YANAI TOISTER ___________________________________________________________________ www.yanaitoister.com
[email protected] _________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D., University of Sydney, Australia Dissertation: “Photography from the Turin Shroud to the Turing Machine” 2006 M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles 2004 Visiting scholar, University of California, Los Angeles 2001 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Cum laude _________________________________________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC POSITIONS Since 2007 Senior Lecturer at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design & Art, Ramat Gan, Israel (2007-10 in the Textile Design Dept.; since 2011 in the Multidisciplinary Art Dept.; since 2014 in the Cultural Studies Program; since 2015 in the Interior Building & Environment Dept.) 2008-2014 Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (Photography & Architecture Depts.) _________________________________________________________________________________________ AWARDS AND GRANTS 2015 The ‘MakeItHappen’ Grant, The Shusterman Foundation 2012-2015 The University of Sydney Postgraduate Award (UPA) 2012 Catalogue Publication Grant, Council for the Arts, Israel National Lottery Catalogue Publication Grant, The Shpilman Institute of Photography (SIP) 2008 The Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art 2005 The Lovelace Merit Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Los