Noa Simhayof Shahaf, still from Escape Will Get You Tonight, 2025, video, 15:00 min.
Artist Bio
Noa Simhayof Shahaf is a video artist and filmmaker based in Tel Aviv. Their work explores the boundaries between documentary and fiction through choreographed reenactments, mechanical installations, and speculative narratives. Using bodies, images, and machines, they investigate belief systems, memory, and the construction of identity.
They hold a BFA from Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan, and studied at the Jan Matejko Academy, Kraków. Simhayof Shahaf’s work has been shown in galleries and festivals, including at the CCA: Tel Aviv-Yafo; Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv; Taar Gallery, Tel Aviv; Kfar Saba Gallery, Israel; Jerusalem Film Festival; Krakers Art Festival, Kraków; and more.