Raya Bruckenthal
Raya Bruckenthal (born 1975) is an interdisciplinary artist, living in Jerusalem and working at the Artists’ Studios at Teddy. In her works, Bruckenthal explores the religious experience in drawing, installations, and video art. She encourages an alternative reading for concepts of Orthodox Judeism, which she juxtaposes with pop culture, video and “trashy” images. She uses their affecting power in order to create a “controlled desecration of borders,” which allows an open discussion about faith, and inspect aspects of faith that are both social taboo and Jewish.
Education
1994 Avni Institute for Art & Design, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, Studies in Drawing and Painting
1999 L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, Student Exchange Program, Studies in Sculpture and Painting
1996–2000 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Graduate, BFA with Excellence
2005–2010 Tel-Aviv University, Studies towards Master’s Degree in the Interdisciplinary Circle Film and Television
Teaching
2002–2014 Sam Spiegel Film School, Jerusalem
2004 Talpiot College, Jerusalem
2004 Emunah College, Jerusalem
2004 Maaleh Film School, Jerusalem
Awards And Prizes
2014 Prize for Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Education and Culture
2021 The Culture Minister’s Prize for Plastic Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya
2022 Raya Bruckenthal: Perek Chelek (Portion of the World to Come), Petach Tikvah Museum of Art, Petach Tikva
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004–2005 Reshamim II, Jerusalem Artists’ House
2008 Goyim, New Gallery – The Artist’s Studios, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
2008 Concrete and Cement, Kibbutz Be’eri Gallery, Kibbutz Be’eri
2013 Now Now, The Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, Jerusalem
2015 And the Winners Are: The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design, 2014, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Pavilion, Main Building, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2015 Group Exhibition, The Negev Museum of Art, Be’er Sheva
2016 Talush (Rootless), Prints and Drawings Gallery The Gallery of the German Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Paul and Herta Amir Building, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2017 Tseno Ureno: Israeli Women Artist Reflect on their Religious and Gender Identity, Avraham Baron Gallery, Beer Sheva
2019 B-side A Heroine, New Gallery – The Artist’s Studios, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
2019–2020 Solidarity as a Means of Action, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2020–2021 Salon HaCubia 2020: Portrait, Hacubia, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2021 Chada Knishta, Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod
2022 Group Exhibition, The Negev Museum of Art, Be’er Sheva
2022 A Place, Hacubia, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2024 Threading, The U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem
2024 Orayta: From Content to Form, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
2025 New Works, Jerusalem Print Workshop
