Experience

currently freelance photography work in Berlin, Publications and artistic consultancy for various
exhibition-bookprojects and magazines with mainsubjects on urban life; Publications
by Rowohlt-Edition “Amsterdam”, Die Zeit, “Jewish Berlin today” Quadriga-Edition,
München and “metropolis now“Springer-Edition, Wien, New York

2001 guest of the Jerusalem Foundation for the Visual Arts, Israel
Curator:Yona Fischer, Jerusalem Museum

2000 Brandenburg Senate Arts Grant at the Castle Wiepersdorf

1998-2001 teachingcommission for photography in the department for visual communication and
urban design/architecture at the art school Berlin-Weissensee

1995 Price at the 5th Contest of Photography, Portugal

Berlin Senate Arts Photography Grant Programm
Curators:Ulrich Domröse-Berlinische Galerie, Prof.Katherina Sieverding-UdK Berlin

1994 DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service, Arts Grant Programm in Istanbul,
Turkey; Curators: Dr. Sabine Vogel, Simone Kornfeld

exhibitions/selections

2002 “disposable eyes”, Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Curator: Helmuth F. Braun

2001“watersigns”, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Germany, Curators: Gerlinde Creutzburg, Prof. R.Schäfer-Akademie of Arts, Halle

1999 “network”, Castle Wiepersdorf, Germany

1998 “Istanbul in Berlin”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Curator:Beral Madra

1997 “shadow“, Hungarian museum of photography; Kecskemet
Curator: Károly Kincses

“In Medias Res”, arthall Istanbul, Turkey ; Curators: Rene Block, Angelika Stepken

1996 “German Award of Photography”, House of Economic, Stuttgart; Festival of
Photography in Arles, France and Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany; Curators:
Herlinde Koebl-Photographer, Ruth Eichhorn-Geo and Prof.Pospischil-Academy
Stuttgart

1995 “Salon de Printemps“, Theatre Municipal Luxembourg, Curator:Jean Fetz

”Hotel Mediterranean”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Initiator: Habitat Forum

Photographs may seen also in different collections, as for instance New German Art Association and
Investment Bank Berlin.

Born in 1963, in Tel Aviv

Experience

since 2001 Teaches photography at Kalmania, Beit Berl.
since 1996 Teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Department of Photography.
since 1991 Teaches photography, and is a member of the teaching committee, at the Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem.
2000 Senior partner in Shouker-Cidor Studio. The Studio specializes in staged photography, making a personal and social statement through the media.
1992 Managing the Eytan Shouker Studio, which specializes in art, which related to culture, politics, social issues and advertising.


Education

1997 - 1998 Advertising Management studies, Lahav, Tel Aviv University.
1991 Studied at the School of Visual Arts, New York, as a part of a student exchange program.
1988 - 1992 Studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design; graduate of the Department of Photography (B.F.A.)


Exhibitions-Selection

2002 "The Photography Hut", (On Succoth holiday) at the "Seven Muses in Seven Huts"-Multi Media Art Festival, Shoham, Israel.
2002 “Play Boyz”, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod. Curator: Itzhak Gever
2001 “Hameshotet” – Entertainment Guide to Tel Aviv / Ma’ariv: a series of cover works, in collaboration with the artist Eldad Cidor.
2001 “The Pen-Pal Project – In the Wake of the Situation”, Goethe Institute: the “Pen-Pal” exhibition and distribution of catalogues to participants.
2000 “The Pen-Pal Project – The Exhibition”, Fondazione Pistoletto, Città dell’Arte, Italy. Curator: Michelangelo Pistoletto
2000 “The Poor, The State, The Rich”, Forum of Art Museums.
2000 “100 Years of Photography” – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
1999 “The Pen-Pal Project” – Artists’ House, Jerusalem.
1998 “Status Quo Vadis” – Artists’ House, Jerusalem.
1997 “Art Shmockus” – Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv.
1996 “Presence”– Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv.
1996 “Contemporary Israeli Photography: New Acquisitions” – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Nissan Peretz.
1996 Money Buys Freedom – a work of art in Advertising billboards
1996 “The Blind Spot Test” – Pyramid House, Haifa. Curator: The Limbus Group.
1995 “Point of Contact: A Poetry Photography Encounter”, Department of Photography Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem. Curator: Asaf Romano.
1994 "Borochov Portfolio", the 1994 gallery portfolio.
1993 “Anti-Pathos: Dark Humor, Irony and Sarcasm in Contemporary Israeli Art”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Tami Katz-Freiman.


Works in Collections

Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Private Collections