Mark Yashaev () is an Israeli photographer.

Biography

Mark Yashaev was born in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. At the age of nine he immigrated to Israel with his family. He studied in photography department and received his BEd from the

WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education The Haifa University School of Design, established following a merger between the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, formerly known as WIZO Haifa, and the University of Haifa. Prior to the merger, the academic center served as a colle ...

. He completed an MFA at the

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design () is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education and is considered the ...

in 2013. Yashaev's initial photography work documents the daily life of his immigrant family through a series of portraits, notable for their intimacy. In his later work, he started to mount photographs in sculuptural installations, which also included ready objects and the exhibition space itself. His works are in public and private collections around the world, including the

Tel Aviv Museum of Art The Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art both from Israel and around the world. History The Tel Aviv ...

permanent collection.

Exhibitions

Solo

*2016."Only from this suddenness and on". Curated by Raz Samira.

. *2015 "Even a black hole ends its life",

Gallery. *2012 "Memorandum of Understanding",

Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art is an art museum that displays Israeli art, located in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. The museum was opened on 4 April 1987. History The building was built in the 1930s with the initial purp ...

, Israel *2011 "Curriculum Vita", Curated by Sagit Zaloof Namir Jerusalem Artists House, Israel.

Group

* 2012 "Paris Square",

Haifa Museum of Art The Haifa Museum of Art (, ), established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary ar ...

, Israel * 2014 "Measure for Measure",

Petah Tikva Museum of Art The Petah Tikva Museum of Art is an art museum in Arlozorov Street, Petah Tikva, Israel. History The museum is part of Petah Tikva's Museum Complex. Most of the art at the museum (roughly 3188 items) is art in memory and perpetuation of others, ...

, Israel * 2015 "The Potential of the unconscious", Mact/Cact,

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, Switzerland

Awards

In 2015, Yashaev was awarded the Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist.

References

External links

Mark Yashaev
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yashaev, Mark 1981 births Living people Israeli photographers Azerbaijani emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Azerbaijani-Jewish descent People from Baku 21st-century Israeli Jews