ABOUT

Rimma Arslanov

Düsseldorf / Tel Aviv

https://www.rimmaarslanov.com
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„Black Box“, 3:13 min, 2014

A stop-motion video animation set in deep, dark shades, creating a continuous night scene. Remains of organic flora and architectural fragments become key actors, animated as if developing a life of their own. The work explores the concept of communication between different worlds, proposing a language of signs expressed through shifting volumes of light as the primary mode of dialogue.

Artist Rimma Arslanov was born in Tajikistan (1978), grew up in Uzbekistan, and later emigrated to Israel. She completed her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Before that, she studied fine arts at Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts, Israel (2003–2005), the Avni Institute of Art and Design, Israel (2000–2002), and the P.P. Benkov Art College in Uzbekistan (1996–1999).

Arslanov's works have been featured in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including at: Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel; Bilker Bunker, Düsseldorf; Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem; Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon; Kunsthaus Dresden; Tbilisi History Museum "Karvasla"; Kunstverein Leipzig; BWA Sokół Gallery for Contemporary Art, Poland; Beit HaGefen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa.

She has received several prestigious grants and awards, including the Stiftung Kunstfonds Stipendium (2026), the KHM Promotion Award for Female Artists (2022), the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York (2012), the Alix de Rothschild Award, Israel (2012), the Yehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation for the Arts, Israel (2012), and the Baustelle Schaustelle Award (2010). Additionally, she has been selected for various artist residencies, including the Artport Residency, Tel Aviv (2024), and the Borderland Residencies via Kulturraum Niederrhein, hosted by Museum Goch (2022).