Throughout my life, I have been drawn to understanding social dynamics, group behavior, and the meaning individuals and collectives derive from shared experiences.
My work focuses on the intimate connections between people. I create new and unconventional spaces where individuals or groups find new meanings through photography, interactive installations, or transformative events.
In my photography, I balance conceptual and documentary styles, capturing the intimate and personal search that unfolds during the creative process. I strive to create a fantastic and expressive world, free from specific time and place constraints, allowing for the emergence of an alter ego through the encounter between myself and the subject.
In series like "Color In Motion" and "Forgotten Realms," I develop a visual language that reflects the personal journey shared between me and the photographed subjects. The final result offers a glimpse or memory of this process. I draw inspiration from artists like Jackson Pollock, David LaChapelle, Gregory Crewdson, and Jeff Wall.
In projects such as "Community Project" and "Village People," I explore the human fabric within physical or perceptual communities. I seek to understand what gives people meaning and why they choose to associate with their communities, aiming to gain insights into my own search for belonging.
These documentary-focused projects aim to create human "documents" of groups, inspired by artists like Richard Avedon, Ryan McGinley, Nan Goldin, and Sally Mann.
A significant experience was my visit to the "Burning Man" festival, where I encountered a world where the lines between installation and participant blur. This introduced me to interactive installations and the exploration of the interaction between artistic sculptures and participants, within the collective experience of group work.
As a member of the Gugara art group, I helped create interactive technological installations using wood, metal, and textiles. I view these collaborative efforts as artistic endeavors, where directing the group to the ultimate goal is a journey in itself, enhancing my understanding of people's deep desire to connect and create. Human sculpture, like a chisel in wood or an iron welder, is an integral part of my work.
My interest in bridging the world of plastic and musical art with the experiential and interactive led me to seek new ways to integrate these realms in my practice. Additionally, I live on a horse farm founded by my father 20 years ago, now a dynamic community of artists. This place serves as a social platform where life and creation intertwine, sometimes leading one another. Here, in my studio, workshop, and experiential spaces, I guide people through transformative journeys, ensuring they emerge changed.
Exhibitions
2023 No Man's Land, the exhibition presented at the 'Factory' art and culture center, Jerusalem
2020 One Voice Initiative, Airport Terminal, Eilat, Israel
2020 Local Testimony, Midtown Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Atelier, group exhibition, Omer Tiroche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Colour In Motion, solo exhibition, Beit Kandinof Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 Main Effigy, Wooden Sculpture, Borderland, Denmark
2016 Swirl, interactive art installation, Jerusalem Light Festival, Israel
2015 Fluid Self, interactive art installation, Midburn, Israel
2014 Forest Of Creation - Temple, interactive art installation, Midburn, Israel
2013 Hand Of Inspiration, interactive art installation, Burning Man, USA