ABOUT ME
A social entrepreneur and lecturer on design at Bezalel. Founder and director of The Diploma Program in Ceramic Design at Bezalel.
In recent years, based on my personal experience, I've been accompanying caregiving family members, helping them cope and navigate in their new reality.
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Born in 1978
Lives and works in Jerusalem
Education:
2019 - 2022: Masters Industrial Design, With excellence, Design and Innovation Management, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2009-2014: Bachelor of Fine Arts, With excellence, Ceramics and Glass Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2003 - 2004: History Department, The Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2002: "Unidee in Residence", Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
1999-2003: Musrara School of Photography and New Media, Jerusalem, Israel
1997-1999: Dada school of photography, Jerusalem, Israel
Exhibitions and projects:
2022:
- Path Ways - Bezalel M.Des Graduation Exhibition - Hansen, Jerusalem, Israel
2019:
- Between Mountains and Hills (When we were students), Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2015:
- B&B - Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (collaboration with Hagit Keysar)
- Expanding - Incubator Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2014:
- Graduation Exhibition - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2005:
- Self Portrait – Yakar Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2004:
- Geography of Change - Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
2003:
- Graduation Exhibition - Musrara School of photogrphy and new media, The Underground Prisoner's Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Arting Jerusalem - Jerusalem, Israel (Curator of 7 days outdoors international festival, with 59 artists)
2002:
- The Sand time performance (collaboration work with Tomer Marzel and Rafram Chadad), Heara 4, The Underground Prisoner's Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Unidee in Residence 2002 - Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy
- Photographica - The mountains (Alps), Biella, Italy
- Hafraa Ba'Zira – Hazira Performance Art Arena, Jerusalem, Israel (8 hours of live video and music by 20 video and sound aritsts, including 17 video installations)
- Esterika - (collaboration work with Tomer Marzel), Mother tongue, Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
- Passport photos - (collaboration work with Hagar Goren), Heara 2, Jerusalem, Israel
- There is a sea in Jerusalem - A project that I launched, on public billboards in Jerusalem, Israel
- "Hafraa" (disturbance) – creating and editing 30 min. video art magazine at the Jerusalem community channel
2001:
- Acco's Bride - A show by Adva Drori with Jewish and Arab artists that put a mirror in front the social–politic reality in Israel, Acco Festival for alternative theater, Acco, Israel
Awards and Scholarships:
2022:
- Excellency award, Master's Program in Industrial Design (M.Des), Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2014:
- Deborah Blumenthal Prize for outstanding final project, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- ‘Final Project Encouragement’, Scholarship from the Schneidinger Foundation, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2002:
- Illy cups collection design contest, Italy
- Scholarship To cittadellarte from Snait Foundation
2001:
- Excellency award, Musrara school of photography and New media
Publication:
- Studio - 1280°c Journal, winter 2015
- Graduates 2014, Selected works from the technological aspect - 1280°c Journal, winter 2014
- Arting Jerusalem – Art as a Social Tool – Journal – Progetto Arte no. 8, 2003, June 2004
- Arting Jerusalem - Scott Sherry, a-n Magazine, December 2003
- Going Out of Space – Dana Gilerman, Gallery addition, 'Haaretz' newspaper, July 2003
- Photografica 2002 30 giorni di fotografia a Biella, Italy, November 2002