Shifra Levyathan is a Israeli contemporary photographer. Ever since she discovered the digital camera, she has become addicted to the medium’s power of expression that revealed to her a new world all around her. Levyathan captures the diversity and colorful personalities of people, old and decrepit buildings which are beautifully sad and the grandeur and sophistication of modern architecture.

Basically she is an Unban photographer.  She loves the city, it’s people and it’s Architecture. The high-rise buildings with glass and chrome create wonderful distorted reflections. People are intriguing with their colorful personalities and actions. She loves the hustle and bustle of the city: the noises, smells and colors. The city has everything for her – Architecture, People and even Nature.​When she strolls in the streets with my camera anywhere in the world, She tries to capture moments and episodes that will never come back.

A turning point in her work came about in 2010 when she was unable to walk for some time. She was no longer able to go on long walks with her camera, snapping pictures as she went. She had to find another way of expressing herself; so she learned to work in Photoshop with photographs she already had. The photograph for her like is the canvas for a painter: she adds or subtracts from the photograph and creates what she sees in her mind’s eye.

Her photographs reflect her moods, and life around her, be it private or general. Even though it is difficult today to create something totally new, still every artist has something unique only to him or her. She hopes that her art, or at least her eye, are unique only to herself.

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2018​

April –  ATIM’s Masters Award Ceremony, Museum of Art and Design, NY

April – ATIM’s Top 60 Masters Exhibition, Rio Gallery, NY.

May – Illumination, An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, Agora Gallery, NY

October – 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona

2017

May – Art Tour International, Group Exhibition, Florence, Italy

June – Unbound Perspectives, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

September – 9th Pollux Award International Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona.

October – 10th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Group Exhibition, International Photography Exhibition, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona

December – Tripping the Light Fantastic, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2016

May – Illumination, An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

June – Group Exhibition, Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon

October – 4th Biennale for Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Group Exhibition, Berlin

November-December – Art Tour International-Spectrum Miami, Group Exhibition, Miami, FL

2015

Degrees of Abstraction, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

In the Range, Group Exhibition, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Anything Goes, Exhibition Without Walls, Online Group Exhibition.

Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

Electron Salon, Group Exhibition in Conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

Malaga International Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Group Exhibition, Spain

Color Story, Group Exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT

Altered States of Reality, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

I AM ART BUS, Traveling Group Exhibition, USA

2013

YOUR CHOICE, Online Group Exhibition, Exhibition Without Walls

NYC4PA, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

Strong & Powerful, Online Group Exhibition, Exhibition Without Walls

2012

The Camera as a Paintbrush, Group Exhibition, Shorashim Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Retrospective, Group Exhibition, Vivid Arts Network, Firenze, Italy

Altered States of Reality, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

Windows & Mirrors, Group Exhibition, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2011

Altered States of Reality, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

Here Now, Group Exhibition, Ferrara, Italy

Artist’s Wall, Gabbo Gallery, Group Exhibition, Tel Aviv

Artist’s Wall, Group Exhibition, Salon d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2010

Altered States of Reality, Group Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

10 Year Anniversary, Group Exhibition, Marziart Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

Altered States of Reality, Solo Exhibition, WME Entertainment, New York, NY

2009

She and He, Group Exhibition, Amiad Center, Yafo, Israel

Hidden Corners of Tel Aviv, Traveling Group Exhibition, USA

Dressed in Her Nudity with Emanuel Bar-Kadma, Co-work Exhibition, Amalia Arbel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Exposed to Light, Group Exhibition, Old Jaffa Museum, Yafo, Israel

2008

Growth, Group Exhibition, Musial Windows, Tel Aviv, Israel

Mirror, Mirror, Group Exhibition, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Three Women Exhibition, At Eye’s Level in Women Creating, Wohl Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Group Exhibition, Altered States of Reality, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Solo Exhibition, Frame Stories, Diamond (Hayahalom) Theatre, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Co-production Book, The Third Eye Is My Inner Eye: The Book of Reflections. Photography: Shifra Levyathan, Text: Emmanuel Bar-Kadma, Masada House Publishing

Solo Exhibition, At Eye’s Level, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2006

Group Exhibition, White Night, Old Municipality House, Tel Aviv, Israel

Curator, Art At Home, Hapoalim Bank, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competitions 

2018

Monovisions Photography Awards, July, Honorable mention in 2018 / Nude

Nominee at the 11th Annual International Color Awards.

World Photography Award, the 11th Julia Cameron Award / Nature  / First Place.

World Photography Award, the 11th Julia Cameron Award / Nude  / Runner Up.

World Photography Award, the 11th Julia Cameron Award /  People  / Honorable mention.  ​

2017

Honorable Mention for “Motion”, in IPOTY, international photographer of the year.

PX3, France, Three Honorable Mention in Fine Art category.

Honorable Mention in the categories of Abstract, People, Silhouette & Sports, Black & White Spider Awards, 12 Annual Edition

Honorable Mention in the categories of Abstract & People, 10th International Color Awards.
Finalist in the categories of Abstract & Contemporary, Fine Art Open, Landscape & Nature, 5th Zebra Awards.

Journey in Photography Award, Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art, ATIM.

2016

Merit Award for “The Street Corner” B&W Magazine: 2016 Portfolio Contest.

Honorable Mention for “Curves”, “Repetition” and “Lines & Curves”, in Abstract, Monochrome Awards 2016.

Honorable Mention in Fine Art “Devine Light”, 11th Annual Black & White Spider Awards.

Honorable Mention in Nature: Trees Category and in Architecture: Cityscapes Category, 2016 ND Awards.

Finalist in the categories of: Lines, Curves and Shapes, Fine Art and Open, 4th Eros Awards.

2015

Honorable Mention in Fine Art, ND Awards 2015.

Honorable Mention in Fine Art & Abstract, 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards.

1st Prize – Fine Art and Alternative Process and Digital Manipulation, 6th Julia M. Cameron Awards, WPGA.

2014

1st Prize – People, 6th Pollux Awards, WPGA.

3rd Prize – City Scape & Street Photography, 6th Julia M. Cameron Awards, WPGA.

Finalist – Still Life and Street Photography, 6th Pollux Awards, WPGA.

Finalist – Black and White Expo 2014, Infinity online Art Gallery.

Award in Recognition of Exceptional Achievement in Photography, International Color Awards

2013

Award of Excellence – The Black Series, Exhibitions Without Walls.

Juror’s Selection – City in a Bowl, Exhibition Without Walls.

Juror’s Selection – Urban Landscape, International Open Call, New York Center for Photographic Art.

Juror’s Selection – Winners Gallery, My Art Contest.com.

2012

Merit Award, “Black & White” Portfolio contest 2012, Black & White Magazine.

Silver Medal, International Photography Contest, Gallery Photographica, San Francisco.

Juror’s Choice, “MyArtContest.com”, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 8.

2011

Spotlight Prize, Black & White Photo Awards, Black & White Magazine.

2010

Honorary mention, “Black & White”, The World Wide Photography Gala

October, 3rd prize, Digital art, Infinity art gallery.

2008

“Photography contest”, STAC gallery, New York.