Orit Ishay

Orit Ishay (Hebrew: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography.^[1] Ishay's art examines the interrelation between man and place and possible systems of representation, while addressing questions pertaining to social and mental issues through temporal and spatial motifs. Her work is usually accompanied by theoretical research.

Orit Ishay אורית ישי
Self portrait
Born	1961 (age 63–64) Tel Aviv, Israel
Education	Ha'Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College; Musrara School of Photography, Media and New Music; The David Yellin Academic College
Known for	Photography, video art

In 2012, she led a tour that was open to the general public in the "Haifa Walks #2" project, held in the framework of the show Haifa-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv at the Haifa Museum of Art.^[2]

Awards

• 2014: MuseumsQuartier Wien, quartier21 Artist-in-Residence Studio Program, Vienna^[3]

Solo exhibitions

• 2014: Terribly Pretty, Awfully Beautiful. The Kibbutz Gallery Tel Aviv, IL^[4]

Selected group exhibitions

• 2014: Rising Star, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, IL^[5]
• 2012: Daily Reports, MNAC, National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania^[6]
• 2010: Identity III: Positioning, WUK – FotogalerieWien, Vienna^[7]