Shuli Nachshon ( he, שולי נחשון, born in
Essaouira
Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...
,
Morocco) is a video and installation artist, who lives and works in
Israel.
Biography
Nachson emigrated with her family from
Morocco to Israel at the age of 4. She grew up in
Ofakim, a small town in the south of Israel. Nachshon studied
law at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
and later
psychology,
art and
philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at the
University of Haifa. In her late twenties Nachshon started painting and sculpting and quickly moved to installations, video installations and video art. Nachshon lives in
Nofit
Nofit ( he, נוֹפִית, ''lit.'' Scenic) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The beginnings of the vill ...
, Israel and teaches
video art at
Oranim
Oranim ( he, אֳרָנִים or , ''lit.'' Pines) is a college of education in northern Israel. The college was founded in 1951 by the United Kibbutz Movement. It was named after the small forest of pine trees in the area. It offers BA degrees i ...
.
Work
Nachshon's early work is characterized by her connection to earthy elements as a process personal growth, ritual and healing.
Through her work she transforms personal memories to collective memories.
Selected works
*''The Shadows refuse to go'' (1993) a video and installation,
University of Haifa.
*''White tent - the laundresses'' (1994) video and installation, Tel Hai,
Israel.
*''Blue whale'' (1996) a video installation depicting the artist interacting with wheat,
Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod,
Israel.
*''Food process'' (1996) a video and mixed media installation, Phenomena,
Jerusalem.
*''Wheat'' (1997) Music and Wheat-Path Installation, Botanical Gardens,
Jerusalem.
*
Enzymes between Garden Art and Agriculture' (1999) "Office in Tel Aviv" gallery,
Tel Aviv,
Israel.
*''Path of bread'' (2000) a video installation, International Triennial,
Haifa Museum
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 ...
,
Israel.
*''Light'' (2000) light projecting installation on the river bank, Grenoble, France.
*''Picnic'' (2001) a video installation in Flagstaff,
Arizona,
U.S.
*''Every moment a new beginning'' (2002) a four-location video installation: 1. High Touch,
Tel Aviv 2. Botanical Gardens,
Jerusalem 3.
Janco Dadabr>
Museum Ein Hod 4. Ben-Gurion School, Kiryat Motzkin.
*''Numi Numi'' (2004) a Lullabies video wall installation,
Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod,
Israel.
*''The video wall'' (2005) an ongoing video wall installation, Oranim, Fine Arts Institute.
*''Tvila'' (2006) a video installation, Gal–On Art Space, Tel Aviv.
External links
Shuli Nachshon's web siteIsrael Museum, Jerusalemby
Tami Katz-Freiman
Tami Katz-Freiman (born 1955, Israel), former Chief Curator of the Haifa Museum of Art, is an art historian, curator and critic, based in Miami, Florida, where she works as an independent curator of contemporary art.
Biography
From 2005-20 ...
The Hirsh Art Gallery
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century Israeli women artists
21st-century Israeli women artists
20th-century Moroccan Jews
Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
University of Haifa alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
Academic staff of Oranim Academic College
People from Essaouira