Hilla Ben Ari
Born in 1972
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv
Education
2006 Masters degree in Poetics and Comparative Literature, Tel- Aviv University
2003 Advanced Studies Program in fine Art, Kalisher College, Tel-Aviv
1995-99 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2017 'Rethinking Broken Lines: A Tribute to Heda Oren', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.
2016 'Phoneme', Feinberg Projects Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 'Tensioni E-Statiche', with Alice Cattaneo, Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome
2015 'Naamah: A Tribute to Nahum Benari', Museum of Art Ein Harod
2014 'The Keystone', Dana Gallery, Yad Mordechai
2013 'Lucretia', Artists in Residence #4, Macro Museum of Contemporary Art Rome
2012 'Lacuna', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
2011 'Falling in Line', with Maya Attoun, Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome
2010 'Footwork', with Uriel Miron, gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2008 'The Left Shoulder', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
2007 'Hibernation', in 'Internal Tourism', The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2004 'Diana', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2003 'Starkiss', Kalisher College, Tel-Aviv
2002 'Orange/ Cut-off', Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
2001 'To Hold', the Kibbutz Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 'Collective: Reflections on the Museum Collections', Tel Aviv Museum of Art
'Body + Camera Festival', Mana Contemporary Chicago / New Jersey
'We Hereby Declare: Ministry of Culture Awards in Art and Design', MoBY: Museums of Bat Yam
'In the Body of the Wood: Winners of the Jacob Pins Prize', Jerusalem Print Workshop
'Women Workers' Movement', Beit Uri and Rami Nehostan Museum, Ashdot Yaakov
'On the Edge: Israeli Paper', Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2016 'The Black Art', Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
'Premio Combat Prize', Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy
'SpaceTime: Video Art and Installations from the Haaretz Collection', Minus 1, Tel Aviv
'Sculpture; Allegories of the Present', The Artists' House, Tel Aviv
2015 'The 18th Japan Media Arts Festival', The National Art Center, Tokyo
'Takamatsu Media Arts Festival', Takamatsu, Japan
'Pinpoint', Feinberg Projects, Tel Aviv
2014 'Fair Play', MAXXI Museum, Rome
'The Chicago Triangel', Haifa Museum of Art
'Iconica' - Arte urbana al Foro Italico, Rome
2013 'To Leave A Mark, The 5th Biennale for Drawing in Israel', Jerusalem Print Workshop
'Print Time', Tefen Open Museum
'Layers of Identity', LA Print Space, Los Angeles
'Domesric Utopias', NGBK Berli
'The Ministry Of Culture Prizes In Art And Design', Ashdod Museum of Art
'Epos 4 - The International Art Film Festival', Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2012 'OC Collects', Orange County Museum of Art, California
'Daily Reports', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
'Self Staging', Magician Space, Beijing
'Horizontal', Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
'Home Affairs', IVAHM' 12, Centro de Artes, Madrid/ CINETORO Film Festival, Colombia
'Miart', International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Milan
2011 'Curators &co.', Petach Tikva Museum of Art
'Crimson Peels', Jerusalem Print Workshop
'Scales and Measures', Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin
'Numerator and Denominator', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
'Homemade 4', Loop Festival, Barcelona
2010 'Videoholica 2010', Varna, Bulgaria
'Culture Shock: Video Intervention at the QET', Vancouver, Canada
2009 '2009 Asian Art Biennial', National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
'Videonale 12 – Festival of Contemporary Video Art' , Bonn Museum of Art
'Natural History Museum', Petach Tikva Museum of Art
'Paperworks', Ticho House -The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2008 'Optica – The Madrid International Festival of Video Art', Madrid and Paris
'Skin', Kastiel Gallery, Tel Aviv
'Unparalleled LunaPark',Tel aviv's seasons' opening Art Festival
'Infertility', Florentin 45 - Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2007 'The Beautiful Void', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
'Closing – Opening', the Canal Chapter Gallery, New York
'Sweet 16', Bat Yam Museum of Art
'The Other Sea', the Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2006 'Israeli Artists', Tache-Levy Gallery, Brussels
2005 'High Heels in the Sand: Trafficking in Women in Israel', Petach Tikva Museum of Art
'Togetherness: The ‘Group’ and the Kibbutz in Collective Israeli Consciousness', Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
2004 'The Last Dance', Ha'aretz Art Festival, Tel-Aviv
2004, 2003 'OverCraft : Obsession, Decoration and Biting Beauty', Haifa University Gallery; The Artists’ House, Tel-Aviv
2001 'Artik 3: Winners of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship', University of Tel Aviv Gallery
2000 'Artik 2: Winners of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship', Ramat Gan Museum
Grants and Awards
2017 Research Grant - Asylum Arts, NY
2016 Award for an established video artist, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport
Premio Combat Prize - video category
Award on behalf of the Ostrovsky Family Fund - The Israeli Video Art and Experimental Cinema – Jerusalem Film Festival.
Project Grant - Outset Contemporary Art Fund
Pins Prize for an Israeli Print Artist, The Israel Museum
Project Grant - The Artis Grant Program
Mifal HaPais - Arts and Culture Grant
Video grant - Ostrovsky Family Fund
2015 Mifal HaPais - Arts and Culture Grant
Jury selection - The 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo
2014 Kolb Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Video grant - Ostrovsky Family Fund
Hadassah–Brandeis Institute Research Award
2013 Video grant - Ostrovsky Family Fund
2012 Artis Grant Recipient
Prize to Encourage Creativity from the Ministry of Culture and Sport
2011 Fonds Roberto Cimetta Grant
2008 Optica, International Festival of Video Art Award, Madrid
2007 Residency grant, Canal Chapter Gallery, New York
2005, 2003 The Rabinovich Foundation Scholarship for the Plastic Arts
1999-00 America-Israel Cultural foundation Scholarship
1999 Rumi Shapira Award // Award for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
1998 Award for Achievements, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Collections
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Petach Tikva Museum of Art
Museum of Art Ein Harod
Kunstsammlung im Deutschen Bundestag, Berlin
The Knesset Art Collection, Jerusalem
Schocken Collection, Ha'aretz, Tel Aviv
Israel Discount Bank Collection, Tel Aviv
Comme il Faut Collection
Sheila Sonenshine collection, California
Private Collections