Sharon Paz


Little Red Sisterhood, 2001
Still from video
3 minutes
and I feel like I just got home, 2001
Video installation
4 minutes


Searching, 2000
Still from video
5:30 minutes


Desiring, 2000
Still from video
1:17 minutes


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Artist's Statement

In my work, I observe the fragments of life and analyze the patterns of psychological and social behaviors. The relevance of my work is mainly social; the subject matter is diverse raising questions about migration, relationships, family, identity, memory, sexuality, desire and needs. In the last three years my art concentrated on video installation, creating an alternative, both in space and form, for experiencing time based media.

In the video work I use digital imagery manipulated by non-linear editing, exploring fragments of an action that repeats in time. I manipulate the reality, adding elements of humor and fantasy. I use my own image as a point of reference to reflect a generic emotional state within a visual language. Most of the video works avoid a linear narration, allowing the viewers to create their own individual narrative. Influenced by dance performances, I am interested in the viewer's navigation of visuals in space and time.


Sharon Paz
307 West 20th Street, Apt.2R
New York, NY 10011
212.989.4121, 646.752.2488
email: sp@sharonpaz.com
website: http://www.sharonpaz.com

Born Israel 1969
Live and work in New York

Education
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2000 MFA Studio Program, Hunter College, New York, NY
1994 B.Sc.Te and a teaching diploma in design, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Exhibitions
2000

Artist In Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of The Art.

Espace Huit Novembre Centre D'art, Paris, France.

Compact/Impact, NYTK, New York, New York.

ArtAttack project, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Korea.

ArtAttack project, The Israeli Center of Digital Art, Holon, Israel.

No Live Girls, Lusty Lady, San Francisco & Seattle.

Projet/Projo, 303 Studio, Quebec, Canada.
2001

Solo exhibition: and I feel that I just got home, Peer Gallery, Tel
Aviv, Israel.

Vacancy, Star 67, Brooklyn, New York.
2000 Rocking House, MFA Thesis Show, Hunter College, New York, NY
1997 AU - Going Places, AU Gallery, New York, NY
1996

End of Year Exhibition: Bait-Berl College of Art, Kfar-Saba, Israel.

Lost & Found: Mary Faouzi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Screenings

2002

NYQC Interlaced, Salle Multi, Méduse, Quebec, Canada.

MOOV, White Box, New York, New York.

Contaminados, Contemporary Art and Design Museum, Costa Rica.

Images Festival, Independent Film and Video, Toronto, ON Canada.

The Dialogue, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, New York.

Meditations with Video Lounge, "Tratado de Libre", AB Gallery, Centro Multimedia, Mexico City.
2001

Video Marathon, Art In General, New York, New York.

Anima Festival, Cinematheque Quebecoise ,Quebec, Canada.

D.U.M.B.O. Short Film and Video Festival, Brooklyn, New York.

Discount Cinema, The Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois.

Media Forum, XXIII Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia.

Ladies Night, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York.

Video Art - no.3, The Cinematque, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Outer Limits Film & Video Series 2001, New York, New York.

Good Humor, ECP, New York, New York.

The Flow of Energy, Contemporary American Film & Video, Moscow, Russia.
2000

The GMI Project, Leicester Square, London, England
1999

Collage, The Loft Theater, Brooklyn, New York.

Collage, The Family, Brooklyn, New York.

Broadcast
2001

Good Humor, Metro, PBS, New York.

ArtAttack, Channel 8, Israel.

CTRL [space], international\media\art award 2001, Sudwest TV, SF-DRS, ARTE, TV Slovenija.

Local Culture, Matav, Channel 3, Israel.

Reviews and Articles

Willis, Holly, "Outer limits film and Video Series." RES Magazine, 2001
(Volume 4/Number 4) 2001: p8
"Sharon Paz", Artsy (New York), 2001, Issue Number 1: p4
Shalev, Sahar, "The artist portrait as a young migrant", 42 Degrees
(Israel), 2000, Issue No 9: p26

Video Archives

Artist Space, New York, New York.

Center for Contemporary Art, The Cinematque, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Location One, New York, New York.

Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York.

White Columns, New York, New York.

ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.