Sagit Zluf Namir ( he, שגית זלוף נמיר; born 1978) is an Israeli photographer and educator.

Biography

Namir was born in 1978 in

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

. 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 NB Haifa School of Design, named after Neri Bloomfield and formerly ''WIZO Canada'', is a college of art located in the German Colony in downtown Haifa, Israel. It is the leading professional and academic institution for higher education in art ...

with a BFA. She teaches photography classes in

, Minshar School of Arts and Gavra School of Photography in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. Namir was teaching photography workshops in

Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art ( he, מוזיאון הרצליה לאמנות) is contemporary art museum. History The museum was established in 1965 in Herzeliya, Israel. The museum's main focus is on Israeli and international contempor ...

from 2007 to 2009. She has served as one of the judges of the

Local Testimony Local Testimony is a regional photojournalism exhibition for photographers from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, held every year since 2003 in the Eretz Israel Museum. The exhibition is held alongside the World Press Photo exhibition, present ...

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 ( he, מוזיאון חיפה לאמנות, ar, متحف حيفا للفنون), established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest a ...

Exhibitions

Solo

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

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

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

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 (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate ...

Curatorship

*2011. "Curriculum Vitae" by

Mark Yashaev Mark Yashaev (מארק יאשאייב) is an Israeli photographer. Biography Mark Yashaev was born in Azerbaijan. At the age of nine years he immigrated to Israel with his family. Mark studied in photography department and received BEd from ...

. 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 ( he, נמל יפו, ; , ) 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 of ...

. *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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Namir, Sagit Zluf 1978 births Living people 21st-century Israeli women artists 21st-century women photographers Israeli photographers Israeli women photographers Israeli educators Israeli art curators