Shirley Padureanu

I Am a Contemporary Artist Born in 1975, married and a mother of two, a graduate of the Kalmania Art College and holds a bachelor’s degree in art and art teaching.

For as long as I can remember, I have been painting. Despite having a bachelor’s degree in art most of the knowledge in art and painting I learned and taught myself on my own. Mostly from experience. The experience began as stated at a very young age. I always liked to scribble, including on the classroom desk which was laden with images and thoughts. The pages, or canvas, have always been a source of learning and development for me and I have never been afraid of them - I have always tried passionately to create and progress, and to reinvent myself. I was never afraid to "destroy" a painting. The canvas is my playground.


In 2007 I opened my gallery where I create and exhibit in Kibbutz Shomrat in the Western Galilee, the gallery is an opening to a spectacular world rich in colors, textures, materials, techniques and genres. If you fancy various original home paintings and are not influenced by fashion, you are welcome to visit or wander the virtual gallery or physically visit the gallery at Kibbutz Shomrat and be impressed by the rich variety and quality of an origi...

B.A Degree in art 1996-2000 The Art College of kalmanya

A permanent rotating exhibition in my gallery at Kibbutz Shomrat
2007 - Water Tower Gallery Nahariya - group exhibition
2007 - "Breaking" Gallery - Shavei Zion, solo exhibition - selected works
2008 - Group exhibition - Bank Hapoalim Tel Aviv
2008- icu gallery in the center of Gerard Bachar Jerusalem, group exhibition
2010- Acre, group exhibition - "Transition Object"
2010 - Fence Festival, Gesher Haziv - group exhibition
2012 - Haifa Congress Center, group exhibition - "Women, consciousness, power
2013- one design gallery Rashlat - "environmental circumstantial reflection, group exhibition
2014 - Nahariya Hall of Culture "A woman of her own, a woman of power" - group exhibition
2015 - Nahariya Hall of Culture "Women in the Circles of Life" - group exhibition
2015 - New Jersey - Group exhibition in collaboration with the Jewish Agency
2015 - Scottish Hotel Gallery - Solo Exhibition
2018 - "Smoking a Woman" - a group exhibition at the Hall of Culture in Nahariya
2018 - Figures - Abba Hillel Silver Raj House - Group Exhibition
2019 - Tel Aviv, Neve Tzedek Station Complex - a group exhibition inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest