Ella Littwitz is a multidisciplinary artist, working with notions of landscape and nationalism. Her installations deal with territories and engage history, culture and politics. Her practice is research based and involves collaborations with different scientific fields such as botany, archeology and geography.
Born in 1982, Littwitz received her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem (2005-09) and is a Laureate of the HISK in Ghent, Begium (2014/15).
Littwitz exhibited worldwide, with solo exhibitions in Kunst Halle Sank Gallen (CH), Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida (ES), Salzburger Kunstverein (AT), Petach Tikva museum of Contemporary Art (IL), MWW Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław (PL) and group exhibitions in Ticho House – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IL), Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (EST), Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (IL), Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, València (ES), CCA Tel Aviv (IL) the 6th Moscow Biennial Special Program (RU) and the 12th Istanbul Biennial (TR), among others, Littwitz received the Swiss Guggenheim foundation Prize (2018 CH), Artis exhibition grant (2019, IL) Outset Studiomakers grant (2018 IL), the Lottery fund grant (2017 and 2018 IL), Igal Ahouvi The Most Promising Artist Prize (2013, IL) the Botin Foundation Prize (2012-2013, Santander, ES), Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds (2012,DE) and Mitchell Presser Excellence Award granted by Bezalel Academy (2009, IL).