Ella Amitay Sadovsky

Ella Amitay Sadovsky
אלה אמיתי סדובסקי
Born
Ella Amitay

1964 (age 61–62)
Kibbutz Gesher, Israel
EducationBezalel Academy of Arts and Design (2007–2009)
California College of the Arts (2003–2004)
Weizmann Institute of Science (1994–1999)
Technion (1991–1994)
Known forPainting, Printmaking, Video art, Mixed media
AwardsAnn and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art (2016)
Ministry of Culture and Sports Prize (2012)
Websiteamitaysadovsky.com

Ella Amitay Sadovsky (Hebrew: אלה אמיתי סדובסקי; born 1964) is an Israeli artist and physical chemist, born in Kibbutz Gesher, Israel. Her artistic practice incorporates her background in science, focusing on large-scale mixed-media paintings, fabric collages, and stop-motion video installations.

Biography

Ella studied at the Technion, where she received her BSc in Chemical Engineering in 1991 and her MSc in 1994. She received her PhD in Materials and Interfaces from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1999. Following this, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Physical Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (2000–2003).
Transitioning into fine arts, she studied at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco (2003–2004) and Hamidrasha School of Art (2004). She earned her BFA with honors in 2007 and her MFA in 2009 from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Ella is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Textile Design at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design (since 2009) and in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Technion (since 2013). Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2004–2007).
Her works are included in public and private, national and international collections, including those of The Open Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Janco Dada Museum's collection, the Dubi Shiff Art Collection and Luciano Benetton's Imago Mundi collection.


Exhibitions

Solo

Group

Sadovsky has participated in several group exhibitions in Israel and around the world, including at the Haifa Museum of Art, Janco Dada Museum in Ein Hod, Eretz Israel Museum, Ashdod Museum of Art, Bait Mani Bank Leumi Museum Space in Tel Aviv, Glasgow School of Art, California College of the Arts, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel Museum, The Museum for Islamic Art, and the Venice Biennale (2017).

Curated

Honors and awards

Selected publications

References

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  5. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky: Minute Flower Arrangement". Imago Mundi.
  6. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky: Spare Parts". The Open Museum.
  7. ↑ "Glasshouse". Gordon Gallery. October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky". MacDowell.
  9. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky: Without Leaving Home". Gordon Gallery. April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky: 'Out there' in the art world". The Jerusalem Post.
  11. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky: Suddenly, just when you thought it was gone". Petach Tikva Museum of Art. 24 July 2025.
  12. ↑ רותם, חגית פלג (3 August 2014). "Ella Amitay Sadovsky". Globes Israel.
  13. ↑ "Empire II — artist-led satellite project at the 57th Venice Biennale". FAD Magazine. 7 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "MacDowell Awards 194 Spring-Summer Fellowships to Artists Working Across Disciplines". MacDowell. 27 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky". MacDowell.
  16. ↑ "Ann and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art in Israel 2016 Winner". rosenblattartprize.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Ella Amitay Sadovsky wins Ann and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art in Israel". Erev Rav Magazine. 23 January 2016.
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