10 Hottest Tel Aviv-Based Artists on Artspace
Naomi Leshem
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Naomi Leshem’s artistic process begins with a recollection, or even a dream. In her photographic process, the camera serves as a tool for recounting stories, which are the offspring of her thoughts, recollections, or research. Leshem’s interest lies in areas of life and being that may be defined as “in-betweens.” This is an aspect that feels familiar, giving her the freedom to shift between worlds—terrestrial and celestial in her series Way to Beyond (2003-2006), conscious and unaware in Sleepers (2006-2010) and directed and accidental in Runways (2007). Leshem tends to depict situations that she feels are part of a course between different states in life, whether from childhood to adulthood, wakefulness to sleep, or life to death. In her new series, Centered, Leshem seeks to examine how individuals from different places formulate different interpretations of the same existing images, as a result of their personal and cultural differences.
Leshem has shown in Israel, the United States, and across Europe. Leshem is a recipient of the Constantiner Award for an Israeli photographer from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Her works are included in the collections of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Norton Museum …
Naomi Leshem’s artistic process begins with a recollection, or even a dream. In her photographic process, the camera serves as a tool for recounting stories, which are the offspring of her thoughts, recollections, or research. Leshem’s interest lies in areas of life and being that may be defined as “in-betweens.” This is an aspect that feels familiar, giving her the freedom to shift between worlds—terrestrial and celestial in her series Way to Beyond (2003-2006), conscious and unaware in Sleepers (2006-2010) and directed and accidental in Runways (2007). Leshem tends to depict situations that she feels are part of a course between different states in life, whether from childhood to adulthood, wakefulness to sleep, or life to death. In her new series, Centered, Leshem seeks to examine how individuals from different places formulate different interpretations of the same existing images, as a result of their personal and cultural differences.
Leshem has shown in Israel, the United States, and across Europe. Leshem is a recipient of the Constantiner Award for an Israeli photographer from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Her works are included in the collections of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Norton Museum of Art in Florida, and the Shpilman Institute for Photography in Tel Aviv.
Courtesy of Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art
Born 1963
Hometown Jerusalem
Lives and Works Tel Aviv, Israel
Education
Photography Department, Hadassah College, Jerusalem, 1987
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