Roni Aviv (born 1992) is a visual artist, based in New York. Aviv works with photography, text, and installation to give form to a psychological space of re-processing experiences. Aviv holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally. Recent exhibitions include Bronx Museum, Center for Book Arts, Real Art Ways, Longwood Art Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Steve Turner Gallery, and The Jewish Museum. Aviv has recently been published in BOMB, GRANTA, and Erev Rav magazines. Recent residencies and fellowships include NARS (2021), the Center for Book Arts (2022), and AIM Bronx Museum fellowship (2023), and Centrum Residency (2024).
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Education
2021/ MFA Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York
2017/ BFA (with honors), Department of Photography, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
2015/ Fall Semester, The Cooper Union, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2023/ A Temporary Weight, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
2022/ Open Ended, House of Words, Brooklyn
2018/ Eye Poke, Indie Photography Gallery, Tel Aviv (Duo w/ Naama Rona)
Group Exhibitions
2024/ Bronx Calling: The Sixth Aim Biennale, Bronx Museum, Bronx
2023/ Visual Volumes, Center for Book Arts, New York
2023/ A Seductive Echo, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx
2021/ Breaking Point, NARS Foundation Gallery, New York
2021/ Non-Archival Understanding, Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York
2021/ Borderwalls III, The Border Gallery, Brooklyn
2020/ Minorly Magical, Backyard Ghost, New York
2020/ Minorly Magical, K & P Gallery, New York
2020/ Ten Exercises In Style, Indie Photography Gallery, Tel Aviv
2020/ Alone Together, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
2020/ TSA_PDF 2: Zone V, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York
2020/ LOVE 2020: Perfect Vision, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
2019/ Study Sessions, 131 Collective, New York
2019/ Aesthetically Functional Only, 1675 Broadway, New York
2019/ In Response: A Crack In Everything, The Jewish Museum, New York
2018/ TEASE, Performance & Video Night, Prentis Hall, New York (Performance)
2018/ The Spring and the Hawk, Kuli Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018/ Agape, Beit Kandinof, Jaffa
2017/ Bread and Roses, The Artists’ Studios Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017/ Slipped (my) Mind, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017/ First Light, Alleys of Jaffa Public Space, Jaffa
2017/ The Good Image, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
2016/ Transmutation, Bezalel Photography Gallery, Jerusalem
2015/ Art of the Book, Cooper Union, New York
2015/ Decadent Rubbish: Defying Dysfunction, Cooper Union, New York
Selected Residencies, Awards & Grants
2024/ Centrum Artist Residency, Port Townsend, WA
2024/ Emergency Grant Recipient, Foundations for Contemporary Art
2023/ AIM Bronx Museum fellowship, Bronx
2022/ Center for Book Arts Workspace Artist-in-Residence, New York
2021/ NARS Foundation Residency, Brooklyn
2020/ Artis Contemporary Residency Grant, New York
2020/ IAC (Interdisciplinary Arts Council) Grant, New York
2019/ Mildred's Lane Residency, Pennsylvania
Teaching Experience
2024/ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College (CUNY), Brooklyn
2024/ Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), Staten Island
2023/ Teaching Artist, Josephine Herrick Projects, Brooklyn
2022-23/ Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
2021-22/ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York
2018-20/ Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York
2015-2017/ Academic Tutor, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
2014-2015/ Perach Fellowship Mentor, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
Bibliography & Press
2021/ Mishal, Yonatan H., “Roni Aviv”, Erev Rav Magazine, Sep
2020/ What's Up: Roni Aviv, Portfolio Magazine, Aug 21
2020/ Gonzalez, Camilla Marchese, m.i.o.k interactive art exhibit, The Daily Spectator, March 9
2018/ The Aesthetics of the Error, Rapsodia Magazine, Issue 19
2018/ Chain Reaction, Harama Magazine, Issue 21
2017/ Scale, Online group exhibition, Cold Bench
2017/ Exposure: Haaretz Photo Blog
Curatorial
2021/ Lines Inside, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York (online publication)
2020/ Inventing Ritual, interactive performance by Diana Palermo, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
2020/ m.i.o.k, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
2018/ The Outer Body, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv