My substances are
born and created out of the street and not from within the closed studio.
Live
creation is important for me, during outdoor events or just on the street, in
front of by passers, without separation from live and the happening around me.
That
kind of action is a value of its own for me. That’s how I create an encounter
and an invitation for a dialog, and a situation where I as an artist am
accessible and my artistic practice is exposed. This situation allows an
encounter between me and the viewer, free of mediators.
In my
art comes out often the tension between the private space and the public space.
I take
my art outdoors, from the comfort and connivance of my studio out to the wilderness of the street, where I am
encountered with all kinds of interactions; supporting or degrading – always
challenging.
I expose the work of art as well as its
process, and so I eliminate the backstage, the hideout.
The
private and public are always nourished by one another, the traffic is bidirectional. I take from the street and ad
to it.
The
materials that I use are taken mainly out of the street and the garbage, les
from the art shops. I use simple materials, leftovers which I find and reuse
like scrap wood, construction site iron, thrown-away furniture and such.
Important to say in this context that
the values of recycle and ecology are important values which comes out of the
process but they are not the goal itself.
I am an
activist, but I don’t define myself as one.
I
create within and out of the Consumerism culture, which is part of the cultural
environment that we live in today. the
response to it comes out in my art in the form of visual over load,
input-digestion-output of visual information.
Curriculum
Vitae
Education
- 2011 Marble sculpture
course in Carrara, Italy
- 2004-2008 B.A in the
department of Jewelry Fashion and Object Design in Bezalel Academy of Art and
Design
- 2007 Student exchange
semester in ‘Gestaltung Hochshule Pforzheim’ Academy of Art and Design in
Pforzheim ,Germany
- 2006 Full grant for 2 months
conceptual jewelry course with Prof. Johanna Dahm in Sommeracademy in Saltsburg
,Austria
- 2003 Jewelry studies in
Jaipur ,India
- 2002 Classical drawing
and painting in the Jerusalem Studio School of painter Israel Hirshberg
- 1990-2001 studies in
Hanisui high-school in arts major
Employment
- 2011-2012 initiator, producer,
art director and curator of 'Diningroom Project'
Diningroom is a code name for underground
conceptual sessions taking place in Tel Aviv.
A community of
artists and performers from different disciplines meeting regularly
The Diningroom fuses
music, dance, photography, painting, video art, artists. - 2011 Initiator, producer curator guide and participator of
'Tabula Rasa' – street art project workshop and permanent street exhibition in 'Machane-Yehuda'
market in Jerusalem.
With 30 art and design student,
artists and shopkeepers form the market.
In cooperation with the Jerusalem municipality art department and ruach
chadasha organization. - 2009-2011 exhibition
technical production in various museums and galleries among Tel Aviv
museum, Helena Rubinstien pavilion, Israel museum,
Herzelia museum, Bezalel 2nd degree
gallery and more.
- 2010 Constructing the
wooden entrance wall for the Holon Design Museum designed by Ron Arad with
Nadav Shalit
- 2009-2010 Sculpture
workshop manager in Shenkar academy of art and design
- 2009 Technical production for the Herzelia
2nd biennale
- 2009 Assistant and
studio manager for artist Sigalit Landau
- 2008-2009 Wood and
leather works with Nadav Shalit
- 2008-2009 Interior
design and establishment of
‘Palogi‘ - café-restaurant in Binyamina - 2008 Interior design for
‘Hakatze’ bar in Jerusalem
- 2007 Technical production for the Herzelia
1st biennale
- 2004-2006 Construction
and renovation works with ‘Kol – Gova’ company
Exhibitions
and Prizes
- 2013 Graffiti mural at 'Winter noise' festival. Jerusalem.
- 2012 Commissioned mural
publishes in '10 best houses of 2012 issue - 'Binyan VeDiur' architecture and
interior design magazine.
- 2012 'Once I was a house' – group exhibition in Abandoned villa in
Ceasaria.
- 2012 'Creation Cycle' – sustainable
art and design group exhibition. Jaffa Port.
- 2012 international floor
paintings. Ramat Hasharon.
- 2012 'Surf Writers' –
group exhibition. Riviera Gallery. Bat-Yam.
- 2012 street art wall at
'Fresh Paint' art fair
- 2011-2012 'Out of
the Boidem' – two group exhibitions in 'Shodedey yam' gallery in Jerusalem.
- 2011 'Sea-Wind' – artist
residency and group exhibition in in bat-yam beach
- 2011 'Amechaye'
- artist residency and group exhibition in jerusalem
- 2010 PLANETARIUM -
street sculpture exhibition for planet earth day, Jerusalem
- 2010-2012 Variose
live-art performances:
- 'Southward soul festival 2012' - 1st south
tel aviv music and art festival
- 'Balabasta' 2010,
2011 - Art and culture event in 'Machane-yehuda' market
in Jerusalem
- 'Tapas' 2011 -
Art event in the Jerusalem theater.
- 'Artschik' - Art
event in' ha'chan' theater in Jerusalem
- 'Indinegev' 2010 - independent
music festival
- ‘Urban Edges’ 2009, 2010,
2011 - first street art exhibition in Jerusalem
- 2010 ‘Open space’ - live street art in Jerusalem.
A Jerusalem
- 2009 ‘REUSE 3’ Street art exhibition, Tel Aviv
- 2009 ‘Survival Design’ - young design exhibition ,’the farm gallery’ ,Holon
- 2008-2009 America Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) Sharret scholarship and scholars catalog
- 2008 Excellence studies achievements prize. Bezalel academy of art and design
- 2008 ‘Not all shines is gold’ - ‘NEO’ young design exhibition in ‘furniture 2009’ exhibition. Exhibition gardens, Tel aviv
- 2008 Graduates exhibition. Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- 2007 ‘100 years to Bezalel’ exhibition. Terminal 1 .Ben-Gurion Airport.
- 2007 ‘Kunst treibt bluten’ – ‘art is flowering’ exhibition and catalog. ‘Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim’ – jewelry museum, Pforzheim .Germany
- 2007 Group exhibition in ‘GSG12’ gallery. Pforzheim .Germany
- 2006 Co-exhibition with Elif Deniz in Alcatraz Gallery. Saltsburg, Austria.
- 2006 Sommeracademy Finale exhibition. Saltsburg .Austria
- 2006 First prize in Judaic competition in honor of Romi Shapiro. Bezalel Academy of Art and design
- 2006 Department excellent prize. Bezalel Academy of Art and design
- 2005 ‘Itamars cave’ – my apartment that I have built and designed is published in the book small spaces - great ideas" - cristina paredesof, collins design, harpercollins publishers 2005 municipality art project.