Ilanit Illouz

Ilanit Illouz's practice weaves together anthropological research and visual experimentation around the image. She explores spaces at the edge of overlooked histories, seeking to capture memory as an act of resistance against dominant narratives. Her investigations have led her to focus on the Dead Sea region, bordered by Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Through landscape work, she engages with the political and social narratives of the territories she studies. Her most recent work focuses on the surroundings of Mount Etna in Italy, an active volcano. The artist conceived this project as "a narrative built around a cave in Sicily." This cavity, formed by a solidified lava flow, displays spectacular strata as evidence of this fusion. In Ilanit Illouz's photographs, this aggregate of rocks becomes an endless landscape where scale seems to dissolve, inviting the viewer to immerse themselves in its very matter. Ilanit Illouz is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy (2005). She has exhibited at institutions including the Paysage de l'Île de Vassivière, the FRAC Grand Large – Hauts de France (2022), the Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val de Marne, MAC VAL (2019), and the Institut de la photographie de Lille (2020). Her work is held in public collections including MAC VAL, the V&A (London), the FRAC Grand Large, the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap), the Collection des Rencontres d'Arles, Neuflize OBC, Photo Élysée in Lausanne, and the MEP Collection, as well as in prestigious private collections.