Thursday, December 15, 7pm
The School of Visual Arts Amphitheater
209 East 23rd Street (2nd and 3rd Ave), 3rd Floor
(please bring photo ID for building entry)
Q & A to follow the discussion.
Free to CCNY members, SVA students, faculty, and staff
$5 general admission, $3 for other students with ID
Rona Yefman was born in Israel, and currently lives and works in New York City. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 2009 and her BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem) in 1999. She is the recipient of the Ingeborg Bachmann Scholarship, established by Anselm Kiefer and awarded by the Wolf Foundation to a young Israeli artist; the Gerard Levy Prize for a young photographer from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and the Lotos Club Award. She recently had solo exhibitions at the SculptureCenter, New York, 2011, Participant, Inc., New York, 2010, and group exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Miami Art Basel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Lombard Fried Projects, New York. Yefman’s solo show Marath A Bouke, project #4 is currently at Derek Eller Gallery, New York, from November 18, 2011 to January 9, 2012. More information about Marath A Bouke, project #4 at: www.derekeller.com
The CCNY Lecture Series is presented in conjunction with the SVA BFA Photography Department.
CCNY‘s lectures are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
