Mark Yashaev
# Mark Yashaev

Mark Yashaev (מארק יאשאייב) is an Israeli photographer.

## Biography

Mark Yashaev was born in Azerbaijan. At the age of nine years he immigrated to Israel with his family. Mark studied in photography department and received BEd from WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education. He received MFA in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2013. Mark Yashaev started his photography work, documenting daily life of his immigrant family, producing a series of portraits, notable for intimacy. In his later work, Yashaev started to implement ideas of mounting photographs into an installation, including ready objects and exhibition space itself, creating a sculptural installations. Mark Yashaev works are in public and private collections around the world, including Tel Aviv Museum of Art permanent collection.

## Exhibitions

### Solo

* 2016."Only from this suddenness and on". Curated by Raz Samira. Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
* 2015 "Even a black hole ends its life", WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education Gallery.
* 2012 "Memorandum of Understanding", Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Israel
* 2011 "Curriculum Vita", Curated by Sagit Zaloof Namir Jerusalem Artists House, Israel.

### Group

* 2012 "Paris Square", Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
* 2014 "Measure for Measure", Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Israel
* 2015 "The Potential of the unconscious", Mact/Cact, Bellinzona , Switzerland

## Awards

2015 The Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist.

