Aya Ben Ron

Aya Ben Ron was born in 1967 in Haifa. She creates in digital media alongside traditional media. Many of her works are based on images from the world of medicine and rescue. In 2019 she represented Israel in the Biennale of Venice.

Education
1989-19992 Hamodrasha Leomanot, Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon
1998-1999 M.A.in Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK

Awards And Prizes
2002 Young Artist Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture
2005 Creativity Encouragement Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture
2008 Janet and George Jaffin Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2008 The Minister of Culture Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture
2009 Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2010 Special Projects in Art, Joshua Rabinovich Foundation, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2011 Dizengoff Prize, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2016 Creativity Encouragement Prize, The Ministry of Education and Culture
2017 Special Projects in Art, Joshua Rabinovich Foundation, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Solo exhibition (selection)
2001 PARTICLE 1, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya
2007 MARGALITH, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 RESCUE, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2012 FIRST AID STATION – A Voyage to Cythera, AANDO FINE ART, Berlin, Germany
2019 FIELD HOSPITAL X, Israeli Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy

Group exhibition (selection in the field of printmaking)
2007 On a Small Scale, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2012 Boiling Blood, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2014 Workshop Myth: Four Decades. Body, Place, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2018 No pasarán: Eighty years of the Spanish Civil War, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem