Maayan Sheleff

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Maayan Sheleff
Born
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationArt curator
Years active2006–

Maayan Sheleff is an independent art curator and researcher based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her projects explore social and political issues through participatory practices, at the intersection of art and technology. Sheleff holds a Ph.D. in Practice in Curating in a joint program of the Department of Art at the University of Reading and the postgraduate program in Curating at the Zurich University of the Arts. [1]

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Biography

Sheleff was raised in Kiryat Ono, Israel. She studied plastic arts at the Thelma Yellin High School of Arts, Givatayim. Sheleff graduated Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design with a B.Des in industrial design, also studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and Politecnico di Milano. She later pursued postgraduate studies at the Interdisciplinary Arts Program, Tel Aviv University. She received her PhD from the Curatorial Platform in Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Reading University, UK. [2] Sheleff has been regularly teaching at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, department of photography, the International Curatorial Studies Program of the Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv, at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem and at Sapir Academic College, Sderot. She has been a guest lecturer in many institutions such as HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts, and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology's Division of Continuing Education and External Studies curating program.

Curatorial positions

Awards, grants and residencies

Selected exhibitions

Selected publications

Further reading

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References

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  2. Maayan Sheleff, Echoing with a Difference––Curating Voices and the Politics of Participation, at the page of the PhD in Contemporary Curating program, ZHdK website
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  6. ICR 2015 – selected curators, Vessel website
  7. 2014 | NYC | Curator: Maayan Sheleff, Residency Unlimited website
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