Yarden was born in Israel in 1959, and grew up in Paris and Tel Aviv. She is a graduate of the department of photography in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. She runs a privately owned photography school.
Yarden has had numerous one-person shows, and participated in group exhibitions in Israel, Europe and the United States.
Yarden published the Artist Book: “Family Meal” at Xargol/Am Oved Publishers, 2007. Her works were published in numerous art magazines and she won the Israeli Minister of Culture Award Winners in 2002.
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Studies
1980-1981 – Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel-Aviv
1981-1982 – Psychology and Art, University of Haifa
1982-1986 – Photography, B.F.A, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Solo exhibitions
2014 - "Qalandiya", The Artists House, Tel Aviv
2013 - "Within Walking Distance", Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 - "Scrabble", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 - "Not Just", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 - "Home Cooking", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2002 - "Visual Diaries", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 - "Voices", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 - Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997 - Lohamei HaGeta’ot Art Gallery, Lohamei HaGeta'ot
1992 - Kalisher Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1990 - Bograshov Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Group exhibitions
2014 -"Mazal U'Bracha” (Hebrew for: Luck and a Blessing), Beit Hatfutsot Jewish Museum Tel-Aviv
2014 - "Quartet", binyamin-gallery, Tel-Aviv
2013 - "Testing Tools 10", Tami House, Tel-Aviv
2012 - "Portraits of Cain", Ben Gurion University, Beersheba
2011 - "Schooling", Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam
2010 - "Re Location", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 - CSP gallery, Center of contemporary art, Tel Aviv
2010 - "Family Files", Jewish Museum, Munich
2010 - "Spaces", Vitso Art Gallery, Haifa
2009 - "Final Edition", Ben-Gurion University
2009 - "League 101", Amiad Center, Jaffa
2008 - "Language & Gender", Artneuland Gallery, Berlin
2007 - "Terms", Tivon Gallery
2006 - "In the absence of body", Hamidrasha School of Art Gallery, Beit Berl
2005 - "Beauty And The Book", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 - "Public Domain", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2002 - The Minister of Culture Award Winners, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2002 - Art Forum, Berlin
2002 - "A Question of Taste", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002 - "Diaries", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 - "Looking Ahead", A.G.U. Gallery, Santa Clara
2000 - "Photo-Fest", Margollis Gallery, Houston
1998 - "The Lesser light", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 - School of Art, Nime
1998 - "Condition Report", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
