Born in 1980, ISRAEL • Lives and works in Tel Aviv • Email: URISHAPIRA5@GMAIL.COM • Web: http://www.flickr.com/photos/urishapira
EDUCATION
• 2008 • BFA, Ceramics and glass design, "Bezalel" Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2011 • "ESSIE" award, "Gallore" gallery, Middletown, CT, U.S. • 2008 • America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship • 2007 • America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship • 2007 • "Polanski" excellence scholarship for "Pilchuck" Glass School, WA, U.S.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
• 2011 • "METALofonas/Vilnius - First Biennale of the Art of metal", LAA gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania • 2011 • "Vessel Project", Stonehouse, Plymouth, UK • 2011 • "First house", "The Station Complex", TLV, IL • 2011 • "Hubris of Passion", "Horace Richter" gallery, Jaffa, IL • 2011 • "Summer Showcase", "Gallore" gallery, Middletown, CT, U.S. • 2011 • "Foto8 Summershow", "Host" gallery, London, UK • 2011 • "Artists' Greenhouse", "Fresh Paint 4- contemporary art fair", The Botanic Gardens, TLV, IL • 2010 • "Secret Art 5", "Many" house, TLV, IL • 2010 • "Izvuv", "Hahava" Gallery, Holon, IL • 2009 • "Hisardut bahava", "Hahava" Gallery, Holon, IL • 2008 • "NEO", "Ganey Hataruha", TLV, IL • 2008 • Graduate exhibition, The Department of Ceramics and Glass Design, "Bezalel", Jerusalem, IL • 2006 • "Terminal 1 Bezalel 100 years", "Ben-Gurion" international airport, IL
VIDEO SCREENINGS & ART EVENTS
• 2011 • "OK. Video – 5th Jakarta International Video Festival", National gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia • 2010 • "Pacha kucha 10", Lecture, "Hangar 11", TLV, IL
PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGS
• 2011 • "Best of Photography 2011", Book, "Photographer's Forum", CA, U.S. • 2011 • "Foto8 Summershow", Catalog, "Host" gallery, London, UK • 2010 • "Fresh Paint 4", Catalog, "Fresh Paint- contemporary art fair", TLV, IL • 2010 • "Secret Art 5", Catalog, "Bank Leumi", TLV, IL • 2008 • "Artic 10", Catalog, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, TLV, IL