EDUCATION
1998-2001
Musrara – The Naggar School of art
Graduated with honors
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
“Angel No.7”, Mika Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011
“Wanna Play?”, Ramat Gan Museum, Israel
2008
“Snow-White”, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2003
“Renaissance”, Igal Alon Museum, Genosar, Israel
(SELECTED) GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
“50 YEARS”, B’tselem, Jaffa Salon of Art, Israel
“Free Radicals and Antioxidants”, The New Gallery – Musrara, Jerusalem, Israel
“In The Place Where We Stand II”, CIRCLE1, Berlin, Germany
“Musrara Mix”, Jerusalem, Israel
2016
“In the Place Where We Stand”, JCC, Manhattan, NY, USA
“Manofim”, “A Woman Under the Influence”, The New Gallery – Musrara, Jerusalem, Israel
“Guests”, Triangle – Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Triple Group”, Triangle – Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel
2014
“Meeting +”, Ilana Goor Museum, Jaffa, Israel
“Holding”, Spaceship Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013
“Friday Sunday After”, Ramat Gan Museum, Israel
“Photo Poetics”, Musrara Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2012
“The End of the World 2012”, Meyuhas Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011
“The Toy project”, Tel-Aviv Port, Israel
2010
“Mirror Mirror 3”, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2009 “Willful Action”, Barzilai, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“30 years – Tova Osman Gallery”, The Artists House, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Mirror Mirror 2”, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2001
“Illusion of Reality”, Tel-Hai Museum, Tel-Hai, Israel
“Voyeurism”, Hazira, Jerusalem, Israel
ART FAIRS
2016
“Fresh Paint 8”, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Affordable Art Fair”, NYC, USA
2015
“Affordable Art Fair”, NYC, USA
2014
“SCOPE”, International Contemporary Art Show, Miami, USA
“Fresh Paint 7”, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012
“Fresh paint 5”, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011
“Fresh Paint 4”, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
AWARDS
2020
The Radical Award, Women Texas Film Festival
2019
Ophir Winner (Israeli Oscar winner best Documentary)
The Israeli Documentary Creator Forum: Winner the best documentary film award
2011
Winner of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) of Excellence for Television Documentary – Malaysia
Best Screenplay Award, Documentary Film Festival Philadelphia
Mayor of Jerusalem Award
COLLECTIONS
The Dean collection
Ramat Gan Museum Collection
Private collections
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
2020
Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival (ITWIFF), NYC, USA
Won the Radical Award, At the International premiere in the Women Texas Film Festival, USA.
2019
Premiere at the Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel
Ophir Winner (Israeli Oscar winner best Documentary)
“A Whore like me” Director, Script & Research: Yael Shachar & Sharon Yaish, Daroma productions
Broadcasters and Funds: Yes Docu, The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Culture Pais (2019)
The Israeli Documentary Creator Forum, Winner the best documentary film award,
Nominated: edit award, sound design award, research award
* Shown at the following theaters:
“Tel Aviv Cinematheque”, “Jerusalem Cinematheque”, “Haifa Cinematheque”, “Herzliya Cinematheque”, “Holon Cinematheque”, “Sderot Cinematheque” “Rosh-pina Cinematheque”
“Melissa Mom and Me” Documentary by Yael Shachar & Limor Pinhasov, Cicero Films (2010)
Broadcasters and Funds: Channel 8 – Noga Communications, The Rabinovich Foundation – Cinema project
2012
One World Romania, International Documentary Film Festival
International Digital Film Festival – UFO 0110 – New Delhi
2011
“Hot Docs”, Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Documentary Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
International Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010
Premiere at the International Women’s Film Festival, Israel
* Shown at the following theaters:
“Tel Aviv Cinematheque”, “Jerusalem Cinematheque”, “Haifa Cinematheque”
PRESS
Gili Izikovich, Alongside the suspicions of rape in Cyprus, this film is particularly jarring. “Haaretz”, July 23, 2019.
Oron Shamir, “There are No Lions in Tel Aviv” and “Whore Like Me,” a double documentary. “Srita”, July 13, 2019.
Paul O’Callaghan, Docaviv 2019: Comrade Dov, A Whore Like Me, & The Times of Bill Cunningham. Slantmagazine, June 8, 2019.
Zehava Galon, an Israeli politician, feminist, activists – Facbook post
Shani Litman, Docaviv 2019, One of the most important ones ever made about prostitution, “Haaretz” review, May 27, 2019
Daniel Tchetchik, In the distant and more distant past. “Haaretz”, January 24, 2017.
MusraraMix Festival, an international multidisciplinary event Jerusalem, June 6, 2017.
Vered Lee, The trafficking of women resumes in Israel, but the punishment remains fairly light. “Haaretz”, November 14, 2016.
A Woman Under the Influence, “Harama, art magazinen, Manofim”, September 15, 2016.
“Telavivian”, Art magazine, September 15, 2016.
Bequest, “Harama, art magazinen, Manofim”, December, 2015.
Yael Friedson, The naked truth, “Makor Rishon, nrg”, February 17, 2013.
Norit Asiag, Power, Beauty and Fiction Content – Recommended exhibitions for the weekend, “Haaretz”, January 31, 2013.
Reut Barnea, Exhibition: ״Blue״, Adlers gallery, “Calcalist”, June 27, 2012.
An Israeli film won a festival in the Muslim country – Malaysia, “Seret”, November 23, 2011.
Dogwoof, Melissa mom and me – Trailer, September 21, 2011.
Galit Zinger, Incorrect games and renovation documentation – recommended exhibitions, “Haaretz”, June 5, 2011.
To the point of friction, “Saloona”, June 2, 2011.
Colm Hogan, Hot Docs top pick: Melissa, mom & me, Digitizedgraffiti, May 6, 2011.
Cameron Wauchope, film review – Melissa mom and me, 2010, Reeling the real, May, 2011.
Saira Peesker, Melissa mom & me – film review, Torontoist, April 27, 2011.
Orit Harel, preview, “Melissa mom&me”, “Motke”,October 20, 2010.
Eyal Pery, Underwater dance, Idive, 2003.