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Lilah Markman

Lilah Markman is an Israeli artist, photographer, painter, sculptor and documentary film director, known for the 2018 documentary "Rock Paper Scissors."

born 1971The documentary "Rock Paper Scissors"Video art and installationOutdoor sculptures in Holon

Lilah Markman
Born
1 January 1971, Israel
Occupation
film director, photographer, painter, video artist
Education
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Lilah Markman was born in 1971 in Israel

Lilah Markman was born on January 1, 1971, and grew up in Nahariya. Since 2009 she has lived and worked on Kibbutz Magal with her partner, Raz Markman, and their 2 children.

She completed visual communication studies at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 1995. She later earned a BA in communication and psychology from the Open University and an MFA in film and television from Tel Aviv University. In 2018 she completed the advanced fine art program at Beit Berl College.

Over the years she divided her time between work as a designer and photography trips abroad. In 1996 she spent 3 months in Peru in an artist program. Her work deals with memory, identity, relationships, and the limits of body, gender and place.

She has shown solo exhibitions in Holon, Tel Aviv and Beit Berl, and group exhibitions in Israel and in Krakow, Poland. In 2014 she created 4 outdoor sculptures in Holon inspired by a book by David Grossman. In 2018 she released "Rock Paper Scissors," a 54-minute documentary she wrote, directed and produced, which won awards at festivals abroad.

Milestones in Lilah Markman's life

  1. 1995

    Completed visual communication studies at Bezalel.

  2. 1996

    Spent 3 months in Peru in an artist program.

  3. 2004

    Held the solo exhibition "Dream mache" in Holon.

  4. 2005

    Earned a BA from the Open University.

  5. 2009

    Settled on Kibbutz Magal.

  6. 2014

    Installed 4 outdoor sculptures in Holon.

  7. 2018

    Released the documentary "Rock Paper Scissors."

  8. 2019

    Won the first prize in the independent category at the On Art Film Festival in Poland.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Lilah Markman and Hebrew Wikipedia, לילך מרקמן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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