The Israeli artist Ruthi Helbitz Cohen invites the spectator to enter the shadow of the soul. Her archaic figures remind the observer of a sunken culture to put an end to the pillage of the world. Her works are realized through sheets of tracing paper, scotch tape, fabric softener, paint, ink and other substances, creating a “mixed media”. They touch on youth and innocence and its loss as well as on sexuality and motherhood, and the anxiety it causes.
In addition to the numerous museum exhibits in Israel, she was invited to show her work in Germany, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Greece, China, and the USA. Alongside the artistic work in her studio, Ruthi teaches art in both the Beit Berl Arts College and the Oranim College.
Born in 1969 in Israel
Lives and works in Ein Vered and Tel Aviv, Israel
MFA, Oranim Academy of Art, Tivon/IL
BFA, Art Department, Haifa University, Haifa/IL
BFA, Hamidrasha School of Art, Art Department, Beit Berl/IL
BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Art Department, Jerusalem/IL
BFA, Art and Psychology studies, University of Haifa/IL
Award for Visual Arts, Israeli Ministry of Culture
Prize for the Encouragement of Creation, Ministry of Culture, Science and Sport
Artist-Teacher Award, Ministry of Culture and Science
First Portrait, the Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts
Artist-Teacher Award, Ministry of Culture and Science
Keren Sharet Scholarship Program Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
A hair in the Scene of crime, with Yehoshua Sobol, University of Israel, Tel Aviv/IL
Passive Aggressive – From Daphne to Judith, WHITECONCEPTS Gallery, Berlin/DE
Daphne, ICI – Israeli Cultural Center, Budapest/HU
A deed without a name, Zsilip Center, Budapest/HU
A deed without a name, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki/GR
KunstRAI, represented by Helga Hofman Gallery, Amsterdam/NL
Fresh Paint art fair, represented by WHITECONCEPTS Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Sunset, Haifa Museum, Haifa/IL
POSITIONS Berlin art fair, Berlin/DE
Veil of Tears, Herzliya Museum, Herzliya/IL
Helga Hofman Gallery, Alphen aan den Rijn/NL
Four Matriarchs and a Reminder, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Without Frames, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou/CN
The Spider´s Strategy, Beelden Aan Zee Museum, The Hague/NL
Whispers, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
On the Edge, Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv/IL
Black Mamba with Tali Ben Bassat, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Site Specific, part of SISYPHOS, POLYLOG, Tower Gallery, Cologne/DE
Free but Securely Held, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Free but Securely Held, Oranim Gallery, the Academy College of Education, Tivon/IL
Damsel´s House, Helena Rubenstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv/IL
Mind the Gap, Herzliya Museum, Herzliya/IL
Mind the Gap, Evi Guggenheim Gallery, Paris/F
Distorsion, Umtrieb Gallery, Kiel/DE
Mind the Gap, Umtrieb Gallery, Kiel/DE
New Works, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
The Cliff Gallery, Netanya/IL
Boomerang, Tel Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
I Will Have to Restrain It, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
I Will Have to Restrain It, Israel Academy College, Emek/IL
New Works, Tel Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Sweet Dreams, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod/IL
New Works, Gallery at Borochov, Tel Aviv/IL
KunstRAI, with Galerie Helga Hofman, Amsterdam/NL
The X Part I (Anniversary) Show, WHITECONCEPTS; Berlin/DE
Art Market Budapest, represented by WHITECONCEPTS, Millenáris, Budapest/HU
Art Market Budapest, represented by WHITECONCEPTS, Millenáris, Budapest/HU
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, represented by WHITECONCEPTS, Arena, Berlin/DE
NordArt 2016, Israeli Pavilion, Buedelsheim/DE
KunstRAI, represented by Helga Hofman Gallery, Amsterdam/NL
Summer Exhibition, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Helga Hofman Gallery, Aalphen aan den Rijn/NLN
The Chicago Triangle, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa/IL
Helga Hofman Gallery, Aalphen aan den Rijn/NL
New Works – Spring, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Summer Exhibition, Gordon Gallery & Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv/IL
Still Life, Dana, Art Gallery, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai/IL
Lo-li-ta, Office Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
In&Out, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Preview Berlin Art Fair, Berlin/DE
Brantesburg Gallery, Copenhagen/DK
Body Marks, Tivon/IL
Love is in the Air, Time of Art, Tel Aviv/IL
First Portrait, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Museum of Art, Tel Aviv/IL
Oranim Gallery, Tivon/IL
The Cliff Gallery, Netanya/IL
Boomerang, Tel Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
At Home, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Imagine – 300 Artists for Co-Existence, Um El Fahem/IL
Artists Against The Hard Hand Policy, Um El Fahem/IL
Ami Steinitz Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Sharet Foundation Award Winners, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan/IL
Traveling Exhibition of Sharet Foundation Award Winners, USA
Co-Existence, Mitzpe Ramon/IL
Sharet Foundation Award Winners, University Gallery, Tel Aviv/IL
Hamidrasha Final Show, Nofar Gallery
Tiger, Mary Fauzi Gallery, Jaffa/IL
Painting Above And Beyond, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan/IL
Art Focus, Art Union, Tel Aviv/IL