Karen Russo (b. 1974, Tel-Aviv) lives and works in London and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. Russo’s films have been exhibited and screened at Tate Modern, Barbican Centre, Hayward Gallery Project Space, V&A Museum, 176, Delfina, Paradise Row Gallery, Busan biennial, Montevideo, Amsterdam, Große Kunstschau Museum, Haus der Kulturen Der Welt: HKW, Krefeld Museum, Arquebuse Gallery, Geneva, the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, Hertzliya Museum and Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv. Recent awards and grants include: Award for an Established Video Artist, Ministry of Culture, Israel 2019, Outset Contemporary Art Fund 2018, Arts Council England 2016, Artis Contemporary 2015, Ostrovsky Family Fund for Experimental Cinema 2015, Arts Council England 2015, Cinema South Festival 2014, the Minister of Culture prize, Israel 2012, Center for Contemporary Art Fund for Video & Experimental Cinema, Tel-Aviv 2011, Outset Contemporary Art Fund 2010, British Council 2010, Arts Council England 2009, Jerusalem Film Festival 2007 and Givon Prize (Tel-Aviv Museum) 2002.