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Aya Ben Ron
Born 1967 in Haifa, Israel
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel
Education
1998–1999 MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
1988–1991 Beit Berl College, The School of Art, Hamidrasha, Israel
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2010 RELIEF, Art Futures/ART HK 10, Hong Kong (presented by AANDO FINE ART)
2010 SHIFT, AANDO FINE ART, Berlin
2010 SHIFT, Noga Star Project, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 MARGALITH, ARCO 07 Projects, Madrid, Spain
2007 MARGALITH, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 STILL UNDER TREATMENT, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 HANGING, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
2001 PARTICLE 1, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel
2001 HANGING, The Wellcome Trust Building, London, UK
2000 STRIPS, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX, USA
1998 I TOLD YOU SO, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel
1998 SIX MOVING IMAGES, Meimad Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998 SIX MOVING IMAGES, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
1995 NEW WORKS, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1994 WELL, LET’S GET RID OF IT, Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1993 CROWNS, Installation at The Faculty of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Hadassah Ein Carem, Jerusalem, Israel
Group Exhibitions and Screenings (Selection)
2012
SIYAH/WHITE, CDA-Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
SOUVENIRS – “MANOFIM” 2011, Tower of David, Museum of the History of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
DER PATIENT, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Graz, Austria
CONTEMPORARY ART CIRCLING THE MANDALA, The Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Canada
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, Yaffo 23, Jerusalem, Israel
Black and White, The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
DIE UNTOTEN: Life Sciences & Pulp Fiction, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
LIFE: A User’s Manual, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
LEXICON FOR POLITICAL THEORY, Minerva Humanities Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2010
ON AGING, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
BAKARAT NEZAKIM, Mobi, Bat-Yam Museum, Israel
2009
METAPHORS OF UN/REAL, Animamix Biennial 2009–2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
DARKSIDE II: Photographic Power and Violence, Disease, and Death Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
BLACK MARKET for Useful Knowledge & Non-Knowledge No. 12, The Jewish-Arabic Center in Jaffa, Jaffa, Israel
STANDARD DEVIATION, The Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv, Israel
PRIZES IN ART FROM THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, The Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod, Israel
HOMEPAGE, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
EUROPE, EUROPE, Mercaz Hanzaha, Tivon, Israel
2008
MEMO, Art-TLV, Tel Aviv, Israel
HOMESICK HOME, Musée Juif de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
INTERVENE! INTERRUPT! Rethinking Art as Social Practice, The University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
REAL TIME, Art in Israel 1998–2008, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
TWISTED REALITY, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
THE HOMES OF OTHERS: Video Art and Photography by Contemporary Israeli Artists, Ticho House, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
ETCHINGS, SCRATCHES AND SCARS: Changing Representations of the Israeli Soldier, Petach Tikva Museum, Petach Tikva, Israel
2007
RESHAMIM 3, The Israeli Biennale for Drawing, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, The International Incheon Women Artist’s Biennale, Incheon, South Korea
SCHMERZ, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
ON A SMALL SCALE, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
2006
COMO VIVER JUNTO, Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
STILL UNDER TREATMENT (2) with Nadav Wiesmann, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
STILL UNDER TREATMENT, International Competition, Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
A RICH SEAM, Petach Tikva Museum, Petach Tikva, Israel
IN BETWEEN PLACES: New Art From Israel, Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
ILLNESS REPORT, The Art Gallery, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
PRIZES IN ART FROM THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
FAR AND AWAY: The Fantasy of Japan in Contemporary Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2005
BETWEEN MAN & PLACE, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea
LOOP VIDEO ART, Barcelona, Spain
RHYTHMOS, The Art Gallery, Tamra, Israel
WOUNDS AND BANDAGING, Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, Umm el-Fahem, Israel
UNCERTAINTY, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
WHY DON’T YOU SAY IT?, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel
TO BE LOOKED AT, CLOSE TO, Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod, Israel
2004
DEATH OF ROMANCE, 17–21 Ganton Street, London, UK
GEWALT, Loushy Art & Edition, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003
HILCHOT SHCHENIM, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
UTOPIA, Beit Hagefen, Arab-Jewish Center, Haifa, Israel
OVERCRAFT: Obsession, Decoration and Biting Beauty, The Art Galley, University of Haifa & Bei Ha’omanim, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002
PRIZES IN ART FROM THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
THE WATER PARTING, The Turkish Hamam, Acco Festival, Acre, Israel
DIE FIRST, One In The Other Gallery, London, UK
IMAGINE, 300 Artists for Co-Existence, Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, Umm el-Fahem, Israel
CROSSING DISCIPLINE BOUNDARIES, The Royal Society, London, UK
ATOMS IN THE FAMILY, International 3 Gallery, Manchester, UK
1999-2001
ART 2001, Business Design Centre, London, UK
FRONT, bilis 2000, London, UK
MA Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1995- 1998
FRACTIONS: An Israeli Video-Art Collection, Einav Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel, and Podewil, Berlin, Germany
LA CONSCIENZA LUCCICANTE, Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
CONDITION REPORT: Photography In Israel Today, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN, Petriteam, Bat-Yam Museum, Israel
CREALITY, The Art Gallery, Yavne, Israel
OUTDOOR MUSEUM – ART ON BILLBOARD, Arad, Bat-Yam, Zemah, Israel
OBSTRUCTION OF SEQUENCE, The Art Gallery, Yavne, Israel
Awards
2011 Dizengoff Prize, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Special Projects in Art, Joshua Rabinovich Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 The Minister of Culture Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel
2008 Janet and George Jaffin Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts,
2008 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Israel
2008 Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts, Israel
2005 Creativity Encouragement Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel
2005 Special Projects in Art, Joshua Rabinovich Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 Young Artist Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel
2001 London Arts Development Fund, London, UK
2001 Artist-in-Residence, The Wellcome Trust Institute, London, UK
1990 Beit Berel Certificates of Honor for artistic excellence and academic achievements, Israel
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