EDUCATION
2020
Cranbrook Academy Of Art MFA, Fiber — Bloomfield Hills, MI
2014
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design BFA, Jewelry + Fashion — Jerusalem, Israel
Selected exhibitions
2025
Flowers To Carmel The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery — NY, NY
2023
Lavender Diaspora The Neighborhood & Luria Academy — Brooklyn, NY
2022
Physical Site Poundak Project — Jerusalem, Israel
2021
Advanced Protection MakerSpace NYC & NY Textile Month — Brooklyn ,NY
Site Non-Specific EMMA Creative Center & Brooklyn Metal Works — Brooklyn ,NY
2019
Gallery A Award Show Cranbrook Academy — Bloomfield Hills ,MI
Art Locker Little Berlin Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Soft Landing 14Y Gallery — NY, NY
Here, There, and Everywhere Brooklyn Metal Works — Brooklyn, NY
2025
Supper Club The Jewelry Library & NYC Jewelry Week — NY, NY
Anonymous Brooklyn Brooklyn Metal Works & NYC Jewelry Week — Brooklyn, NY
2024
I Will Be Your Mirror, Mighty Real-Queer Detroit, Hatch Art Gallery — Detroit, MI
SPOONS, Brooklyn Metal Works — Brooklyn, NY
Arise and Away, Philadelphia Museum Of Jewish Art — Philadelphia, PA
2023
LUX Brooklyn Metal Works & NYC Jewelry Week — Brooklyn, NY
Anonymous Brooklyn Brooklyn Metal Works & NYC Jewelry Week — Brooklyn, NY
Together We Will… , Brooklyn Pride + Art Gowanus, The Old Stone House & Washington Park — Brooklyn, NY
Threading The Needle, Mann Library Gallery, Cornell University — Ithaca, NY
2022
Utopist Fantasist Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center — Tel Aviv, Israel
Apparent The Political Body The GH Art Gallery — Givat Haviva, Israel
Anonymous Brooklyn Brooklyn Metal Works & NYC Jewelry Week — Brooklyn, NY
In Focus: LGBTQIA+/BIPOC Digital Exhibition SNAG Conference — Providence, RI
For Now Jerusalem Design Week, Hansen House — Jerusalem, Israel
Life’s WorkZUMU Nahariya, The Zoglowek Factory — Nahariya, Israel
2021
A Celebration of Israeli Culture Art Basel & The Consulates of Israel, The Sagamore Hotel — Miami, FL
Anonymous Brooklyn Brooklyn Metal Works & NYC Jewelry Week — Brooklyn, NY
With Care Textile Art Center — Brooklyn, NY
Runway Circus Jerusalem Design Week, Hansen House — Jerusalem, Israel
Designers In Residence 2021, Emma Creative Center — Pforzheim, Germany
Scythia International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Textile Art— Ivano Frankivs’k, Ukraine
POST Wasserman Projects — Detroit, MI
2020
MakeShift Popps Packing — Hamtramck,MI
Transition Object Museum of Philistine Culture — Ashdod, Israel
Graduate Degree Exhibition Cranbrook Academy of Art — Online
Manufactory Cranbrook New Studios Building — Bloomfield Hills,MI
2019
Intransition The Prince Gallery — Tel Aviv, Israel
Material Object Belief Forum Gallery — Bloomfield Hills, MI
Kindred Neighbors Cranbrook House — Bloomfield Hills, MI
Object Performance Forum Gallery — Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018
Human And Land online exhibition (curated by Collective Terrain)
Acceleration 1301 Broadway Gallery — Detroit, MI
Sdom Neva Schechter Gallery — Tel Aviv, Israel
2017
Zirat Mahol Hansen House—Jerusalem, Israel
Island 9 Mazeh Gallery —Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Days of Jerusalem DEPO2015 —Pilsen, Czech Republic
2014
Graduate Exhibition Bezalel Academy of Art — Jerusalem, Israel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIANCE
2023- Today
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Gender Studies, John Jay College, City University of New York — NY
2026
Visiting lecturer Lecture + workshop, Night in The Library, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn, NY
Visiting lecturer Lecture + workshop, Open Air University, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn, NY
2025
Reviewing Committee WIP Residency at Textile Arts Center – Brooklyn, NY
Artist Talk + Workshop Textile Arts Center – Brooklyn, NY
Visiting lecturer Lecture + workshop, Open Air University, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn, NY
Visiting lecturer Lecture + workshop, Night in The Library, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn, NY
2024
Visiting lecturer Lecture + workshop, Open Air University, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
2023
ARTIST TALK Lavender Diaspora The Neighborhood & Luria Academy — Brooklyn, NY
2022
ARTIST TALK Utopians Fantasists, Benyamini Center — Tel Aviv, Israel
ARTIST TALK Carrizozo Artist Residency, Malkerson Gallery 408 — Carrizozo, NM
GUEST CRITIQUE Nomad MFA — Carrizozo, NM
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORGarment construction\Laser cutting\CNC Embroidery, MakerSpace NYC — Brooklyn, NY
2021
ARTIST TALK Advanced Protection, Makerspace NYC & NY Textile Month — Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST TALK Transition Object, Museum of Philistine Culture — Ashdod, Israel
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORGarment construction\Laser cutting\CNC Embroidery, MakerSpace NYC — Brooklyn, NY
2020
CO-CURATOR MAKESHIFT — Art event and exhibition, Popps Packing — Hamtramck, MI
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR Adobe Illustrator, curriculum + teaching, Wayne State University, Fashion — Detroit, MI
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORPockets, Cranbrook Academy Of Art — Bloomfield Hills, MI
CO-FOUNDER QUEERBROOK — Reading group centering queer + feminist theory, Cranbrook Academy of Art — Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019
GUEST CRITIQUE Final project, Fashion Department, Bezalel Academy — Jerusalem, Israel
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR Laser cutter + Adobe Illustrator, curriculum + teaching, Cranbrook Academy Of Art — Bloomfield Hills, MI
VISITING ARTIST Lecture + workshop. Wayne State University, Fashion — Detroit, MI
WORKSHOPS INSTRUCTOR Adobe Photoshop + Illustrator, curriculum + teaching. Wayne State University, Fashion — Detroit, MI
2018
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR Laser cutting, curriculum + teaching, Bezalel Academy Of Art and Design — Jerusalem, Israel
VISITING Lecturer Lecture + workshop, Nissan Nativ Acting School — Jaffa, Israel
2017 - 2018
COSTUME DIRECTOR Nissan Nativ Acting School — Jaffa, Israel
2013 - 2018
TEACHING ASSISTANT 2D Design for Fashion + Jewelry, Bezalel Academy of Art — Jerusalem, Israel
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES202
2026
New York Jewish Artist Retreat The Neighborhood — Brooklyn, NY
2025
WIP Residency Textile Art Center — Brooklyn, NY
2022
Carrizozo artist in residence — Carrizozo, NM
2020
Makerspace NYC Studio Residency — Brooklyn, NY
Popps Packing Art Residency — Hamtramck, MI
2019
Cranbrook Academy Of Art Merit Scholarship — Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cranbrook Gallery A Award — Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018
Student grant from Spoon Flower — Durham, NC
Midrash Yotzer Artist Residency Neve Schechter — Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Ruhch Hadasha Travel Scholarship Jerusalem Municipality — Pilsen, Czech Republic
2013
Interfaith WWC Residency — Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Mrae Makom Artist Residency — Jerusalem, Israel
COSTUME DESIGN
2026
The Brooklyn Nutcracker [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Etude For Women[Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — North Fork Art Center, NY
Absence[Alexis Zanety] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Dreams Of Tomorrow [Alexis Diggs] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Let Them Cook[Mike Fields]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2025
The Brooklyn Nutcracker [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Wedlock[Wille Erv] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
After The Fraying [Shannon Harkins] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Sub Binary[Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2024
The Brooklyn Nutcracker [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Rumble Strip [Emily Kessler] Pogo Dance — Brooklyn, NY
Build, Bust, Break [Wille Erv] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Blessing and Blues[Nicole Von Arx, Brian HallowDreamz, JoVonna Parks] Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2023
The Brooklyn Nutcracker [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
I Must Be Circumstanced [Hilla Ben Ari] Limon Dance Company — NY, NY
Scripture [Lynn Parkerson & Mike Fields]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2022
The Brooklyn Nutcracker[Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Arena Costume consulting [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
Unnatural Surrounding [Lynn Parkerson & Jasmine Mans]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2021
The Brooklyn Nutcracker [Lynn Parkerson]Brooklyn Ballet — Brooklyn, NY
2019
First Impression [Jetshri Bhadviya]INDEX: Detroit Festival — Detroit, MI
Practicing Empathy #1 [Yasmeen Godder] Israel Festival — Jerusalem, Israel
ROOM_TEMPERATURE [Brain Vu] Cranbrook Academy — Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018
Demonstrate Restraint [Yasmeen Godder & Tomer Damsky] Mekudeshet Festival — Jerusalem, Israel
Symbios [Iris Samra] - Kav 16 Gallery — Tel Aviv, Israel
Adi King [Yahav Gal & Nir Sagav]Jerusalem Art festival — Jerusalem, Israel
Wound Wide Open [Marina Beltov], Habait Theatre — Jaffa, Israel
Hansel And Gretel [Ari Teperberg], Jerusalem Opera — Jerusalem, Israel
2017
Butoh Matsuri [Iris Samra], Rujum Al-Hiri Golan Heights, Israel
Basic Assumption [Einat Amir and Yossi Hason],Mekudeshet Festival — Jerusalem, Israel
Le Boudoir [Adi Shildan],Hazira Festival — Jerusalem, Israel
Pictures at an Exhibition [Nir Vidan], Intima Dance Festival — Tel Aviv, Israel
2016
Sphincter[Iris Samra], Hanut 31 Gallery — Tel Aviv, Israel
שֶׁ [Doron Raz and Nahara dance company], Between Heaven and Earth festival — Jerusalem, Israel
I See Red [Sahar Azimi], 7x7 festival — Jaffa, Israel
The Restlessness of winged creatures [Adi Shildan and Nir Vidan], Hazira festival — Jerusalem, Israel
One in groups of seven [Sahar Azimi],Inbal Theatre — Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Kulukulupa [Shahar Binyamini],Diver Festival, guested by Bat - Sheva at Suzan Dalal Theatre — Tel Aviv, Israel
PUBLICATIONS
WIP Artist Highlight: Hila Shapira — Julie Schumacher, Interview for Textile Arts Center, 2025, English
MEET HILLA SHAPIRA — Bold Journey Magazine, 2025, English
MEET HILLA SHAPIRA — Canvas Rebel Magazine, 2025, English
Hope Dies Last — Bush Collective Zine, 2024, Hebrew (printed)
A queer Israeli textile artist’s Lavender Diaspora sukkah explores identity in Brooklyn — Julia Gergely, NY Jewish Week Magazine, 2023, English
At The Heart Of It — Shannon Stratton, from the book Entanglements: Cranbrook Academy of Art Fiber Department edited by Mark Newport and Judy Dyki, 2023, English
From Fantasy to Sensibility — Michal Oren, Texture Magazine, 2022, Hebrew
Affordable for Now, Sunset Park Rises as a Buzzing NYC Arts Hub — Rhea Nayyar, 2022, Hyperallergic Magazine, English
Escape Artists — Taisha Carrington, 2022, METALSMITH Magazine (online and printed), English
Transitional Object: Nomadism and identity in contemporary local design — Galit Gaon and Tom Cohen, 2021, Printed Catalog, Hebrew
The Next Thing: Naama Levit and Hilla Shapira present, SITE NON SPECIFIC — Yonatan H. Mishal, Banditka Magazine, 2021, Hebrew
A new art sales website for artists from the LGBTQ community — WDG Magazine, 2021, Hebrew
The American Dream of Naama Levit and Hilla Shapira — Hagit Peleg-Rotem, Portfolio Magazine, 2021, Hebrew
Hilla Shapira Art Work — Mixed Magazine Issue #6, 2021, English
Escultura De La Frontera: Border Sculpture — Barbed Magazine issue #10, 2021, English
Zirat Mahol — Lihi Galman Ram, 2017, Hebrew
End Of The Runway — Yael Regev, 2014, Hebrew
A New Crop of Fashion Designers Rethink Design — Shachar Atwan, 2014, English