MICHAL SHTIBEL
An Israeli self-taught artist.
Creating large oil paintings in a realistic-figurative style, which describe female figures and offer a glimpse into the contemporary society in an endless search for beauty and body image perfection.
Reflecting the ambivalence of appearance vs. reality.
Shtibel describes her creative process as a long experience that is inspired by watching and almost compulsively searching for fashion photographs, in which figures are photographed that symbolize the ideal of beauty.
“When I come across a photo that excites me, it feels like falling in love. It's immediate, clear and sweeping".
Shtibel says that her choice of subject is intuitive and that it is usually only after years that she understands why she drew them.
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EXHIBTIONS
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Vanity Fair, solo exhibition, Lemon Frame Gallery, TLV, February 2023
Azur Gallery' group show, Miami, December 2022
Interface, Group Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Lemon Frame gallery, September 2022
Grit by Design Group show, Miami, December 2021
Commedia della Vita, Group Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Lemon Frame gallery, Van Gogh gallery, Paris, December 2021 International Contemporary Art Fair, Group Exhibition, Van Gogh gallery, Madrid, September 2021 , April 2021
Expression Gallery, Group exhibition, Tel Aviv 2020