Aya Ben Ron

Aya Ben Ron (Hebrew: איה בן רון‎; born 1967) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist, known for site-specific projects, installations and videos that examine prospects of caregiving and medical ethics. Ben Ron lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is a professor at The School of the Arts, University of Haifa.

Aya Ben Ron
Ben Ron in 2019
Born1967
Haifa, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationGoldsmiths, University of London
Known forsite specific installations documentary video
Websiteayabenron.com
Hanging by Ben Ron at The Berlin Museum of Medical History, Charité
Video still from Rescue by Ben Ron
Still Life detail (Shift) by Ben Ron

Biography

Ben Ron was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Jewish family. She received her BFA from HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts in 1991 and her MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1999. She is a professor at The School of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, University of Haifa[1] and also teaches at the Department of Photographic Communication at Hadassah Academic College.[2] Ben Ron lives and works in Tel Aviv.

Work

Ben Ron's works explore visual representations of the medical world, examining illnesses, mental and physical trauma, and medical ethics. Her collaborations with medical institutions and hospitals include The Wellcome Trust, the Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité,[3] and Máxima Medisch Centrum,[4] among others.

Her works have been exhibited in the Busan Biennale, South Korea;[5] the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel;[6] the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland;[7] Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany;[8] The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland and more. In 2015, she launched Front, an online platform.

She was chosen to represent Israel at the 58th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, 2019, where she premiered her work Field Hospital X. Curator: Avi Lubin.[9]

Awards and prizes

Selected exhibitions

References
  1. "Academic Staff, Department of Fine Arts". University of Haifa. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. "Faculty and staff, Department of Photographic Communications". Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  3. "Aya Ben Ron: A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA". Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. "Aya Ben Ron at Máxima Medical Centre Eindhoven". e-flux. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  5. "Artists & Artworks". Busan Biennale. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. "Aya Ben Ron: Rescue". The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  7. "BLACK AND WHITE". Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  8. "Schmerz / Pain". artmap. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  9. "HaMidrasha Gallery Curator and HaMidrasha Graduate Represent Israel at the Prestigious Venice Biennale 2019". Autumn 2018 Newsletter, HaMidrasha. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  10. "First Aid Station - A Voyage To Cythera". Aando Fine Art. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  11. "Aya Ben Ron: A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA". Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  12. "Aya Ben Ron: Shift". Aando Fine Art. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  13. "Shift". Parasite. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  14. "Margalith". Chelouche Gallery. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  15. "Still Under Treatment". Chelouche Gallery. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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