Renana Aldor


B. 1988, Jerusalem
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
EDUCATION
2018-2020 MFA Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011-2015 BFA - with honors - Screen Based Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 The space, the period, the comma, the twenty-two letters, Curator: Hadas Maor, Jerusalem Artists’ House
2018 Blind Spot, Curator: Nino Biniashvili, Art Cube Artists’ Studios Jerusalem

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Halame, Bezalel Gallrey for contemporary art, curator: Dor Guez, Herzel 119 Tel Aviv 
2023 In relation to space, curators: Moshe Yamo Glanzspiegel, Illy Pe’ery, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
2023 Working memory, curator: Keren Zaltz, Indie Photography Group gallery, Tel Aviv
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bezalel Academy, Curator: Dor Guez, Tel Aviv
2019 Present Occurrences: Winners of the Young Artists Scholarship, Curator: Irena Gordon, The Jerusalem Print Workshop
2019 Civilized Jungle, curator: Nava T. Barazani, David Yellin Gallery, Jerusalem
2018 Aesthetics and Bias, curators: Adina Bar-On & Marek Wasilewski, Arsenal Gallery Poznan, Poland
2018 Bikkurim, curator: Sally Haftel Naveh, The New Gallery - Artists’ Studios Teddy, Jerusalem
2017 The Last Picnic, curators: Lea Mauas and Diego Rotman, Mamuta Art and Media Center, The Hansen House, Jerusalem

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS
2024 Mifal HaPais Art Incubator
2021 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture and Sports
2021 The Foundation for Independent Creators, Ministry of Culture and Sports
2021 The Miron Sima Visual Arts Award
2020 MFA academic excellence award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2019-2020 Bezalel Residency Program (scholarship), Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, OutBox Organization, Bezalel Academy
2018 Jerusalem Print Workshop scholarship for young artists
2015 The New Fund For Cinema and Television grant recipient
2015 Excellence award from The Department of Visual and Material Culture, Bezalel Academy

RESIDENCY
2019 A-Z West, Institute of Investigative Living by Andrea Zittel, Joshua Tree, CA, US
2017 The Underground Academy, Mamuta Art and Media Center, The Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2014 Aesthetics and Bias, Wroclaw, Poland 

SELECTED FESTIVALS
2024 Art+Film+Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2023 Reaktor Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
2022 New Dance, video program curator: Yehudit Shapira Haviv, Tel Aviv Culture Center, Israel
2021 Lookout: The Experimental Film & Video Program, Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
2019 Manofim - Jerusalem contemporary art festival, Israel
2017 Epos 8 - The International Art Film Festival, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2016 The Jerusalem Film Festival, Van Leer competition for Israeli short films
2016 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Athens Animfest, experimental competition, Athens, Greece
2015 Alternative Film / Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia

LECTURER
2024- Introduction to Narrative Video course, Photography department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2024 New media and digital tools course, Fine Art department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2021-Current Digital tools course, The Haredi branch - Fine Art department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2023-Current New media course, Oman : center for visual arts for the orthodox community
2020-Current Various intensive workshops, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design,
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering and more.



© Renana Aldor 2024