Nati Shamia – Opher

born in Israel in 1965. Graduated from the Art Department of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and from the Department of Industrial Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
Since 1997 she is teaching at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

Her solo exhibitions include: an exhibit at the Bograshov Gallery, Tel-Aviv (1991), "24 Decibels Altogether", Bograshov 1 Gallery, Tel Aviv Portfolio, Bograshov 2 Gallery, Tel Aviv (1994), "Touching within Public Spaces" in Mishkenot Sha'ananim (1996), "In Public" – Heinrich Bill Foundation (1998), "Itching and Digging", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2003), "Land E Scape", The Herzliya Museum of Art (2004), Tree House, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2008).

Participated in group exhibitions such as: an exhibition at the Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv (1990), "Sculpture in the Tower", The Tower Gallery, Tel Aviv (1990), The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Scholarship Winners' Exhibition, Ramat Gan Museum (1991), The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Scholarship Winners' Exhibition, Ramat Gan Museum (1992), The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Scholarship Winners' Exhibition, The Genia Schrieber University Art Galley, Tel Aviv University (1993), "Four Private Cases", Rehovot, Muncipal Art Gallery (1993), "Third Body", Bograshov Gallery and Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv (1993), Young artists Prize Winner' Exhibition Artists' House, Tel Aviv (1994), "The Suitcase", Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv (1994), "Work Cabinet" Artist's House, Tel Aviv (1994), Tel Hai Events (1994), "Home-Work" The Herzliya Museum of Art (1995), "90>70>90", Tel Aviv Museum of Art (1995), "Export" Sculptures" and "Terminal", Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv (1995), the UNESCO Prize for the promotion of the Arts, Candidates' Exhibition, UNESCO House, Paris (1995), the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Scholarship Winners' Exhibition, The Genia Schrieber University Art Galley, Tel Aviv University (1995), "November Salon", Contemporary Art of Daphna Naor's Place, Jerusalem (1995), "Meuzan" ("Horizontal"), Artist's House, Tel Aviv (1996), Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv (2002), "Everything starts at Home", 'Comme il Faut' House, Tel Aviv (2002), Head guard – Design takes on risks, The Bezalel Academy Gallery of Art and Design, Tel Aviv (2003), "Barefoot in Tokyo", Designer Block, Tokyo (2004), Performance: "Planting", The Herzliya Museum of Art (2004), Dotfiftyone, Miami, Fl (2004), Following Shemi, the Art Gallery, University of Haifa (2005), Installation Situation, Haifa Museum of Art (2005), Little Red Riding Hood, Dot51, Miami (2005), Landscape, Dot51, Miami (2006), Solos: New Design from Israel, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York (2006), Performance: Tetris, a joint project with the choreographer Noa Dar, The Acco Festival for Alternative Theatre (2006), The Space Between, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva (2007), Passing the Batonette, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (2007), Performance: Tetris, a joint project with the choreographer Noa Dar, Shanghai Dance Festival (2007), Performance: Tetris, a joint project with the choreographer Noa Dar, International Theatre Festival “Santiago a Mil”, Chile (2008), the Minister of Science, Culture and Sport Awards Exhibition, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (2008).

She won various awards and scholarships such as the the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Scholarship, the Young Artists Prize of the Culture and Art Administration, the Artist' Incentive Found Scholarship – "Takam", Mifal HaPais (National Lottery) grant for the publication of a book about the artist, Honorable Mention Award at The Acco Festival for Alternative Theatre and the Minister of Science, Culture and Sport Award.