Biography

Anna Hayat and Slava Pirsky have been working together since 1999.
Anna was born in Russia in 1974 and immigrated to Israel in 1994.
Studied photography in the Hadassah Academy, Jerusalem (1997-2001).
Slava, russian-born in 1965, immigrated to Israel in 1991. Completed his art education in a number of Russian institutes.

Featured Exhibitions

2024 “Heart-wisdom alone will repair”, Institute for Israeli Art, Jaffa Museum, Israel

2024 “Summer Unveiled” Wertheimer gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2024 “Existence”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)

2023 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery,, New-York, USA (solo)

2023 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)

2022-23 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, Contemporary Art Center, Ramle – CACR, Ramle Museum, Israel (solo)

2022 “BAD+(contemporary art fair)”, Bordeaux, France

2022 “In the Locked Garden”, Lemon Frame art gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014 Fresh Paint Limited Edition, Contemporary Art Fair , Tel Aviv, Israel

2014 Documentary Israeli Photography, companion exhibition to World Press Photo, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel

2013 Fresh Paint 6, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel

2011 “Safe shore” City Gallery, Rishon-LeZion, Israel

2011 “Because our lives is…” Bet HaOmanut Gallery, Mevasseret Zion, Israel

2011 “Crust”, Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel   (solo)

2010 “Girl and Simple  Things”, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA  (solo)

2009/10 “People and Trees,” Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel  (solo)

2009 “Fetish,” Between Mango and Passion Fruit, Izostadia gallery, Petah Tikva, Israel

2009 “Polaroid,” Design Gallery , Saint Petersburg, Russia

2009 Local Testimony, The Open Museum of Photography Tel–Hai, Israel

2008 Israeli Photojournalism, exhibition held each year along with the World Press Photo. Dizengof Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Awards

2023 AAP Magazine Awards. The Second Place Winners: The Series “Alex”
2014 First place in Landscapes category, Local Testimony
2008 First place in Portrait category, Local Testimony
2008 International Photography Association (IPA) Award
2003 Polaroid International Photography Award
1999 Award from the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption