Keren Anavy is a New York based multimedia artist working in drawing, painting, installation and performance. Anavy's interdisciplinary process and research-based practice scrutinize issues of the dynamic relationship between nature, culture and site. She see landscape as metaphor for political and personal narratives, her interest is how nature can function as a cultural agent in different societies. Challenging the boundaries of painting and drawing often as a form of installation, Anavy's settings examine broader social contexts through a diversity of imagery, materials and architecture, offers a platform for questioning our environments. In her works she references nature, however stripped down to its abstract form using various materials, include oil paintings, ink drawings, laser cutouts and print, she creates forms that reflect on the boundary between concrete and abstract. Anavy's works often contain imagery and subject matter that are disconnect from their previous political and social context, and as a result, transformed into an abstracted visual imagery that addresses distress and beauty. Anavy (b. Israel) has exhibited widely include solo exhibitions at The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Haifa Museum of Art, both in Israel and at the Sunroom Project-Space, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York. Her work has been shown a the Queens Museum, New York, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York, Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church, New York, SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2018, New York, Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Pachuca, Mexico, The Gallery of the Cultural Institute Mexico-Israel, Mexico City, The Pratt Institute New York, Flux Factory, New York, The Korean Cultural Center, New York , NARS Foundation Gallery, New York, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel and The 2nd International Biennale of Painting and Sculpture, Split, Croatia, among others. Anavy is a recipient of the Asylum Arts, New York Grant (2017-18), residencies include The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, Artist-in-Residence in Everglades, AIRIE Program, Everglades, National Park, Florida, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellow, The IAP Mentoring Program, NARS Foundation, New York, International Artist-in-Residence Program and the ACDP Program by Artis New York, Artport Tel Aviv and Asylum Arts, New York. Anavy is Artistic Director, New York at Radio28, a new artist-run multidisciplinary art and culture center at Mexico City. She writes about art and culture in New York and North America at Basis for Art & Culture Magazine (Hebrew). Anavy received her MFA from Haifa University, Israel, and her BA in Art History from Tel Aviv University, Israel. She graduated with Art teaching certificate at Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel, and has been a collage level educator for over 10 years, often working closely with the community.