Rona Stern, born in 1984 in Tel Aviv, is an artist based in Berlin. Her artistic endeavors focus on tracing the imagery found in everyday life, the decorative elements, historical references, and the abundance of commercial symbols, all of which saturate our public spaces.
Through her installations, Stern employs the syntax of marketing and commercial language, reshaping these images and reconstructing the realm of the spectacular that is consumed by the masses. By doing so, she dismantles the familiar and reinvents the monumental, offering viewers a fresh perspective on the imagery that surrounds them.
Stern graduated as a Meisterschüler (post-graduate studies) from HGB, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, Germany, with the support of a 2-year DAAD German Academic Exchange Service scholarship. She holds a B.Ed. in Fine Arts from Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl (2011), where she graduated with honors.Stern has been invited to participate in multiple international artist-in-residence programs, including Tobacna 001 Culture Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2018); Meet Factory in Prague, Czech Republic (2017); Yarat Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan (2017); and Artist Unlimited in Bielefeld, Germany (2017). She is currently working on her first novel.
Education
2017-2019: Postgraduate "Meisterschüler" program, Academy for Visual Arst Leipzig (HGB) class of Prof. Alba D’Urbano, Leipzig, Germany.
2008-2011: B.Ed. FA Hamidrasha School of Art Beit Berl College, Israel.
Solo Exhibition
2023: Uneasy Architect, Haus of Vovo, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia.
2021: One Day Less, The Third Space Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
2019: Big Dreams Bigger Disappointments, A&O Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany.
2018: Those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it, Tobacna 001 Culture Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2017: From north to south we come from east and west, Artist Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany.
-Keep Calm, Klubovna Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
2016: In the Middle of the East, Büro für kulturelle Übersetzungen Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.
2015: Oasis, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel.
2011: War is peace, Sapir Academic Gallery, Sderot, Israel.
-War is peace, Gallery 39, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Selected Group Exhibition
2020: Night Light 6 Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2019: Action-Line, The 7th Biennale for Drawing, Jerusalem Artists' House, Israel.
- The Gate, The Morel Derfler Gallery, part of the Musrara Mix events, Jerusalem, Israel.
2018: Identification, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn,Hamburg, Germany.
-Always Duty Free, The Artists Residence Herzliya, Israel.
-Seni Preforma Kaliwungu Festival, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia.
-Neo-Monumental, The Israeli center for digital art, Holon, Israel.
2017: The show must go on, Artim Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan.
2016: Time after Time, MeetFactory Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
-Mother Stone, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2015: Bones brigade, Start collection gallery, Tel Aviv. Israel.
-Objectonomy, MeetFactory gallery, Prague Czech, Republic.
-Back 2 Kriptonite, Binyamin gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2014: Lonely planet, Gabirol gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
-Staycation, Hayarkon 19 gallery, Tel Aviv Israel.
-Club med one week in an empty museum, Petah Tikva museum, Israel.
2013: Greetings from OECD, ZIZ gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
-Duo Exhibition, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2012: Random, BAAD gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
-Sleeping in our beds Artstation galleriy, Tel Aviv, Israel.
-Kongo, Hamidrasha gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
-Galicia, mon amour, fully, fantasy and ---phantasm, Sokol gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland.
-fresh paint 5 Art fair, independent artists green house, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2011 : Certified copy, Beit hagefen, Haifa, Israel.
-Service station, Loving art making art events, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Prizes, Scholarships, Residencies
2022: Support for new academic graduates by the Sonderprogramm Neustart Kultur_Kickstarter. Germany
2019: Support for the exhibition Big Dreams Bigger Disappointments by the Kulturamt, City of Leipzig, Germany.
2018: Tobacna 001 Culture Center, two month residency collaboration with The Israeli center for digital art, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2017: Artist Unlimited three months Residency, Bielefeld, Germany
-Two years (2017-19) study scholarships for foreign graduates in the field of fine art granted by the DAAD German academic exchange service, Germany.
-YARAT Contemporary Art Space three months residency, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: Organhaus Art Space three months residency, Chongqing, China
-Meet Factory three months residency, Prague Czech Republic.
2014: Support for the exhibition 'Lonely Planet' by the Tel Aviv Municipality and the Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2011 : Award of excellence in art granted by Leumi Bank,Israel.
-Outstanding academic achievement award, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel.
From the press
2022 Harama Magazine
2019 Harama Magazine
2018 Dnevnik
-RTVLSO
2017: ARTALK
-UMA Audioguide
2015: Harama Magazin.
-Mari Shek in I24NEWS.
-Keren Kedmey in Artsy.
2014: Eitan Buganim in Haaretz
2013: Ozi Tsor in Haaretz
2011: Hila Shkolnik Brenner in City mouse