Ruti Sela

Who is Ruti Sela?

Ruti Sela, is a video artist.

She graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and the Film Department of the Tel Aviv University. Throughout 2011, she has been a guest resident at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. Her work has been shown internationally at various exhibitions and venues, including the 2006 Biennale of Sydney, the 2009 Istanbul Biennial, Berlin Biennial 2010, Manifesta 8, Israel Museum, Centre Pompidou, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris; Art in General, New York; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, Tel Aviv Museum, Tate Modern and Jeu de Paume. She has received a number of prizes and scholarships, among them the Minister of Culture Prize and the Anselm Kiefer prize.

In 2009 she initiated together with Maayan Amir "The Exterritory Project" on which they have won an award for young artist from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.