Ayala Reznik

Born and raised in Israel, Ayala is a Toronto-based sculptor and multi-media artist whose latest work had explored representations of the female body, particularly through the aesthetics of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic eras, and its current significance for understanding the subjects of abuse, trauma, and healing.

She has developed her understanding of this theme through sculpture and installation, performance art, and photography, and through this work has come to understand the cultural and artistic practices of those periods as invaluable resources for effecting change with respect to the status of femininity and womanhood today, both on a personal level as well as within the broader sociopolitical landscape.