Sheffy Bleier

Sheffy Bleier (Hebrew: שפי בלייר) is an Israeli photographer and educator.

Sheffy Bleier
Born1964 (age 55–56)
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationTel Aviv University, Beit Berl College, Open University of Israel
Known forPhotography
MovementIsraeli art, Modern Art

Biography

Sheffy Bleier is an israeli photographer and visual artist, mostly known for her provocative still life images primarily made of animal parts.[1][2] Some of her works also research human relationships and motherhood, for example, the series "What remains" in which she exhibited images of still life objects, related to her son Jonathan early years. Bleier was born and raised in Tel Aviv where she continues to work. In addition to being an artist, she is also an educator, teaching in HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College from 2001.

Bleiers works are in permanent collections of The Israel Museum in Jerusalem,[3] Haifa Museum of Art,[4] The Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan and The Open Museum of Photography in Tel-Hai.

Exhibitions

In recent years she has exhibited her works at many solo and group shows around the world and in Israel.

Solo
  • 1995 "Photographs 1994," Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
  • 1997 "My Mother and Father, My Brother, My Sister, My Little Sister, Me, My Husband, and My Son..." The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
  • 1999 "Bras, Pillows, and Used Condoms (Emotional Substitutes)," Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
  • 2000 "Fooling Saucer" Haifa Museum of Art[4]
  • 2005 "My Mother and Father, My Brother, My Sister, My Little Sister, Me and My Son...", Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art[5]
  • 2009-2010 "Body of Love", Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai

Group

Awards
  • 1989 Sharet Scholarship Program, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
  • 1997 Creativity Encouragement Prize for the Visual Arts, Department of Visual Art, The Council of Culture and Arts, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
  • 2009 The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
  • 2010 The Israel Lottery Council for The Arts Prize
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References
  1. "Sheffy Bleier". Nihilsentimentalgia.com. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. "Information Center for Israeli Art - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem". Imj.org.il. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Meat after Meat Joy". Heidehatry.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  7. "Cabinets of Curiosities Filled With Peculiar Wonder at Herzliya Museum". Haaretz.com. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via Haaretz.
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