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SEFI GAL | MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST

The paper which ‘wrap us’ and so familiar from our daily life, is become from common, prosaic, and cheap material to artistic substance for expression. Instead of recklessly use in paper and polluting the environment, the paper gets another aspect of creation that emerges from reusing.

The paper material becomes an ‘independent’ while the designation is changed, when it discovers secrets, led or leads me my creation.

Into my exploring and cultivating the paper material, I go with the reaction of the action – it is soft when it is wet and hardens when dry, wrinkled, elastic, varied textures, smooth and rough, tearing appears as a motif and a ‘language’. Those advantages of the material are given the possibility to expose details onto the surface, to wrap a statue-structure and to make sense of hollowness, or to create a full mass.

Sometimes the structure is made from wireframe or iron rods as materials in order to increase the contrast and the ‘dialog’ between the two materials.

I tend to create on a large scale of reliefs and sculptures, strive for minimalism and influence by the Canaanite art.

During my work in the studio, I like the sound that paper is produce – The wrinkling, tearing, or stretching - A perfect and harmony of intoxication.

Biography

1976-1973

WIZO art & design high school. Haifa

1977 -1979

Midreshet Ort Kalisher. Tel-Aviv

1980-1987

Stay in Africa. Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Uganda

1983-1984

Studio of the German artist Sibylla Langer. Leather sculpture

1987- 1990

studio of the artist Mara Ben Dov, Ein Hod. Leather sculpture

1987-to date

Creates in own studio 

1987-to date

Member at the Israeli Artists Association

1996-2006

Teaches Art professions at Hugim high school. Haifa

1992-2011

Teaches Art professions at Nofim elementary school. Haifa

2010-2011

Collaboration with the artist Guy Logsi. Ein-Hod. paper sculpture

2010-2011

Workshop at the studio of the artist Shulamit Hartel. Sculpture in mesh

Member at IAPMA - an artist association of paper art

2014-to date

Awards 

2010

Herman Struck award

Solo & Group Exhibitions 

2020

2020Amateras Annual Exhibition, San Stefano Gallery, History Museum of Sofia. Sofia, Bulgaria | Todor Todorv

2019

Feasts on paper, Shanghai Biennale, Fengxian Museum. Shanghai, China | Anso Ou

Textual Textures, International Paper Art, Municipal Library. Beer Sheva, Israel | Laura Behar

Paper Art Fest, AMATERAS, Palace of culture. Sofia, Bulgaria | Todor Todorv

2018

10th international FIBERART Biennale, The Academy of Arts & Design Tsinghua University. Beijing, China |  Du Dakai, Yang Dongjiang

 AMATERAS Jubilee edition, Palace of culture. Sofia, Bulgaria | Todor Todorv

IAPMA, History Museum of Sofia, Bulgaria | Todor Todorv

2017

3th International Paper Biennale, Municipal Gallery. Beer-Sheva, Israel | Laura Behar

International Exposition. Shanghai Baoshan, China | Anso Ou

Biennial of Mini Textile Art "Scythia", Kherson Ivano- Frankivs'k. Ukraine | Ludmila Egorova, Andrew Schneider  

 Annual Paper Art, Finest Gallery, National Palace of Culture. Sofia, Bulgaria | Todor Todorv

Gallery of HAWAR. Netherlands | Marijke Leertouwer

Mini Textile Art. Atelier Veere. Netherlands | Marijke Leertouwer

An International Feminine, Chagall House Gallery, Haifa, Israel

2016

A Feast on Paper Art Guangzhou. Shanghai, China

9th Biennale Fiber Art & Institute Guan Shan Yue Art Museum. Shenzhen, Chania

International biennale paper Art, KSP. Haacht Belgium

2014

"Festival of festivals" at Chagall House Gallery. Haifa, Israel

2010

Women Create programs (Wizo). Haifa, Israel 

2008

Jacob's Ladder installation. Haifa Convention Center, Israel

2007

'Femina' Festival group exhibition. Haifa, Israel 

2006

Solo exhibition at Krieger gallery. Haifa, Israel 

1997

Wilfrid Museum group exhibition in leather. Kibutz Hazore'a, Israel 

1993

Solo exhibition at artist's gallery Avi Lahav. Tivon, Israel 

1987-to date

Group exhibitions the Israeli Artists Association

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