Alona
Rodeh

biography

Born in Israel, 1979
Lives and works in Berlin Website Instagram Artsy

Alona Rodeh is a visual artist and independent researcher, and urban practitioner based in Berlin. Her cross-disciplinary works include creating immersive environments often incorporating light and sound, public art projects, sculpture, video works, publishing, and more. Fueled by an interest in the material cultures that shape the built environment, her work is currently focused on the omnipresence of artificial illumination in the public sphere and its influence on humans and non-humans alike.

selected works

  • still from Core Dump Intro Iterations, 2024, 4K CGI video, 5 minutes

  • The Juicer Late Shift, 2022, 4K CGI vertical video, soundtrack by Rachid Moro, 03.48 min

  • Bollard as Ashtray, 2022, 4K CGI vertical videos, 02.40 min

  • Bollard as Ashtray, 2022, 4K CGI vertical videos, 02.40 min

  • On Patrol ATM, 2022, 4K CGI vertical videos (split screen), 3.35 min

  • On Patrol Drone, 2022, 4K CGI vertical videos (split screen), 3.35 min

  • Runway Freefall, 2022, 4K CGI video, 04.00 min

  • Runway Freefall, 2022, 4K CGI video

  • Dynamites, 2013, plastic cast plastic cuffs threads, 13x7x7 cm

  • Rachid Safe and Sound, 2015, HD single channel color video, 3.02 min loop

  • Gearing Up Green, 2022, Stills from Clip C print, 42x29 cm

  • Gearing Up Red, 2022, Stills from Clip C print, 42x29 cm

  • Gearing Up Amber, 2022, Stills from Clip C print, 42x29 cm

  • The Old Moon in the New Moons Arms installation view

  • The Old Moon in the New Moons Arms installation view

  • Nightcaps

  • Nightcaps

  • Installation view, Photo Ludger Paffrath

  • Installation view, Photo Ludger Paffrath

  • Installation view, Photo Ludger Paffrath

  • Installation view, Photo Ludger Paffrath

  • Installation view, Photo Ludger Paffrath

  • Smooth Operator , 2018, Installation view

  • Smooth Operator , 2018, Installation view

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  • The Curves of Jaffa, Street marking paints on asphalt, 2017, approx. 56×28 meters

  • The Curves of Jaffa, Street marking paints on asphalt, 2017, approx. 56×28 meters

  • Safe and Sound Hight Visability, 2016, Installation View

  • Safe and Sound Hight Visability 3, 2016,

  • Safe and Sound Hight Visability 19, 2016

  • The Jester, 2017, mixed media, 170x110x4 cm

  • Safe and Sound (evolutions), Installation view, Photo credit: Tal Nisim

  • Safe and Sound (Evolutions), Installation view, Photo credit: Tal Nisim

  • Safe and Sound (Iron Dome), 2015, M.D.F and Aluminium, Installation view, Photo credit: Tal Nisim

  • Safe and Sound (Evolutions), Installation view

  • Safe and Sound (Rachid), 2015, Video, 03:00 minutes

  • Untitled (Safe & Sound Posters Series), 2015, print on plexiglass aluminium light box LEDs, 100x70x8 cm, photo credit: Shan Blume

  • Safe and Sound Posters, 2015, photo credit: Vlad Mrgulis and Dany Peschi

  • Safe and Sound KB, 2014, installation, photoluminescent film, fluorescent lights, sound system

  • Safe and Sound, 2014, installation, photoluminescent film, fluorescent lights, sound system

  • Glow in the Dark Kid , 2014, M.D.Fphotoluminesct film, 85x50x1, photo credit: Shaxaf Haber

  • Safe and Sound, 2014, pvc and photoluminesct film, 70x100 cm

  • Above and Beyond, 2013, cardboard natural vegetation OSB sheets projections and sound, 4:29 minutes

  • Above and Beyond, 2013, cardboard natural vegetation OSB sheets projections and sound, 4:29 minutes

  • Above and Beyond, 2013, cardboard natural vegetation OSB sheets projections and sound, 4:29 minutes

  • Neither Day Nor Night, 2013, wood formica reflective fabric lights, 5 minutes

  • Neither Day Nor Night, 2013, wood formica reflective fabric lights, 5 minutes

  • Neither Day Nor Night, 2013, wood formica reflective fabric lights, 5 minutes

  • Barking Dogs Dont Bite, 2012, one channel color HD video with sound, 7 minutes

  • If Im a Prince and youre a Prince who will Lead the Donkeys , 2012, found object

  • Reflective Ghost, Kiteface, 2012ֹֹֹֹ, reflective fabricֹֹ, 100x100 cm

  • Anxiety, 2011, Birch plywood rubber Sound shakers, 240x120x120 cm

  • The Etheric Body 2011 Original Sculptures from the Petach Tikva Museum of Art Collection wooden pedestals projectors smoke machine sound system

  • The Etheric Body 2011 Original Sculptures from the Petach Tikva Museum of Art Collection wooden pedestals projectors smoke machine sound system

  • Friday (detail), 2010,

selected exhibitions

24.02.2022 ― 05.03.2022
Main space

POP-UP Exhibition

group exhibition

14.05.2021 ― 03.07.2021
Main space

PROJECT ROOTS

group exhibition

13.04.2017 ― 29.04.2017
Main space

Rosenfeld’s Collection

group exhibition

27.03.2017 ― 01.04.2017
Art Fair

Fresh Paint 9

group exhibition

29.12.2016 ― 31.12.2016
Main space

Annual End of Year Exhibition 2016

group exhibition

03.09.2015 ― 10.10.2015
Main space

From the Gallery’s collection

group exhibition

selected publications

Safe and Sound: The Third Dimension

100 NIS
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Photo credit: Aya Wind

Alona Rodeh published “Safe and Sound: The Third Dimension” on the occasion of Architecture of the Nights, a solo show at Kunstpalais, Erlangen (2019). It also documents Rodeh’s solo exhibition DARK AGES 2020 at Salzburger Kunstverein (2019). The publication functions as an exhibition catalog and in parallel constitutes the third issue of Rodeh’s ongoing series of magazine-like, research-based artist publications. Both shows revolve thematically around the topic of urban illumination, and features, among others: re-published historical texts, archive footage, advertisements, and scientific illustrations as well as newly commissioned contributions by external historians about the use of light and sound systems in nightclubs, the blackouts in Europe during WWII, and more.” —Malte Kröger

The publication was kindly supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn.

Alona Rodeh published "The Third Dimension" on the occasion of Architecture of the Nights, a solo show at Kunstpalais, Erlangen (2019). The publication functions as an exhibition catalog and constitutes the third issue of Rodeh’s ongoing series of magazine-like, research-based artist publications Safe and Sound. It documents Rodeh’s exhibition at Kunstpalais and DARK AGES 2020 at Salzburger Kunstverein (2019). Both shows revolve thematically around the topic of urban illumination, and features, among others: re-published historical texts, archive footage, advertisements, and scientific illustrations as well as newly commissioned contributions by external historians about the use of light and sound systems in nightclubs and the blackouts in Europe during WWII, and more." —Malte Kröger The publication was kindly supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds.

Safe and Sound: Fire

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Photo credit: Aya Wind

Following Rodeh’s artist residency at the Berlin Fire Brigade, the publication includes four new essays by professionals who tackle the subject of urban fire from different perspectives: Thöre Schröder, a journalist, Gilly Karjevsky, a curator working in the built environment, Kristen McCleary, a professor of history, and Bruce Hensler, a retired firefighter with 41 years of experience. An additional essay is Ulrike Meinhof’s “Setting Fire To Department Stores” (1969). The booklet’s epilog is a photo essay compiled from the Berlin Fire Brigade archives: documentations of Berlin fire engines’ self-caused accidents.

ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, the Artist Dis-Placement Residency initiators, supported the project as a whole. The Berlin Senate Department of Culture and Europe support the publication directly.

Following Rodeh's artist residency at the Berlin Fire Brigade, the publication includes four new essays by professionals who tackle the subject of urban fire from different perspectives: Thöre Schröder, a journalist, Gilly Karjevsky, a curator working in the built environment, Kristen McCleary, a professor of history, and Bruce Hensler, a retired firefighter with 41 years of experience. An additional essay is Ulrike Meinhof’s “Setting Fire To Department Stores” (1969). The booklet’s epilog is a photo essay compiled from the Berlin Fire Brigade archives: documentations of Berlin fire engines’ self-caused accidents. ZK/U - Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, the Artist Dis-Placement Residency initiators, supported the project as a whole. The Berlin Senate Department of Culture and Europe support the publication directly.

SAFE & SOUND: THE THIRD DIMENSION

100 NIS
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Alona Rodeh published "Safe and Sound: The Third Dimension" on the occasion of Architecture of the Nights, a solo show at Kunstpalais, Erlangen (2019). It also documents Rodeh’s solo exhibition DARK AGES 2020 at Salzburger Kunstverein (2019). The publication functions as an exhibition catalog and in parallel constitutes the third issue of Rodeh's ongoing series of magazine-like, research-based artist publications. Both shows revolve thematically around the topic of urban illumination, and features, among others: re-published historical texts, archive footage, advertisements, and scientific illustrations as well as newly commissioned contributions by external historians about the use of light and sound systems in nightclubs, the blackouts in Europe during WWII, and more." —Malte Kröger The publication was kindly supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn.


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Education
2008—2009: M.F.A Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
2009: M.F.A Exchange studies Sculpture Department, Royal College of Art, London
1999—2003: B.F.A Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2002: B.F.A Exchange studies Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, Vienna

Public Art
2022: PERMANENT: The Tale of the Scale and the Skull (Spring 2023), Archaeology Center Berlin (Neubau)
2021: Nightcaps, CURRENT: Festival for Art and Urban Space, Stuttgart
2019: Permanent Jessy, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
2018:Permanent Unterwegs, Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Gymnasium, Berlin Lichtenberg
2017: The Curves of Jaffa, Jaffa Fire Station, Tel Aviv
2016: The Farewell Kiss of Fire from Water, Dizengof Square Tel Aviv

Grants/Prizes
2021: Project funding, Artis
2021: NEUSTART KULTUR 20/21 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2020: Research stipend, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
2019: Exhibition funding, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2019: Travel funding, Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe
2017: Project funding, Berlin Senate of Culture and Europe
2017:Project funding, Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts
2014: Project funding, Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts
2014: Exhibition funding, Artis
2013: Project funding, Rabinovich Foundation
2013: Exhibition funding, Outset Israel
2013: Project funding, Ostrovsky Family Fund
2013: Project funding, Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts
2012: Exhibition funding, Artis
2012: Exhibition funding, Outset Israel
2011: Young Artist Prize, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport
2010: Project funding, Rabinovich Foundation
2009: Artist-Teacher Scholarship, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport
2008: Project funding, Rabinovich Foundation

Residencies
2021: CURRENT International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) NYC, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
2021: Cité Internationale des Arts, supported by Goethe Institute
2019: Making Futures, Haus der Statistik Berlin
2016—2017: KUNSTrePUBLIK and ZK/U Artist Dis-Placement residency, The Berlin Fire Brigade
2017: Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Norway
2013—2014: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2012: The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education Arts and Culture, Vienna

Publications
2019: Safe & Sound: The Third Dimension, Kunstpalais Erlangen, ISBN 978-3-923899-51-7
2017: FIRE: Safe & Sound, ZK/U Press, ISBN 978-3-945659-07-6
2015: Safe & Sound Deluxe Edition, The Green Box, ISBN 978-3-941644-79-3
2013: Above and Beyond, CCA Tel Aviv, ISBN 978-965-7463-20-8

Solo Exhibitions/Large Scale
2022: City Dummies, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2021: CURRENT – Art and Urban Space, Stuttgart
2021: Freedom of Sleep, Fondation Fiminco
2020: The Long Stretch, Christine König Galerie
2019: Art Berlin with Christine König Galerie, Vienna and Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig
2019: Architecture of The Nights, Kunstpalais Erlangen
2019: Dark Ages 2020, Salzburger Kunstverein
2018: New Positions Art Cologne with Christine König Galerie, Vienna
2018: I Wear My Sunglasses At Night, Bivy, Anchorage
2017: The Runner (LIVE), KOENIG2 by_robbygreif, Vienna
2017: MiArt Milan with Grimmuseum, Berlin
2016: Art Berlin Contemporary with Grimmuseum, Berlin
2015: Safe and Sound (Evolutions), Grimmuseum, Berlin
2015: Safe and Sound (Evolutions), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2014: Safe and Sound II, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2013: Neither Day Nor Night, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum
2013: Above and Beyond, CCA Tel Aviv
2012: Resurrection of Dead Masters, ARCH2 (Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba) + Plug In ICA, Winnipeg
2011: The Etheric Body, Collection Gallery Petach Tikva Museum of Art
2010: Fire, Work! Kav 16 Community Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions
2023: Blue for Distinction, Red for Correction, Christine König Galerie
2023: HEUTE LEIDER NICHT, DITTRICH & Schlechtriem Gallery
2023: Club, Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch
2023: Zumu Akko, Orchan Zif Zif
2023: Irregular Objects, CDA pavilion at the 14th Gwangju Biennial – South Korea
2022: Pattern Recognition, Kunstpalais Erlangen
2022: Who comes after Us 2, The Center for Digital Art
2022: The Cave of the Demons, Lateral ArtSpace
2022: On Equal Terms, Uferhallen Kulturstandort
2021: YOU GOT TO GET IN TO GET OUT, La Casa Encendida
2021: Fugen, Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin
2021: You Got To Get In To Get Out, La Casa Encendida Madrid
2021: Project Roots, Rosenfeld Gallery
2021: Freedom of Sleep, Fondation Fiminco Paris
2021: Specters, Ashdod Art Museum
2020: Wilds Ago: Phantoms of Youth from the Haaretz Collection, Minus 1 Tel Aviv
2019: Murals, the Israeli Center for Digital Art
2019: In the Spotlight of the Night: Life in the Gloom, Marta Herford
2019: In the Spotlight of the Night: Cities never Sleep, KAI10 I Arthena Foundation Düsseldorf
2018: Ray Tracing, Galeria Propaganda, Warsaw
2018: To the Moon and Back, screenings: ZK/U Berlin and Berlin Independent Film Festival
2017: Playing Hide and Law, Tranzit/SK, Bratislava
2016: Fear of Silence — Sirens for Dummies, Transmediale Festival and Sonic Somatic Festival, Florence
2016: The Analogy Between Bulbs and Buds, A Sculpture Garden, Botanischer Volkspark Berlin
2015: Back To Berlin, Herzliya Museum of Art
2015: The Crystal Palace and the Temple of Doom, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
2015: Emergency Measures, Dallas Power Station
2014: The Artists, performance, Zach?ta National Gallery, Warsaw
2014: VideoRover Season 8, NURTUREART, AC Institute, NY
2014: Chicago Triangle, Haifa Museum of Art
2014: Installation View, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
2013: Go Get Your Knives, Galerie Salon Akademii, Warsaw
2013: Under the Weather, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012: Deviants, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
2012: Revisiting Rockefeller, Rockefeller Archeological Museum, Jerusalem
2012: Black Eurhythmics, performance, IKT congress, CCA Tel Aviv and Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2011: Chewing the Scenery, performance offsite Swiss Pavilion 54th Venice Biennial
2011: Dont Try, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011: End of History, Künstlerhaus Speckstraße and Kutscherhäuser, Hamburg
2011: Shesh Besh, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
2011: On the Road to Nowhere, Ashdod Museum
2010: Weizmann Rally, the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
2010: Manimal, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2010: #1, Yaffo 23 Jerusalem
2007: I believe, 1st Herzliya Biennial, Herzliya
2006: The 6th International Biennial for Contemporary Music, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Press

  • Berlin Studio Converstations

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  • artforum

    Alona Rodeh

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  • Art Viewer
    Author: Arata Isozaki

    Alona Rodeh Dark Ages 2020

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  • Haaretz
    Author: Gilad Melzer

    Alona Rodeh presents an amusing and frightening future in her exhibition

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  • Calcalist
    Author: Dana Gillerman

    Alona Rodeh: “I hate scooters but I’m not here to educate”

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  • Niio
    Author: Roxanne Vardi

    Alona Rodeh: Automated Fantasy

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  • Making Futures
    Author: Malte Kröger

    Alona Rodeh: From Past Ideology To Future Reality

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  • FRIEZE
    Author: HILI PERLSON

    How Artist Alona Rodeh Reveals the Tyranny of Safety (ENG)

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  • Collectors Agenda

    In the Studio – Alona Rodeh

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  • artfridge
    Author: ANNA-LENA WERNER

    INTERVIEW: ALONA RODEH

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  • Globes
    Author: David Duvshani

    Must Visit Exhibition

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  • artnet

    Nothing is Safe at Alona Rodeh’s ‘Safe and Sound’ Exhibition in Berlin

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  • Haaretz
    Author: Avi Pitchon

    Safe and Sound Evolutions

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  • Texted

    The Door Keepers | Alona Rodeh

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  • AQNB

    Walking through the work of Alona Rodeh

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