https://tamarettun.com Tamar Zohara Ettun Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:20:56 +0000 https://tamarettun.com en https://tamarettun.com/Index Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:52:11 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Index https://tamarettun.com/Top-Nav Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:40:21 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Top-Nav Tamar Ettun&nbsp;&nbsp; Current &nbsp;&nbsp;Works&nbsp; &nbsp;Bio https://tamarettun.com/Tamar-Ettun Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:33:46 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Tamar-Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Works Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:47:02 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Works https://tamarettun.com/Bio Sun, 30 Dec 2018 22:27:45 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Bio Tamar Ettun (she/they) creates sculpture, video and and performances often using textile that reflect on somatic experiences in relation to trauma healing rituals. Ettun is a 2025-2026 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, where she is researching how contemporary female artists engage with themes of pregnancy, birth and motherhood through the intersections of bodily autonomy, reproductive health and protective practices. She received support from The Pollock Krasner Foundation, Interlude Artist Residency, Stoneleaf, Fountainhead, Moca Tucson, MacDowell, Franklin Furnace, Iaspis, Art Production Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Triangle Arts Association, Abrons Art Center and RECESS. Ettun’s research-based and community engaged work was exhibited and performed at Museum of Art and Design, The Ford Foundation, The Walker Art Center, Pioneer Works, The Chinati Foundation, The Shelburne Museum, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, The Watermill Center, Art Omi Sculpture Garden, PERFORMA, Socrates Sculpture Park, The Jewish Museum, and Sculpture Center. Ettun is the founder of The Moving Company, an artist collective that created performance art with sculpture in public spaces, and a social engagement project with Brooklyn teens hosted by The Brooklyn Museum. Her work has been included in the new sculpture anthology “Great Women Sculptors” published by Phaidon Press (2024). Ettun’s newest film, IVF Documents was included in the&nbsp;exhibition Designing Motherhood at MAD Museum (2025-2026) and in&nbsp;“What’s in a Story?” video program curated by Barbara London presented by CYFEST, Collateral Event of the 61 La Biennale di Venezia. Speaking Body, Ettun’s multi-language and mutual aid project created in collaboration with immigrant mothers residing in the city’s shelter system commissioned by ArtBridge will be mounted in public spaces in Bushwick this summer. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University.&nbsp; Read more about demons and mothering in this Art21 interview with Jurrell Lewis, in a studio visit with Lakshmi Rivera Amin from&nbsp;Hyperallergic, and in Demon Bloomsongs: Tamar Ettun’s Vivid Somatics by Elisabeth Workman published by The Walker Art Center. ︎ @tamarettun︎ tamarettun@gmail.com To book an astrology session, email me! 🔮️ <img width="1440" height="1440" width_o="1440" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a01ebea49db706bec951df38374fb325a5b6a353b30659f89771d9c02450f57/BA83A28B-C36C-4F01-B920-632E10FC577C.JPG" data-mid="153505796" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a01ebea49db706bec951df38374fb325a5b6a353b30659f89771d9c02450f57/BA83A28B-C36C-4F01-B920-632E10FC577C.JPG" /> CV Contact: tamarettun@gmail.com Education 2010 MFA Yale University School of Art, Sculpture, CT 2008 BFA Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Fine Art, Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine&nbsp; 2007 BFA The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Fine Art, New York, NY Selected Awards, Fellowships, Residencies 2025-2026 The Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2026/2022/2019 Stoneleaf Retreat 2026 NYSCA FY26 Grant for artists 2025 Foundation of Contemporary Art, Emergency Grant 2025 Teiger Mentor in the Arts, The Department of Art at Cornell University 2025 Wave Farm's Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF), New York State Council on the Arts 2025 Ramona Residency for Artists Mothers, Houston, TX 2023 Interlude Residency 2022 Windgate Fellowship, Purchase College 2022 BAX / Brooklyn Arts Exchange 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts, City Artist Corps 2021 The California Studio, Manetti-Shrem Artist Residencies at UC Davis 2020 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant 2020 The Chinati Foundation 2020 The Watermill Center Research Retreat 2020/2016/2011 Artis Contemporary Grant 2019 Museum of Contemporary Art at Tucson Artist Residency 2019 Pioneer Works Production Residency 2018 Brooklyn Art Council Fund 2016 Iaspis, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Sweden 2016/2015/2013 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council 2015 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2015 Fountainhead Residency 2014 MacDowell Fellowship 2014/2015 The Watermill Center 2014 The Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant 2013 Art Production Grant and Residency Program 2012 Socrates Sculpture Park Artist Fellowship 2011 RECESS Activities Fellowship Solo Exhibitions and Performances 2026, Speaking Body, Multi-language and mutual aid project in collaboration with immigrant mothers from the Brooklyn shelter system mounted in public space in Bushwick, curated by Rebecca Pristoop, commissioned by ArtBridge, New York 2026 REVOLVING, Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2025 How to Trap a Demon: Immersive Encounter with Artist Tamar Ettun (performance), The Jewish Museum, New York City 2025 Lilit, curated by Helen Toomer, Upbringing Gallery, Kingston, NY 2024 Lilit’s Umbilical Cord, (site-specific installation), New York Art Book Fair presented by Printed Matter and Dreamsong, Dia Art Foundation, New York 2023 Lilit Wave Cave, (outdoor installation and performance), The Armory Show Off-site at Bella Abzug Park, presented by Dreamsong, New York 2023 SUMMON, Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2023 Texts from Lilit, (performance), Printed Matter, New York 2022 How to Trap a Demon, curated by Meghana Karnik, Richard and Dolly Mass Gallery at Purchase College, New York 2020 Lilit, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX 2019 Dead Sea (performance installation), curated by David Everritt Howe, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn 2018 Jubilation Inflation, curated by Alisha Kerlin, The Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, NV 2017 Eat a Pink Owl, Fridman Gallery, New York City 2017 Mauve Bird with Yellow Teeth Red Feathers Green Feet and a Rose Belly, Part: PINK (performance), The Battery Park and Katonah Museum of Art, New York 2016 The Yellow Who Wants, curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden 2016 Mauve Bird with Yellow Teeth Red Feathers Green Feet and a Rose Belly, Part: YELLOW (performance), Bryant Park, New York and Uppsala Botanical Garden, Sweden 2015 Alula in Blue, Fridman Gallery, New York 2015 Mauve Bird with Yellow Teeth Red Feathers Green Feet and a Rose Belly, Part: BLUE (performance), The Watermill Center, Long Island, NY, and The Knockdown Center, Queens 2015 Pre-Midnight, (performance) Tamar Ettun and Molly Lowe, curated by Adi Puterman, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York 2011 One Thing Leads to Another, (performance) PERFORMA 11, presented by RECESS, New York 2009 Empty is Also, (performance) in collaboration with Emily Coates, Commissioned by RoseLee Goldberg, PERFORMA 09, X-initiative, New York Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances 2026 What’s in a Story? Curated by Barbara London, Screening presented by CYFEST, Ca' Foscari University, Auditorium S. Margherita – Emanuele Severino, Collateral Event of the 61 La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy2026 Fresh Air: Inflatable Sculptures, Cameron Art Museum, curated by Ben Billingsley, Wilmington, NC 2026 A Star House Without a Sun, Museet for Samtidskunst, curated by Lotte Løvholm, Denmark 2025 Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break our Birth, Museum of Art and Design, MAD presentation curated by Alexandra Schwartz and Elizabeth Koehn, New York, NY 2025 DON’T LOOK NOW: A DEFENSE OF FREE EXPRESSION, Art at a Time Like This, curated by Barbara Pollack, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY 2025 Presence, curated by Helen Toomer, Upbringing Gallery, Kingston, NY 2025 The Body’s First Architecture, co-curated by Tamar Ettun and Leeza Meksin, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 2025 Sally Silvers &amp; Dancers / You Better, set design curated by Roxana Fabius, Roulette, New York 2024 Catando Bajito: Incantations, The Ford Foundation, curated by Roxana Fabius, Kobe Ko, and Beya Othmani, New York, NY 2024 Christmas in July, Curated by Wells Chandler, ANDREW RAFACZ Gallery at NADA East, New York, NY 2023 Plant Teachers: First Free Saturdays, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2023 The Sun, Star, Moon and Lilit, NADA House, presented by Dreamsong, New York 2023 The Emotional Show, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, curated by Alisha Kerlin, Las Vegas, NV 2023 Interior Resonance: 10th Anniversary Show, curated by Regine Basha, Fridman Gallery, New York 2023 Pop Up: Inflated Sculpture, curated by Carolyn Bauer, Shelburne Museum, Vermont 2023 How to Trap a Demon (performance), Pioneer Works, New York 2022 How to Trap a Demon (performance) curated by Meghana Karnik, International Studio &amp; Curatorial Center, New York 2021 Though We Dance, curated by Hyejung Jang and Sunmi Yong, Cosmo40, Seoul, Korea 2021 Cut Ups, Essex Flowers, New York 2021 Patterns of Patience, Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Marc Straus Gallery, New York 2021 A Glitter at Sea, curated by Rebecca Heidenberg, Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2020 All At Once, curated by Regine Basha, Fridman Gallery, New York 2019 Summer solstice, (performance) Socrates Sculpture Park, New York 2018 The Fields, curated by Nicole Hayes, Art Omi (outdoor sculpture) New York 2017-2018 The Moving Company at Teen Night, The Brooklyn Museum, New York 2017 It’s Happening: 50 Years of Public Art, (performance) NYC Park Department, Central Park, New York 2017 The Dreamers (performance), curated by Ruth Patir, Danspace, New York 2015 In Practice, Sculpture Center, Curated by Olga Dekalo, New York 2014 Last Day of Folly, Madison Square Park, New York 2014 AIR SPACE, Abron’s Art Center, New York 2014 Still Acts, Curated by Ian Daniel and Sara Reisman, La MaMa La Galleria, New York 2013 We Live With Animals, Van Alen Institution, PERFORMA 13, New York 2012: Emerging Artists Fellowship 12, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York 2012 Summer Solstice, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York 2012 Trees, Art and Jewish Thought, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco 2010 Handheld History, Queens Museum of Art, Video summit, New York 2009 Reinventing Rituals, Rite Now: Sacred and Secular in Video, The Jewish Museum, New York Selected Bibliography and Publications Frieze. “Five Emerging Artists to Watch at Frieze Los Angeles.” 2026. Amin, Lakshmi Rivera. “A View From the Easel.” Hyperallergic, 2025. Vogel, Wendy. Text about Tamar Ettun. Great Women Sculptors, edited by Maia Murphy. Phaidon Press, 2024. Lewis, Jurrell. "In the Studio with Tamar Ettun." Art21, 2024. Amin, Lakshmi Rivera. "Palestine Solidarity Shines at the New York Art Book Fair." Hyperallergic, 2024. Workman, Elisabeth. "Demon Bloomsongs: Tamar Ettun’s Vivid Somatics." MN Artists, The Walker Art Center, 2023. Bennet, Nick. “Tamar Ettun’s Texts from Lilit.” Brooklyn Rail, 2023. Fontaine, Pearl. "Tamar Ettun Demonstrates How to Trap a Demon.” White Wall Magazine, 2022. Donahue, Katy. "Trapping Demons with Tamar Ettun and Lilit." White Wall Magazine, 2021. Ainley, Nate. "The Inflatable World of Tamar Ettun." VICE, 2016. Laster, Paul. The Observer, 2016. Murkett, Sarah. Interview with Tamar Ettun. The Huffington Post, 2015. Corwin, William. Art Critical, 2015. Kurchanova, Natasha. Studio International, 2015. Piejko, Jennifer. Modern Painters, 2015. Lev, Naomi. Interview with Tamar Ettun. Bomb Magazine, 2015. Madoff, Steven Henry, Claire Barliant, and Natasha Marie Lorenz. Alula in Blue. Catalog published by Fridman Gallery, 2015. Jenkins, Mark. The Washington Post, 2014. Goldberg, RoseLee. Performa 11: Staging Ideas, 2012. Sheets, Hilarie M. The New York Times, 2011. Goldenberg, Roselee, ed. Performa 09, Back to Futurism, 2010. Alemani, Cecilia, ed. The X Initiative Yearbook. Milan: Mousse, 2010. Smith, Roberta. New York Times, 2009. Saltz, Jerry. New York Magazine, 2009.&nbsp; https://tamarettun.com/IVF-Documents-Film Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:13:32 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/IVF-Documents-Film IVF Documents, 2025, HD video, 9.5 minutes IVF Documents is a poetic reimagining of an ancient healing ritual, addressing the somatic, emotional, and physical realities of In Vitro Fertilization. The video shows people undergoing IVF or who are postmenopausal, moving with large bags of natural dyes in an empty Brooklyn pool. The liquids allude to IVF medications derived from hormones found in postmenopausal urine. The work incorporates animations made from printed genetic testing results and medical bills, aiming to create a visual language for an experience our culture struggles to articulate. Reach out for a viewing link of the full film. <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31592ee2f4a1dd352b7aadd39c0813609953e2deb66627a718c6f78c3a2ab52c/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS_2.jpg" data-mid="239026330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31592ee2f4a1dd352b7aadd39c0813609953e2deb66627a718c6f78c3a2ab52c/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS_2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4819b7404480125da23f18d982f5dc52f343053b2d4c44e3954b9bd8ec1b703/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS1.jpg" data-mid="239026331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4819b7404480125da23f18d982f5dc52f343053b2d4c44e3954b9bd8ec1b703/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/360c414102c5341aa2848d292285948c63c025a3f1c6dccd3f394bf9d472007e/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS_3_ChristenClifford.jpg" data-mid="239026332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/360c414102c5341aa2848d292285948c63c025a3f1c6dccd3f394bf9d472007e/TE_IVF-DOCUMENTS_3_ChristenClifford.jpg" /> Film by Tamar Ettun Performers: Christen Clifford, Katy Donoghue, Tamar Ettun, Wells Chandler, Sara Murphy Doshi Interview with Maxi Videography: Moko Fukuyama Editing: Amelia Golden Colorist: cristian manzutto Music: KA Baird Re-Recording Mixer: Jeremy McLennan Clothes: BERENIK Assistance: Gigi Giovanelli Materials: Oranges, bowls, mirrors, used IVF drug containers, syringes, plastic bags, ceramic masks, medical gloves, flowers, paper, fabric scraps, medical bills, genetic testing, sound recording from pregnancy stress test, natural dyes: turmeric, paprika, walnut. IVF Documents is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature through the Media Arts Assistance Fund, a regrant partnership of NYSCA and Wave Farm. https://tamarettun.com/The-Sun-and-the-Moon Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:20:56 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/The-Sun-and-the-Moon The Sun and the Moon, 2026 Installation view at A Star House Without a Sun, Museet for Samtidskunst, curated by Lotte Løvholm, Denmark In the Kurhus Hall, a large inflatable sculpture fills the room. Inside it, a video appears, depicting people wearing colourful masks dancing in an empty swimmin pool. In the space Ettun presents textiles, drawings and an artist book made from cards depicting the mythological creature Lilit. Tamar Ettun presents her ongoin work Lilit the Demon of Empathy (2019-), a multidisciplinary project conjuring the aerial spirit demon, Lilit, whose origins can be traced back to ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, and Judaic mythology in Mesopotamia, present day Iran, and Iraq. Lilit is the mother of all demons. She is a disputed mythological figure: historically, a demon but later also a feminis symbol. From the fourth to the sevent centuries, the myth was depicted by artist-healers creating spells, drawings, and talismanic objects to trap demons on incantation bowls used in protective rituals often related to reproductive health. The new work in the exhibition IVF Documents is a poetic reimagining of how these ancient healing rituals might look today, addressing the somatic, emotional, and physical realities of in vitro fertilisation.In the context of the former psychiatric hospital, this early practice of healin inner demons has a resemblance to current research in schizophrenia treatmen where a patient’s inner demons take theform of digital avatars for them to interactwith in treatment.Ettun’s ongoing work, Lilit the Demon of Empathy, began in conversation form, where Ettun took on the persona of Lilit through text messages with the public, interacting with several hundred people that signed up for Lilit’s contact list ever month for five years. The texts created intimate relationships with the readers, who frequently shared their lives and demon with her. Ettun works with somatic empathy in relation to trauma-healing and rituals. Her astrology practice is an extension of her art-making. <img width="1200" height="891" width_o="1200" height_o="891" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b0a0e5b651ed2549beb93338f0316330297c11cf2657d33188c8711a9617aed/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_003_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b0a0e5b651ed2549beb93338f0316330297c11cf2657d33188c8711a9617aed/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_003_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3a0f52d312cc73b44d65a513ce7b0e21f111b2f338d28d967c0ba3f0f7f6048/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_004_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3a0f52d312cc73b44d65a513ce7b0e21f111b2f338d28d967c0ba3f0f7f6048/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_004_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="981" width_o="1200" height_o="981" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06917bad92039630c97e66bfe19b891444d158db76f2fd0cd90c018b0c7076f7/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_001_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508003" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06917bad92039630c97e66bfe19b891444d158db76f2fd0cd90c018b0c7076f7/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_001_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="840" width_o="1200" height_o="840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa39402cd2299309c2b6f3f9bedfe18090c08cb60625d0bfb6fce0d950ad2ea/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_002_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aa39402cd2299309c2b6f3f9bedfe18090c08cb60625d0bfb6fce0d950ad2ea/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_002_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="800" height="1089" width_o="800" height_o="1089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7272cc1d2819322525c8fa8a5bee3ec0312652c6d5136c2741451e8ec89c30aa/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_006_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/7272cc1d2819322525c8fa8a5bee3ec0312652c6d5136c2741451e8ec89c30aa/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_006_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="858" width_o="1200" height_o="858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6726b8d2aee17b64706266c932bdffb57a782e88fc72d865158047b8e95e132b/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_007_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6726b8d2aee17b64706266c932bdffb57a782e88fc72d865158047b8e95e132b/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_007_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c63a58d3c9ed8d06706ba341ad43483750b90251a973ec2acbbabf0eb5dd7c2f/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_008_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c63a58d3c9ed8d06706ba341ad43483750b90251a973ec2acbbabf0eb5dd7c2f/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_008_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23d749c51c36da4cf45787814221c0da1d10c6903bcc138df9e3635f86e49c50/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_005_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" data-mid="246508007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23d749c51c36da4cf45787814221c0da1d10c6903bcc138df9e3635f86e49c50/Et-stjernehus-uden-sol_Museet-for-samtidskunst_005_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm.jpg" /> https://tamarettun.com/How-to-Trap-a-Demon-performance Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:15:47 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/How-to-Trap-a-Demon-performance How to Trap a Demon, Immersive Experience&nbsp; The Jewish Museum, 2025 How to Trap a Demon is an immersive encounter with artist Tamar Ettun. Visitors were invited to participate in a two-part performance beginning with a viewing of over 130 Hanukkah lamps on view at the Museum, followed by a somatic invocation guided by the demon Lilit (Lilith), conjured by the artist. In her reimagining of Lilit—a mythological figure of fear reclaimed as a symbol of female autonomy—Ettun crafted a luminous and timely work of healing and reclamation through embodied movement, shifting light, and emerging shadows. The artist invited participants to take part in a collective ritual that connects them with their own and others’ shadows. Text by Hillit Zwick, The Jewish Museum Demons: Tina Wang, Ezra Benus, Andy Nicholas LiMusic: Chris Ryan WilliamsCostume Design: VVORK VVORK VVORKCeramic Bowl: Jennifer Fiore/MONDAYSLighting Design: Robert Cangemi Producer: Shahar KramerAssistance: The One Who Triumphs ObstaclesPhotographer: Adam AlcantaraSeamstress: Kate Gonzales Videographer and editor: Anne Sofie Norskov <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18803f571fba25110bdbd8bfe444f4c43badbe0230767afa5726258fc5c7ade5/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_13.jpg" data-mid="242522758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18803f571fba25110bdbd8bfe444f4c43badbe0230767afa5726258fc5c7ade5/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_13.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fe1def58083beb0e042afe99c971618b9036d740406036b28d43139b31e3936/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_23.jpg" data-mid="242508953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fe1def58083beb0e042afe99c971618b9036d740406036b28d43139b31e3936/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_23.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34bc5e3a36d14c346d6b17e9f7a1d0fd99cd423f8bf0b09eed8e04e56b464f57/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_04-Edit.jpg" data-mid="242522759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34bc5e3a36d14c346d6b17e9f7a1d0fd99cd423f8bf0b09eed8e04e56b464f57/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_04-Edit.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/950c6049b585abbc7b27ced466762c22f0681a6358ff3d64e60bab13e2a50c70/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_39.jpg" data-mid="242508954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/950c6049b585abbc7b27ced466762c22f0681a6358ff3d64e60bab13e2a50c70/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_39.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f1e004fe29446639559eac205b57104242216b1db1451682cbf3c2b7b4ae58d/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_12.jpg" data-mid="242508950" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f1e004fe29446639559eac205b57104242216b1db1451682cbf3c2b7b4ae58d/Tamar_Ettun_04_Dancing_12.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00c247376ed451e8e2dc31f4017957bd4dfe0ad06f449aea4666aa3bd4175497/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_03.jpg" data-mid="242509245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00c247376ed451e8e2dc31f4017957bd4dfe0ad06f449aea4666aa3bd4175497/Tamar_Ettun_02_Demons_03.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a10ab34b87fb92eed8ca9f62c529ad3c330b5c0c22d20f03b98919c7edbe7f03/Tamar_Ettun_05_Scream_03.jpg" data-mid="242508959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a10ab34b87fb92eed8ca9f62c529ad3c330b5c0c22d20f03b98919c7edbe7f03/Tamar_Ettun_05_Scream_03.jpg" /> https://tamarettun.com/Embryo-Collage Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:46:43 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Embryo-Collage Embryo Collage 2025, Collage, 49 x 49 inchesUV printing on plexiglass, thirty-year-old human embryo image, hand dyed fabric, sails, gauze pads, syringe wrappers, sewing pins, thread, aluminum frame. Embryo Collage is a new series of textile and photo collages that builds on my long-term adaptation of ancient healing rituals. The hand-dyed fabric collages are layered behind giant, pixelated prints of embryos on transparent plexiglass. This series was developed in collaboration with scientist Yong Hyun Song, utilizing previously unreleased 30-year-old human embryo images captured at Harvard University partnering with the Ichilov IVF center. This work addresses gender-based oppression, focusing on pregnancy, birth, abortion, infertility, and motherhood. In the wake of widespread violations of bodily autonomy, compounded by cuts to scientific research funding and consistently low funding for women's and reproductive health, this work collages a series of apparent opposites. It conceptually weaves together ancient and contemporary threats to female bodies through shared formal qualities and a spiritual thread.Thank you Elisabeth Sherman for the conversations and invitation that led to the creation of this work, and Foundation of Contemporary Art for the production grant. <img width="3995" height="4000" width_o="3995" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d807fcc0f8b10b796f2240459dd53805c4428ffec44eb6699922c0ab6a3f2df/DSCF7661.jpg" data-mid="245540766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d807fcc0f8b10b796f2240459dd53805c4428ffec44eb6699922c0ab6a3f2df/DSCF7661.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3980" width_o="4000" height_o="3980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bd7eadfeba66dce69e124b224d7e6e230da0a01091a5f4f4c9102454b070e23/DSCF7660.jpg" data-mid="245540765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bd7eadfeba66dce69e124b224d7e6e230da0a01091a5f4f4c9102454b070e23/DSCF7660.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="3978" width_o="4000" height_o="3978" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fe8dfd4700e0617d4dfa90b582d7dca7ae5e9b9e9b7010ed0e8634b6d628088/DSCF7642.jpg" data-mid="245540762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fe8dfd4700e0617d4dfa90b582d7dca7ae5e9b9e9b7010ed0e8634b6d628088/DSCF7642.jpg" /> <img width="3998" height="4000" width_o="3998" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/455d5a3846bcc2f182e875fa04303b42798bbda0109177d2b631a37be8bfdd7d/DSCF7653.jpg" data-mid="245540764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/455d5a3846bcc2f182e875fa04303b42798bbda0109177d2b631a37be8bfdd7d/DSCF7653.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42655c8d8d9915a58f2fdcceeb0540394a0d9d53e93ac77363a7ff18d580e628/embryo5.jpg" data-mid="239026503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/42655c8d8d9915a58f2fdcceeb0540394a0d9d53e93ac77363a7ff18d580e628/embryo5.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f3c8984f94e3b6ec7a9e023964f1235530985640b6bc0af5750601dd30c38ac/embryo2.jpg" data-mid="239026500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/6f3c8984f94e3b6ec7a9e023964f1235530985640b6bc0af5750601dd30c38ac/embryo2.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aacc52321ac258379d5c2e6131363aa3b36faac274eeeaf08811ee09a0f24305/embryo3.jpg" data-mid="239026499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/aacc52321ac258379d5c2e6131363aa3b36faac274eeeaf08811ee09a0f24305/embryo3.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38b1a5e8644002b411662bcd9c88dc487a0adb530af4ad963d559d216b0361f1/embryo6.jpg" data-mid="239026504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/38b1a5e8644002b411662bcd9c88dc487a0adb530af4ad963d559d216b0361f1/embryo6.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70e940d299e482d4677a0f03c295af8c5a50f5bbb0fba12c3110130dd4f60f50/embryo4.jpg" data-mid="239026502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/70e940d299e482d4677a0f03c295af8c5a50f5bbb0fba12c3110130dd4f60f50/embryo4.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/082b387f28bd052401e47f1df9e6e5473399d102d451e6a20caa8040ad16af80/embryo1.jpg" data-mid="239026501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/082b387f28bd052401e47f1df9e6e5473399d102d451e6a20caa8040ad16af80/embryo1.jpg" /> Embryo Studies,&nbsp;2025, Collage, 8.5 x 8.5 inches UV print on translucent film, thirty-year-old human embryo image, hand dyed fabric, thread&nbsp; https://tamarettun.com/Speaking-Body Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:56:04 +0000 Tamar Zohara Ettun https://tamarettun.com/Speaking-Body Speaking Body, 2026Public project in Bushwick, produced by ArtBridge, curated by Rebecca Pristoop &nbsp; &nbsp; Speaking Body is a multi-language, community art and mutual aid project honoring immigrant mothers.⁠ Developed by interdisciplinary artist Tamar Ettun in collaboration with residents of the city’s shelter system, and curated by Rebecca Pristoop, Speaking Body amplifies the voices of one of our city’s most vulnerable populations. This continues the cultural work ArtBridge has offered immigrants and neighbors in Brooklyn’s District 34 since 2023. &nbsp; &nbsp; The mothers joined Ettun in somatic workshops that incorporated breathing, movement, ceramic bead making, and fabric dyeing. Engaging in the creative process as a vehicle for conversation and connection, these women shared stories of their journeys, their faith and spirituality, and reflections on home and family. &nbsp; &nbsp; In collaboration with and at the direction of the mothers, Ettun transformed the creative results of these workshops into mixed-media artworks. In a time when the lives and livelihoods of immigrants are under threat locally and nationally, the mothers share their own stories anonymously. Like the collage of words and images, Ettun’s artwork builds in tandem with the relationships that grew from a multi-year mutual aid and support network around children and parents living in the neighborhood shelter. &nbsp; &nbsp; The artworks adorn six bus shelters, one billboard, and numerous LinkNYC kiosks across Brooklyn District 34. Placed in public spaces of commuting, commerce, and information gathering, the artworks draw eyes through their color and collage, encouraging a second look and a close read of the insistence on shared humanity shared by these immigrant mothers, who ask to be seen and heard. This project was developed by artist Tamar Ettun upon an invitation from ArtBridge. It was made possible by the Office of Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez. Bushwick Ceramics donated their space, clay, kiln and genuine support. Billboard Design: Calipso PressPhotography and Design: Amelia GoldenHand Writing: Yisel GarciaProject Assistance and Translation: Stephanie Blandon and Ariella PachecoTranslation: Yisel Garcia and Tatiana ArochaEnglish Tutors: Yisel Garcia, Jemila MacEwan, Jamie ChanWriting and Editing: Maya Pindyck, Shaleigh Cochran, J. Mae Barizo, Cindy King, Leila Ortiz, and Allison WeisbergWorkshop Hosts: Bushwick Ceramics and Pioneer Works Many people have helped bring this project to life. Sincere thank yous to everyone who volunteered and engaged in conversation, including David Everitt Howe and Bob Bellerue from Pioneer Works, Megan Davidson and Delmy Lendof from Family Distribution, and Adam and Zofi Lipton and Mary Shipley from Bushwick Ceramics. <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/deccd9b650be72dd48bc247094f343404b27d81437553baa4fbbf9da5dff6900/6_29_26-ArtBridge-09460.jpg" data-mid="250273732" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/deccd9b650be72dd48bc247094f343404b27d81437553baa4fbbf9da5dff6900/6_29_26-ArtBridge-09460.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/781145256c6594923e4b5d9222f701bba1dbb018f222a19ae8806c0fb1ddc4b2/7_13_26-ArtBridge-00007.jpg" data-mid="250577210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/781145256c6594923e4b5d9222f701bba1dbb018f222a19ae8806c0fb1ddc4b2/7_13_26-ArtBridge-00007.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/859e79ceab677cd2df001e6832e1d54156667829b7b2c8cf575a3779fe208311/7_13_26-ArtBridge-09994.jpg" data-mid="250577212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/859e79ceab677cd2df001e6832e1d54156667829b7b2c8cf575a3779fe208311/7_13_26-ArtBridge-09994.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfc158a17a91cd20822eace2688f60e247399e109e30251119921a0f0239ea15/6_29_26-ArtBridge-09528.jpg" data-mid="250273735" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfc158a17a91cd20822eace2688f60e247399e109e30251119921a0f0239ea15/6_29_26-ArtBridge-09528.jpg" /><img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02f3d52c356ed9cda48b25030948d2b4a96fa638c55f8612a9ea25b82b628e9b/7_13_26-ArtBridge-00015.jpg" data-mid="250577211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/02f3d52c356ed9cda48b25030948d2b4a96fa638c55f8612a9ea25b82b628e9b/7_13_26-ArtBridge-00015.jpg" />Installation shots by Cameron Blaylock <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3218e7df4f1f83e93399e70b39c056448d6856761a158d5668e74ca9a6fa8c09/Bus-Shelter-Image-1.png" data-mid="249775834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/3218e7df4f1f83e93399e70b39c056448d6856761a158d5668e74ca9a6fa8c09/Bus-Shelter-Image-1.png" /> <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0980f1733ea0fb6fc0f5320115e2b0ac481ae4dd15472a586e05baf73461800b/Bus-Shelter-Image-3.png" data-mid="249775836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0980f1733ea0fb6fc0f5320115e2b0ac481ae4dd15472a586e05baf73461800b/Bus-Shelter-Image-3.png" /> <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c88c233c105b7b001ca9d5203f91def21a986d6eaccf41fa948dd7776d83dfc/Bus-Shelter-Image-2.png" data-mid="249775835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6c88c233c105b7b001ca9d5203f91def21a986d6eaccf41fa948dd7776d83dfc/Bus-Shelter-Image-2.png" /> <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a965e048f05796b14180a32d4b07b9b45ba028d3c6efb33e0aa4a7982049c057/Bus-Shelter-Image-4.png" data-mid="249775837" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/a965e048f05796b14180a32d4b07b9b45ba028d3c6efb33e0aa4a7982049c057/Bus-Shelter-Image-4.png" /> <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f373139cce811455573ce6ca67cb9a8fc58a1e0b22cda805defc486f25315099/Bus-Shelter-Image-6.png" data-mid="249775838" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/f373139cce811455573ce6ca67cb9a8fc58a1e0b22cda805defc486f25315099/Bus-Shelter-Image-6.png" /> <img width="800" height="1162" width_o="800" height_o="1162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9875cd8d1b040926927af8f13775d2af3b8763ba976a531d4b641aa37dfd051b/Bush-Shelter-Image-5.png" data-mid="249775839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/9875cd8d1b040926927af8f13775d2af3b8763ba976a531d4b641aa37dfd051b/Bush-Shelter-Image-5.png" /> <img width="1200" height="811" width_o="1200" height_o="811" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8a8080c5d20c4217322a6ae509fabbd4aba14824bdccb80afc74e99d05c409d/BILLBOARD.png" data-mid="250577253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8a8080c5d20c4217322a6ae509fabbd4aba14824bdccb80afc74e99d05c409d/BILLBOARD.png" /> Speaking Body, Somatic art workshops with immigrant mothers residing in the Brooklyn shelter system, 2025 &nbsp; 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