Alicia Shahaf
Alicia Shahaf
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; lives and works in Israel since 1980.
Graduate of Camera Obscura Art School – Photography department (1995) and Curators Seminar (2003)
Graduated from phototherapy studies in combination with arts, exposure, the Open University (2018)
Partner in the establishment of the cooperative gallery “Grosso Modo” (2022)
Studio photography owner.
Gives one on one and small groups workshops on art photography, developing the creative mind and creating a portfolio.
Presents in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Israel and abroad.
Selected exhibitions:
Individual:
2022- Rib cage – Be’eri Gallery, curator: Sofie Berzon Mackie
Rib Cage – Grosso Modo Artists Collective, Tel Aviv, curator: Sofie Berzon Mackie
2021- Cristina – Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat
2020- בית מלאכָּתָּהּ – Vitrina gallery, HIT Holon, curator: Dr. Tal Dekel
2018- Looking Forward – Haifa University, Curator: Prof. Sharon Poliakin
2016-Seen – Enav Cultural Center – Tel Aviv
2016- Blowup – Street exhibition @ Tel Aviv, curator: Hila Tadmor
2013-La Maga– 121 gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Osnat Israely
2012- Heroines – Enav Cultural Center – Tel Aviv
2008 – In the eye of movement – Natanya Cultural Center
2005 – The Accent of the Soul – Bahir Center, Tel Aviv
Group:
2022:
Voyage / דרך, Ein Hod Shtayim Gallery. Curator: Nir Harmat
Birthday grief, The Artist’s House Tel Aviv, Curator: Anat Gorel Rorberger
2021:
התערוכה שלא הייתה, גלריה חנינא, תל אביב. אוצרות: טלי קיים והגר רבן
הופכות את היוצרות, Teo, Curator: Beene Sarid See
2020:
נשים יוצרות מציאות – גלריה מירווח, אוצרות דבורה מורג וענת מנדיל
2019:
KLIPAT NOGA AND SOD HA’EGOZ – Musrara School of Art and Society, Jerusalem. curator: Eyal Ben Dov
Dimensions, Cukoo’s nest, Tel Aviv
2018:
The women behind, Museum on the Seam. Curator: Raphie Etgar
Panoramic window, Artist House Modiin, Curator: Niza Peri
Beyond consciousness, Cuckoo’s Nest, Tel Aviv, curator: Asaf Mataraso
2017:
This is so wrong, Ephemeral Spaces, Raum D, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
Dangerous Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Curator: Svetlana Reingold
Selfie, Galerija “Vjekoslav Karas”, The Karlovac City Museum, Croatia
2015:
PhotoArt, Jaffa Port gallery. Curators: Dalit Merhav, Limor Margulis, Jaffa
#selfee. Alfred gallery, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Photo Fair. Curators: Hila Tadmor, Dalit Merhav
References: Gender and Immigration in Israeli Art, RedLine Beer Sheva. Curators: Or Tshuva & Tal Dekel
2013
Reading Rooms, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Gali Timen
Inmigration, Artist’s house, Rehovot
2012
Portraits of Cain: Representations of “Others” in Israeli Contemporary Art, Ben Gurion University. Curator: Profesor Haim Maor
Family, Espace 10 Gallery, Jerusalem
Ethnoscapes, The Migration Project, Chashama, New York
The lunch box project, Water Institute The Municipal Gallery. Curator: Gali Timen
2011
Words, words, words – Contemporary Art Hangar – Kfar Witkin
Zemeikea? – Al Hatzuk Gallery, Netanya
Translucent, Nisui Kelim #8, Tel Aviv
P8 “Photographing words”
2010
Fresh Paint Art Fair
2009
“Self portrait” and “Unrest” – Artist’s House, Rishon Letzion
“Mutating Identity” – Circolo Culturale Bertold Brecht, Italy
2008
“How I see Germany” – OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, USA
Muses Festival, Netanya
2007
“Displacements” – Bat Yam Contemporary Art Museum. Curator: Leah Abir
2005
“Women in Black” – East Jerusalem
