Rinat Schnadower

Making art is for me is both a rebellion against the loss of childhood and a form of growing up. Through my artistic practice I research and experiment with my own desire for love and recognition in a world obstructed by formulas and ready-made fantasies.

As a photographer whose practice consists mainly on self-photography, I explore the multiple possibilities that rely in the relationship between the photographer and the photographed (between the subject and the object; between the dominatrix and the dominated; between the mother and the child), a practice that can be described as a sadomasochistic rite I have with myself, as a performance of three or as a metaphoric masturbation – the result of this being the still image presented to the audience. The resulting imagery is often humorous or grotesque, for my prime materials are extracted from the grandiose, glamorous, plastic- sexy world of magazines, film and advertisement that have invaded our minds and social behavior (or at least, my mind and social behavior) in the 21th century.

As a feminist artist, I question the definitions and boundaries of the gender and often mock my own “womanhood” and sexuality while intending to expose the lies and contradictions hidden behind ...

B.A in combined arts and literature, Tel Aviv University, 2000.

Photography studies, Camera Obscura Institution of Arts, Tel Aviv, 2013.

Solo:
2013
PLAY, curator: Liav Mizrahi, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Angie, Sment Gallery (Naa Festival), Barcelos, Portugal

Performances:
2013
Amanda Who?, "Loving Art. Making Art", an annual event by City Council, Tel Aviv. Curator: Sally Haftel Naveh

Shapeless, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv

In Third Person, Open Space Marathon, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

Group:
2014
Tel Aviv Photo 2014, Tel Aviv

Dirty Show, Detroit, Michigan

Right Exposure, Muza Plus art-space, Tel Aviv

Common Ground, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

2013
Femme, LaunchPad Gallery, NY

"Videocracy", CCA, Tel Aviv

Camera con Visa, B-Gallery, Rome

Site Specific, Cheetah Gallery, Tel Aviv

Fine Art Box 3, curator: Yoav Shmueli, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

2012
Secret Art, Beit Mani Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalog)

The New Israeli Space, Shelter 751 Gallery, Jerusalem

Two Deeds, P8 Gallery and Haifa Museum

Freedom/privacy, Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia

Buy Something, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

P8:13, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv

Hot Summer, Cabri Gallery, Kibbutz Cabri

Not on Bread Only, Artist’s House, Tel Aviv

Base Colors, Military abandoned base, Ramat Hagolan Heights

Bread and Roses, Castiel Hangar, Tel Aviv

Publications:
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