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