Efrat Hakimi
September 2-30, 2021
Curated by Luna Goldberg
sponsored by Carlo and Micòl Schejola Foundation
BIO
Efrat Hakimi (b. 1982, Tel Aviv) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago. Hakimi is the recipient of the Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2020, and the Katz International Photography Award, 2018. She recently exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Roots & Culture, Chicago; 6018 North, Chicago; Hayarkon 19 Gallery, Tel Aviv; Mana Contemporary, Chicago; 062 Gallery, Chicago; Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv. Hakimi received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019), Studied Fine Art at HaMidrasha-Faculty of the Arts, Beit Berl (2016), and hold a BSc. from Ben-Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel (2010).
ARTIST STATEMENT
“I’m an artist and educator working across technologies and crafts. My work emerges from curiosity, learning, and the intersection of my experiences as a migrant woman in the US. In my installations, I study and unpack the ideologies embedded within functional tools, language, and public spaces. Forging original and critical views of political issues in various cultural contexts, I employ inventive methods to erode cultural foundations such as geopolitical tension, racial and gender violence, and the forces that shape them.”
ARTIST LINKS
Website: www.efrathakimi.com/
Instagram: @efigram