Michal Rovner

Michal Rovner (Hebrew: מיכל רובנר; born 1957), also known as Michal Rovner Hammer, is an Israeli contemporary artist, she is known for her video, photo, and cinema artwork. Rovner is internationally known with exhibitions at major museums, including the Louvre (2011) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (2002). Michal Rovner was born 1957 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She studied Cinema/Television, and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, and subsequently at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 1981, receiving a BFA degree in Photography and Art in 1985.In 1978, with artist Arie Hammer, she co-founded the private art school Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv, the city's first school for photographers. In 2005, the Camera Obscura School of Art closed due to financial reasons.She moved to New York City in 1987. Rovner was married to Arie Hammer.Rovner lives outside Jerusalem, where she has a small farm.