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SHIRA GEPSTAIN M.   -  שירה גפשטיין מ.

Shiradan15@gmail.com  

      054-7729024

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Gepstein -M. graduated Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, and is an active Israeli artist who lives and creates in Israel .She is an active member of the Hanina Collective Gallery, Maya Gallery, and The Lab Space for experimental contemporary art, Tel Aviv . Gepstein’s work has been shown in major museums in Israel, dozens of group exhibitions, and solo exhibitions in known galleries. Her artwork has been purchased by numerous collections, both public and private.at 2017 Gepstein Founded the School of Painting The painting studio, in Hod Hasharon and Tel Aviv, together with partner and artist Gil Desiano Bitton, who teaches professional courses in painting. The school is closed during the corona period.

Shira Gepstein M: "The heart of my artwork is the work itself, the possibility of combining familiar elements into something new. Give the world a new look and raise a debate about urgent and historical subjects''.

Quote by Gilad Meltzer, who curated Gepstein-M.’s work at the solo exhibition, “Green well”, Binyamin Gallery (Tel Aviv): "There are combinations that seem impossible, for example strength and humor. But the paintings of poetry Gepstein offers, points us to unexpected extreme events such as these. Laying expressive and aggressive paint strokes, dissolving into scenes supposedly naïve, sort of banal photographs of mothers in urban surroundings.  As such they only look naïve and relaxed, but in reality, they are alive, kicking, disturbed, attacked and surrounded by noise. Gepstein produces expressive new, fresh, full of life paintings”.

 

Catalogues:

Mini Israel, 70 dioramas/45 artists/one space, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, 2006

A New Horizon for New Horizons, Mishkan Museum of Art Ein Harod, 2016

Of Bottles and Demons, 2016

False Flag, Alfred Institute of Art, 2018

Carry that weight, Artist House Jerusalem, 2018

First Body/Second Nature, Biennale of Art and Design, Eretz Israel Museum, 2020

Collections:

Bank Leumi, Private collections of gallery owners such as Tirosh Auction house , Israel Makov Collection, Bank Discount, Westheimer Family Collection, Private collections.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2020 A skull and Other Happenings, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv

2019 Lugas, The Lab Space for experimental contemporary art, Tel Aviv

2018 False Flag, two-person exhibition, Alfred Institute of Art, Tel Aviv

2017 Lion Gate, two-person exhibition, Beita Gallery, Jerusalem

2014 Green Well, Solo exhibition, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv

2013 New Horizons 2, Solo exhibition apart of 6 parallel exhibitions, Manni House, Tel Aviv

2011 Mom! Tractor! Solo exhibition, Art Apart Gallery Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv

 

Group Exhibitions:

2020-2021 Living Together-Crossing borders, The 4TH International Mediterranean Biennale, Haifa.

2020 Portrait, Cube Gallery, Jerusalem

2020 Initiation, The Lab Space for experimental art, Tel Aviv

2020 The Great Siege, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv

2020 The Body in Art, The art is body Raphael Hospital, Tel Aviv

2020 First Body/Second Nature, Biennale of Art and Design, Eretz Israel Museum

2019 The Collectivists, The Zaritzky Artist House, Tel Aviv

2019 Helena’s House, Carmel Forest Hotel, Beit Oren

2019 Big Paintings of Concerned Women, Hanina Gallery

2019 Dress/Code, Agripas Gallery, Jerusalem

2019 Principle of Original Horizontality, Arad Center of Contemporary Art, Arad

2018 Carry that weight, Artist House Jerusalem

2018 Portmanteau, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv

2018 Eid el adha , Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2018 Of Bottles and Demons, Naamat Center, Tel Aviv

2017 Dangerous Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa

2017 Sisterhood, Bank Discount Museum, Tel Aviv

2016 - Painting Camp & conversations about painting, The Negev Museum, Beer Sheba.

2016 A New Horizon for New Horizons, Ein Harod Museum of art.

2014 Disturbed Landscape, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2014 Partners, Shlush Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2014 Painting Camp, The Contemporary art Station, Ramle.

2013 Future to Come, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2013 participation in Fresh Paint Exhibition (Tzeva Tri), Tel Aviv

2013 Artificial Islands, The Contemporary art Station, Ramle.

2013 New Horizons, solo exhibition apart of 6 parallel exhibitions, Manni House, Tel Aviv.

2012 Alloy, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2012 Painting Camp 5, The Contemporary art Station, Ramle.

2012 Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa Museum.

2012 Innocence, The Contemporary art Station, Ramle.

2012 Secret Art, Leumi Bank TLV.

2011 The Flying Cammel, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2011 Expression, Tel Aviv Museum.

2011 Dionysus, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2011 Revolution, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2011 Bad Animals, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2009 Secret Art, Leumi Bank TLV

2008 The Big Space, Agora Gallery Jaffa, Tel Aviv.

2007 Small Paintings of Worried Women, Kanner House Rishon LeTzion.

2007 The Congress 17, Tel Aviv.

2006 Mini Israel, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

2004 Hasan-back, Graduation project in the Midrasha Art School, Beit Berl.

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