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BIO

Hadar Saifan (b.1985) grew up in Kibbutz Dafna, near the Lebanese border. She completed her B.Ed. in art and education at the Oranim Academic Collage with highest honors. During her studies she earned scholarships for excellence in academic achievements in her first and third years. At the final exhibition of her art studies (2014) she received two curator awards and a scholarship for Excellency. In addition, she received the AICF high scholarship for visual art, 2014. In 2020, she received the Oscar Hendler Award, in 2021 - The Minister of Culture Award for Fine Art and in 2024 - The Lucy Rozenbaum award at the Hebrew University

Hadar took part in local and international exhibitions. Her works were acquired for The Knesset collection (2022), The Herzliya Museum Of Contemporary Art collection (2019) The Tel-Aviv museum Of Art collection (2018) The Israel Museum collection (2016) and for private collections such as UBS (In Switzerland & Israel) and Ann & Ari Rosenblatt (Los Angeles).

 

Education

2014 – B.Ed. Art and Education at the Oranim Academic Collage, graduated with highest honors

 

Awards, Scholarships and special mentions

 

2024 - The Lucy Rozenbaum award, The Hebrew University

2023 - Gesher Film Foundation script development grant

2021 - The Minister of Culture Award for Fine Art

2020 - Oscar Handler Award, Lohamei Hageta'ot Gallery

2018 - Honorable Mention - TLV festival, Tel Aviv 

2018 - Special Mention - International film festival, Tel Aviv 

2017- Award for 'Best short film' at CINE FORTE 11, Tel-Aviv

2016 – Award for 'Best Idea' for Documentary Film, 'RIFF'.

2014 – AICF High education Scholarship

2014 – First award for Final Project

2014 – Curator award for Final Project

2014 – Gallery award for Final Project

2013 – Academic achievements Scholarship for third year

2011 – Academic achievements Scholarship for first year

 

Solo Exhibition

2024 - Patrol, Haifa Museum of art, Curator: Kobi Ben Meir

2021 - Home Front, Oscar Handler Award, Lohamei Hageta'ot Gallery, Curator: Michal Horovitz

2018-2019 - Motel, Herzliya Museum Of Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, Curator: Aya Lurie

2015 – 2016 – Gathering Lohamei Hageta'ot Gallery, Curator: Michal Horovitz

 

Group Exhibitions & Screening

2024 - Album Darom - Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Curators: Dana Arieli, Irena Gordon.

2024 -  An Album from the South, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles. Curators: Dana Arieli, Rotem Rozental

2024 - Table of Contents, The Supreme Court Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Orna Yair

2023 - Zumu Acre - ZifZif Motel, Museum on the move. Curator: Maayan Shelef, Shachar Ben-Nun

2023 - New purchases for the Knesset exhibition, Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem, Curator: Sharon Soffer

2022 - Screen saver, 51 gallery Modiin, Curator: Nitza Perry

2020-2021 - Shutters and Stairs, Elements of Modern Architecture in Contemporary Art  - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Curator: Aya Meron

2021 - Matben , Oranim Gallery, Curator: Idit Levavi Gabai

2019 - Cooperation, Afula Gallery, Curators: Idit Levavi & Oz Zloof - Tarbut Group

2019 - ZUMU - Museum on the move, Curator: Ruth Oppenheim

2018 - Video Raymi, Muestra Internacional de Videoarte del Cusco, Peru. Curator: Marco Moscoso

2018 - Security Measures, Sklar Levy Gallery, Modiin,  Curator: Shirley Wegner

2018 - Disorderly, Oranim Gallery, Curator: Oded Hirsch

2018 - Matben, Key college gallery, Curator: Israel Rabinovitz

2018 - Contour, BEITA Gallery, Jerusalem, Curator: Avital Naor Wexler

2018 - Ultramar - International video-art festival, Kordova, Spain, Curators: Yael Guilat & Oded Hirsch

2018- Granada Festival - Video-Art Exhibition, Spain, Curators: Yael Guilat & Oded Hirsch

2018- Opening, Sklar Levy Gallery, Modiin, Curator: Shirley Wegner

2018 - Beit Hankin Gallery, Curators: Neta Haber & Idit Levavi 

2018-2019 - Showroom, Audrey Sklar Levy Gallery, Modiin

2017 - Meitar exhibition for excellence in photography 2017, 'International Photography Festival', Tel-Aviv.

2017 - Vacuum, Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa, Curators: Smadar Schindler & Boaz Noy. 

2017 - "INTERIOR - EXTERIOR"Contemporary Israeli Artists, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Curator: Shirli Meshulam

2017 - CINE FORTE 11, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque

2016 - Negev Museum – Painting camp, Curator: David Wakstein

2016 - Red house, Sale Exhibition, Tel-Aviv

2016 – Hamburg International Short Film Festival,  Germany 

2016 – Zoom 2016 – Young Israeli Artists, The Israel Museum at Ticho House , Jerusalem,  Curators: Tal Bechler, Ghila Limon, Timna Seligman

2016 – EMAF - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany 

2016 – International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv, Curator: Eldad Rafaelie

2016 – Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv, Curator: Yifat Gurion, Raz Shapira-Fainburg

2016 – 'RIFF' – Rajasthan International Film Festival 

2016 – Vanishing Point, International exhibition, Biet Hagefen gallery, Haifa, Curator: Or Tshuva

2015 – Solid, Tivon gallery, Curator: Taly Cohen Garbuz

2015 – 'NANDAN III', International Documentary Film Festival, East India

2015 – HYBRID EFFECTS, International Exhibition, Milan, Italy, Curator: Luca Curci

2015 – 'TEL AVIV PHOTO FAIR', Tel Aviv, Israel

2015 – 'From Wall To Wall 2', Haifa university, Haifa, Israel, Curators: Sharon Poliakine & Dorit Ringart

2015 – 'Epos 6', International Film Festival, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

2014 – 'AICF 75th Gala celebration', New York

2014 –  'Trapped?', Tel Aviv, Israel, Curator: Shirli Meshulam

 2014 – 'From Wall To Wall 1', Beit Hagefen Wadi Gallery, Haifa, Curators: Sharon Poliakine & Dorit Ringart

2014 – 'Kav Natui' Magazine Exhibition, Kiryat Tivon, Curator: Idit Levavi gabbai

 2014 – 'Tzeva Glili', Curators: Yuri Katz & Asia Dublin

2014 – 'Here', Tel Aviv, Israel, Curator: Dorit Ringart

Publicity

2024 - Sochen Tarbut - Personal Interview, Kan 11 - Minute 12:35, by: Nechama Yehoshafat

2024 - Gallery Ha'aretz - English, Personal interview by: Avshalom Halutz

2024 - Personal Interview by: Omer Mozer, Haifa Radio

2024 - Gallery Ha'aretz, by: Gilad Melzer

2024 - Gam Ken Tarbut, Radio interview by: Goel Pinto 

2024 - Personal interview - Galey Tzahal, by Dana Amrami

2024 - Erev-Rav Magazine - Rav-Erev

2024 -Placing the north in the center conference 

2024 - The challenges of Israeli society in the north

2024 - The times of Israel - Solo Exhibitions, Haifa museum

2024 - Timeout - New exhibtions Haifa Museum 

2024 - Makor rishon, By Yehudit Tal

2024 - Six female artist from the north

2024 - Haipo - Six female artist at Haifa museum

2024 - Sochen Tarbut, Kan11, Kobi Meidan on Album Darom with Dana Arieli. minutes 34:12

2024 - Album Darom, By Dana Arieli, Print

2024 - Kan Tarbut Specials, By Anat Sharon Belais and Guy Raz, Interview. minutes 29:30

2023 - Calcalist - Personal Interview, By Ilit Mainemer

2023 - Zumu - Museum on the move, ZifZif Motel Catalog

2022 - Outstanding Woman Photographers In Israel - Meitar catalog, PHOTO IS:REAL Festival, Print.

2022 - The Knesset Collection

2022 - Gallery - Ha'aretz By Gilad Melzer

2022 - ARToday -  The Minister of Culture Award for Art

2022 - Portfolio - The Minister of Culture Award for Art

2022 - The Minister of Culture Award for Fine Art

2021 - Portfolio magazine - Aya Meron Interview

2021 - YouTube - Portfolio & Interview

2021 - Portfolio magazine - Interview

2020 - Shutters and Stairs, Elements of Modern Architecture in Contemporary Art

2019 - Arte Laguna world

2019 - Zumu museum on the move catalog

2019 - Wall Street International Magazine

2019 - Ha'aretz Gallery, Scene of Event

2019 - Art Premium - Scene of Events

2019 - Causing a scene, The Jerusalem post

2019 - Scene Of Event full catalog, Hebrew & English

2019 - Erev Rav Art Magazine, Gili Sitton

2019 - Calcalist  - True alarm, Interview by Reut Barnea

2018 - CULBYT magazine - Scene of Events

2018 - Basis, Scene of events , Dana Gillerman

2018 - Portfolio Magazine,  Scene of events 

2018 - Ha'aretz Gallery - The Tel-Aviv museum of art new acquisitions  2018

2018 - Banditka Magazine - Anna Bershtansky

2018 - ULTRAMAR - The International Video Art Festival Catalog (Print & Digital), Kordova, Spain 

2018 - Ready Made Method, International Video Art Exhibition Catalog (Print & Digital), Granada, Spain.

2018 - Cinemascope

2018 - Film castle, Tel Aviv Festival 

2018 - NFCT - The new fund for Cinema & TV

2018 - Srita Report - Tel Aviv International Film Festvial

2018 - Featured Artist - Aicf Artist Spotlight

2017- Harama Magazine, Theme: What do we do with art 

2017 - Platform, The Israel Museum Magazine, December 

2017 - Artsy Magazine 

2017 - Platform, The Israel Museum Magazine, August

2017 -  Text by Lennard Dost (Dutch)

2017 – Platform, The Israel Museum Magazine, April

2017- Recommended Art Work, Ronit Eden, 

2016 – Saloona, Women Photographer’s Marathon

2016 – Hagit Peleg Rotem, Portfolio Magazine, july 2016 

2016 – Dana Gilerman, Ynet, Theme: Zoom 2016

2016 – Hamburg International Short Film Festival,

Catalog (Print)

2016 – Hagit Peleg Rotem, Portfolio Magazine, June 2016 

2016 – 'Zoom 2016', Catalog (Print)

2016 - EMAF ART FESTIVAL

2016 – EMAF - European Media Art Festival, Catalog (Print)

2016 – 'International Photography Festival', Catalog (Print)

2016 – 'Fresh Paint', Catalog (Print)

2016 – Harama Magazine, Theme: Danger 

2016 – 'Vanishing Point' Catalog (Print)

2016 – 'Basis' Magazine 

2015 – 'Solid' Catalog (Print)

2015 – 'Harama' Magazine, Theme: 'Tracking'

 2015 – 'Kav Natui' Magazine, Cover photo and P.3-5

(Print & Digital)

2015 – Exposure Architecture Collection Photography 

2015 – 'City mouse' For 'Tel Aviv Photo Fair' 

2015 – 'Epos 6' Catalog (Print)

2015 – 'Mynet' For 'Epos 6' 

2014 – Harama Magazine, Theme: 'Emergency' 

2014 – 'Kav Natui' Magazine, 14 (Print)

 

Publishing an academic article

2015 – DVARIM, Academic journal

Participation in an academic conference

2017- Photography and creativity in teaching, Oranim academic college.

Email: hadarsaifan@gmail.com

Hadar Saifan on YouTube 

Hadar saifan on Facebook

Name in Hebrew: הדר סייפן

 

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