Ruti Sela
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Ruti Sela, (Hebrew: רותי סלע; born 1974, in Jerusalem, Israel) is a video artist.
Biography
[edit]She graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and MFA studieds at the Film Department of the Tel Aviv University. Throughout 2011, she has been a guest resident at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. Her work has been shown internationally at various exhibitions and venues, including the 2006 Biennale of Sydney, the 2009 Istanbul Biennial,[1] Berlin Biennial 2010,[2] Manifesta 8 (2010),[3] Israel Museum, Centre Pompidou, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris; Art in General, New York; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, Tel Aviv Museum, Tate Modern[4] and Jeu de Paume. She has received a number of prizes and scholarships, among them the Minister of Culture Prize[5] and the Anselm Kiefer prize.
In 2009 she initiated together with Maayan Amir "The Exterritory Project"[6][7] on which they have won an award (2011) for young artist from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).[8]
Sela teaches at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts, Beit Berl College, Israel.
Selected exhibitions
[edit]2021
- Speech Act, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY.
- Desktop, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (project).
- 100% Legal, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
- But Ears Have No Lids, the Philippine Contemporary Art Network(PCAN), Quezon, Philippines.
- AD/AD – Project Space, Hanover, Germany (Screening).
2020
- Marseille Jamilla, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019
- The Winners, Ashdod Museum, Israel
- Tabula Rasa, Bizaron Center, Israel
2018
- Out of Orders, Live Art Development Agency Virtual Gallery, London, UK.
2017
- Concepts of Subjectivities, El Instituto Cultural de León(ICL)/Galería Jesus Gallardo, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Image Blockade, Galerja Miroslav Krealjevic, Zagreb, Croatia.
2018
- Vos Désirs Sont Les Nôtres, Triangle France, Marseille, France
- Sunset, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Land of Promise, The MODEM Modern and Contemporary Arts Center, Debrecen, Hungary
- Temporal Title, Petach Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Trajectories, Villa Tamaris Art Center, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Recovery Plan: Join or Die, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017
- Staring Back at the Sun, WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland (screening/exhibition series)
- Staring Back at the Sun, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Canada
- Generate, Festival für elektronische Künste, Tübingen, Germany
- Woven and Untangled, New Video Works in the Tel Aviv Museum Collection, Israel.
2016
- False Flags, Pelican Bomb Gallery, New Orleans, U.S.
- Tanzquartier Wien, Austria.
- Staring Back at the Sun, Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- New Museum, New York, Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts, U.S.
- International House, Philadelphia, U.S.
- Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
- Koffler Center of the Arts, Toronto, Canada.
2015
- New Museum Triennial, New York, U.S.
- Travestie für Fortgeschrittene, GfZK, Leipzig, Germany.
- The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennial, Ukraine.
- Secrets, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
- Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, Netherland.
- Image Blockade, CCA, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2013
- For The Record, Tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic.
2014
- Bat Yam Museum, Israel.
- Festival d’Arts Contemporains des Comores, Union of Comoros, Africa.
- About the Tragic, Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Spaceship Module, New Museum, New York, USA.
- Unusual Suspects, Les Vagamondes Festival, La Filature, France.
- Vidéogr@phie(s), Liège, Belgium.
- Forensis, HKW, Berlin, Germany.
2011
- BG-HOV-PWC, Kadist Foundation, Paris, France.
- “Beyond Guilt”, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland.
- “Beyond Guilt”, Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, Canada.
2010
- “Beyond Guilt”, 1646 Gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands.
- “Time to Dance”, Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain.
- “El Palabrero”, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2008
- “Rare Medium”, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv (artist curator).
2006
- “Cordova”, The Center for Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Selected group exhibitions
[edit]2016
- False Flags, Pelican Bomb Gallery, New Orleans, U.S.
- Tanzquartier Wien, Austria.
- Staring Back at the Sun:
- Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- New Museum, New York, Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts, U.S.
- International House, Philadelphia, U.S.
- Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
- Koffler Center of the Arts, Toronto, Canada.
2015
- New Museum Triennial, New York, U.S.
- Travesty Advanced, GFZK, Leipzig, Germany.
- The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennial, Ukraine.
- Secrets, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2014
- Festival d’Arts Contemporains des Comores, Union of Comoros, Africa.
- About the Tragic, Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Spaceship Module, New Museum, New York, USA.
- Unusual Suspects, Les Vagamondes Festival, La Filature, France.
- Vidéogr@phie(s), Liège, Belgium.
- Forensis, HKW, Berlin, Germany.
2013
- Changer d’image, Mumok, Vienna, Austria.
- Le Pont, MAC, Marseille Museum, France.
- The Way We Are, Gallery Zilberman Istanbul, Turkey.
- The Naked Man, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- The Naked Man, Lentos Art Museum in Linz.
- Retour de Israel, Jeune Création, Marseille, France.
- Almedalsveckan, BAC – Baltic Art Center (screening), Sweden
- Brouillon – Bon Travail, Argos, Brussels, Belgium.
- Moments on moments, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium.
- This and That, Kunsthaus Aussersihl (screening), Zurich, Switzerland.
2012
- Moments, History of Performances in 10 Acts, ZKM museum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Truth is concrete, Steirischer Herbst festival, Graz, Austria.
- The Intimate Autuman, Århus Kunstbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- The Event, Birmingham, UK.
- Middle East Europe, CCA DOX, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Cittadellarte – Sharing Transformations, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria.
- Pathways into a Collection, Minsheng Art Museum, Hong Kong.
- Video Brazil, Brazil.
- Ici, La Ba, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris.
- Victims and Martyrs,Gothenburg Kunsthall, Sweden.
2011
- “Un’espressione Geografica”, Foneazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy.
- Distance - Homonovos, Riga, ICA, London, Wounderbar, Newcastle. UK.
- ECHT? Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
- WeAreTheArtists, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland.
- Cheminements,Centre Photo Lectoure, France.
2010
- Berlin Biennial, Germany.
- “Neo-Barbarism”, Rothschild 69 Gallery, Tel Aviv.
- Mediation Biennial, Poznan, Poland.
- “Faux Amis, vidéothèque éphémère”, Jeu de Paume, Paris.
- “Police the Police”, Young Artists Biennial in Bucharest, Romania.
- Quando Si Parte, ASSAB-One, Milan, Italy.
- Mobile Archive, Museum of Art and Ideas, Hamburg, Germany.
- Darkroom, Institute of Art in Gdańsk.
- Museum of art and idea, Hamburg.
- Trembling Time(screening), Tate Modern.
- Selected Works from Istanbul Biennial, Museo D’arte Della Sicilia, palazzoriso, Italy.
- Overview, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2009
- 11th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey.
- Selected works from 11th Istanbul Biennial, Nova Gallery, Zagreb.
- “CPH:DOX“, the film festival, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- “Art TLV”, the 2nd Tel Aviv Biennial, Israel.
- “BTAT crossing”, Space Croix Barabgon, Toulouse, France.
- SCOPE New York 09.
2008
- “Festival des Urbaines”, Laussane, Switzerland.
- “Art TLV”, the 1st Tel Aviv Biennial, Israel.
- Video-Zone, the 4th Biennial of Video Art, Tel Aviv.
- Mittelmeer Biennial, Köln, Germany.
- “the tyranny of the transparent”, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- “Life Stories”, TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
- “Onlyconnect“, Chelsea Art Museum, New York.
- “Come to Israel”, Storefront Gallery, New York.
- “Rare Medium”, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2007
- “The Rear“, Herzeliya Biennial, Israel.
- “War and Cinema” Screening at Pompidou Center, Paris.
- Haifa Museum, Israel.
2006
- Sydney Biennial, Australia.
- “L.A. Freewaves”, Film Festival, Los Angeles.
- “Mini-Israel”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
- “8th Annual Video Marathon”, Art in General Gallery, New York.
- “Blanks”, The Center for Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- “Serial Cases”, Exchange program between Israel, Croatia, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Czech Republic, and Romania.
- ‘Identity in Crisis’, the new cultural association Ambasciata di Marte, Florence, Italy.
- “Dreams and Trauma” – Moving Images and the Promised Lands, The House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany.
2005
- “Passion”, Villa Franchin Gallery, Mestre Venezia, Italy.
- Naples XII Biennial, Italy.
- “Transmediale”, Film festival, Berlin, Germany.
- “Power”, Israeli Art Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- “Gazza”, The Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- “Hilchot Shchenim C”, The Israeli Center For Digital Art, Holon, Israel.
2004
- “Whores”, The Midrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv.
- Video-Zone, the 2nd Biennial of Video Art, Tel Aviv.
- “Hilchot Shchenim B”, The Israeli Center For Digital Art, Holon, Israel.
- “Winners”, group exhibition, Haifa Museum
2003
- “Affirmative Action”, group exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum
2002
- “TransChina” festival, Beijing/Shanghai, China.
- “Retrospective” Video Art Screening, Herzliya Museum of Art.
- Video-Zone, the 1st Biennial of Video Art, Tel Aviv.
- “vidéochroniques” festival, Marseille, France.
Publications-books
[edit]- United States of Palestine-Israel, Exterritory Together with Maayan Amir, Ed. Joshoa Simion, Sternberg Press, New-York, 2011
- Volume 14 of ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art.
- VIDEO ON THE LOOSE - Freewaves and 20 Years of Media Arts
- MULTITUDES, No 47, winter, Paris, 2011.
- CAPRICIOUS No. 12: The Protest issue, Ed. Emily Roysdon, New York, 2011.
Awards
[edit]- 2019 The Pais Culture Fund.
- 2018 Award for an Established Video Artist, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport.
- 2018 Artis Grant, Artis New York, NY.
- 2018 The Pais Culture Fund.
- 2017 UCI Illuminations
- 2017 The Chancellor’s Art & Culture Initiative support.
- 2015 Artis Grant.
- 2015 The Ostrovsky Family Fund.
- 2015 Tel Aviv Museum Collection.
- 2014 Rabinovich Art Foundation.
- 2014 The Ostrovsky Family Fund.
- 2013 The Pais Culture Fund.
- 2013 The Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv
- 2011 UNESCO Award for Young Artists.
- 2011 Encourage, The minister of education award.
- 2008-9 Wolf Foundation, Anselm Kiefer prize for young artist.
- 2009 VIDEO.IT/BJCEM – Skopje 2009, Torino, Italy.
- 2003 Yung Artist, The minister of education award.
- 2002 America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
- 2001 The art department of Bezalel award for excellent graduate.
Videography
[edit]- Viewing Booth, 2021, 2:50 min.
- Desktop, 2020, 10:00 min.
- Marseille Jamilla, 2019, 27:10 min. (Collaboration with Roee Rosen)
- Hugs#2, 2017, 1:25 min.
- Image Blockade, 2015 (with Maayan Amir), 38:30 min.
- Scenarios Preparations, 2015 (with Maayan Amir), 35:00 min, Holland – Greece.
- El Yuma, 2014, 39:00 min, Cuba.
- For The Record, 2013, 18:00 min, Jerusalem.
- Credit Point, 2012, 12:45 min, Jerusalem.
- The Witness, 2012, 10:00 min, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Extras, 2012, 2:00 min Loop, Jerusalem.
- Webcam, 2011, 10:28 min.
- Commune Sense, 2011 (with Maayan Amir), 18:00 min, Umbria, Italy.
- CTD curated by Tranzit, 2010–11, 30:00 min, Murcia, Spain.
- Commune Sense, 2011 (with Maayan Amir), 18:00 min, Umbria, Italy.
- Webcam, 2011, 10:28 min, Web.
- El Palabrero, 2010, 35:00 min, Buenos Aires – Tel Aviv.
- Nothing To Lose, 2010, 8:00 min, Toulouse, France.
- Gringo, 2010,10:00 min, Jaffa.
- People Will Comply, (with Ruti Sela's video class students from Avni Art Institute), 2010, 11:45 min.
- History of Violence, (with Ruti Sela's video class students from Haifa University), 2009, 11:34 min.
- America#1, 2008, 2:30 min, New York.
- Someone Feels That Someone is Missing, 2008, 10:00 min, Eilat-Tel Aviv.
- Nothing Happened, 2007, 23:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Steps, 2006, 2:00 min, Tel Aviv. The Studio, 2007, 2:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Europa, Video Installation, 2006, 4:00 min Loop, Cairo, Egypt.
- One Shot in China, 2005, 2:14 min, China.
- Pride Parade, 2005, 3:00 min, Jerusalem.
- Ouwi, 2005 (with Lior Waterman), 12:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Aley zahav named after Aliza Begin, 2005, 6:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Beyond Guilt – The Trilogy, 2003-5 (with Maayan Amir), 42:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Sharon & Arafat, 2004, 1:00 min, Amman, Jordan.
- Loopolice, 2003, 6:40 min, Tel Aviv (with Clil Nadav).
- Livnot, 2003, 3:00 min, Jerusalem.
- E R Sun Set, 2003, (with Gilad Ratman & Lior Waterman), 3:00 min, Beijing, China.
- The Next Picture I Found in the Garbage, 2003, 1:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Cordova, 2002-3 (2 chapters, collaboration with 5 artists), 50:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- The Flies, 2002, 4:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Rudiguer Coming to Israel, 2002, 10:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- House Arrest, 2002, 8:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Money-Comio, 2002, 5:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Siberian Dog, 2001, 4:00 min, Tel Aviv.
- Una Proyeccion Solamente, 2001, 12:00 min, Valencia, Spain.
- Moom (defect in the neck) 2000, 4:00 min, Jerusalem.
- Porno 2000, 6:00 min, Jerusalem.
- Hugs, 1999, 8:00 min (No sound), Jerusalem.
External links
[edit]- Articles 2012
- Tranzit Hungary - Budapest, Hungary.
- Künstlerhaus Stuttgart.
- Artschool London.
References
[edit]- ^ "Akdeniz'in Kentleri İstanbul, Marakeş ve Atina Bienalleri Sicilya'da". Haberler. Yeni Medya Elektronik Yayıncılık. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Die Wirklichkeit spricht Körpersprache". Der Spiegel. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Ach ja, der Dialog". Monopol. Ringier. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Tate Modern shines a spotlight on Israeli video artists". Ha'aretz. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "It's not polite". Ha'aretz. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ exterritory-project.org Archived 2011-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Artists Investigate Identity and Boundaries in Extraterritorial Waters". The New York Times. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Unesco premia jovens artistas que estimulam a paz entre Ocidente e Oriente". Diário de Pernambuco. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.