Ophrah Shemesh (December 9, 1952) is an Israeli-American artist, best known for her intense, existentially themed oil and tempera paintings of women and men.[1][2][3]

Ophrah Shemesh at opening of Boundless, 2017

Early life and career

Born in Haifa, Israel, to Albert Shemesh[4] and Carmella-Daisy Levy. Albert was an important Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) activist in Iraq, before the creation of the state of Israel.[5] Shemesh studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design[6] in Jerusalem (1972-1976).

In 1973, Israeli filmmaker and director Amos Gitai[7] cast her in a short film, My Mother at the Seashore,[8] and later gave her a leading role in Golem, the Spirit of Exile[9] (1991), also starring Hanna Schygulla, Sam Fuller, and Bernardo Bertolucci.

Shemesh attended the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (NYSS) from 1979-1983.[6] In 1986, she was one of a new group of teachers brought in by then dean, Bruce Gagnier,[10] and has been a member of the faculty since.[11] In 2009, she was interviewed by Stanley Crouch as part of the NYSS Evening Lecture Series, "In Conversation with Stanley Crouch".[12] Shemesh has also taught and spoken in a variety of other programs and symposia, including the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts,[13] Kremer Pigments, the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture,[14] the Sicily Artist in Residence Program (SARP),[15] and the College de France.[16]

Shemesh’s work is in the permanent collection of Collezione Maramotti[17] and appears in Mario Diacono (2012), Archetypes and Historicity: Painting and Other Radical Forms, 1995-2007,[18] Ophrah Shemesh: Silence of the Sirens, 2008-2011,[19] and Max Tomasinelli (2011), Portraits of Artists.[20]

Solo exhibitions

Ophrah Shemesh and model by Max Tomasinelli for Portraits of Artists,[21] 2011
  • Harms & Twombly,[22][23] New York, NY, 2017
  • Freight & Volume,[24] New York, NY, 2008
  • Stephen Wirtz Gallery,[25] San Francisco, CA, 2003
  • Baumgartner Gallery,[2] New York, NY, 2002
  • Guy McIntyre Gallery,[26] New York, NY, 1997
  • Mario Diacono Gallery,[27] Boston, MA, 1995
  • Galleria S.A.L.E.S.,[28] Rome, Italy, 1995
  • Galleria Philippe Daverio,[29] Milan, Italy, 1992

Reviews

  • Tosi, Barbara, “Tanti Retratti di Divi Non Illustri,” La Repubblica, May 24, 1995.
  • Coen, Vittoria, “Ophrah Shemesh at Galleria S.A.L.E.S.,” Flash Art, 1995.
  • Sherman, Mary, “Ophrah Shemesh, Mario Diacono,” ARTnews, December 1995.
  • Ebony, David, “David Ebony’s Top Ten of 1997: Ophrah Shemesh at Guy McIntyre,” Artnet, December 23, 1997.
  • Gagnier, Bruce Mitchel, “Ophrah Shemesh at Guy McIntyre,” Art in America, September, 1998.
  • Goodman, Jonathan, “Ophrah Shemesh at Baumgartner,” Art in America, February, 2003.
  • Amy, Michaël J., “Ophrah Shemesh: Freight + Volume,” Art in America, November, 2008.
  • Cohen, David, “Deliciously Distressed,” New York Sun, March 13, 2008.

References

  1. ↑ Tosi, Barbara (May 24, 1995). "Tanti Retratti di Divi Non Illustri". La Repubblica.
  2. 1 2 Goodman, Jonathan (February 2003). "Ophrah Shemesh at Baumgartner". Art in America.
  3. ↑ Cohen, David (March 13, 2008). "Deliciously Distressed". New York Sun.
  4. ↑ "Albert Shemesh".
  5. ↑ Meir-Glitzenstein, Esther (2004). Zionism in an Arab Country: Jews in Iraq in the 1940s. Routledge. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0714655791.
  6. 1 2 "New York Studio School biography". Archived from the original on 2010-12-09.
  7. ↑ Privett, Ray (2008). Amos Gitai: Exile and Atonement. Cinema Purgatorio LLC. p. 36. ISBN 0615223419.
  8. ↑ Gitai, Amos. "My Mother at the Seashore". Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Golem, the Spirit of Exile". imdb.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Samet, Jennifer Sachs (February 17, 2005). "Many Styles, Drawn Together: The Studio School at 40". New York Sun.
  11. ↑ "The Continuous Mark: 40 Years of the New York Studio School".
  12. ↑ "NYSS Evening Lecture Series "In Conversation with Stanley Crouch"".
  13. ↑ "Syracuse University College of Visual & Performing Arts".
  14. ↑ "The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture".
  15. ↑ "Sicily Artist in Residence Program".
  16. ↑ "College de France".
  17. ↑ "Collezione Maramotti".
  18. ↑ Diacono, Mario (2012). Archetypes and Historicity: Painting and Other Radical Forms, 1995-2007. Silvana Editoriale. ISBN 8836623255. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30.
  19. ↑ Shemesh, Ophrah (2012). Silence of the Sirens, 2008-2011.
  20. ↑ Tomasinelli, Max. "Portraits of Artists".
  21. ↑ "Max Tomasinelli - Artist - Photographer". www.portraitsofartists.com.
  22. ↑ "OPHRAH SHEMESH Boundless Co-Curated by Loretta Harms & Caio Twombly June 1-20th". Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  23. ↑ "Ophrah Shemesh". www.ophrahshemesh.com. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  24. ↑ "Freight + Volume Gallery".
  25. ↑ "Stephen Wirtz Gallery".
  26. ↑ "Art Guide". New York Times. December 5, 1997.
  27. ↑ Diacono, Mario (1995). Ophrah Shemesh. Mario Diacono Gallery.
  28. ↑ Coen, Vittoria (1995). "Ophrah Shemesh S.A.L.E.S". Flash Art.
  29. ↑ Daverio, Philippe (1992). Ophrah. Galleria Philippe Daverio.
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