Biography
Ira Prohorova (b. 1990, Yekaterinburg, Russia) is a Tel Aviv-based multidisciplinary artist.
She began as a self-taught portrait photographer at age of 20 and later expanded into video, sculpture, installation, painting, and sound. In 2015 she immigrated to Israel and in 2024 completed her BEdFA with honors at Seminar Hakibbutzim, including an exchange semester at Kunsthochschule Kassel (Germany).
Her work has been shown in Israel and Germany, including the Edmond de Rothschild Center, Institut Français, Mimikri gallery (solo, Kassel), and the Ausstellungshalle KhK.
She is a recipient of several grants, including the Excellence Award from the Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. She is a graduate of the Edmund de Rothschild Center's Professional training program (2024–2025 cohort), and a member of the Center’s artist alumni network.
Her practice explores the liminal space between personal memory and collective identity, with recurring themes of trauma, migration, and the fractured notion of home.
Upcoming exhibitions
Mother Isn’t Really Dead - group exhibition at Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv. Opening: August 21, 2025. Curated by Nurit Tal Tenne.
Education
College of Education, Technology and Art "Seminar Ha-Kibbutzim"
2020-2024
BEdFA (with honors)
Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany
2023
Exchange Semester
Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art (USAAA)
2007-2009
specialty "Informatics in Architecture" (incomplete higher education)
Solo exhibitions
"You"
2022
Mimikri Gallery, Kassel, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
"Same River Twice"
2025
Edmund de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Dr. Irit Carmon Popper
"Third Floor on the Right, 3"
2024
Institut français d'Israël, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Dr. Smadar Sheffi
“Fresh Light”
2024
Lightbox Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
Curators: Limor Margolis, Hagit Peleg Rotem, Yuval Saar and Portfolio Magazine
"The End of the Beginning, 5"
2024
Seminar HaKibbutzim College, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Michal Baror
"1777"
2023
Ausstellungshalle KhK, Kassel, Germany
Curator: Prof. Oliver Vogt
"Feminism is for Everyone"
2023
Kalisher Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curators: Dr. Hadara Scheflan-Katzav, Dr. Tal Dekel
"Reveal and Erase"
2022
Abraham Hostel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Ron Attar
"Pop Up Museum TLV 3"
2022
Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Yaara Sachs
"La Culture: Reference"
2021
Amiad Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Itay Blaish
“Hatzlakhot”
2021
Special project by HaGarage at Nassima Landau Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curators: Tamar Arnon, Eli Zagury
“La Culture: Relief”
2020
Maze 9, Tel Aviv
Curator: Itay Blaish
"Pop Up Museum TLV 2: This is Just a Dream"
2020
Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Yaara Sachs
Awards, Programs and Scholarships
- 2025 - Edmund de Rothschild Center's Professional training program for Emerging Artists, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2024 – Scholarship for final BEdFA project by anonymous sponsor
- 2024 – Erasmus+ scholarship for special edition of "1777" project, Kassel, Germany
- 2023 – Erasmus+ scholarship for an exchange semester at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
- 2021 – Grant for particularly outstanding artist by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Israel
Relevant Professional Experience
- 2022–2023 – Assistant at the gallery "Ehad HaAm 9", Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2022 – Curator’s assistant on exhibition "The Far Side of the Moon", Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curators: Dr. Hadara Scheflan-Katzav, Dr. Tal Dekel - 2010–present – Freelance photographer and videographer
- 2011–2020 – Freelance photography and photo editing teacher
- 2009–2010 – Head of Special Projects Department, Sverdlovsk Film Company