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 אמנית ליהי שני - Lihi shani artist

The creation of self- Identity through consumerism, and contemporary concepts of beauty, motivate me to create artworks out of existing items consumed by the masses. I place them in a new context, different than their initial intent. I view the mass consumption as a result of psychological influences constructing the self and social identity. I like to think the documentary series of "The Century of the Self," somewhat shaped my approach towards the immeasurable life style of consumerism.
 
My ready made objects are a mirror for the contemporary consumer; bottomless pit of mass reproduction of products we do not need, and the standardization of online shopping and it's effects. 
This medium of shopping creates new social relations and appreciation of ones belongings. Everything that comes to mind is sold online, from artificial eyelashes up to romantic relationships. Blow up dolls are a specific item I like working with; imported from China, representing a production line of cheap plastic products replacing the human loneliness. I derive pleasure in puncturing them, emptying all content and air making them limp and useless. In this 'new' shape I attempt attributing them with a certain idealism, based on cultural heritage. I also examine their gender and meaning of each gender by today's "normal definition" of our sex.

Exploring the web in search of the next 'hot' product, buying it, and breaking down the user experience is part of the process of my creation. I dismantle its original purpose and rebuild a new product that has no use at all. It is the cynical meaning of the whole purchase that conveys my art.

C.V

B.1990

Living & Working in Herzliya

Education

2013-2016

Awards

2016

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2018

 

2017 

 

2016 

Duo Exhibition:

2019

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 B.Ed. Art and Education at The Faculty of Arts: Hamidrasha, Beit Berl. Graduated with high honors.

Solo exhibition for high honors graduate in Hamidrasha gallery, Hayarkon 19, Tel Aviv


Padani Art Project, curator: Yoram Chisin, PADANI Ramat aviv, Tel aviv
 
Available in Pink, curator: Boaz Arad, Hamidrasha gallery, Hayarkon 19, Tel Aviv
 
Gender and consumption, curator: Naomi Malka, Omer Tiroche Gallery, Jaffa


Unboxing, Michal Kalisky & Lihi Shani factory #5, Live Art at Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa

Stupid cupid, Michal Kalisky & Lihi Shani, curator: Maya Zehavi, Binyamin Gallery, Tel aviv


High Culture, Fresh Paint project, Arena mall, Herzliya 

Autumn Salon, curator Keren Bar Gil, Ramat Hasharon

BMW ,Hybrid Gallery, Yoram Chisin, Tel Aviv

50 Shades of Yellow, Curator: Guy Morag, Al ha-Tsuk Gallery, Netanya ​

Winter Salon, curator Keren Bar Gil, Ramat Hasharon

How do I go back to my Hotel? Havila Gallery, curator: Hadassa Cohen, Jerusalem
 
Winter Salon, curator: Keren Bar Gil, Ramat Hasharon
 
From Now On, curator: Noga Davidson, The Edmond De Rothschild Foundation, Tel Aviv
 
Fresh Paint 11, Gallery weekend, Short: Story, Tel Aviv

1300 degrees, Artelli Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 

3D. curator: Nitsan Shuval, The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod

Shop it!, curators: Svetlana Reingold, Limor Alpern Zered ,Shaked Shamir,  Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa

Bread and roses, Gallery of artist, Tel Aviv

Hanky & Powder Puff,  curators: Efrat Rubinstein, Rakefet Wiener Omer, Adva Drori, Nulobaz collaborative space for contemporary art, Tel Aviv
 
100th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, curator: Raya Zommer-Tal,  The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod
 
pinzeta 5, The Red House, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
 
Etgarim Art, curator: Miri Ben Moshe, Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
 
CLUSTER, curator: Arianna Fornaciai, Beit Kandinof, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
 
Fresh Paint 9, Artist Greenhouse, Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv
 
The Original Big Banana, Graduate exhibition, curators: Doron Rabina & Rami Maymon, The Faculty of Arts: Hamidrasha, Beit Berl
 
Lies and offenses, curator: Erez Ozan, Hamidrasha gallery, Hayarkon 19, Tel Aviv

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