Ariel Yannay is an Israeli photographer, working and living in Jaffa.
He is active both as an artist and as a teacher and lecturer. His works have been exhibited in Israel and abroad and are part of various collections.
Biographical Notes
Born in Israel, 1971
1995-1999 - Department of Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
Since 2005 - Head of the Department of Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
2009-2014 - B.A. in Humanities, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
2011 - Jury member, EMET Prize for Science, Art and Culture (first award in the field of photography)
- Co-curator (with arch. Rivka Guttman) of the exhibition "Depth of Field: Photographic Architecture," The Architect's House Gallery, Jaffa (cat.)
- Co-Organiser (with archaeologists Michael Jasmin, Ph.D., and Yifat Thareani, Ph.D.) of the Science-Art Workshop "Visualizing the Negev – A Desert Between Documents and Reality:Dialogue Between Humanities (Archaeology, Anthropology, Visual Culture) and Visual Arts,"
The Centre de Recherche Français de Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2001 - Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen (cat.)
2005 - "Black Light," Dear Noga Art Window, Jaffa; curator: Moran Shoub
2011 - "B&W Forest," Artists House, Tel Aviv
2012 - "B&W Forest: Two Journeys to Treblinka," The Ghetto Fighters' House –
Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Kibbutz Lohamei Hageta'ot, Israel (cat.) ; Exhibition proposed by: Moshe Ninio, Gallery curator: Evelin Akherman
2018 - "Still-Life Fleeting," Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, Israel; curator: Nimrod Bar-Am
Selected Group Exhibitions
1998 - "Open House," Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa; curator: Hana Kofler (cat.)
1999 - "White Nights," as part of "Art Focus 3: International Biennial of Contemporary Art," Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem; curator: Idit Porat (cat.)
2002 - "Local Time 5," Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Cinematheques; curator: Elyasaf Kowner
2003 - "Hereafter: Tel Aviv Video," CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen
2004 - "Water, is Taught by Thirst," Gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen
2005 - "On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Varda Steinlauf (cat.)
- "Power," Turbine Hall, Reading Power Station Compound, Tel Aviv; curator: Doron Rabina
2006-2007 - "The Neighbor Next Door," Nizio Gallery, Warsaw, Galeria Wschodnia, Łódż, Auschwitz Jewish Center (Centrum Żydowskie), Oświęcim, and other venues in Poland; curator: Yifat Laist
2007 - "Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography: Works from the Collection, Gift of Leon and Michaela Constantiner," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
2009 - "2009 Tel Aviv Time," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
2011 - "Making Room: Contemporary Israeli Photography," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
Collections
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Leon and Michaela Constantiner Collection
Private collections