Aya Eliav

Born in 1977. graduated of "Bezalel" academy of art and design, Jerusalem, received a scholarship for advanced studies at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and on 2022 graduated MFA of the university of Barcelona with excellency. Since 2005 I was showing internationally group and solo exhibitions, while teaching applied art. In my works i use mixed techniques, involving acrylics, and industrial colors. I deal with the theme of traveling, borders and man as nomad. From 2011 I extended my artistic activity to performance and video art, dealing with social and cultural criticism.

2022-3 MFA university of Barcelona
2004-2006 diploma in etching and printing at the art school of S. Giacomo, Rome, Italy.
2003 scholarship for specialization at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" Rome, Italy.
2002 graduated the Art and Design Academy - Bezalel

Her works have been featured in international exhibitions and fairs, including:
9th Biennale of Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Beijing, China (2023);
Flecha, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Barcelona (2022);
Artventures Gallery, Menlo Park, California, USA (2018);
Museo de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo de Rodriguez, Santa Fe, Argentina (2017);
BIM, Biennale of the Moving Image, Buenos Aires (2015);
Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain (2015, 2023);
Galeria ArtStation, Tel Aviv, Israel (2014);
Swab, Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona (2014);
17th and 18th Video Brasil Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2011, 2013);
Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel (2012);
Fanteria Museum, Rome (2003)
2012 - Inundation Land, Haifa Museum for Arts, Israel
2011 - Art Idol, 17th VideoBrasil Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009 – Feelings of Descent, Artists' house Jerusalem, Israel

Main events that have featured her works:
BIM, Bienale del Imagen en movimiento, Buenos Aires, 2014
Swab Art Fair, Barcelona, 2014
The Barbican Institute, London, 2012
Videobrasil Festival, Sao Pauolo, Brazil, 2013
Optica Festival – Madrid (La Casa Encendida), Girona (Centro de Cultura Antiguo),
Buenos Aires (Palais de Glace), 2011
The 4th Biennale of contemporary ar...