Artists
Vardena Simonyan
Analog photography, video and AI, in search of a beauty that is not idealized but worthy of dignity.
Vardena (Dana) Simonyan is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer, born in Ashdod and based in Tel Aviv. She graduated with honors from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, has received academic awards for excellence, and has shown in group exhibitions in Israel and internationally.
Working across analog photography, video and artificial intelligence, Simonyan explores her identity as an Israeli woman, engaging with memory and transitional spaces. She returns again and again to the same places and figures, weaving everyday observation with an almost dreamlike sensibility. Her images hold complexity and stay open to interpretation, seeking a beauty that emerges through encounter, between the harshness of the world and a conscious, meaningful presence within it.
Simonyan photographs, and in recent years also composes images digitally. We show both, because the eye is the same. Each digital work is named as such on its page.
