Aya Eliav

I was Born in Tel Aviv, israel, 1977. In 1999 I started my studies at the "Bezalel" academy of art and design in Jerusalem. Between 2003 and 2007 I lived and worked in Rome, Italy, obtaining a scholarship for studies in the Accademia di Belle Arti. Since 2005 I was showing internationally group and solo exhibitions and 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. Since 2013 I live and work between Barcelona and Tel Aviv.

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" in visual communications, Jerusalem, Israel.

Main solo exhibitions and performances:
2015 - Alumá – Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain
2014 – A Crawling home narrative, Galeria ArtStation, Tel Aviv, Israel
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 art, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China, 2010
The 3rd Fresh Paint Art Fair – Tel Aviv, Israel - 2010