Ron Amir

Ron Amir is an artist, graduate of the Midrasha – Faculty of the Arts at Beit Berl College. Holds a master’s degree from the Art Department at the University of Haifa. Since 2007, Amir has been a lecturer at the Midrasha and serves as head of its preparatory school program, as well as coordinator of its accessibility program for higher education.

Amir works with still photography and video, and his artworks raise social questions about the place and time in which we live. His works are often the result of long-term projects engaging with marginalized communities, focusing on the various ways these communities respond to the constraints imposed on them by social, economic, and political systems.

Amir has received numerous awards and grants, including the Young Artist Award (2008), the Creative Encouragement Award (2013), the Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences (2015), and the Minister of Culture Award in the field of arts (2019).

His works have been exhibited in museums in Israel and worldwide and are included in many collections, including the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, and Centre Pompidou in Paris.

In his teaching—both in foundational courses and advanced ones—Amir integrates two key elements of his artistic practice: a deep interest in the medium of photography and its theoretical and historical contexts, combined with social engagement and critical inquiry into the place and time in which we live.