Ilanit Konopny

Independent curator and art writer

Faculty member at several Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design departments | Head of the MA program in Policy and Theory of the Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design | Curator of the Department of Photography graduate student exhibition | Co-curator of the Department of Photography gallery, together with Department Head David Adika

MA in Policy and Theory of the Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design | BA in Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | BA cum laude in Photography, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem | Recipient of the award for social involvement for her MA paper “What is Queer Photography?” | Recipient of the Galia Yahav writers’ grant (2018) | Recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship (2004-5) | Recipient of the Dean’s Award (2002)

Her writing was published in artists’ books and art magazines. Curated the Hapais arts incubator program in collaboration with the Indie Photography Group gallery (2021-2022). Curated solo and group exhibitions by local and international artists at galleries and museums in Israel, including the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Indie Photography Group gallery, Edmond de Rothschild Center, Art Cube Artists’ Studio and The New Gallery – Artists’ Studios Teddy in Jerusalem, Gabirol gallery, the Jerusalem Artists House, and more. Founded and curated the Holocaust Memorial Day program at the Jerusalem Cinematheque for over a decade, as well as programs combining film, video art and panel discussions with women artists.

About the exhibition Significant Surfaces