Lihi Shani, a contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in Tel Aviv, Israel, delves into the intricate interplay between self-identity, consumerism, and contemporary beauty ideals through her large-scale sculptures and installations. Motivated by the pervasive influence of mass consumption on personal and social identity, I repurpose everyday items into artworks, offering a fresh perspective on their original purpose.
Influenced by the insights of the documentary series "The Century of the Self," I see mass consumption as a psychological construct shaping our lifestyles. My ready-made objects serve as mirrors reflecting the bottomless pit of unnecessary products spawned by consumer culture. Focused on the standardization of online shopping, my work explores its impact on social relations and the perception of possessions, encompassing everything from artificial eyelashes to romantic relationships.
Blow-up dolls, sourced from China, symbolize the assembly line of plastic products replacing human connection. Puncturing them, rendering them limp and useless, I infuse these objects with cultural ideals and examine gender roles in the context of today's norms. My artistic process involves exploring, buying, and deconstructing the 'hot' products of the moment, creating purposeless yet cynically meaningful artifacts that encapsulate the essence of contemporary consumerism.
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Education
2013-2016
Awards
2016
Solo Exhibitions:
2025
2024
2018
2017
2016
Duo Exhibition:
2019
2019
Group Exhibitions:
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2023
2022
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2015
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
Big Deals, curator: Nitsan Shuval Abiri, The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod
Useless, curator Keren Bar Gil, Ramat Hasharon
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
Asofa, Curator: Guy Morag, Al ha-Tsuk Gallery, Netanya
Come, and I will show you a place, curator: Keren Bar Gil, Ramat Hasharon
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
