Assaf Shaham

B. 1983, Tel Aviv. Lives and works in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles

Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized by the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2017), Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, 2015), Braverman Gallery (Tel Aviv, 2014), and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2012). Select group exhibitions include The Israel Museum (Jerusalem, 2022, 2016) Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2018), Santa Barbara Center for Art (2018), New Wight Gallery (UCLA, Los Angeles, 2017), Haifa Museum of Art (2016), Shpilman Institute for Photography (Tel Aviv, 2014), Petach Tikva Museum of Art (2014), Centro Cultural Clavijero (Morelia, 2012), and the Judisches Museum (Vienna, 2010).

In 2016 Shaham participated in “Maumaus”, an independent study program located in Lisbon, Portugal, and in 2012 he joined the list of artists in residence at the Schir Residency@Berlin. Shaham is also the recipient of a number of prizes including the Ministry of Culture and Sport Prize (2017), the Israeli Culture Council for the Arts Grant (2015), the Tel Aviv Museum Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist (2012), and the Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography (2011).

Shaham holds a BFA from the Minshar School of Art and an MFA from the University of Southern California. Shaham’s work has been featured in numerous publications in print and online including the New York Times, The New Yorker, El Pais, Haaretz, and many more.