Shuli Nachshon
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| Shuli Nachshon | |
| Born | November 13, 1951 Essaouira, Morocco |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Field | sculpture, painting, installations, body art, drawing and video art |
| Training | University of Haifa |
| Famous works | "Numi Numi" 2004 |
| Awards | First Prize for FOOD PROCESS, Phenomena Festival, Jerusalem |
Shuli Nachshon (Born November 13, 1951 in Essaouira, Morocco) is contemporary Israeli artist using a broad range of media, including sculpture, painting, installations, body art, drawing and video art.
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[edit] Biography
Nachson emigrated with her family from Morocco to Israel in 1955 at the age of 4. She grew up in Ofaqim a small town in the south of Israel. Nachshon studied law at the 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 scalpting and quickly moved to istallations, video installations and video art. Nachshon lives in Nofit, Israel and teaches video art at Oranim – the Institute of Fine Arts in Israel.
[edit] Work
Nachshon's early work is characterized by her connection to earthy elements as a process personal growth, ritual and healing. This theme is carried over to her later works with lullabies. Whereas her wheat work is about individual and family healing, her lullabies work is about community and universal healing, as can be seen from one of her artists’ statements: “Many of the same lullabies are sung by German Jews and German Christians who lived during the Second World War. Israelis and Palestinians perform side by side on the wall, each in their own mother tongue, becoming neighbors forever through art.”
Through her work she transforms personal memories to collective memories: "My search for lullabies was accompanied by a sense of longing. I wanted to find a certain sound, a lost voice, a glimpse to ease my mind, to be touched by a piece of something universal. I was interested in songs which came from my grandparents, and parents’ era. The search encompassed those people to whom I was connected somehow in my life, adding a very personal dimension to the work in progress. I was invited by the kindest of people to share some of their private moments with me, exposing them to my video camera, talking about their homes and their parents. They recounted stories of far away countries, which held often painful memories, side by side with memories of happy childhoods. They sang their lullabies with trembling voices - songs in their mother tongue - Hebrew, Palestinian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, German, French and English."
[edit] Selected works
The Shdows 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).
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, USA.
Every moment a new beginning (2002) a four locations video installation 1. High Touch, Tel Aviv 2. Botanical Gardens, Jerusalem 3. Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod 4. Ben Gurion School, Kiryat Motzkin.
Numi Numi (2004) a Lullabies video wall installation, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel.
The vieo wall (2005) an ongoing video wall installation, Oranim, Fine Arts Institute.
Tvila (2006) a video installation, Gal–On Art Space, Tel Aviv;
[edit] Links
Shuli Nachshon's web site
Israel Musemum, Jerusalem
On the Purifying Wheat and Imperfect Body in Shuli Nachshon’s Work by Tami Katz-Freiman
The Hirsh Art Gallery
Works of Art on First-Day Covers Issued Upon the Signature of Peace Treaties
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