sheffy Bleier sheffy bleier resume
1964
  • Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Academic Studies
2007-2011
  • Studies for an MA, the Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts, The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University
2003
  • B.Ed, HaMidrasha, School of Art, Beit Berl College
2001-2002
  • Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, the Open University of Israel
1985-1989
  • HaMidrasha - The Art Teachers Training College, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Teaching Experience
Since 2001
  • Teaches at the HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya, Israel
2002-2008
  • Teaches at the Neri Bloomfield Academy of Design and Education, Wizo- Haifa
Special Projects
2004-2007
  • Curator of the Photography Gallery, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya, Israel
2006
  • "Body Knowledge," one-day seminar, HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya, Israel
  • "Bodywork," one-day seminar, The Neri Bloomfield Academy of Design and Education, Wizo-Haifa
2005
  • "The Family Explored," one-day seminar, HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya, Israel
One-Person Exhibitions
2009-2010
  • "Body of Love", Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai Industrial Park
2005
  • "My Mother and Father, My Brother, My Sister, My Little Sister, Me and My Son..." (Givatayim, Spring 2005), Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2000
  • "Fooling Saucer," Haifa Museum of Art
1999
  • "Bras, Pillows, and Used Condoms (Emotional Substitutes)," Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997
  • "My Mother and Father, My Brother, My Sister, My Little Sister, Me, My Husband, and My Son..." (Givatayim, Winter 1997), The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
1995
  • "Photographs 1994," Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions
2011
  • "Photopoetic", Musrara Gallery, Jerusalem
  • "Human Landscape", The Artist House, Tel-Aviv
  • "The Beauty of Mistake", The Spaceship, Tel-Aviv
  • "Resonance Boxes", Artists Transform Violin Cases, Rubin Museum, Tel-Aviv
2010
  • "Neck Serving", Photography Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
2008
  • "Meat After Meat Joy", curated by Heide Hatry, Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York
  • "Family Members," as part of the conference "Culture of Dialogue," Al-Qasemi Academy, Baqa el-Gharbiya, Israel
  • "Layla: Young Israeli Artists," artis, Inga Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York
2007
  • "Work Meeting," Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
  • "This is Not Israeli Art," The Art Gallery, Tmuna Theater, Tel Aviv
2006
  • Partners 2006, "The Holiday of Holidays" Festival, Beit Hagefen, Haifa
2005
  • "Power," as part of "Omanut Haaretz 4," Reading Power Station Compound, Tel Aviv
  • "League," International Woman's Day 2005, Bait Banamal, Tel Aviv Port
2004
  • "Points in Time," The Neri Bloomfield Academy of Design and Education, Wizo-Haifa
  • "Dreamland," Greendag Gallery, Herzliya Pituach, Israel
2002
  • "Raising Hell", The New Gallery, Avni School of Art, Tel Aviv
1999
  • "Collection Exhibition," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
  • "Life in Tandem", Rishon Le'Zion Auditorium, Israel
1998
  • "Women in the Reality World," Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
  • "Condition Report: Photography in Israel Today," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • "Creativity Encouragement Prize Winners' Exhibition," The Artists' House, Tel Aviv
  • "The Photographer's Child," The New Art Workshop, Ramat Eliyahu, Israel
1997
  • "Ho Mama: Representation of the Mother in Contemporary Israeli Art," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
  • "Documentation or Fiction?", Photography Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1996
  • "Healing the Breach," as part of "ArtFocus," Yadayim Gallery, Tel Aviv
1990
  • Recipients of the America-Israel (Sharet) Cultural Foundation Scholarships exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1989
  • "Memory Channels, Imagined Images, and Re-Imagined Images," Dizengoff Center Gallery, Tel Aviv (Curator: Andy Grundberg)
  • "Hamidrasha Graduates Exhibition," Rap Gallery, Tel Aviv
Scholarships and Awards
2010
  • The Israel Lottery Council for The Arts
2009
  • The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
1997
  • Creativity Encouragement Prize for the Visual Arts, Department of Visual Art, The Council of Culture and Arts, Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture
1989
  • Sharet Scholarship Program, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
Collections
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Haifa Museum of Art
The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
The Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai Industrial Park
Private collections