Anat Ronen

I describe myself as a self-taught, autodidact, late bloomer, accidental artist. Never in my wildest dreams I allowed myself to fantasize I would be a professional artist. I was always on the artistic side, but I thought it was just a tendency, an inclination, like others are better in sports, or music; surely I am more inclined to do art, but not remotely a good enough artist to make a living out of it.
Then life happened, and in 2006 we decided to emigrate to the US – more as a “hail Mary” move “before it gets too late”. At 35, my husband and I felt we wanted to try something else, something far away, create a new life, reinvent ourselves. Born and raised in the state of Israel, we wanted a life that is not defined by our nation’s problems. I started as an administrative assistant (that was what I did in Israel until then), and after two years, I applied for a different visa (“extraordinary abilities”, O1) as more of a gamble than anything else. My professional art career started in late 2008 when the desire to stay in the US and make a living left us with no other choice. I had no idea where that desire would take me, and looking back, the journey was and is unbelievable even to me. Every project takes me to new territories, t...

Self taught, autodidact

2019 “urban legend”, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, TX
2017 “The First 100 Days”, The Silos at Sayer Street, Houston, TX
2017 “Don’t Give Me the Eye!”, ERJCC, Houston, TX
2016 On the Creative Path, Houston City Hall, Houston, TX
2014 One Degree of Separation, Spring Street Studios, Houston, TX
2013 If only, The Station Museum for Contemporary Art in Houston, 2013