• September 24, 2024

"Embroidered on the body" - Exhibition by Batia Shani in the new art gallery at the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library

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Embroidered on the Body, Exhibition, Batia Shani, handmade sewing, embroidery, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa, Art Gallery
Embroidered clothes in the gallery space. Photo Credit: Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa.

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An Exhibition “Embroidered on the Body” by the artist Batia Shani inaugurated the new and spacious art gallery in the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library. It was ceremonially opened on the occasion of the 52nd session of the Board of Trustees at the University of Haifa in June 2024, also awarding Shani an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree.

Embroidered on the Body, Exhibition, Batia Shani, handmade sewing, embroidery, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa, Art Gallery
Exhibition visitors examine embroidered clothes. Photo Credit: Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa.

The exhibition unfolds before the public a selection of works created by Batia Shani in recent decades, all of them handmade with embroidery and sewing on the substrate of used clothes, upholstery fabrics, old tablecloths and scraps of fabric. Shani draws from her personal biography and from various sources as inspiration for the themes of the embroideries and their content, combining images, texts, symbols and shapes.

Embroidered on the Body, Exhibition, Batia Shani, handmade sewing, embroidery, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa, Art Gallery
Batia Shani and her audience at Gallery Conversation Session. Photo Credit: Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa.

Opening of an exhibition was followed by series of Gallery Conversations sessions with the artist, moderated by university experts in art and social work:

  • “A Dialogue Between Two Women”, July 28, 2024, 17:30 pm., with  Leah Peretz, Dean of the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and founder of WIZO Global
  • “Art as a Healing Tool”, August 1, 2024, 11:00 am., with Rana Simaan Jubran, Social Worker, University of Haifa
  • “Art and Language, Art as Language”, September 11, 2024, 16:30 pm., with  Prof. Assi Meshullam, Head of the Department of Fine Arts, University of Haifa.
     
Embroidered on the Body, Exhibition, Batia Shani, handmade sewing, embroidery, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa, Art Gallery, President of the University, Gur Alroey
Dr. Batia Shani, Prof. Gur Alroey, President of the University of Haifa and Prof. Assi Meshullam at the concluding gallery conversation session, which took place on September 11, 2024. Photo Credit: Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa.

Curator of the exhibition: Prof. Sharon Poliakine, Head of the MFA program, The Department of Fine Arts, University of Haifa. It is opened for public between the dates: 02/06/2024 – 24/10/2024. 

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