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Doron Solomons, an Israeli video artist, was born in London, England in 1969. From 1991-1994 he studied art at the Beit Berl College, in Ramat Hasharon.
Doron Solomons’ artistic practice since 2000 has been inextricably connected to his experience as a professional news editor, the materials to which he is exposed in this capacity, and the ethical problems posed.
In "Inventory" (2001), Solomons reviews his life with regard to the material inventory of all his belongings. Beginning with his wife to counting all the cassette tapes and things in his life, Solomons reflects on materialism on a whole and the proprietary relationship between an man and a woman. In "Tonight’s Headlines" (2006), we find the newest version of the “eloquent silence” series running through Solomons’ oeuvre. The work starts out like an ordinary night edition of the news on Israeli Channel 2, but when the time comes for the anchors to announce the headlines, they stare at the camera, without uttering a word. They keep the gestures and body language characteristic of the media just as much as the spoken language itself. In "Shopping Day" (2006), Solomons directly addresses the language of advertising and branding industries and its limited filmic lexicon. Using his editorial skill and editing language, he manages to subvert the message and create a drama of a daily and minor tragedy showing not only himself, but also this visual language, as pathetic. In "Good night" (2008) - A father reads his son a bed time story but falls asleep. The son then covers, and in the end smothers, the father with his stuffed animals. The work refers to the reality of sons that bury their father and considers the local harsh reality of fathers burying their sons.
Doron Solomons lives and works in Ramat Gan.

Education

1994-1991 Art Teachers' College, Ramat Hasharon

Teaching

Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv
Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon.

Awards And Prizes

2004 Prize, Ministry of Education and Culture
2006 Hadassah and Raphael Klatchkin Grant for Art, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Artic 9