Born in Ramat-Gan, Israel.. Since 1983 in The Netherlands. Her oeuvre including also videos and objects.

The way I approach photography is described under the term 'Autonomous Photography'.

I'm interested in creating with the means available, and the all-round knowledge I have gained: from painting to photography, video filming, maquettes, objects and installations.What counts is not the technique in a traditional manner, but what I want to express.

Since 1992, after that El-Al plane crashed on a suburb of Amsterdam, I started dealing with crashes. I made installations with photo's, video's and objects dealing with crashes. Through the years it didn't concern that particular crash, but crash as a global phenomenon.

Another project has to do with sheep. At 1996 I met that woman in a small village near by Zutphen in Holland. She had sheep almost at home, treating them like pets. I made an installation called: 'Vera mit den Schapen' ('Vera with her Sheep').

Education:

1978-1982 - Haifa University, Fine Arts department, Israel.
1998-1999 - Media Academy, Hilversum, Holland.

Solo exhibitions:

1987- Gallery Forum, Amsterdam
1989- Gallery Drie 05, Amsterdam
1990- 'Monolegs', Espais Art Centre, Girona, Spain
1991- Artifact Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1992- Gallery Espace, Amsterdam
1992- Castle Coevorden, Coevorden
1994- 'Production 93/94', Gallery Op ten Berg & Gabler, Amsterdam
1994- De Beyerd, Art Museum, Breda
1995- 'The Zi - Day', Gallery W + P, Amsterdam
1997- 'Modern Art', De Waag, Haarlem
1998- 'Installation', Art Centre 'De Boterhal', Hoorn
1998- 'Retrospective', Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1999- 'Display Case', Franjo Studio, Amsterdam
1999- 'Puzzle View', Hotel Winston, Amsterdam
2000-'Puzzle View', California Museum of Photography, http://digitalstudio.ucr.edu/projects/puzzleview/
2000-'Puzzle View', De Balie, Amsterdam

Group exhibitions:

1988- Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam
1998- Festival International d'Art Moderne et
Contemporane,Toulouse,France
1990- Vrije University, Nijmegen
1992- 'Desert Flowers', Dorus Rijkers Museum, Den Helder
1994- 'Beek in Beeld', art manifestation, Onstwedde
1994- 'Under Stream', De Fabriek, Zaandam
1994- Art Focus, 'The Sense that Something has disappeared', Haifa
University,Haifa,Israel
1995- 'One Hour Art', Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1995- 'Art Amsterdam', Gallery W + P, beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
1997- 'Niet de reis maar het Logboek',Amsterdam Centre of
Photography,Amsterdam
1998- 'Pane, Hate', Dotroom, Hotel Winston, Amsterdam
1998- CPI- Contemp. Photoworks Inc., SBK Art Centre, Haarlem
1999- 'Future', Pulchri Studio, The Hague
1999- Dotroom, kunstRai, Amsterdam
1999- 4 international photographers, SBK Art Centre, Hoorn
1999- 'Avalanche!', Amsterdam Centre of Photography, Amsterdam
2000- '4-th Kunst Vlaai', Amsterdam

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Thank you, please come again.

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For further information please contact the artist:

Orna Wertman
o.wertman@chello.nl

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