Shuka Glotman

Shuka Glotman was born in 1953 in Kfar Saba

Shuka Glotman was born in 1953 in Kfar Saba and grew up in Tel Aviv. He began taking photographs at age 9.

He studied photography at Hadassah College in Jerusalem. From 1977 to 1982 he lived in London, studied at the Polytechnic of Central London and held his first exhibitions there.

Back in Israel he worked in community art and art education. He ran the art workshop in Yavne from 1987 to 1989, then founded a new art workshop in Rishon LeZion, which he ran until 1991. He also taught in the photography department at Bezalel until 2002.

His first show in Israel opened in 1984. In 1998 he took part in the 24th São Paulo Biennial, and in 2000 he had a solo show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He curated most of David Perlov's photography exhibitions and has been a partner in Multi-Exposure since 1992.

He has lectured at Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University and trained as a group facilitator, working with Israeli-Palestinian dialogue groups. He lives in the Western Galilee.