Biography

Ann Oren is a visual artist and filmmaker. Her films and video installations explore performative qualities and fantasy in everyday life. The characters in her films exist in the liminal space between performers and audience as she investigates collective desire and legends from the history of literature, theater and cinema. Her work's institutional presentations include The Moscow Biennial for Young Art, The Hammer Museum, The Tel-Aviv museum, Anthology film archives, Apexart and Kindl - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst. Festival screenings include Rotterdam, BFI London, Slamdance, Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage, Dok Leipzig, Locarno and Ann Arbor. Born in Tel-Aviv (1979), Ann studied Film (BA) and Fine Arts (MA) at the school of visual arts, NY. She lives/works in Berlin.