ELEM Entry Art Event Committee: Nitzan Levy, Rinat Israelovich-Yaloz, Yuval Sheer, Adi Ezroni, Lilach Hod, Avital Levinzon, David Yarden, Pninit Boev, Ayelet Levron, Mitchell Slepian // ELEM USA Founder/Chairman - Ann Bialkin, President - Lenore Ruben, Executive Director - Michele Carlin // Special Thanks - Ofra Harnam// Invite Design - Hadas Mitrani

Sunday, October 16, 2011

TAMAR FEINGOLD

Catalog #: 23
Image:

Title: Self Portrait

Year: 2007
Value:  $500
Size: 40x30
Description: Oil on canvas



About the artwork: The artist looking into a mirror.
"Who am I?" "How do I look?" these are the questions.
 Searching for answers I painted myself looking into a mirror.
I realized that I painted my feelings and my personal attitude towards myself.

About the Artist: 
Photographer & Documentary Filmmaker    
Born in Israel 1949
Married, mother of three.

Education
2009 – 2011 – Painting Studies & Art Education. ( painting, photography & sculpting)  "Bassis" School.
2006 - 2010 – Postgraduate Studies - Multidisciplinary Program in the Arts 
 Tel Aviv University (M.A)
2002- 2006-  Psychology and Judaism - an innovative approach to secular daily life through Religious books and Jewish philosophy - Tel Aviv University    
1994 - Postgraduate studies at the Center for Journalism. Cardiff, Wales-
British Council Scholarship.
1984-86- Postgraduate studies at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Boston USA
1974 – B.A in Theatre Arts and Philosophy – Tel Aviv University

Professional Experience
2004- 2011 – Independent documentary filmmaker
1974-2004 - Producer Director of Documentary films for the Israeli  Educational Television (IETV):
- Designing and Directing Educational Television Programs mainly on History, Literature and Art.
- Managing and programming the Art and Culture Foreign  Films Broadcasting
                  
1998-2000 - Senior Director in the documentary series "ALL ABOUT PEOPLE": Profiles of – David Ben-Gurion; Levi Eshkol; Yair Stern; Emil Habibi, Arie Sharon, Shai-k-Ofir. (30 min. Each for channel 2 )


Main  Documentaries:
2005 - The Children's House   (52 min.)
Memories and late insights from the communal sleeping in the Kibbutz.
2002 - Yossi-An Israeli Story  - (30 Min)
The story of Ethiopian soldier murdered by Palestinian.
2001- His Burial Place  - (30 Min.)
The story of disappearance of a soldier in the 1948 war.
2001 - The Farmer's Pride – (26 Min)
A journey through the Poetry of Vietnam 1994  
Hidden Children & Not An Orphan – ( 2x30min.)
Testimonials of hidden children in the Holocaust. Broadcasted on TV5 France.

Prizes & Awards
2005 –  The children's house   
Best script in Montenegro 2006. Second prize for documentary - Haifa festival 2005  
1999 -Yair Stern – A soldier & A poet – Finalist award in N.Y. Festival
1984 – Without Secrets – Series of Teaching Reading Hebrew – 1st. prize - Harp of David for Educational programs on TV.
1979 – Why is it forbidden to divide by zero (Math program) – 1st prize in Japan.

 Film Festivals – The Children's House.

Barcelona Jewish Film Festival, Spain 2007
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France, 2006
Montenegro International TV Festival, Yugoslavia, 2006
Florida State University, USA, 2006
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2006
Warsaw Jewish Motifs Festival, Poland, 2006
Sesily International Film Festival, Georgia, 2006
San Jose Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006
Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2006
Mexico City Jewish Film Festival, Mexico, 2006
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2005
‏Grants &Scholarships
‏2004 – The New Israeli Foundation for Film and Television for directing "The Children's House"
1994 - British Council Scholarship for studying at the Center for Journalism in University of Wales - Cardiff.

Art Exhibitions

2011 – Painting – Group exhibition Israel, Ramat Hasharon, Tiberias, Tel Aviv.

2010 – Painting – group Exhibition, Israel, Ramat Hasharon

2008 – Painting. Group exhibition, Israel, Kefar Shmariahu

2006 – Painting. Group exhibition, Israel – Ramat Gan 
2003 -  Painting. Group exhibition, Israel - Herzelia
           Still photography - "Working Women in India"- Journey in the Himalayas. 
1997 - B&W Still photography  - Journey to Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 – Sculpture. Group exhibition – Ein - Hod, Israel

Voluntary Work in the Community
      1.   Art Therapy workshop with Adult  women.
Teaching Photography in boarding school of juvenile delinquency.
Creating "Childhood Photo Album" for children who are brought up in sheltered houses. 
 

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