Bio

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.

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Tommy Hartung, Summer Wheat, Mark Yeshaev, Jacob Mishori, Shahar Marcus, Santiago Sierra, Cyrus Kabiru, Robin Rhode, Assaf Shaham
Assaf Shaham, Gilad Ratman, David Adika, Anna Yam, Aharon Ozery, Ilit Azoulay, Dana Levy
Ilit Azoulay, Reuven Israel, David Adika, Katharina Gaenssler, Dana Levy, Mark Yashaev, Shahar Marcus, Assaf Shaham, Nira Pereg, Roy Efrat

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Assaf Shaham, Full Reflection (300dpi) Red Line, 2012, inkjet print, 108 x 78 cm

Assaf Shaham, Full Reflection (500dpi) Yellow Line, 2012, inkjet print, 108 x 78 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Dan, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x 4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Carnival, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Krahn, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x 4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Kyogen, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x 4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Masque, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x 4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Misting Vendetta, 2019, clay, graphite, wood glue, 38 x 30.5 x 4 cm

Assaf Shaham, Spring/Break Art Show, installation view, 2020

Assaf Shaham, Misting Vitrine no. 1 (Taste of the Wild), 2020

Assaf Shaham, Misting Vitrine no. 1 (Taste of the Wild), 2020

Assaf Shaham, Misting Vitrine no. 1 (Taste of the Wild), 2020

Assaf Shaham, Taste of the Wild, 2020

Assaf Shaham, A Rotten Year (some eaten, some kept, some thrown), 2019

Assaf Shaham, A Rotten Year (some eaten, some kept, some thrown), 2019

Assaf Shaham, A Rotten Year (some eaten, some kept, some thrown), 2019

Assaf Shaham, A Rotten Year (some eaten, some kept, some thrown), 2019

Assaf Shaham, Shut your Mouth and Save your Life, 2015, porcelain, silver, skin tones, 110 units, variable dimensions

Assaf Shaham, Shut your Mouth and Save your Life, 2015, porcelain, silver, skin tones, 110 units, variable dimensions

Assaf Shaham, Shut your Mouth and Save your Life, 2015, porcelain, silver, skin tones, 110 units, variable dimensions

Assaf Shaham, Composition, 2015, sandblasted granite stone, white paint, 122 x 70 x 3 cm

Assaf Shaham, Composition, 2015, sandblasted granite stone, white paint, 122 x 70 x 3 cm

Assaf Shaham, Composition, 2015, sandblasted granite stone, white paint, 122 x 70 x 3 cm

Assaf Shaham, Composition, 2015, sandblasted granite stone, white paint, 122 x 70 x 3 cm

Assaf Shaham, Composition, 2015, detail

Assaf Shaham, Figures (Hell), 2014, metal, black paint, plexiglas, glass, calculators (18 units),125 x 25 x 175 cm. Figures (Hole), 2014, metal, black paint, plexiglas, glass,, calculators (14 units) 155 x 25 x155 cm.

Assaf Shaham, Figures, 2014, detail

Assaf Shaham, Figures, 2014, detail

Assaf Shaham, Figures (Hole), 2014, detail

Assaf Shaham, Figures (Hell), 2014, detail

Assaf Shaham, Everywhere and nowhere at the same time

Assaf Shaham, Untitled, 2015 light box, custom made frame, 100 x 67 cm

Assaf Shaham, Räuberleiter, 2016

Assaf Shaham, The Vision of Division, 2014, black and white xerox prints, custom made wooden frames, sandblasted glass (3mm), 327 x 170 cm overall (43.5 x 32 cm each). 35 pieces, 28 in English and 7 in Hebrew Custom made spacers (0.4, 0.7, 0.9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7 mm)

Assaf Shaham, Hints, 2014. Clockwise from top left: Dagger, 2014, Carrara Statuario marble, 31.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm. Oscar, Carrar Statuario marble, 31.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm. Pistol, 2014, Noir Belge (black Belgian marble), 25 x 11 x 4.5 cm. Wrench, 2014, Turkish marble, 29 x 7.5 x 5 cm. Rope, 2014, Turkish Marble (Mamafa), 35 x 13.5 x 4 cm. Candlestick, 2014, Carrara Statuario marble, 28 x 7 x 7 cm. Iron Crowbar, 2014, Carrara Statuario marble, 30 x 5 x 5 cm.

The Vision of Division, 2014, Xerox print, chemical paper 80g, green, custom made frame, graphite-covered wood, 43.5 x 32 cm

Xerox print, chemical paper 80g, orange, custom made frame, graphite-covered wood, 43.5 x 32 cm

America! (Empire), 2012, 100 x 29 cm

America! (Twins), 2012, 100 x 52 cm

America! (Heychal Hasefer) 2012, 100 x 45 cm

America! (Heychal Shlomo), 2012, 100 x 47 cm

America! (Lincoln Memorial), 2012, 100 x 39 cm

Assaf Shaham, America! (Yad Kennedy), 2012, 100 x 50 cm

Figure, Installation view, 2014, 80 slides, Kodak carousel slide projector, variable dimensions

Figure, Installation view, 2014, 80 slides, Kodak carousel slide projector, variable dimensions

Figure, Installation view, 2014, 80 slides, Kodak carousel slide projector, variable dimensions

Figure, Installation view, 2014, 80 slides, Kodak carousel slide projector, variable dimensions

Assaf Shaham, Double Crossing, 2014

Assaf Shaham, And Then They Were None, still from video

Assaf Shaham, And Then They Were None, still from video

Assaf Shaham, And Then They Were None, still from video

Assaf Shaham, Natural/TEVA, 2015, oil and vinyl sticker print on canvas, 160 x 106 cm

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