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 * caption      = Keren Oxman
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 * birth_place= Israel
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 * nationality  = Israeli / American
 * area         = Artist

Keren Oxman is an American Israeli Artist.

Oxman's work operates as a form of anthropological research, in which the artist functions as a collector scavenging and piecing together distant documents alongside cultural relics and contemporary artifacts, all taken from the infinite pool of existing junkspace. These aggregations, that draw from the aesthetics of traditional masks and artifacts, create a complex mosaic of mash-up and establish the visual presence of the creaturely. A suggestive race that ranges from the foreign to the familiar and relates to a cross-cultural, post-colonial world.

Early life and Education

Keren Oxman was born in Israel, she is the daughter of Robert Oxman and Rivka Oxman, both of whom are Professors of Architecture. She is the sister of Neri Oxman. Oxman holds a B.A. with Honors from the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and an M.A. with Honors from the Royal College of Art in London, where she was a Clore Fellow. Her work experimentally speculates on the intersection of art and anthropology, the temporal artifact and the exploration of cultural otherness. Oxman is the recipient of the Rockefeller grant in New York. Her recent Artist Residencies include Eyebeam Atelier, The Cooper Union school of Art and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council all in NYC. Oxman's work has been exhibited worldwide in Tel Aviv, New York and London.