Sagit Zluf Namir (; born 1978) is an Israeli photographer and educator.

Biography

Namir was born in 1978 in Kiriat Bialik. She is known for her non-standard representation of still life objects. She takes real life objects from their context and re-creates them as vulnerable personal images. Her photography is minimalistic with a delicate game of nuances. Namir graduated from

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 ...

with a BFA. She teaches photography classes in

, Minshar School of Arts and Gavra School of Photography in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

. Namir was teaching photography workshops in

Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art () is contemporary art museum with a collection of over 1000 artworks. It curates four exhibitions each year. History Established in 1965 in Herzeliya, Israel, the museum's main focus is Israeli and interna ...

from 2007 to 2009. She has served as one of the judges of the Local Testimony exhibition and award from 2016. Zluf Namir's artistic style is highly academical and not commercial. Namir's works are part of the public collection of

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 ...

Exhibitions

Solo

*2005 "Every angel is terrible". Artists House.

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*2006. "Photographs from the Nidbach series". Artists House. Jerusalem. *2008. "Chinco". D&A Gallery. Tel Aviv. *2009 "Clean&Cold/Photography". "Kayma" Gallery.

Jaffa Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on ...

*2011 "Fraction". "Indie" Photography Gallery. Tel Aviv *2012 "In Vitro". "Indie" Photography Gallery. Tel Aviv *2013 "In Vitro". "Indie" Photography Gallery. Tel Aviv *2015 "Natural Choice".

Main Gallery. *2019 "Hajibada". Minshar Gallery of Art. Curated by Irena Gordon. *2024 "Memorabilia". With Reut Asimini. Gallery 51 MOdi'in. Curated by Nitza Peri.

Group

*2008. "Dead End". Rosenfeld Gallery. Tel Aviv *2010. "To dream reality". Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art. Curated by Shirley Meshulam. *2015. "Vulnerability". ArtSpace Gallery. Tel Aviv. *2016. "Vacuum Photographers". Tel Aviv International Photography Festival. *2016. "White on white".

. *2017. "Fresh Paint" contemporary art fair. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. Tel Aviv *2017 "If Helios had decided to tilt the sun". "The photography lab" gallery, Curated by Assaf Gam Hacohen. Tel Aviv *2018 "Big Eyes". Gallery on the Cliff.

Netanya Netanya () () or Natanya (), is a city in the "Planet Bekasi" Central District (Israel), Setanyahu of Israel, Israel BAB ih, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the Poleg stre ...

Curatorship

*2011. "Curriculum Vitae" by Mark Yashaev. Artists House. Jerusalem *2012. "Death of an Agent" by Assaf Gam HaCohen. Indie Gallery. Tel Aviv *2015. "The Edge" Group Exhibition. Hangar 2 Gallery,

Jaffa Port Jaffa Port (, ; , ) is an ancient port situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in Old Jaffa within Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. The port serves as a fishing harbour, a yacht harbour, and as a tourist destination. It offers a variety of cul ...

. *2016. "Lucid" Group Exhibition. Hangar 2 Gallery, Jaffa Port. *2017. "On the verge" Group Exhibition. Hangar 2 Gallery.

. *2017. "Frozen Moments" by Renana Ben-Ari. Jaffa Museum. *2019 "Standart Deviation". Group Exhibition. Photo:Israel 2019, Tel Aviv. *2019-2020 "Infected Bodies". Group Exhibition
Haifa Museum of Art.
*2020 "Membrane". Debbie Morag, Solo Exhibition
Photo is:rael 2020
*2020 "The Swimmer". Shunit Falko Zaritzky
Photo Is:rael 2020
Tel Aviv

Awards

*2003 Rotary Israel scholarship. *2004-2006 grant of AICF, American-Israel cultural foundation. *2016 Bronze prize in Fine Art / Still Life category. Tokyo International Foto Awards. *2019 commendation from the Association for Women's Art and Gender Research in Israel.

References

External links

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