About | Naomi Shalev

I make collages from magazine clippings since the 90s.

I’m not sure if it is appropriate to tell the truth in this case, because my story started with porno magazines.

A long time ago a friend gave me his “Playboy” and “Hustler” collections, because he didn’t need them anymore. I also didn’t quite know what to do with all this stuff...

So I started cutting out pictures and combining them into funny compositions.

I had no better idea at that time.

Then, I began to look for ways to make bigger compositions - I have always liked large scaled projects. This is how the technique in which I work till this day was born - using scraps of magazine pages instead of brushes and paints: Journal painting.

Over the years what started as a game became my main profession.

Well, I also studied at the Art and Design Faculty in HIT, worked as a graphic designer for a long time, and then for several years I taught art for children and adults.

But I never stopped doing what I really wanted and liked to do - to assemble my paintings from scraps of garbage.

Gradually gaining experience and confidence, I started participating at exhibitions and selling my works. Today, this is my main source of income.