Shuli Nachshon

Infobox Artist


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location = Essaouira, Morocco
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nationality = Israeli
field = sculpture, painting, installations, body art, drawing and video art
training = University of Haifa
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works = "Numi Numi" 2004
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awards = First Prize for FOOD PROCESS, Phenomena Festival, Jerusalem

Shuli Nachshon (Born in Essaouira, Morocco) is a Video and Installation artist. Lives and works in Israel.

Biography

Nachson emigrated with her family from Morocco to Israel at the age of 4. She grew up in Ofaqim a small town in the south of Israel. Nachshon studied law at the Hebrew University in Mount Scopus Jerusalem and later psychology, art and philosophy 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, Israel and teaches video art at Oranim – the Institute of Fine Arts in Israel.

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.

elected works

"The Shadows refuse to go" (1993) a video and installation, Haifa University.
"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 (composer of original music: Roi Nachshon).
" [http://officeintelavivgallery.com/project_23.htm Enzymes between Garden Art and Agruculture] " (1999) "Office in Tel Aviv" gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
"Path of bread" (2000) a video installation, International Triennial, Haifa Museum 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 locations video installation 1. High Touch, Tel Aviv 2. Botanical Gardens, Jerusalem 3. Janco Dada [http://jancodada-museum.israel.net/ 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

* [http://www.shulinachshon.com/profile.html Shuli Nachshon's web site]
* [http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/sname2_a.asp?artist=4802&list=N Israel Musemum, Jerusalem]
* [http://www.katzfreiman.com/shuli.htm On the Purifying Wheat and Imperfect Body in Shuli Nachshon’s Work by Tami Katz-Freiman]
* [http://www.hirshgallery.com/toldot_n.html#2 The Hirsh Art Gallery]
* [http://www.peace.co.il/jrn_108.htm Works of Art on First-Day Covers Issued Upon the Signature of Peace Treaties]