Orit Ishay
Orit Ishay (Hebrew: 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.
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Orit Ishay
- Name
- Orit Ishay אורית ישי
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- 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
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- artist · television producer · photographer
- Fields
- photography · video art · installation artwork
- Education
- HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts · Bayarti House (Musrara) · David Yellin Academic College of Education
- Honours
- Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art
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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. 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.
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Orit Ishay (born 1961) is an artist, photographer and television producer, of Israeli nationality. The artist was born in Tel Aviv.
Orit Ishay was educated at Bayarti House (Musrara), David Yellin Academic College of Education and HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts. Activity centred on installation artwork, photography and video art. Honours include Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art.
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Biography
Biography
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.
Orit Ishay studied at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts, Bayarti House (Musrara) and David Yellin Academic College of Education. The field of work recorded is photography, video art and installation artwork. Distinctions recorded are Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art.
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Key facts
• Name — Orit Ishay אורית ישי • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Israel • 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
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• 2014: Terribly Pretty, Awfully Beautiful. The Kibbutz Gallery Tel Aviv, IL
Selected group exhibitions
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, Vienna
Awards
• 2014: MuseumsQuartier Wien, quartier21 Artist-in-Residence Studio Program, Vienna
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- 1.Biography.
- 2.'One Kilometer' with Orit Ishay in 'Haifa Walks #2' project video documentation
- 3.Ishay's Artist-in-Residence page at quartier21, MuseumsQuartier Wien 2014
- 4.'Terribly Pretty' 2014 exhibition review by Dr. Smadar Sheefi published in her personal art blog – 'The Window'
- 5.Curatorial text about the video work 'ManaManot' exhibited in 'Rising Star', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014
- 6.About Ishay's works exhibited in 'Daily Reports' exhibition, NMAC Bucharest, 2012 - a review in Artis Agenda section
- 7.About 'Public Domain' series in 'Identity III: Bilderheft' exhibition, Fotogalerie Wien 2010 exhibition’s Contextual Essay in Art and Theory
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