Rotner Yana
Main achievement
Artist and photographer from Israel
About
Yana Rotner born on 23.05.1988 in Bender, Moldova. Immigrated to Israel in 1990. Based in Tel Aviv. Education. 2012-2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Exchange Program 2013-2014, HGB Academy of Arts Leipzig, Germany. 2016-2018 Master, Interdisciplinary Arts Program, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. 2019 Diploma in Cultural Institution Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Solo Exhibitions 2026 CHARLOTTE, Odile Ouizeman Gallery, Paris. Curated by Francoise Paviot and Odile Ouizeman. 2025 LUMIÉRE, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv. 2022 In the Shadow of the Sun, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv. 2020 The Great Silence, solo exhibition, Bialik Museum, Tel Aviv. Curated by Smadar Sheffi. 2016 Aliki, Solo Show, Snehta Residency, Athens, Greece. Organized by Paky Vlasopoulou. 2015 9 Derivatives, final exhibition, Bezalel Photography Department. Mentors: Yossi Breger, Dor Guez and Rami Maymon. Group Exhibitions 2025 Spoons, duo exhibition with Ilay Tzror, Oman Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Naama Arad. 2025 If I Were Boody, Petah Tikva Museum of Art. Curator: Irena Gordon. 2024 Asana for a Moment, Eretz Israel Museum. Curator: Raz Samira. 2023 I Can't Hide My Anger, Har-El Gallery. Artists: Alex Katz, Monica Bonvicini, Anne Collier, Yana Rotner, Ellsworth Kelly, Naama Tsabar, Erica Baum, Rachel Whiteread, Cy Twombly. Jaffa. 2023 Blanc - From Antiquities to Contemporary Art, Chenel Gallery, Paris. 2021 Solidarity Weekend, Dvir Gallery, Artists: Louise Lawler, Moshe Ninio, Barak Ravitz, Yana Rotner and Naama Tzabar. Tel-Aviv. 2021 Solidarity Weekend, Noga Gallery Tel-Aviv. 2021 The Institution, Inauguration of the Israeli Museum of Art, Ramat Gan. Curated by Svetlana Reingold. 2021 High Voltage ll, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv. Curated by Suzanne Landau and Steeve Nassima. 2020 The Promise, CCA Tel Aviv. Curated by Nicola Trezzi and Thomas Rom. 2019 Album, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curated by David Adika, Rami Maymon and Yael Efrati. 2017 Repositioning, The Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem. Curated by Alon Rasgor. 2017 9X9, Black-Box, opening of a street gallery, Jaffa 97, Jerusalem. Curated by Asaf Cohen and Izek Mizrahi. 2016 Slalom, Binyamin Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Dor Sharon. 2016 Tricky Tongues, Mazeh9, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Yaara Schattner. 2016 City of Refugee, The Lobby - Art Space, Tel-Aviv. 2015 Space-Oddity, Kunstverein nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany. Curated by Simone Neuenschwander spcace-oddity.info 2014 Drawing Protest, collaboration with Dan Perjovschi, GFZK Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany. Curator Olga Vostretsova Curating and Research 2020 Looking at Her Reflection, exhibition curated by the artist, Text by Liz Deschenes, 2019 The Darkness, exhibition curated by the artist, text by Raphael Zagury-Orly. 2017 Black Bima, co-curated with Shelly Reich. 2016 Blue Blind Spot, Bezalel Department of Photography Gallery, Jerusalem, co-curated with Dr. Noam Segal. Grants, Scholarships and Residencies Snehta, Athens, Greece Mifal HaPais Council for the Arts Scholarship. Mentorship and Leadership Program for Young Art Students, Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts. Leadership and Social Engagement "Directions Cultural Center" in the field of post-WWII culture and history (Poland-Israel) Cultural Coordinator, invited by Degania A Council to hold a discussion with young Israelis and Palestinians, Gothenburg, Sweden. Publications and Reviews 2023 Review in Haaretz by Avi Pitchon Mentioning the exhibition In the Shadow of the Sun. 2022 Review in Haaretz by Avi Pitchon - In the Shadow of the Sun. 2021 Review in Haaretz by Avi Pitchon - Five Easy Pieces. 2021 Interview with Hagir Peleg Rotem in Portfolio magazine. 2020 Review in Haaretz by Avi Pitchon - The Great Silence. 2020 Review of Haaretz by Avi Pitchon - Looking at her reflection. 2020 Exhibition Catalog The Promise - CCA Tel Aviv. Koma6 Review
