| Born in Kibbutz Beit Hashita, Israel Lives and works in Herzliya, Israel | |
| Solo and Dual Exhibitions | |
| 2025 | “Nights as Days”, (with Meirav Heiman) Keren Bar-Gil Gallery Contemporary Art Ramat Hasharon |
| 2024 | “Bliss”, Ayelet Carmi and Meirav Heiman, Ticho House’ The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Curator: Timna Seligman) “Physis”, Ayelet Carmi and Meirav Heiman, MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (curator: Galia Bar Or) |
| 2020 | “Retinopathy,” the Brain Art Gallery, the Center for Brain Sciences, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (curator: Michal Mor) |
| 2019 | “Garland,” the Dwek Gallery, Jerusalem (curator: Raz Samira) “One Foot Planted” (with Meirav Heiman), Kniznick Gallery, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (curator: Susan Metrican; cat.) |
| 2018 | “The Israel Trail” (with Meirav Heiman), part of “Last Chance to See,” Petah Tikva Museum of Art; Villa Tamaris centre d'art, La Seyne-sur-Mer (curators: Drorit Gur-Arie, Isabelle Bourgeois; cat.) “Sphere” (with Meirav Heiman), Schechter Gallery, Neve Schechter Contemporary Jewish Culture and Arts Center, Tel Aviv (Curator: Shira Friedman; cat.) |
| 2016 | “Icosahedron” (with Meirav Heiman), part of “Post-Postmodernism ≠ Utopia,” Haifa Museum of Art (curator: Svetlana Reingold) |
| 2015 | Solo exhibition, part of “From Andy Warhol to Contemporary Art: Culture, Color, Body,” Haifa Museum of Art, (curator: Svetlana Reingold) “The Slick,” Kibbutz Gallery Rosh HaNikra (curators: Yuri Katz and Asia Dublin) |
| 2013 | "A Person Worries", Project room at the Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel (curator: Galia Bar Or) |
| 2010 | "Two Thousand Feet", Liberal Jewish Community Hannover, Germany (curator Friederike Schwarzer; cat.) "Two Thousand Feet," Gallery 39, Tel Aviv (curator: Orly Hoffman.) |
| 2009 | "Simple botany of dreams", Goren gallery, academic college of Emek Yezreel (curator: Yehuda Yatziv and students) |
| 2008 | "Alexantropia," Gallery 39, Tel Aviv (curator: Tal Lanir; cat.) |
| 2004 | "Siamese Twins," Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel (curator: Galia Bar Or; cat.) |
| 2003 | "Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming," Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Tali Tamir) |
| 2000 | "My Last Travels in the Continent," Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Tali Tamir) |
| 1999 | " Satellite Explorers," The New Artists' Quarter Gallery, Kiryat Tivon, Israel (curator: Yifat Ben-Natan; postcard set) |
| 1996 | The Artists' House, Jerusalem "Paintings," Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Tali Tamir) |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2025 | “Will there ever be days”, a collaboration between Israeli and German artists, Frankfurt Germany (curator Carmit Blumenshoh) |
| 2024 | Common Ground – Israeli Art Meets Archaeology, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Curators: Amitai Mendelsohn, Tanya Sirakovich, Ahiad Ovadia, Pirchia Eyall) (with Meirav Heiman) “The Split”, Sturman Museum Ein Harod (curator: Ofra Baram) (with Meirav Heiman) |
| 2023 | "The Measure of Man", Art and Design Biennale, Eretz Israel Museum (curator Nir Harmat) (with Meirav Heiman) "Videonella”, Video exhibition in the urban area, Haifa Center (curators: Belu Samion Finero and Avital Bar-Shai) (with Meirav Heiman) "On Life and Death”, Zuzu Gallery Emek Hefer, Israel (Curator: Neta Gal-Azmon) “Nature of things”, Botanic Garden gallery, Jerusalem (Curator: Neta Gal-Azmon) |
| 2022 | “MOTION: Movement and Dance in Contemporary Israeli Art", Negev museum Israel (curator: Nirit Dahan) (with Meirav Heiman) “The Circular Time”, Galley 2 Ein Hod (Curator Nir Harmat) |
| 2021 | "The Mossad", Ramat Gan Museum of Art in collaboration (with Meirav Heiman) (curator: Svetlana Ringold) “CROSSROADS”, Spinnerei archiv massiv gallery, Leipzig (curator: Anna-Louise Rolland) “Beyond Belief”, Heidestraße , Berlin, Germany (with Meirav Heiman) (curator: Britta Adler) “Airspace,” Contemporary Art Gallery, Ramat HaSharon (curator: Ravit Harari) |
| 2020 | “Chada Knishta,” Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod (curator: Dvora Liss) “A Contemporary Glance at Indian Miniature,” Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art & Studies, Kibbutz HaZorea (curator: Shir Meller-Yamaguchi) “The Winners 2017–2018,” the Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design, Ashdod Art Museum (curators: Yuval Biton, Roni Cohen Benyamini, Dafna Gazit; cat.) |
| 2019 | Flowing with Milk: A Look at the Promised Land” (with Meirav Heiman), Beit Hankin Multidisciplinary Gallery (curators: Orna Etkin Raviv, Eilat Hertzeloff, Neta Haber) |
| 2018 | "Flower Power", show commemorating 70 years to the state of Israel, Galerie am Rathaus, Norderstedt, Germany (Curator: Carmit Blumensohn) |
| 2016 | “Between Synapses: Where Art and Brain Sciences Intersect,” the Jerusalem Artists' House (curator: Michal Mor) “Guides: Field Guides in the Mirror of Contemporary Israeli Art,” the Senate Gallery, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Trumpeldor Gallery, Be'er Sheva (curators: Haim Maor; cat.) |
| 2015 | “Local Pulse 2” (with Meirav Heiman), Artists' house, Tel Aviv (curators: Orly Hoffman and Arie Berkowitz) |
| 2014 | “Office session III,” the Anchorage House, East India Docks, London (curator: Caitlin Mavroleon) |
| 2013 | “To Leave a Mark,” part of Traces V: The 5th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, the Jerusalem Print Workshop (curator: Irena Gordon) “Medium,” Site Specific 3, 15 Nachmani St., Tel Aviv (curator: Maya Attoun) “Every Thing Beautiful in Its Time,” 10 Gallery at Bet Michal, Rehovot (curator: Carmit Blumensohn) |
| 2012 | “The Cheerful Mummy,” Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (curator: Mira Avgar; cat.) “Living Room Talks,” The Artists' House, Tel Aviv (curator: Orly Hoffman) “Art Any Way: Exploring the Wheel,” Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Sara Raiman Shor) “Earth Nature,” The Artists' Residence, Herzliya, Israel (curator: Varda Genossar) |
| 2011 | “The Winners 2010,” the Ministry of Education and Culture Prizes in Art and Design, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (curator: Meir Aharonson; cat.) “Site-Specific Wall Works,” Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod (curator: Rina Genussov; cat.) “Basis,” Culture and Art Center, Nazareth (curators: Farid Abu Shakra, Varda Genossar) “Scales and Measures,” Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin (curator: Orly Hoffman) “Update your Reality: Artists from Israel”, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin |
| 2010 | "More than Canvas", Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Sarah Reiman Shor) "Eating the heart out", The Artists' Residence, Herzliya, Israel (curator Varda Genosar) |
| 2009 | "Something in the white," The house of culture and art, Nazareth (curator: Farid Abou Shakrah) |
| 2008 | "Residents artists show", The Artists' Residence, Herzliya, Israel |
| 2007 | "The Beauty of the Void," Gallery 39, Tel Aviv "Space/Street," The Artists' Residence, Herzliya, Israel |
| 2005 | "On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art," Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Varda Steinlauf; cat. + postcard set) "Red Flag," The Print Workshop, Kibbutz Nirim, Israel (curator: Dov Heller) |
| 2001 | "Staged Occurrence," Art Center, Jerusalem (curator: Guy Shoham) |
| 2000 | "Magician, Wizard, and Artist Meet," The New Artists' Quarter Gallery, Kiryat Tivon, Israel (curator: Yifat Ben-Natan; cat.) |
| 1994 | "Separate Worlds," Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Itamar Levy) |
| Screenings and Festivals (with Meirav Heiman) | |
| 2020 | “Physis “, video conceived as part of “Whole World “, a video art series by the Modalius music ensemble “Now&After,” International Video Art Festival, Moscow |
| 2018 | “Nocturnes du Mercredi”, a 3-part program of recent video works from Israel, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, June 2018 (Curator : Hadas Maor) |
| 2016 | Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart |
| 2015 | “Tomorrow Is Here: Futuristic Night at the Museum,” a multidisciplinary art event at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Raz Samira) |
| 2013 | “Photosynthesis,” part of the Testing Tools #10 Art Festival, Beit Tami, Tel Aviv (curator: Carmit Blumensohn) |
| Residencies and Workshops, Special Projects | |
| 2021 | LIA Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2019 | Facebook (Meta) Tel Aviv Resident Artist, Facebook Open Arts, Tel Aviv Window installation at the King Solomon Hotel in Jerusalem (curator: Irina Gordon) |
| 2018 | An evening of video screenings from Israel, as part of the France-Israel Season of Culture, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris (curator: Hadas Maor) |
| 2015 | Artist Career Development Program, Asylum Art in collaboration with Artis and Artport, Tel Aviv |
| 2014 | “Tsiltsud,” wall piece conceived as part of the International Summer Seminar, Keshet Eilon Music Center, Kibbutz Eilon (curator: Vardi Bubrov) |
| 2010 | "BETA 1," as part of the project "Lace and Poison: A dialogue between Artists from Berlin and Tel Aviv," Schir, Berlin and the Artists' Residence, Herzliya, Israel (curators: Friederike Schwarzer, Orly Hoffman) |
| 2009 | "Earth writing discipline," mural installed at the Art+ hotel, Tel Aviv |
| Prizes and Grants | |
| 2023 | Independent Creators Fund, Ministry of Culture and Sport (with Meirav Heiman) Pais Grant for the Exhibition bliss (with Meirav Heiman) |
| 2022 | "The Wing of Zohara” was acquired by the Knesset of Israel and is permanently exhibited there, alongside two photograph stills from the film “Zohara” |
| 2019 | The Israel Museum’s acquisitions committee purchased the video “The Israel Trail – The Procession” (with Meirav Heiman) Second-place winner, "The Israel Trail” (with Meirav Heiman), Esports Digital Art Prizes, Hong Kong |
| 2018 | Pais Grant for an Exhibition Catalogue, “The Israel Trail: Procession” (with Meirav Heiman), Israel National Lottery Council for the Culture and Arts |
| 2017 | The Minister's Prize, the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport Project grant for “The Israel Trail” (with Meirav Heiman), Asylum Arts, New York Project grant for “The Israel Trail” (Meirav Heiman), Artis, New York & Tel Aviv |
| 2016 | Pais Grant for New Media, “The Israel Trail” (with Meirav Heiman), Israel National Lottery Council for the Culture and Arts |
| 2015 | Support from the Rabinowitz fund for "Eclipse", Joint video project with Meirav Heiman |
| 2010 | The minister of education and culture award for artists in the field of plstic arts |
| 2003 | Honorable mention, First Portrait project, Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts |
| Catalogue Essays and References & Exhibition Texts | |
| Orly Hoffman, "Two Thousand feet", exhibition text (Tel Aviv: Gallery 39, 2010) | |
| Fareed Abou-Shakrah, "Something in the White", catalog text (Art Gallery – Nazareth) | |
| Tali Tamir, "Durer on Treetops", catalog text (Ayelet Carmi, 2009) | |
| Galit Landau Epstein, "Alexandra's Journey", catalog text (Ayelet Carmi, 2009 | |
| Tamar Hammer, "The She Joker", catalog text (Ayelet Carmi, 2009) | |
| Tal Lanir, "Ayelet Carmi: Alexantropia," exhibition text (Tel Aviv: Gallery 39, 2008) [Hebrew] | |
| Tamar Hammer, "Paintings for My Loved Ones: The Maccabiah," text and postcard set for the exhibition "On the Banks of the Yarkon," 2005 [Hebrew] | |
| Varda Steinlauf, "On the Banks of the Yarkon," cat. On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2005), pp. 10, 86-87.[English] | |
| Galia Bar Or, "Ayelet Carmi's Cabinet," cat. Siamese Twins (Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2004) | |
| Exh. cat. First Portrait (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2003), p. 58 (photograph) | |
| Guy Shoham, "Staged Occurrence," exhibition text (Jerusalem: Art Center, 2001) [Hebrerw] | |
| Tali Tamir, "Woman Power and/or Farewell to Feminism," exhibition text for "My Last Travels in the Continent" (Tel Aviv: Kibbutz Art Gallery, 2000) [Hebrew] | |
| Yifat Ben-Natan, "Three Hats for Five Artists," cat. Magician, Wizard, and Artist Meet (Kiryat Tivon: The New Artists' Quarter Gallery, 2000) ) [Hebrew] | |
| Yifat Ben-Natan, "Regions of Enchantment," exhibition text for "Satellite Explorers" on a postcard set (Kiryat Tivon: The New Artists' Quarter Gallery, 1999 .[English] | |
| Tali Tamir, "Paintings," exhibition text (Tel Aviv: Kibbutz Art Gallery, 1996) [Hebrew] | |
| Itamar Levy, "Separate Worlds," exhibition text (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1994) [Hebrew] | |
| Articles and Reviews in the Press | |
| Hila Shkolnik-Brenner, "Drawing Pages", City Mouse magazine, July 2010 | |
| Dr. Ktzia Alon, "Ayelet Carmi: A Visual Manifesto for a Cyborg", "Two Thousand Feet", GalLery 39, 2010 | |
| "Space Theodyssey," Yotam Hotam, Resling Publishing Ltd, 2010 (cover) | |
| Jordan Feiger, "Everyone Wants to Fly", Omanoot, 2010 | |
| Bernard Dichek, "A bright Day for Women", The Jerusalem Report, 2010 | |
| Shosh Gretz, "War Games," Hadaf Hayarok, 21 March 2008 [Hebrew] | |
| Yaniv Yehuda Eiger, "The Carmi Report," Maariv, 7 March 2008 [Hebrew] | |
| Karni Am-Ad, "The Bold and the Beautiful," HaKibbutz, 7 March 2008 [Hebrew] | |
| Galit Landau Epstein, "Alexandra's Journey: Between Utopia and Tropia," Maarav: Art – Culture – Media, 6, 25 February 2008, [Hebrew] | |
| Michal Viletsky, "Haoman 17: Ayelet Carmi," walla, 20 February 2008, [Hebrew] | |
| Naomi Reichman, "In Her Nature," Zman Tel Aviv, 8 February 2008 [Hebrew] | |
| "Fantasy and Surrealism," Helicon – Journal of Poetry 80, winter 2008 (paintings + cover) | |
| Karni Am-Ad, "Personal Report," Hakibbutz, 2006 [Hebrew] | |
| Vardit Fabran, "Colorful Glimpses into Potential Worlds," Hayyim Aherim 47, August 2000, pp. 26-31 [Hebrew] | |
| Hila Shkolnik, "Enigma," Colbo, 8 October 1999 [Hebrew] | |
אילת כרמי, הצהרת אמן
היצירה שלי ממוקדת במעגלי הזהות שלי כאישה, ציירת וישראלית החיה במציאות נפיצה. אני יוצרת על קו התפר שבין ציור, הצבה ואסמבלאז', מתוך שאיפה לפרוץ את המסגרת הציורית ולהסיט את המדיום לעבר קיום ארעי על סף פירוק, הנתון לשינוי מתמיד. הדמויות בעבודות שלי נשיות ברובן, ושואבות מייצוגים מיתולוגיים. לצד אלה מכילות העבודות מוטיבים מן ההיסטוריה המקומית, מן הנרטיב הציוני-אוטופי, בהכלאות היוצרות מיתולוגיה פרטית בעלת הדהוד קולקטיבי.
כבת קיבוץ בעברי, אני מתעניינת בפן הזה של הפרויקט הציוני כסמן של ישראליות במפגש שבין חלום למציאות. בשבילי, הקיבוץ מציין דיאלקטיקה שנידונה לכישלון בין השאיפה לקיום נורמלי ובין ערכים אוטופיים. מומנט הכישלון, בייחוד בהיבטיו הפואטיים, מגרה את העבודה שלי, ומגולם בגיבורות הנשיות המופיעות בעבודות – ספק נימפות ואמזונות, ספק נשים ריאליות, השקועות במשימות דגולות שלמעלה מכפי כוח אנוש.
בעשור האחרון מתאפיינת העבודה שלי בבדיקה מתמדת של גבולות המדיום ובייחוד באפשרויות של ההצבה הציורית ביחס לחלל התצוגה. "המכביה", תערוכה שהצגתי ב-2005 במוזיאון תל אביב, התייחסה לאסון קריסת הגשר כרגע של שבר בתוך הקשר ציוני ואולימפי כאחד. היא משלבת ציור קיר גדול-ממדים של כלונסאות העץ ברגע הקריסה לצד ציורים על מצע עץ בדוגמאות מינימליסטיות-דקורטיביות, שבלטו מן הקיר כמגזרות נייר.
תערוכה שהצגתי ב-2010, "אלפיים רגל", ציינה את ראשית העיסוק שלי בעבודות קיר על ידי ריבוד של שקפים מצוירים. התערוכה הציגה כעין 'מכונת תעופה' – היברידים שבין הגוף הנשי ומתקני תעופה מן ההיסטוריה המוקדמת (והכושלת) של התעופה. השאיפה האנושית לעופף כציפור חוברת ליופי הפואטי של דמויות מכונפות, כמו גם למוטיב הנפילה. כל עבודה מורכבת מצביר של שקפים שהונחו זה על גבי זה, באופן המאפשר לפרק ולשנות אותם מן היסוד בהצבה הבאה.
צורת העבודה הזו נמשכה בשני הפרויקטים הבאים שלי, "אדם דואג", מ-2013, שהוצגה במשכן לאמנות עין חרוד. התערוכה מתייחסת לאוסף מגזרות הנייר היהודיות של המשכן ולחלל האדריכלי המהולל שלו, כאשר כאן העירום הנשי שולב במוטיבים של יודאיקה. ב"סליק" תערוכה שהצגתי ב-2014 בגלריית קיבוץ ראש הנקרה, ניסיתי להפוך את חלל התצוגה למעין 'אקס טרטוריה' בגבולות הקיבוץ, על ידי הצפה שלו בדימויים הנקשרים ביופי ובחרדה. התערוכה מצליבה בין זיכרון סליק הנשק שהיה חבוי מתחת לבית הילדים בקיבוץ שבו גדלתי ובין מבצע צוק איתן, שהעלה שוב את החרדה מפני הרוחש מתחת לאדמה. כאן נוצרו האסמבלאז'ים מתוך נפילה חופשית על הרצפה באתר התצוגה, ולאחר מכן תלייה שלהם על הקיר.
ב-3 השנים האחרונות אני עובדת על פרויקט וידאו מורחב, "שביל ישראל", בשיתוף פעולה עם האמנית מירב הימן. הפרויקט מביא שלל דמויות מזמן ישראלי פוסט-אפוקליפטי הצועדות על התוואי של שביל ישראל באמצעות עזרים אקרובטיים המאפשרים להן להימנע כליל ממגע עם האדמה. כמו בגופי העבודה הקודמים שלי, תכנים הנקשרים בגוף הנשי בהיסטוריה מקומית ריאלית ומדומיינת ממוקמים על קו הגבול שבין אבסורד, יומרה נאצלת, יופי וכישלון. הפרויקט, הנמצא בשלבי הכנה, משלב פרפורמרים ואנשי מקצוע ממגוון תחומים להפקה בקנה מידה קולנועי.