Alumni
Baxter St at CCNY has long been a catalyst for innovative creation within the artistic mediums of photography and video practices. Ranging from exhibitions, residency programs, and partnerships, our core mission is to support and activate a vibrant community deeply engaged in the art of lens-based contemporary practices. Take a look at the wide breadth of alumni that are a part of our wonderful and ever-expanding community.
ARTISTS
Igael Shemtov
Guest Curatorial Program (2015)
ARTISTS
Igael Shemtov
Guest Curatorial Program (2015)
The Photo Album, 1979-80
Igael Shemtov was born in Israel in 1952, and lives and works in Binyamina, Israel. Between 1975-1983 he studied art and photography in Israel. From 1983-1985 he pursued his MFA at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. He has taught at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem since 1979. Between 1994-2000 he was Chair of the Photography, Video and Digital Imaging Department at Bezalel. He has also taught at other colleges and universities in Israel, including Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Collage, Haifa University, Wizo Haifa Academy of Design and Education, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv, and Musrara School of Art, Jerusalem. Since 1978, he has had solo shows in museums and art spaces in Israel and participated in dozens of group shows in Europe, Israel and the U.S. His work is in such museum collections in Israel as The Tel Aviv Museum of Art; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Haifa Museum of Art; and The Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai Industrial Park as well as private collections in Israel and abroad.
