Orit Ishay
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Orit Ishay (born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation, and a lecturer in photography [1]. Ishay's art examines the interrelation between man and place and possible systems of representation, while addressing questions pertaining to social and mental issues through temporal and spatial motifs. Her work is usually accompanied by a theoretical research.
Biography
Ishay was born in 1961 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. During 1983-1986 she studied art at HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College. After her graduation, she studied and worked in the field of interior design. In 2000-2003 she was a freelance photographer for prominent Israeli magazines (including Royim Olam, Nisha and Masa Acher-Voyage). In 2003 Ishay resumed her art studies and attended the Photography Department of Musrara School of Photography, Media and New Music in Jerusalem, from which she graduated with honors in 2006. She then continued to specialize in the B.Ed. in Art program at The David Yellin Academic College, Jerusalem, which she completed with honors in 2007.
During her second year of photography studies in Jerusalem, Ishay was invited to participate in museal exhibitions in Cracow, Poland and in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has since exhibited in Israel and around the world. After her graduation from the Musrara School she won the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award (2007-8, 2006-9). Although Ishay did not meet the award's age criteria, the committee explained its decision in accordance with the quality and originality of the works.
In 2010-2012 Ishay studied in the postgraduate Fine Art Program at HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, which she completed with honors. While attending the program she conducted a project in collaboration with essayist Oded Wolkstein, which culminated in the book "The House". The book, published by HaKibbutz HaMeuchad – Sifriat Poalim in 2014, features original artworks by sixteen contemporary artists who responded to the poem "The House" by the poet Avot Yeshurun. During her studies in the program Ishay was awarded creative scholarships for projects at the Cabri Print Workshop (2011) and the Jerusalem Print Workshop (2012).
Towards the end of 2014 Ishay will engage in a project at the MuseumsQuartier Wien, in the framework of an invitation to an extended residency program at Quartier21 supported by Eikon, an international photography and media art magazine, following her 2010 exhibition at the FotoGalerie Wien in Vienna.
Ishay works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions at prominent art venues in Israel and abroad, among them are the Israel Museum Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Museum for Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania and The Derby Museum of Art in the UK. In addition to her activity in the confines of the traditional white cube, Ishay also operates in the public space. In 2009 she performed a guerrilla action in which she placed a 3 meter high Styrofoam sculpture in the shape of the Oscars statue in the plaza of the Tel Aviv Art Biennial, in protest of the selection of the participating artists; in 2012 she led a tour that was open to the general public in Haifa Walks #2 project, held in the framework of the show Haifa-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv at the Haifa Museum of Art.
Awards
- 2014 MuseumsQuartier Wien, Eikon- quartier21, Artist-in-Residence Studio Program, Vienna
- 2012 Jerusalem Print Workshop, a scholarship for a yearly new project & exhibition
- 2011 The Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri
- 2009 The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts Tel Aviv
- 2007 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Keren Sharett
- 2006 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Keren Sharett
Solo Exhibitions
- 2014 Terribly Pretty, Awfully Beautiful. The Kibbutz Gallery Tel Aviv, IL
- 2014 These are Water, The Gallery in Kibbutz Bee’ri
- 2014 Way 2 Way, Dwek Gallery, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem
- 2013 Fire Zone, Tichonet Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
- 2012 1917 (as a part of Attributes exhibition) MoBY - Museum of Contemporary Art Bat Yam, IL
- 2011 Lucky Numbers, The Kaye Gallery for the Arts, Kaye College, Be’er Sheva
- 2010 Lucky Numbers, The Gallery in Kibbutz Bee’ri
- 2010 Public Domain - Seven Boom, Solution and Evolution, Tina B, Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Czech
- 2009 Public Domain, TheHeder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 2008 Fire Zone, The Gallery in Kibbutz Nachshon, IL
- 2008 Blocked, The Morel Derfler Gallery, Jerusalem
- 2007 Regarding Pilgrims, The Anna Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2006 Regarding Pilgrims, Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow
External links
- Official Website
- Artist's Page at America-Israel Foundation
- Ishay's Works at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (BAAD Reservoir)
- Artist's Page at The Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri's Website
References
- ^ Orit Ishay's biography on her personal website