Orit Ishay
{{Short description|Israeli artist and lecturer in photography (born 1961)}}
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אורית ישי
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| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel
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| known_for = Photography, video art
| training = Ha'Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College; Musrara School of Photography, Media and New Music; The David Yellin Academic College
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Orit Ishay (Hebrew: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography.{{Cite web |url=http://oritishay.co.il/chronology-0 |title=Biography |access-date=2014-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082810/http://oritishay.co.il/chronology-0 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }} 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.'One Kilometer' with Orit Ishay in 'Haifa Walks #2' project [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGBVSBnvPcE video documentation]
Awards
- 2014: MuseumsQuartier Wien, quartier21 Artist-in-Residence Studio Program, Vienna[http://www.quartier21.at/en/artists-in-residence/artists/artistinfo/?artist=1167&cHash=ae6814eaef4d55fa67868c17fbfc619a Ishay's Artist-in-Residence page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012235123/http://www.quartier21.at/en/artists-in-residence/artists/artistinfo/?artist=1167&cHash=ae6814eaef4d55fa67868c17fbfc619a |date=2014-10-12 }} at quartier21, MuseumsQuartier Wien 2014
Solo exhibitions
- 2014: Terribly Pretty, Awfully Beautiful. The Kibbutz Gallery Tel Aviv, IL[http://www.smadarsheffi.com/?p=2303 'Terribly Pretty' 2014 exhibition review] by Dr. Smadar Sheefi published in her personal art blog – [http://www.smadarsheffi.com/?page_id=134 'The Window']
Selected group exhibitions
- 2014: Rising Star, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, IL[http://www.herzliyamuseum.co.il/english/january-2014/rising-star/orit-ishay Curatorial text about the video work 'ManaManot'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070940/http://www.herzliyamuseum.co.il/english/january-2014/rising-star/orit-ishay |date=2014-10-06 }} exhibited in 'Rising Star', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014
- 2012: Daily Reports, MNAC, National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RomaniaAbout Ishay's works exhibited in 'Daily Reports' exhibition, NMAC Bucharest, 2012 - [http://www.artiscontemporary.org/agenda_detail.php?id=720 a review in Artis Agenda section] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002134021/http://www.artiscontemporary.org/agenda_detail.php?id=720 |date=2014-10-02 }}
- 2010: Identity III: Positioning, WUK – FotogalerieWien, ViennaAbout 'Public Domain' series in [http://www.wuk.at/event/id/14901 'Identity III: Bilderheft' exhibition, Fotogalerie Wien 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091746/http://www.wuk.at/event/id/14901 |date=2014-10-06 }} [http://artandtheory.net/detail/identity-3-fotogalerie-wien-bilderheft/ exhibition’s Contextual Essay] in Art and Theory
References
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External links
- [http://www.oritishay.com Official Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074647/http://baadgallery.org/artist/orit_ishai/?hl=en Works in BAAD Reservoir] at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
- [http://www.cabriprints.com/front/ShowArtist.aspx?Lang=EN&ItemId=2277 Artist Page] at The Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri's Website
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Category:Artists from Tel Aviv
Category:Israeli contemporary artists
Category:Israeli photographers