Alona Rodeh Explained

Alona Rodeh
Native Name:	אלונה רודה
Native Name Lang:	Hebrew
Birth Date:	1979
Birth Place:	Ben Ami, Israel
Nationality:	Israeli, Romanian
Education:	Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Known For:	Visual art
Partner:	Rachid Moro

Alona Rodeh (he|אלונה רודה) (born 1979) is a multimedia artist whose work combines sculpture, video, immersive installations and photography.^[1]

Biography

Alona Rodeh was born and raised in Israel. She earned a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 2003. and participated in the BFA exchange program of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. She completed her MFA at the Tel Aviv campus of Bezalel in 2009, spending a semester at the Sculpture Department of the Royal College of Art, London.^[2] Rodeh lives and works in Berlin.

Art career

Applying her experience as a set designer for theater,^[3] Rodeh creates large-scale installations combining light, movement, and sound. She describes these creations as a performance without performers^[1] offering a time-based experience.^[4]

Rodeh's Safe and Sound Project explores the history of off-the-shelf reflective and fluorescent illumination technologies.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Solo exhibitions

• Architecture of The Nights, Kunstpalais Erlangen, 2019^[8]
• DARK AGES 2020, Salzburger Kunstverein, 2019
• The Runner (LIVE), KOENIG2 by_robbygreif, Vienna, 2017^[9]
• Safe and Sound (Evolutions), Grimmuseum Berlin, 2015
• Safe and Sound I, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2014^[10]
• Above and Beyond, CCA Tel Aviv, 2013^[11]
• The Resurrection of Dead Masters, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, 2012^[12]
• The Etheric Body, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, 2011^[10]

Group exhibitions (selection)

• In the Spotlight of the Night: Life in the Gloom, Marta Herford, 2019^[13]
• Showtime, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2013^{[14] [15] [16]}

Awards and recognition

Rodeh was the recipient of the 2011 Young Artist Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport.^[17] She also won various stipends from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn (2019), the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe (2019, 2017), the Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts (2014, 2012), Artis (2013, 2010, 2008), Rabinovich Foundation (2013, 2012) Outset Israel (2013) and the Ostrovsky Family Fund (2013) and others. Fellowships included, among others, a six months residency at the Berlin Fire Brigade (in the frame of KUNSTrePUBLIK and ZK/U Artist Dis-Placement Residency),^[3] and a year-long residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.^{[10] [7]}

Rodeh is represented by Christine König Galerie, Vienna and Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv.

Published works

• Book: Deiss . Amely . Kröger . Malte . Safe & Sound: The Third Dimension, Kunstpalais Erlangen . 2019 . Kunstpalais Erlangen . 978-3-923899-51-7 . en, de. With contributions by Deiss, Amely; Esteve, Pol; Hood, Raymond M.; Kealy, Séamus; Kroeger, Malte; Lam, William MC; Rodeh, Alona; and Wiggam, Marc.
• Book: Rodeh . Alona . Fire: Safe & Sound . 2017 . ZK/U Press . 978-3-945659-07-6 . en, de. With contributions by Karjevsky, Gilly; Schöder, Thore; McCleary, Kristen; Hensler, Bruce; and Meinhoff, Ulrike.
• Book: Rodeh . Alona . Safe and Sound Delux Edition . 2015 . The Green Box . 978-965-7463-20-8 . en, he. With contributions by Atwan, Shachar; Gallanti, Fabrizio; and Schwartz, Hillel.
• Book: Rodeh . Alona . Above and Beyond . 2013 . CCA Tel Aviv . 978-965-7463-20-8. en, he. With contributions by Tamir, Chen; Rodeh, Alona; and Brand, Roy.

Further reading

• Web site: Kröger . Malte . Alona Rodeh: A journey From Past Ideology To Future Reality . Making Futures . 4 November 2019 . September 2019.
• O'Dwyer . Rebecca . Alona Rodeh at Christine König Galerie . Spike Art Quarterly . Winter 2018 .
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  . 4 November 2019 . 23 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180323080509/https://spikeartmagazine.com/en/issue/54-winter-2018 . dead .
• Book: Buhmann . Stephanie . Berlin Studio Conversations, 20 Women Talk About Art . 2017 . The Green Box . 9783941644939 . 173–182 .
• Web site: Finel Honigman . Ana . Alona Rodeh at Grimmuseum . Artforum . 4 November 2019 . September 2015.

External links

• Alona Rodeh's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Perlson . Hili . How Artist Alona Rodeh Reveals the Tyranny of Safety . Frieze Magazine . 3 November 2019 . 25 February 2019.
2. Web site: Metz . Sylvia . In the Studio: Alona Rodeh . Collectors Agenda . 3 November 2019 . Fall 2019.
3. Web site: Werner . Anna-Lena . Interview: Alona Rodeh . Artfridge . 3 November 2019 . April 24, 2018.
4. Web site: 50 Most Exciting Artists in Europe Right Now. Abrams. Amah-Rose. 2015-11-25. artnet News. en-US. 2019-12-28.
5. Web site: Kirshner . Sarai . Walking through the work of Alona Rodeh . AQNB . 4 November 2019 . 1 February 2016.
6. Web site: Robert . Henry . Alona Rodeh Light — Tool of Control or Counter-Culture Symbol? ]. Happening Media . 4 November 2019 . 12 March 2019.
7. Web site: Perlson . Hili . Nothing is Safe at Alona Rodeh's 'Safe and Sound' Exhibition in Berlin . Artnet News . 4 November 2019 . 30 September 2015.
8. Web site: How Artist Alona Rodeh Reveals the Tyranny of Safety. Perlson. Hili. Frieze. 28 February 2019 . en. 2020-01-08.
9. Web site: Alona Rodeh at Christine König Galerie by Rebecca O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer. Rebecca. Winter 2018. Spike Art Magazine. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180323080509/https://spikeartmagazine.com/en/issue/54-winter-2018 . 2018-03-23 . 2020-01-08.
10. Web site: Margani . Mario . Look at me, close your eyes, look at me. An interview with Alona Rodeh . DIGICULT . 3 November 2019. 2015.
11. Web site: Yahav . Galia . אלונה רודה מציגה: דיסקו שכינה . Haaretz . 3 November 2019 . Hebrew . May 8, 2013.
12. Enright, Robert and Walsh, Meeka . Alona Rodeh and the Art of Camouflage . Border Crossings . 3 November 2019 . 124 . 48–65 . December 2012.
13. Web site: Bei neuer Ausstellung im Marta wird mit Licht und dessen Wirkung gearbeitet. Bittner. Ralf. 24 October 2019. Neue Westfälische. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021012531/https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/herford/22591245_Marta-blickt-ins-Licht-der-Nacht.html . 2019-10-21 .
14. Web site: Rozental . Rotem . Showtime . Artforum . 3 November 2019 . 2 August 2013.
15. Web site: Yonatan . Amir . הקיץ של אלונה . Timeout . 7 December 2019 . Hebrew . 20 August 2013.
16. Web site: Pitchon . Avi . היצירה שכל חובב מוסיקה חייב לעלות אליה לרגל . Ha'aretz . 6 November 2019 . Hebrew . 12 August 2013.
17. Web site: Gurkevitz . Shani . הוכרזו שמות הזוכים בפרס משרד התרבות לאמן הצעיר . Walla . 7 December 2019 . Hebrew . 20 June 2011.