Artist and curator.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1949.


Studies

1972
Art history and French, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1979-1980
Art, University of Haifa, Israel.
1986
Art History MA, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1994
"Urban footprints", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
2009
"Traces, Still", Yair Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2013
"Laissez-Passer", Mac, Marseille, France.
2014
"SATIN", Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Awards

1988
Hermann Struck Prize.
1993
Ministry of Education and Culture of France.
2006
The Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport.


  • Ilana Salma Ortar exhibited at the "Decade Exhibition" - a group exhibition held in 2016 and marked the 10th anniversary of the Yair Art Gallery.