Aya Eliav's works evoke elements of nature that could be situated in the nebulous limits between figurative and abstract, where the lines and the volumes establish a dialogue with the forms that seem to represent lost landscapes, dry trees and detached roots. She uses the observation in nature as a metaphor to individual or collective identity and memory, capturing the represented object submerged in shadows.
Eliav graduated in visual communication at the academy of fine arts “Bezalel” and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome.
Since 2005 she works as an independent artist, as a multimedia artist exhibiting world wide solo and group exhibitions.
Among the main institutions and events that have featured her works:
Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao, Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan
Bim - Bienal de imagen en movimiento, Buenos Aires,The Barbican Institute, London, Haifa museum of art , Israel, Videobrasil Festival, Sao Pauolo, Brasil, Optica Festival – Madrid, Giron, Buenos Aires, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China.
Curriculum Vitae Aya Eliav 1977 Born in Tel Aviv, live and work in Barcelona, Spain
Education 2004 – 2006 Diploma in etching, S. Giacomo, Rome Italy
2003 – 2004 Grant for specialization in art studies, the Italian Foreign Ministry, Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy
1998 – 2002 B.Des., Visual Communication Dept., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel Solo Exhibitions, Performances 2018 “Waymarks”, Artventures Gallery, Menlo Park, California, USA 2015 “Aluma”, Vanguardia Gallery, Bilbao, Spain 2014 “A crawling Home Narrative”, Artstation Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 2013 “Min’ad”, (Performance) Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 “Inundation Land”, Alfred Gallery project, Haifa Museum for Arts, Israel 2011 “Art Idol”, (Reality performance) 17th Videobrasil Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil “Remanents”, Artist’s House, Tel Aviv, Israel “Art Idol”, (Reality performance) S.a.l.e Docks, Venice, Italy 2009 “Feelings of Descent”, Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel Selected Group Exhibitions, screenings
2018 “Motion”, Zooza gallery in collaboration with Cucoo’s Nest gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 “Arte Emergente Sabadell 2017”, finalists of the AES 2017 prize, The Fine Art academy’s Gallery, Sabadell, (Barcelona), Spain “The Day You Arrived to Buenos Aires”, screening as part of the program “cartographies of the self”, Museo provincial de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo de Rodriguez, Santa Fe, Argentina
2016 “The Day You Arrived to Buenos Aires”, Instituto Distrital de las Artes, Bogota, Colombia
2015 “Art Revolution Taipei”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan “Understanding means reducing” - Elizabeth Anne Palais, Oldenburg, Germany
2014 “The Day You Arrived to Buenos Aires”, BIM - Biennale de Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 “The Day You Arrived to Buenos Aires”, 18th Video Brasil Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012 “Creative Cities Collection - Olympic Fine Arts London”, Barbican Institute for Arts, London, United Kingdom “Terra Nova”, The municipal Gallery, Bat-Yam, Israel
2011 “Local Denial”, Optica Festival de Video Arte - La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain - Centro de Cultura Antiguo, Gijrona, Spain - Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina “On-Non”, Gal - On Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel “Where is There”, The municipal Gallery, Rechovot, Israel
2010 Beijing 4th Biennale, The National Art Museum, Beijing, China “Inbetween”, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 “Romance In Catastrophe”, Yad Mordechay Gallery, Israel 2008 “That Man”, The City Gallery, Givataim, Israel “Nord Art Exhibition”, Budelsdorf, Germany
2006 “Borders”, Dutch Cultural Center, Citta di Laives, (Bolzano) Italy “Bau Bau”, Galleria 42, Modena, Italy Scholarships, artistic residencies
2018 Artistic residency program by Artventures Gallery, St. Helena, California, USA
2017 Artistic residency AFAR, Yearot Hacarmel Program, Israel 2003-2004 Scholarship by the minister of interior Italia/Israel for specialization - Accademia di Belle Arti, Roma, Italia
Email : ayaeliav@gmail.com
Website : www.ayaeliav.com