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Alona Rodeh, Israeli, born 1979.

Alona Rodeh's work explores the essence of the art object and its social context. She makes ironic use of various media among them video, sculpture and different theatrical techniques. In Above and Beyond (2023), for example, she builds the Western Wall out of cardboard boxes with beams of light shining out of them.. Lives and works in Tel-Aviv

Education

1999-2003 Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, BFA,
2002 Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, Vienna, Austria, Exchange studies,
2008-09 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, MFA,
2008 Royal College of Art, London, UK, Sculpture Department,

Awards And Prizes

2005 Grant from the Joshua Rabinowitz Fund for Literature and Art from Tel Aviv
2006 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence
2007-2010, Grant from the Joshua Rabinowitz Fund for Literature and Art from Tel Aviv
2009 Grant for Artist-Teacher, Ministry of Education and Culture
2011 Artist Residency, The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Vienna, Austria
2012 Artist's Grant Recipient
2013 Grant from the Joshua Rabinowitz Fund for Literature and Art from Tel Aviv
2013 Outset Grant recipient
2013 2nd Prize for Israeli Experimental Film and Video Art, International Film Festival, Jerusalem