ARTIST BIO:
Ronit Joy Holtz (b. 1997, United States) is a painter and an installation artist from a crossroad between Georgia, USA, and Kadima, Israel. She completed a B.F.A in painting with high academic honors at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the spring of 2019. Her work has been featured in galleries and private collections in France, Switzerland, Australia, over twelve US states, and throughout cities in Israel. In recent years, Ronit has participated in numerous exhibitions both within the US and internationally, including five solo exhibitions. She is a permanent studio artist and art teacher residing in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Captured by Nick Johnson
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Captured by Ori Ben Zvi
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I create sculptural paintings that integrate an array of mixed media. Engaging with various mediums, I employ fibers, wax, leather, salt, soil, sand, and anything my hands are eager to feel to create raised layers on my surfaces. As a spiritual pilgrimage, my creative process involves relentless scavenging of objects to be placed inside my work. This creates a resurrection and harmony between the past and present. As a young girl, I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. My studio practices echo this today, as I constantly discover and collect fragments of the earth and her people.
I am interested in the alchemy of materials, which speaks literally and metaphysically through layers. The energy of the combination of materials in my work visually portrays my spiritual beliefs while mapping out my turbulent path. As an artist, my process involves aspects of cultural anthropology. I feel the duty to narrate both the joy and pain that people experience spiritually, politically, religiously, ethically, and culturally. Through my paintings, I function as a teacher and student, illuminating the questions, pains, hopes, and prophecies.
My artwork is about a story of place. It is used to create awareness for me and the audience and to question and challenge traditional ideas.