Ilit Azoulay
Ilit Azoulay is an Israeli artist of Moroccan origin (b. 1972 in Tel Aviv–Jaffa, Israel; lives and works in Berlin) who makes large-scale photomontages of images obtained through extensive research. Altering the photographic perspective, these works uncover unseen visual information and enable alternative vantage points within familiar fields of knowledge.
Azoulay’s works are held in numerous museum and private collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
Her work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including her solo exhibition QUEENDOM. Navigating Future Codes at the Museum der Moderne
Salzburg, Austria (2024); her project Room #8 at CaixaForum Madrid, (2023);
her solo exhibition Queendom, from the Israeli Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte in Venice (2022); CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2019); The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2017); and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2014).
She has also participated in group exhibitions at major international venues, such as the Daimler Contemporary, Berlin (2020); Bauhaus Museum, Dessau (2019); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2016); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015); Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (2015); and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2015).
Foto: Ériver Hijano
Ilit Azoulay
Vitrine no. 18: Before she reaches the ground (still mid-air) one can see that her neck is broken, 2017, inkjet print, gold leaves, 125 x 77 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Vitrine no. 11: On the most beautiful thing in the world, 2017, inkjet print, gold leaves, 104 x 65 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Vitrine no. 19: Imagine that only one person could see the mereness of things, 2017, inkjet print, gold leaves, 117 x 80 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Eleonore (case 4008), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Felicie (case 6401), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Laure (case 6303), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Claire (case 5303), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Renee (case 4100), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Josephine (case 1088), 2020, inkjet prints, acrylic face mount, vacuum formed frame, 51.5 x 70 x 5 cm
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Panel 4, 2020, inkjet prints, 140 x 355 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Panel 4, 2022, inkjet prints, 140 x 355 x 5 cm
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Panel 9, 2023, inkjet print,165 x 129 x 5 cm
Ilit Azoulay
Panel 10, 2023, inkjet print, 135 x 96 x 5 cm
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Review: ‘Ilit Azoulay: Mere Things’ unveils historical narratives through everyday objects
A ‘Jewish Mona Lisa’ — and other myths told by objects found in Israel
Review: ‘Ilit Azoulay: Mere Things’ unveils historical narratives through everyday objects
Ilit Azoulay. Auf der Suche nach alternativen Geschichten und Erzählungen, in: Parnass. Kunstmagazin
Interview: Wenn Wände sprechen. Im Gespräch mit Ilit Azoulay über den Umgang mit Lücken innerhalb historischer Aufzeichnungen, in: Quivid
AUSSTELLUNGSTIPPS – Kunst im Salzkammergut
Museum der Moderne Salzburg zwischen Archiv und Krieg: Wimmelbilder im Nahen Osten
„Galaktische Sprache“ – Ilit Azoulay in einer Ausstellung in Salzburg
Studio Visit with Berlin Artist Ilit Azoulay
From the Desk of… Ilit Azoulay
FRIEZE - Ilit Azoulay’s ‘Queendom’ Reconstructs the Past
"I question the Whole Structure of the Pavilion’: Ilit Azoulay on Representing Israel at the 59th Venice Biennale"
Between the present and the past: Ilit Azoulay at the Israeli pavilion, Venice Art Biennale
59. Biennale - Ilit Azoulay
Israel
The hidden connection between the national pavilions of Germany and Israel at the 59th Venice Biennale
Shenkar - An installation by Ilit Azoulay was chosen to be featured in an international exhibition at the MoMA
Ilit Azoulay: Regarding Silences
In the Studio: Ilit Azoulay
Ilit Azoulay I The New Yorker