Shuli Nachshon | |
Birth Date: | November 13, 1951 |
Birth Place: | Essaouira, Morocco |
Death Date: | 2024 |
Nationality: | Israeli |
Field: | sculpture, painting, installations, body art, drawing and video art |
Training: | University of Haifa |
Works: | "Numi Numi" 2004 |
Awards: | First Prize for FOOD PROCESS, Phenomena Festival, Jerusalem |
Shuli Nachshon (Hebrew: שולי נחשון, born in Essaouira, Morocco) is a video and installation artist, who lives and works in Israel.
Nachson emigrated with her family from Morocco to Israel at the age of 4. She grew up in Ofakim, a small town in the south of Israel. Nachshon studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later psychology, art and philosophy at the University of Haifa. In her late twenties Nachshon started painting and sculpting and quickly moved to installations, video installations and video art. Nachshon lives in Nofit, Israel and teaches video art at Oranim.
Nachshon's early work is characterized by her connection to earthy elements as a process personal growth, ritual and healing.Through her work she transforms personal memories to collective memories.