About
Born in Tel Aviv in 1974.
Currently living in Tokyo.
After graduating from Tel Aviv University with a BA in Japanese studies, anat continued her studies at an Art school, Camera Obscura, studying photography for two years. Parallel to her photography studies she worked at Haaretz newspaper. In April 2006, after receiving the MEXT scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, she arrived to Japan. In 2013 she completed her PhD studies in Japan University College of art. Her PhD thesis addresses the theme of contemporary women’s photography in Japan, in particular the so-called ‘Girls Photography Boom’ phenomenon which took place during middle-end of the 1990s.
Her Masters degree from Nihon University college of Art as well, discussed the way photography reflects and expresses city’s landscape and atmosphere.
Group and Solo Exhibitions
2018 October The 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography in Barcelona, Spain
2017 November LAUNCH PAD Gallery, The Story Id Like to Tell solo exhibition (Yokohama)
2014 June KOBO Gallery, With TOKITAMA 展 group exhibition (Tokyo)
2014 May NIKON Gallery, Stillness of Night 「夜気」solo exhibition (Osaka)
2014 April STORKS Gallery, The Beauty and the Beast, group exhibition (Tokyo)
2014 April HYAKUNEN Bookshop Gallery, Stillness of Night 「夜気」 solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2013 November NIKON Gallery, Stillness of Night 「夜気」solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2011 February FOIL Gallery, Far Away from (Here), solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2010 December Nichigei Gallery, 24 Hours Shinjuku, solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2010 March Stork Gallery, Holga De Shinjuku, solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2010 April Nichigei Galley, group exhibition (Tokyo)
2009 August Niigata Art Triennial, Nihon University Art Project, group exhibition (Niigata)
2009 February FOIL Gallery, Hanabi「花火」solo exhibition (Tokyo)
2008 August FOIL gallery, group exhibition (Tokyo)
Scholarships & Awards
April 2006- March 2013 MEXT Scholarship
2010 Excellence award Japan University College of Arts for the work 24 Hours Shinjuku「新宿24時間」澤本徳美賞受賞作品
Publications
HAARETZ newspaper (Israel)
Summer 2011, article about Tohoku「津波の後の東北」
Spring 2011, article about “11/3 The Day of the Earthquake”
Spring 2011, article about the earthquake「大震災について」
Winter 2006, article about Tea Ceremony「茶道」
Spring 2006, article about FUGU restaurants「フグレストラン」
Winter 2004, article about the Dolls Festival「ひな祭り」
Summer 2003, article about Pachinko「パチンコ」
Fall 2003, article about Japanese Ryokan「旅館」
MAARIV website (Israel)
Winter 2006, article about Superflat Artists; contemporary art in Japan「スーパーフラットアート」
Winter 2006, review on the exhibition Raising Sun Melting Moon, Contemporary Art from Japan, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
YNET website (Israel)
2008-2009 photographing for a weekly column about Japanese food called Not Only Sushi
LA’ISHA magazine (Israel)
Autumn 2011 Roberto Cavilli Opens His First Flagship Store in Tokyo
DAYS JAPAN Magazine (Japan)
Autumn 2007 A Cellular Diary of the Everyday Life in Tokyo「携帯日記」
FOIL Magazine (Japan)
May 2011 Earthquake Dairy「地震日記」, text and photographs
Autumn 2008 Japan「日本」, photography published
“Photography Brings Out the Poetic Essence of Things”