jewish community in Berlin and hoping to create a loving ceremony with their help.
As a marginalized artist, Yishay was often living on the edge of financial stability and fought many hard battles to keep her archive of cherished artworks. Many of them were recently returned to her from her gallery in New York, and remain in crates in her apartment. Our hope is that we can transport and store them temporarily, and eventually find a home for them, either in a collection or amongst close friends.
Please help us to create a special memorial for Yishay, one that she deserves and would be proud of. Any additional funds raised will go to the transportation, storage and preservation of her artworks on a long term basis.
If you would like more information about the funeral arrangements (which are still in the works) please be in touch.
About Yishay Garbasz:
Over the span of her formidable, more than 20-year artistic career, Berlin-based, British Israeli artist Yishay Garbasz has amassed an impressive portfolio of photographic works, monographic books and internationally exhibited installations and performances. She presented her works worldwide—from her representation at Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York, to her participation in biennials and exhibitions in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Yishay's art practice explored the culturally specific inheritance of traumatic memories. She was driven by her desire to see the darkest parts of humanity and to use her practice to illuminate them. By working with marginalized communities and in areas affected by war and disaster, she engaged in a continual process of making the invisible visible, making the unsightly tenderly seen.