Yael Oren
- Inbal Cohen Hamo
- Mar 13
- 1 min read
Participated in the exhibition “Too Close”, Binyamin Gallery
Curator: Dr. Elad Yaron February-March 2025
Media: Painting and Installations
Holds a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (1990).
Had a few solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions.
Her work includes mainly painting and installations.
Yael Oren’s recent body of work explores the memory of three late family members. The process began with a moment of realization—after a period of drawing from photographs, she felt a deep need to return to observational drawing. She turned to her own reflection, studying herself in the mirror as she sketched. She worked on fabrics and patterned papers, and upon reviewing the results, she was surprised to recognize the face of her sister, Ruthi, emerging in many of the drawings. Ruthi, who was close to her both in age and in life, had been her roommate during their student years.
Tragically, Ruthi was later diagnosed with cancer and passed away at 38, just a few years after their father was killed in a light aircraft crash. Grief and longing led Oren to confront her pain through art, compelling her to draw Ruthi. In the midst of this process, her mother also fell ill and succumbed to cancer. It was only after time had softened the immediate shock of loss that Oren was able to return to painting all three of her loved ones—her father, Ruthi, and her mother—giving form to memory through her work.
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