Born and raised in Jerusalem, living and working in Frankfurt am Main with Berlin and Tel Aviv as homes in between.  

Currently studying for a Masters degree in Curatorial Studies at the Städelschule and the Goethe University of Frankfurt.

Throughout the years and my expanding practice in the fields of photography, video, sound, spatial installations, curating and writing, I find myself in a constant search for evasive, relational moments of encounter. Moments of in-betweenness, in which a clearing could open, and a community might gather. 

benlivne@gmail.com

Exhibitions (curated)

100 sunsets. Johanna Schlegel, BOX.
Offenbach am Main. 2020. 

I Was Thinking of Numbers. Rudi Weisbeck, Basis Elbestraße Projektraum, Frankfurt am Main. 2020.

Außerhalb der Zeit. Tatiana Vdovenko, BOX. Offenbach am Main. 2020. Co-curated with Isabelle Tondre.

Queer(ing) Xmas. Sonntags-Club, Berlin. 2019. 
Co-curated with Mesaoo Wered. 

In-visible Realness. PS120, Berlin. 2019.
Co-curated with Justin Polera.

SOUNDBATHING. fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Mein. 2019.

Upward, behind the onstreaming, it Mooned. Gussglashalle, Berlin. 2019. Co-curated with Hendrike Nagel.

Subject:Fwd:Unknown / Michal Heiman. fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Mein. 2019. Co-curated with Alice Chardenet, Sarah Heuberger and Vicky Kouvaraki.

Defying Currents. Graduates show kunsthochschule berlin weißensee, Berlin. 2018. Co-curated with Alice Chardenet and Alexandra Lange.

Exhibitions (artist)

The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2017. Curators: Torben Ribe, Stig L. Andersson, Hanna Nilsson, Line Clausen Pedersen. 

Krappy Kamera Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, 2017. Curator: Russell Joslin. (Honorable Mention)

Form Follows Funktion, Prince Charles, Berlin, 2017. 

Capture The Moment, Galleri Norrsken, Stockholm, 2017 Curators: Daniel Nagy, Alice Maselnikova.

Zweibahnstraße, Sprachsalon, Berlin, 2016. 

OD RA DEK, Pflügerstraße 70, Berlin, 2016.

Hamekarer, Tel Aviv, 2015. Curators: Iris Pshedezki, Gili Zeidman, Omri Ben Arzi.

40+08 Art Marathon, Be’er Sehva, 2015. Curators: Or Frish, Michal Lyptsher.



Education

2017 - today

Curatorial Studies | Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik

Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste “Städelschule” and the Goethe University

Participated in seminars held by Bonaventure Ndikung, Isabelle Graw, Philippe Pirotte, Jenny Nachtigall, Yasmil Raymond, Daniel Birnbaum, Tom McCarthy and Julia Bryan Wilson.

Frankfurt am Main

2012 - 2015

The Honours Program in the Humanities and Arts

B.A. | magna cum laude

Tel Aviv University

2010 - 2013

Film Studies

Evening program | Graduated with Honours

Camera Obscura School of Arts | Tel Aviv

2008

Film Department

The Jerusalem High School for the Arts