Sheffy Bleier (

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photographer and educator.

Biography

Sheffy Bleier is an

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photographer and visual artist, mostly known for her provocative still life images primarily made of animal parts. 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 Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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 Beit Berl College is a multi-disciplinary academic college for higher education located in Beit Berl in the Sharon region of Israel. It is one of the oldest colleges in Israel. The college grants undergraduate degrees (B.Ed and B.Ed.F.A.) and g ...

from 2001. Bleiers works are in permanent collections of

The Israel Museum The Israel Museum ( he, מוזיאון ישראל, ''Muze'on Yisrael'') is an art and archaeological museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and one of the world’s leading encyclopa ...

in Jerusalem,

Haifa Museum of Art The Haifa Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון חיפה לאמנות, ar, متحف حيفا للفنون), established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest a ...

, The Museum of Israeli Art in

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

and The Open Museum of Photography in

Tel-Hai Tel Hai ( he, תֵּל חַי [] "Hill of Life") is a name of the former Jewish settlement in northern Galilee, the site of an early battle between Jews and Arabs heralding the growing civil conflict, and of a monument, tourist attraction, and a c ...

Exhibitions

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

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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,

*1999 "Bras, Pillows, and Used Condoms (Emotional Substitutes)," Limbus Gallery,

*2000 "Fooling Saucer"

*2005 "My Mother and Father, My Brother, My Sister, My Little Sister, Me and My Son...",

Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art ( he, מוזיאון הרצליה לאמנות) is contemporary art museum. History The museum was established in 1965 in Herzeliya, Israel. The museum's main focus is on Israeli and international contempo ...

*2009-2010 "Body of Love", Open Museum of Photography,

Group

*"Meat After Meat Joy", Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York, 2008 *"Cabinet of curiosities".

, 2012

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

References

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