Asnat Austerlitz
In my new work I observe the urban environment through its fragments. I isolate an object from the cityscape, cover and transform it into a shape, a form, a shadow. I am hiding it but at the same time something else mysterious and beautiful appears.
Biography
1969 Born in Kiriat-Tivon, Israel
2002-2004 The Slade School of Fine Art, MA Fine Art
1992-1995 Hadassah College, Jerusalem, Photography
1991 International Centre of Photography, New York, Photography
Solo Exhibitions
November 2004 Toni Heath Gallery, London
2003 Athletes, Noga Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1999 Mnemonic, Gallery of Beit Birl College
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 EAST International 2005, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk
2005Drawing The Lines, Contemporary Israeli Artists in London, The West London Synagogue
2005Middle-East North West, Israeli Ambassador's House, London
2005Posted, Hiscox Art projects, London
2005 Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London
2004 Slade Summer School Teachers & Assistants Exhibition, The Slade School of Fine Art
2004 MA, MFA Exhibition, Slade School of Fine Art
2003 Machida Municipal Museum of Prints, Tokyo
2003 The Jacques & Eugenie O'Hana Collection, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2003 The Name of the Game, Noga Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2003 The De Morgan Awards, The De Morgan Centre, London
2003 Con-Ton Exhibition, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2003 Peterborough Prize, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
2001 Between the Mountain & the Sea, Haifa City Museum
1999 Defective by Design, The Jerusalem Theatre
1998 Isha-Gisha, Aba Hushi House, Haifa
1997 Temporary Name, The Artists House, Jerusalem
1996 Plastic Art-The Best of Beit-Ha'am, Shanbo Club, Tel-Aviv
1996 Israel-Youth, Beit-Ariela, Tel-Aviv
1996 The Full Part of the Sign, Ami Steiniz Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Awards
2004 The Sir William Coldstream Prize, The Slade School of Fine Art
2004 Nominated to Adrian Carruthers Memorial Studio Award, The Slade School of Fine Art
2003 The Eveleyn De Morgan Award for Drawing, The Slade School of Fine Art
Collections
The Slade School of Fine Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Israeli Embassy, Jordan