1964 Born in Israel, working in Cote D'Ivoire France and Israel.
EDUCATION:
2004 – 2006 Rakefet Levi School of Theatre Costume Design Tel Aviv, Israel
1987 1988 Esmod studies of Fashion Design Paris, France
1984 - 1987 BA in French and English Literature, Haifa University, Israel
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
2025 CICA Museum, "Portraits", Video Installation, South Korea
2025 Group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, Tokyo
2024 "39 Black International Cinema Festival ", Berlin
2024 Group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, Prague
2024 "The People of the Land", Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2024 Photography Zine to be announced
EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO:
2024 Solo exhibition "Les gens du Pays", Doulaincourt, France
2021 "Les Gens du Pays", Solo Exhibition, MuCAT Museum, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
2019 "Paradise Lost" Permanent solo exhibition in studio, Ein-Hod
2018 "Land of Memory", Solo exhibition,A Smith Gallery,Johnson City, Texas,USA
2018 "Land of Memory", Solo exhibition Zaritsky Artists House, Tel-Aviv
2017 "The Clown", Solo exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2017 "The Acrobat" Solo Exhibition, House Gallery, Israel
2016 "Mirabella's Song" Solo Exhibition, Zaritsky Artists House, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2015 “Bird of Paradise” Solo Exhibition, Chagall House,Haifa Israel
2015 “Mirabella” Solo Exhibition, Memoire de L'Avenir Gallery, Paris, France
2014 “CLONE” Solo Exhibition, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
GROUP:
2024 Group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens
2024 Group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, Tokyo
2024 Family chains, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2023 Indie Film Festival, Florence
2023 Shorts Film Festival, semi finalist, Tokyo
2023 International Short Festival video installation, Paris
2023 CICA Museum, "Colors", Video Installation, South Korea
2023 "Passing Place", group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2022 "ESCAPE" film, Award Winner projection, Cine Paris Film Festival
2021 Rencontres Internationales des Arts, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
2021 "En Avant Les Femmes", Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
2021 "A Home in Ein Hod", group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2021 "Diptych", group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2021 SHOA Memorial day, Conseil des Droits de L'Homme, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
2020 CICA Museum, Art as a Message, Video Installation, Korea
2020 "Contemporary Venice" at Palazzo Ca'Zanardi, Venice
2020 Lift-off Film Festival, New-York.
2020 "Art as Message," the international exhibition at the CICA Museum, Korea
2020 Group exhibition ,Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2020 CICA Museum, Video Installation, Korea
2020 "Alchemy", The Line Contemporary Art Space, London
2019 "Working Space" group exhibition ,Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2019 "Anima Mundi Vision" at Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice (58th Venice Biennale)
THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice
2019 "Minimalism" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2019 "Black International Cinema Festival ", Berlin
2019 "Restart" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2019 "La Femme Future", group Exhibition ,Memoire de L'Avenir Gallery, Paris
2019 "A Work of Art", group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, London
2018 "Light'', group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2018 "Manger", group Exhibition , Memoire de L'Avenir Gallery, Paris, France
2018 "Poetics of Light", group exhibition, Black Box Gallery, U.S.A
2018 "'Present Perfect Continuous", Video "Sfezmatozoide",group exhibition, Art
Number 23 Gallery, London
2018 "Portray", group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, London
2018 "Money Talks" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2018 "70 anniversary to Zion", group exhibition, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2018 "Underwater" group exhibition, Millepiani, Rome
2018 "Wunderlust",group exhibition, Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam, NL
2018 "Our Earth", group exhibition, Kunsthuis Gallery , Yorkshire, Uk.
2018 'Monochrome', group exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery,, London
2018 "The Mask", group exhibition, Millepiani, Rome
2018 "Time Machine, group exhibition, Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam, NL
2018 "Being set Free'', group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2018 “Chair” A Smith Gallery, group exhibition, Johnson City, Texas, U.S.A
2018 "Politically Correct" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2018 “Response”, group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, U.S.A
2017 "Home-Land", group exhibition, Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam Netherlands,
guest curator Otto Snoek.
2017 "Leftovers"group exhibition, Soft Within at Prenzlauer Studio
Kunst-Kollektiv, Berlin
2017 "Voyage"Sehnsucht Galerie, group exhibition, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 “Vistas”group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, U.S.A
2017 "Alternative Facts" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2017 VIDEO- "THE MEMORY OF TREES" AT THE WORLD HUMANITIES
CONFERENCE IN LIEGE, BELGIUM,FROM THE 6TH TO THE 12TH
OF AUGUST http://www.humanities2017.org/en
2017 "Not Black or White" group exhibition Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2017 "Change" HELLERAU –Finalist at European Center for the Arts Dresden,
Germany
2017 "Place" group exhibition Montefiore auction house and gallery, Tel-Aviv
2017 "Women...Right?"group Exhibition,Memoire de L'Avenir Gallery, Paris.
2017 "From the Acrobat & Clone" Panda Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2016 "Reality" group Exhibition, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2016 "North Star" group Exhibition, Shaar 3 Gallery, Israel
2016 "North Star & Guests" group Exhibition, kfar Sabba Gallery, Israel
2016 "Polistopia" group Exhibition , Memoire de L'Avenir Gallery, Paris, France
2016 "Half Done" group Exhibition, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
2016 "Haifa Tales" Video group Exhibition, House Gallery, Israel
2014 "Choices" Group Exhibition, Ein-Hod Gallery, Israel
MUSEUMS
2021 MuCAT Museum, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire "Les Gens du Pays", Solo Exhibition
2020 CICA Museum, Korea Video Installation
2018 “Yad Vashem”, Jerusalem, visual center archive, “A Journey to The Land of
Memory”, video work.
2017 The New Museum of Networked Art, Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
Shoah Film Collection http://sfc.engad.org/video/deborah-sfez/
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2024 "in quest of Happiness"
"The Story of one's Life"
2024 WINNER:
"My Mother, me, and the sea", Monthly Future of Films Awards.
April 2024 (original screenplay)
2023 "My Mother and I" collage Portfolio finalist, Circle Art Review Magazine
2023 "My Mother and I" collage, Bronze Winner in Fine Art / Collage for the
Analog Sparks 2023
2024 " ESCAPE" - WINNER:
London Independent Film Awards. March 2024 (best short experimental)
2023 " ESCAPE" - WINNER:
First Monthly Film Festival. August 2023 (best experimental) (indie short films)
Hamburg Indie Film Festival. September 2023 (best female feature filmmaker)
Monthly Future of Films Award. September 2023 (best experimental)
Austin International Art Festival. November 2023 (best short cinematographer)
2022 " ESCAPE" - WINNER:
Cine Paris Film Festival. July 2022. (all categories)
2022 Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine (August 22)"The Washing Men"
2020 "Writing in a Woman's Voice" poem Homeland
2020 "Testimony" a video poem on Artvilla, https://www.artvilla.com/plt
2019 "Anti-document" publication On A5 MAGAZINE UK (September)
2017 Finalist at Portrait exhibition for HELLERAU PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Dresden Germany
2014 PWP - Professional Women Photographer Jurors selection for best
portraiture, NY, U.S.A
2014 Short Listed in ASFF Aesthetic Short film Festival in York for Video
“ SFEZMATOZOID” England
2013 Short Listed in Beers Contemporary Award for Emerging Art, London.
LANGUAGES
Hebrew, French, English, (speaking and writing).