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Sagit Zaloof Namir

Sagit Zaloof Namir is an Israeli photographer, lecturer and curator whose work deals with the body, gender and her Mizrahi identity.

born 1978Still life photographyArt on body, gender and identityCo-founding the Indie galleryTeaching photography

Occupation: photographer
Education: The School of Design (University of Haifa), Tel Aviv University

Sagit Zaloof Namir was born in 1978 in Kfar Saba

Sagit Zaloof Namir was born in 1978. The sources differ on her birthplace, naming both Kiryat Bialik and Kfar Saba.

She studied in the photography department of WIZO Haifa and finished her bachelor's degree with honors in 2004. In 2005 she began a master's degree in interdisciplinary art at Tel Aviv University.

After graduating she began teaching at WIZO Haifa, and she has also taught at the Minshar School of Art and at Gavra School of Photography. Her first solo show, "Every Angel Is Terrible," opened in 2005 at the Artists House in Jerusalem. Her still life photographs place everyday objects outside their usual context.

From 2011 to 2014 she was a founder and member of Indie, a cooperative photography gallery. She has curated shows, including "Infected Bodies" at the Haifa Museum of Art. Her works are in the collection of the Haifa Museum of Art.