Aya Ben Ron

Aya Ben Ron (Hebrew: איה בן רון‎; born 1967, Haifa, Israel) is a 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
Born1967
Haifa, Israel
EducationGoldsmiths, University of London
Known forsite specific installations documentary video
Websiteayabenron.com
Hanging by Aya Ben Ron at The Berlin Museum of Medical History, Charité
Video still from Rescue by Aya Ben Ron
Still Life detail (Shift) by Aya Ben Ron

Biography

Aya Ben Ron was born in Haifa, Israel, in 1967. 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
  • 2019 Field Hospital X, Venice Biennale
  • 2015 The Last Voyage Cythera, Front, Online Project
  • 2013 All is Well, Máxima Medisch Centrum/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • 2012 Rescue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2012 First Aid Station – A Voyage to Cythera, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany[10]
  • 2012 Voyage to Cythera, Berlin Museum of Medical History, Berlin, Germany[11]
  • 2010 Shift, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany[12]
  • 2010 Shift, Noga Star Project, Parasite/Diana Dallal, Tel Aviv, Israel[13]
  • 2007 Margalith, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel[14]
  • 2005 Still Under Treatment, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel[15]
  • 2002 Hanging, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 2001 Hanging, The Wellcome Trust Building, London, UK
  • 1998 I Told You So, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel

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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