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Ophrah Shemesh (December 9, 1952) is an Israeli-American artist, best known for her intense, existentially themed oil and tempera paintings of women and men. ==Early life and career== Born in Haifa, Israel, to Albert Shemesh and Carmella-Daisy Levy. Albert was an important Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) activist in Iraq, before the creation of the state of Israel. Shemesh studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem (1972-1976). In 1973 Israeli filmmaker, director, and friend from childhood Amos Gitai cast her in a short film, ''My Mother at the Seashore'', and would later give her a leading role in ''Golem, the Spirit of Exile''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104356/ )〕 (1991), also starring Hanna Schygulla, Sam Fuller, and Bernardo Bertolucci. Shemesh attended the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from 1979-1983.〔 In 1986, she was one of a new group of teachers brought in by then dean, Bruce Gagnier and has been a member of the faculty since. Shemesh has also taught and lectured at a variety of other schools and programs, including the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Kremer Pigments, and the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. Shemesh’s work is in the permanent collection of Collezione Maramotti and appears in Mario Diacono (2012), ''Archetypes and Historicity: Painting and Other Radical Forms, 1995-2007'', ''Ophrah Shemesh: Silence of the Sirens, 2008-2011'', and Max Tomasinelli (2011), ''Portraits of Artists''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Max )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ophrah Shemesh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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