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Maya Shimony
 
 
About the Artist

IÂ’m fascinated with the idea of art as a part of a wider system of meaning, one that points to itself as holding the secret of truth external to art. As I can not really believe any such meaning, yet unable to accept this inability, I create for myself works that seem to belong to a hidden coherent system.
I frequently use what can be called “psychological warfare” tactics: things are never what they seem, and use veils of artistic manipulations to allude to themselves as holding a secret truth that should – but never could – be deciphered. These manipulations are often readily exposed as what they are, only to reveal that the works still hold power and attraction, despite the exposure of the manipulations that seemingly supported them. Without this support the artwork implodes, only to allow meaning to reemerge out of the artistic action itself.

 
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dark chamber

2008
glass paint on paper
100*70

dark chamber

Legenda Aurea

2008
gold leaf and gouache on c-print
42*60

Legenda Aurea

Legenda Aurea (Hamas Militants Descending the Stairs)

2007
gold leaf and gouache on c-print
32*43

Legenda Aurea (Hamas Militants Descending the Stairs)

tea painting

2005
tea on paper
30*23

tea painting

Legenda Aurea X

2008
gouache and gold leaf on paper
40*60

Legenda Aurea X

Cloud Study (Beirut)

2007
acrylic on canvas
60*50

Cloud Study (Beirut)
 
Education and biography
Education
2004-2005 MFA. Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1998-2001 BEd. Beit Berl College of Art and Art
Education

Group Shows
2008
Ramat Hasharon Biennale of Young Artists, Ramat Hasharon
Life on Mars, The Halalit Gallery, Tel Aviv
Day and Night, Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007
Friends of minds, Tel Aviv
Eifo Beheifo - art on the move, Haifa
2006
Proof Firing, Bikurei Ha'itim center, Tel Aviv
What makes a bird a bird, Hagra 41, Tel Aviv
The Secret Exhibition (Bank Leumi for Young Artists), Mannie House, Tel Aviv
Holiday, Rosano Gallery, Tarbut School, Rishon Lezion
Brand-name Art, Crip! Gallery, Tel Aviv

2005
May, MFA Graduate Show, Tel Aviv
BeLonging, Multidisciplinary art event, Tel Aviv
 
 
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