Orit Ishay (

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: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography. 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 theoretical research. In 2012, she led a tour that was open to the general public in the "Haifa Walks #2" project, held in the framework of the show Haifa-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv at the

Haifa Museum of Art The Haifa Museum of Art (, ), established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary ar ...

Awards

* 2014: MuseumsQuartier Wien, quartier21 Artist-in-Residence Studio Program, Vienna

Solo exhibitions

* 2014: ''Terribly Pretty, Awfully Beautiful''. The Kibbutz Gallery Tel Aviv, IL

Selected group exhibitions

* 2014: ''Rising Star'', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, IL * 2012: ''Daily Reports'', MNAC, National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania * 2010: ''Identity III: Positioning'', WUK – FotogalerieWien, ViennaAbout 'Public Domain' series i
'Identity III: Bilderheft' exhibition, Fotogalerie Wien 2010exhibition’s Contextual Essay
in Art and Theory

References

External links

Official WebsiteWorks in BAAD Reservoir
at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Artist Page
at The Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri's Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishay, Orit 1961 births Living people Artists from Tel Aviv Israeli contemporary artists Israeli photographers Israeli video artists Israeli women artists