Sharon Balaban
Sharon is a video artist based in Jerusalem. She is a senior lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, where she has led the Video Studies in the Department of Screen-Based Arts for the past decade. Sharon holds an MFA from Hunter College NYC, and received her BFA from Bezalel (Cum Laude – Photography Dep.).
Her works have been exhibited in galleries and museums both in Israel and around the world. Among them are “Home Made Video,” shown at Appendix Gallery, Warsaw; “Engine Head,” shown at Tavi Art Gallery, Tel Aviv; and “Video Installation” in the Israeli Pavilion in NordArt, Germany. Additionally, Sharon has curated several shows, such as “Talita Kumi”, “Loop – Video Art Symposion”, and “De la mere au dessert”, featuring works by Chantal Akerman at the Mamuta Art & Media Center in Jerusalem.