Artist Name: Tamar Nissim
Residency Dates: July – August 2025
Born: 1962
Hometown: Haifa
Lives & Works: Tel Aviv
URL: tamarnissim.com | Instagram @nissim.tamar
Education:
2010-2012 – Advanced Art Program, Faculty of the Arts – Hamidrasha, Beit Berl, Israel
2009-2012 – M.Ed. In Art Education, Faculty of the Arts – Hamidrasha, Beit Berl, Israel
2007-2009 – Video Art, Minshar School of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004-2005 – Performance workshop, Performance Art Platform, Tel Aviv, Israel
1983-1987 – Bachelor of Textile Design, with Honor, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
Bio/Statement:
Tamar Nissim explores political power dynamics, ethnic and gender identity, personal and collective memory, family relationships, and the impact of traumatic events on women and children from a feminist perspective. Through video art, performance, photography, and installations, she brings to light hidden narratives, amplifying the traumas experienced by women and children in times of war and migration. Her long-term research is based on historical archives, academic research, interviews, testimonies, periodical photographs, and graphic materials. Recently, she has been working on a project that delves into the history of immigrant women who worked in NYC sweatshops at the beginning of the 20th century, and were taking part in the women’s and workers’ rights movements. This project opens a dialogue between historical resilience and current societal challenges, drawing powerful parallels between past and present struggles faced by women and children.
Nissim is a member of the Indie Collective Photography Gallery. She has exhibited her work internationally in solo exhibitions, including at Haifa Museum, Israel (2023); Kniznick Gallery, HBI, Massachusetts (2022); Oranim Academy Gallery, Kiryat Tivon, Israel (2020); Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv (2015, 2018, 2021, 2024); HaVilla Gallery, Jerusalem (2019). She has also participated in numerous group and duo exhibitions, including at Givat Haviva Art Gallery (2025); ZUMU 73-23: Negev Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, (2024); Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2017), Be’ery Art Gallery (2017); Bat Yam Museum of Art, Israel; Dwek Gallery, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem (2015); Bat yam Museum of Art, Israel (2017); Kaunas Biennale, Lithuania (2013); Guimarães Triennial, Portugal (2012); Tel Aviv Museum, Israel (2013); Her video works have been screened in film festivals and video screenings worldwide, including: MAXXI Museum of Arts, Rome (2023), Jerusalem Film Festival (2011 ,2021, 2023); Toronto Short Film Festival (2021); Best Shorts Competition, CA,USA (2021); Videocity.bs, Basel, Switzerland (2020). Tamar Nissim received the Minister of Culture Prize for Visual Arts (2019) and Honorable Mention, Guimarães Triennial, Portugal (2013) and grants from: Rabinovich Foundation Grant (2011, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2024); Mifal HaPais Grant (2018, 2022); Artis Grant (2023). She has participated in artist residencies at NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, USA (2023); MusART residency, ZK/U, Berlin (2023); Contemporary Art Center residency, Arad, Israel (2022).
