Oded Hirsch / Israel – Artist in Residence

Oded Hirsch Born in Kibbutz Afikim, a small community in the Jordan Valley of Israel. “In recent years I have tried to explore several issues regarding my place in society by a mixture of autobiographical memories and directed fictions. My guidance has always been the power of photographs to reflect emotional content.” Oded holds B.A. in photography and education from the Academy of Design in Haifa, Israel. He is currently a graduate student in the MFA department of Pratt Institute, New York. Oded lives and works in Queens, New York.