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Sunday, October 16, 2011

ELHAM ROKNI

Catalog #: 31
Website:  http://elhamrokni.com/
Image:

Title: Horse #5
Year: 2011
Value:   $1100
Size: 30x40 cm
Edition: 2/5
Description: Ink on paper


About the Artist: 
Born in Iran in 1980, Elham Rokni has immigrated to Israel at the age of 9. Today she lives
and works in Tel-Aviv. She is a graduate of Bezalel Academy's BFA (2007) and MFA
(2010) programs.
Rokni's artistic production employs video installations and drawings to engage with
general questions of memory and emotions, mainly through extream daily situations and
her personal history as an immigrant.
Her work explores an intricate, multifaceted reality, challenging the boundaries of the
existing orders, physicals as well as political.

Education
2008-10MFA - Bezalel Academy, Tel-Aviv
2003-07BFA - Art Department, Bezalel Academy of art & Design, Jerusalem
Solo Exhbitions
2011Untitled, Janco Dada museum, Ein Hod, Israel

Curator: Raya Zommer
Exhibitions & Screenings
2011The secret eight or the enigma of the haunted house, Hissin 27, Tel-Aviv

Curator: Sarit Sahpira
2011On the road to nowhere, Ashdod Art Museum

Curator: aya luria

Indisplace, Gal-On Gallery, Tel Aviv

Curator: Ronit Eden

Light and Shadows - The Story of Iran and the Jews,

Beit Hatfutsot, Tel-Aviv, Curator: Hagai Segev
2010Down Under, Petach Tikva museum of art

Curator: Drorit Gur-Arie

MFA Final exhibition, Bezalel Academy, Tel-Aviv

In Between, Ashdod Art Museum, Israel

Curators: Yuval Biton & Roni Binyamini

GIGUK, Gießen VideoArt Festival, Germany

PAM Festival, Senigallia, Italy

Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest

Urban research on film, Berlin
2009Wola Festival, Warsaw, Poland
2009Curators: Sarmen Beglarian & Sylwia Szymaniak

ATA Film & Video Festival, San Francisco

Crosstalk Video Art festival, Budapest
2008ShortFilmFestival, Hamburg

International Women's Film Festival, Rehovot

Olimpolice Festival, Greece

Love Art , Video-Art in Chen Blvd. Tel-Aviv

Curator: Moran Shoub

Nisuui Kelim #6 , Tel-Aviv
2007Displacements ~ Imigration at a young age, MOBY

curators: Milana Gitzin-adiram & Leah Abir

BFA Final exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Awards & Grants
2011Young Artist Prize, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport

Artist-teacher Scholarship, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport
2010Young Artist Prize, Ashdod, Israel

A grant for a collaborative Video Project,

The Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel-Aviv

Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel-Aviv
2009Awarded for excellent Achievements, M.F.A program Bezalel Academy, Tel-Aviv
2007Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem





Professional Experience
2011-Artist-teacher Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Sport
2008-Video Workshops, Arab students Honors Program, Beit-Berl college
2007-09Privet & group art lessons, AKIM -

National Association for the Habilitation of the Mentally Handicapped in Israel
 

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