# Alona Rodeh

Alona Rodeh (Hebrew: אלונה רודה) (born 1979) is a multimedia artist whose work combines sculpture, video, immersive installations and photography.

## 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. Rodeh lives and works in Berlin.

## Art career

Applying her experience as a set designer for theater, Rodeh creates large-scale installations combining light, movement, and sound. She describes these creations as a performance without performers offering a time-based experience.
Rodeh's Safe and Sound Project explores the history of off-the-shelf reflective and fluorescent illumination technologies.

## Solo exhibitions

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

## Group exhibitions (selection)

* In the Spotlight of the Night: Life in the Gloom, Marta Herford, 2019
* Showtime, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2013

## Awards and recognition

Rodeh was the recipient of the 2011 Young Artist Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport. 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), and a year-long residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
Rodeh is represented by Christine König Galerie, Vienna and Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv.

## Published works

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