Assaf Shaham (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: אסף שחם; born 1983) is an

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artist.

Biography

Shaham was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. He graduated from the Minshar School of Art in Tel Aviv in 2012. While still a student he was awarded the Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography A year after his graduation he was awarded the Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist from

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...

. Shaham studied at the Maumaus program in Lisbon and got his MFA from the

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. He divides his time between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles.

Solo exhibitions

* 2012. The king is dead, long live the king!, Tempo Rubato Gallery. * 2012. ''Assaf Shaham: New ways to steal old souls,''

. * 2014. The Vision of Division, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv. * 2015. Division of the Vision, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.

Awards

* 2011. Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography. * 2012. The Constantiner Photography Award for and Israeli Artist. * 2017. Winner of the Ministry of Culture and Sports Young Artist Prize.

Collections

Shaham's works are held in the following public collection: *

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, Jerusalem.

References

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