Ruth Patir

Ruth Patir (b. in 1984 in New York, USA) lives and works in Tel Aviv.

Teaches at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, and Sapir Academic College, Sha’ar HaNegev, Israel.

Ruth Patir is a new media artist who fuses documentary storytelling with computer-generated imagery in a quest to expand the possibilities of realism. Her work is often grounded in her biography, and gradually opens up to address larger societal issues, such as the politics of gender, technology, and the hidden mechanisms of power. Patir received her MFA from Columbia University, New York (2015) and her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2011). Solo exhibitions of her work were presented at CCA Tel Aviv- Yafo (My Father in the Cloud, 2022), OnCurating Projects, Zurich (M/otherland, 2021), and Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv (Love Letters tonRuth, 2018). She participated in numerous group exhibitions, in such venues as: the 14th Gwangju Biennale; the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) Tel Aviv-Yafo; Danspace Project, New York; Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel; among others. Screenings of her work were held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Jerusalem Film Festival; Anthology Film Archive, New York; and more. Patir’s work is in public collections including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tel Aviv Museum of Art; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and Kadist Foundation, Paris