
Hello and welcome. My name is Sofie, I am a British-Israeli curator and visual artist based in Israel. I immigrated to Israel from London in 1990. I work mostly with lens-based material, but enjoy embarking on all sorts of adventures in various mediums. My work is tightly connectd to my life and biography, and over the years has evolved around themes of identity, immigration, hybridity, and feminist ideas concerning motherhood.
I work as a curator and have the honour of working closely with selcted artists on long term projects, towards establishing a full body of work, producing artists books, and building solo exhibitions. I am a Photovoice moderator – a visual research methodology with the intention to foster social change. Graduate of Mandel Program for Cultural Leadership in the Negev; a highly regarded year-long scholarship program that strives to nurture outstanding leaders who will work to promote a discourse of learning and action in the field of art and culture. I am mother of three amazing children, to whom I owe all that I am.
Works are for sale in limited editions, please feel free to contact me!
Education
- 2022 PHOTO IS: RAEL Photovoice Moderator's course
- 2021-2022 Mandel Program for Cultural Leadership in the Negev
- 2010- 2011 Kalisher-Seminar HaKibbutzim, Tel Aviv, Curatorial studies
- 2008-2010 Camera Obscura School of Art, department of photography, Tel Aviv
- 2006-2008 Technion Haifa, photography school
Selected Exhibitions
Solo & Duo
- 2023 Upcoming: The White Cube gallery
- 2022 Nature Reserve, Be'eri gallery, curator: Anat Lidror
- 2022 Nature Reserve, The GH Art Center, curator: Anat Lidror
- 2021 Islington 1988, Be'eri gallery, curator: Dr. Ziva Jelin
- 2019 Fresh Paint #11, Artist Greenhouse, Expo Tel Aviv, curators: Yifat Gurion and Raz Shapira
- 2014 The House, Be'eri Gallery, curator: Dr. Ziva Jelin
- 2009 Nasrin, Be'eri Gallery, curator: Dr. Ziva Jelin
Group
- 2023 Upcoming: Shenkar College & The Man and Living Museum, Ramat-Gan
- 2023 Upcoming: Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv, curators: Shlomit Oren, Lilach Henig Shmoul
- 2023 Julia Margaret Cameron Photography Awards #19, FotoNostrum gallery, juried by Barbara Davidson, Barcelona
- 2023 Biennale of Art & Design, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, curators: Nir Harmat, Tomer Sapir, Hanrietta Eliezer Brunner
- 2022 Pipes, International Photography Festival #10, Tel Aviv, Curators: Eyal Landesman & Daniel Tchetchick
- 2022 Under the Lamppost Art Festival, curators: Maya Zehavi & Nistan Yulzeri, Israel
- 2022 I Am Here For You, Hanina Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curator: Reuma Zohar Hayot
- 2022 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, Barcelona
- 2022 Vision-Space, Finalists of Arte Laguna Art Prize, Villa Dei Cedri, Italy
- 2021 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London Co-Ordinator: Yinka Shonibare
- 2021 Longing in The Time of Covid, The 6th Floor, Tel Aviv, curator: Alicia Shahaf. https://www.6thfloortlv.com/space
- 2020 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
- 2020 14th Arte Laguna Art Prize, Arsenale Nord, Venice, curator: Igor Zanti
- 2020 What's Up at Home, Negev Museum, Beer-Sheva, curators: Dalia Manor, Nirit Dahan
- 2019 Bezalel academy, Jerusalem, curator: Noa Sadka
- 2018 You Will Be My Sand, Arad Contemporary Art Center, curator: Gili Zaidman
- 2018 International Photo Festival Israel #6, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Eyal Landsman
- 2018 FotoFever, Photo Independent, Carrousel De-Louvre, Paris
- 2017 Zoom- inside and out, Yad Tabenkin, Ramat-Efal, curator: Dalia Keinan
- 2017 Art in Immigration, Senat Gallery Ben-Gurion University, curator: Prof. Haim Maor
- 2016 Original Copy, Modiin artists house, Modiin, curator: Doron Adar
- 2010 Elsewhere, Be'eri Gallery, curator: Yossi Nahmias
- 2009 Local Testimony, Eretz Israel Museum, curator: Dana Gillerman
Prizes and Grants
- 2023 Winner, Jullia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers #19, Storytelling
- 2022 Ministry of Culture Grant for Independent Artists, Israel
- 2022 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Digital Manipulation, Honorable Mention, Spain
- 2020 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2020 14th Arte Laguna Art Prize, finalist, Italy
- 2019 Sunny Art Prize, Shortlist, Sunny Art gallery, London
- 2018 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2010 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2009 2nd place, Local Testimony, politics