Shoshanna Givon
Born 1950, In the beginning I taught Geography but art was always in the background. In 1987 I started studying art at an Art College in Ramat Hasharon, specializing in printing and photography.When I first began teaching Art, I was doing both teacher training and starting to create and develop my own body of work.Over the years, in the workshop of the College of the Arts I have created collections shown in 4 individual and 7 group exhibits.
My works make use of photography, etching and screen printing with different materials as a base. A significant part of my work is monotypes – variations of a single image as well as small series of etchings.
The works are characterized by dense textures – carpets which flicker and assimilate different images.
The issues I deal with move between the personal and the general. Trying to capture the likeness of my daughter is personal yet it relates to pain in general as well. Focusing on my Mother seems to be personal yet it speaks of identity and memory. I have taken the Cyprus from our communal view and have appropriated it for my own, giving it a whole new appearance in the process.
The works are an expression of the Israeli experience. East and West are melded into my works and are expressed through their unique nature.
Education
1968 - 1972 – B.A in Archeology and Geography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1985 - Art and Painting studies, Kalisher, Tel Aviv
1987 - 1992 –School of Art, "Hamidrasha”, Ramat Hasharon, Print and photography
1997 - Member of the Professional Visual Artists Association Israel- IMPACT
1986- 2006 –Art teacher and teacher training
Individual Exhibition
1997 - "Embroidered and Embedded", Efrat Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 - " Embroidered and Embedded ", Jerusalem Theatre
2006 - "Miriam is Your Beloved Daughter" Artisits House, Tel Aviv, curator Arie Berkovezh
2007 - "Between Trees and Non Trees", Beit Shmuel, Jerusalem, curator Devorah Goldberger
2010 - "Mashaker", Beit Shmuel, Jerusalem, curator Devorah Goldberger
Group Exhibitions
1992 - School of Art, Ramat Hasharon
1996 - Group Exhibition, Printing Workshop, Beit Berel – Kalamania
2006 - Personal Femininity, Urban Gallery, Kfar Saba, curator Aida Hoberman, (catalog)
2007- Portrait, The Gallery on the Cliff, Natanya, curator Arik Shniider, (catalog)
2009 - "Expression Says", Hillel 17 Gallery, Jerusalem, curator Avner Bar Hama
2010 - "Coats of Light", The Other Gallery, Talpiot College, Cholon, curator Avner Bar Hama
2010 - 30th Mini Print International Cadaqes, Spain, (catalog)
2011 - "Beyond Material Aspects", Bur-Ilun University, curator, Amili Gelbman
2011 - "Time's Pools", Kiboz Haogen Gallery, curator, Ora Kroll
2011 – Virtual Art Museum, MOCA, Broklen
2011 - Marziart Internationl Gallery, Hamburg, Germaney, curator Marion Zimmermann
2011 - Nord Art International Exhibition, kunstwerk- Carlshutte, Germaney (june-september),
curator Wolfgang Gramm, (catalog)
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