ABOUT ME

 

 

My name is Limor Schreiber and I am a former graduate of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

My love for art evolved at the age of 14 when I began studying graphic design and art in high school. As soon as my fingers touched the paintbrush I felt a connection and realized that this art is my mission. My goal was to be a student at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and fulfill my dream as an artist.

 

I served in an elite unit alongside great soldiers. I was released and went for citizenship. On the night of November 4, 1997, a terrible helicopter disaster happened. The disaster was a trigger for the outbreak of my illness.

 

With the disaster, my soul collapsed

I broke up into thousands of pieces.

 

Like a tempered glass that crashes - I broke down.

 

I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where I was diagnosed with schizophrenia. I saw myself, inside and out, unable to control the sounds and sights of what was around and inside of me.

 

I could not tell my dreams from reality.

 

I was emotionally flooded -  like a glass over flooded with water as the water pours out of it continuously with no stop.

 

At the hospital, I had to relearn life over again, like an infant; learning to walk, talk reasonably, and bringing my thoughts back and creating space for new thoughts.

 

What kept me going was the idea that I would be accepted into Bezalel Academy of Art and Design to fulfill my artistic values which I kept in my heart and mind throughout this time. I wanted to be an artist who would touch other human hearts.

 

At the hospital department I was in, I drew paintings, traded them in for cigarettes and asked the nurses/patients who received the art to guard these paintings because I knew in my heart their future value would be high.

 

Three attempts of applying to Bezalel without giving up on my part to fulfill my dream, led me to finally becoming a full-time student in their ceramic and glass design department.

 

Schooling was difficult and challenging and I was in other worlds in mind. The complexity of my joy and sadness were mixed up and became one emotion.

Despite the illness, the dyslexia that accompanies me from my childhood, despite physical, mental and financial difficulties, I did it - I graduated from Bezalel with an Academic Excellence Award, Blumenthal Design Award and the Sharett Foundation Award..

 

I believe that dreams are meant to come true.

I'm not afraid of difficulties,

I see

Up and down the staircase even when the path in those directions isn't easy...

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Thanks to art.