BIOGRAPHY

Jen - Shen Gur is the combination of my Russian and Hebrew names - Evgenia and Shani Gurevitch, which means ginseng in Russian, which is the root of life in Chinese .
Born on 18.02.79 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Came to Israel on 24.08.91.
Live in Jerusalem.

1997- 1993 Art School (Jerusalem, Israel) - Theater / Cinema / Music studies.
Art and Graphic Design specialization. Graphic Design technical diploma.

1998 - 2002 "Bezalel" Academy of Arts and Design (Jerusalem, Israel).
Art department (BFA). Animation, photography and video specialization.

2002 - 2004 "Bezalel" Academy of Arts and Design (Jerusalem, Israel).
Animation unit (Diploma of Excellency).

2005 Illustrations for a book about Sukkoth holiday (Tal Am).
Photography for Greg Singer's article about "Anima Mundi" 2005 Festival (Brazil) for AWN (Animation World News): http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2590.
An article about CICDAF 2005 Festival (China) to AWN (Animation World News) - text and pictures: http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=all&sort=date&article_no=2674.

  FILMOGRAPHY

2000 - Video art "Vanna"

2002 - Video art "Veils" (combined stills and video techniques).
Review on the film at the magazine "Haaretz" ("The Country")..
2003 - An image film for a PERACH organization "Yom yetzirati venifla" ("A creative and wonderful day").

2004 - Animation films "Milim" ("Words") and "The Cake".

2005 - 2006 Screening of the films "Milim" and "The Cake" at : "Cartoons on the Bay" - "Pulcinella" Festival (Italy), "I Castelli Animati" (Italy), "Anima Mundi" (Brazil), CICDAF (China), "Uppsala" (Sweden), "Anima" (Belgium), "AniFest" (Chechia) , "Zagreb"(Croatia), KROK (Ukraine), "Annual Jewish Animation Celebration" (Canada), "Tricky Women" (Austria), "Women's Film Festival" - "WFFIS" (Korea), "Tindirindis" (Latvia), Bimini" (Latvia), "International Students festival of film art" "Balchik" (Bulgaria),"Assif" (Israel), "Nashim betmuna" (Israel).

2006 - Currently working on an animated African fairy tale together with another animator, at "Artist's Workshop" ("Sadnaot Haomanim", Jerusalem).