Born in Poland 1949
Immigrated to Israel in 1951
Education
1968 - 69 Studied painting at the Institute for Plastic Arts, Bat Yam, Israel
1970 - 74 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
1975 - 77 Royal College of Arts, London. MA.RCA
Prizes and Grants
1974 Bezalel prize for excellence.
1975 British Council scholarship for the Royal College of Art,London.
1986 Alix de Rothchild Foundation prize for jewellery design.
1993 Grant from American-Israely Cultural Foundation to work at the European Ceramics Work Center,s'Hertogenbosh,Holland.
1994 Francoise van den Bosch Prize, Holland.
1996 Artist-Teacher Grant, Ministry of Education,Israel.
Second Prize, International Judaica Competition,Jerusalem.
Invited artist to Penland School of Craft, USA,Israel-North Carolina
1998 BI Art Grant to participate in master class and conference, Edinborgh.
1999 Ministry of Education Prize for Jewellery.
2006 Grant for creation of artist book - Mifal Hapais
Solo Exhibitions
1983 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam.
1984 Arnolfini, Bristol.
1984 ICA, London, side show.
1988 Spectrum Gallery, Munich.
1989 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam.
1993 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
1994 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam.*
1995 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.*
1995 Beit Gabriel, Sea of Galilee, Israel.
1999 Hnoss Gallery, Gothenburgh, Sweden.
2000 Gallery Ra , Amsterdam.
2000 Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland.
2001 Verzameld Werk, Gent,Belgum.
2007 Sienna Gallery, Lenox
2008 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam on the occasion of the launching of artist book
Selected Joint Exhibition
1978 Gallery Ra ,Amsterdam, with Pierre Degen.
1980 Debel Gallery, Jerusalem, with Deganit Schoken.
1981 Gallery Ra ,Amsterdam, with Vered Kaminski
1987 Contemporary Applied arts, London,with Mary Restieaux and Rachel Woodman.
1987 Gallery mattar cologne, with norbert walters
1992 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, with Vered Kaminski.
1992 Kalisher Gallery ,Tel Aviv, with Vered Kaminski.
1992 Special Exhibith, Summer Show, Contemporary applied Arts,London.
2000 Julie Artisans Gallery,New York, with Kiff Slemons.
2001 Marijke studio,Padova With vered Kaminsky And Deganit Schoken
2002 Broach,Gallery Tactil,Geneve,with Vered Kaminski and Deganit Schoken.
2003 Untitled Dialogue,The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Galeria Bielak,Krakow, with Wilhelm Tasso Mattar.
2005 Speechless , Hipotesi , Barcelona, with Vered Kaminski
Group Exhibition
1976 70 years to Bezalel-Helen Rubinstein Museum, Tel-Aviv.
"Theme-Jewellery"at the Swiss Industries Fair, Basel*.
1977 Royal College of Art, Degree Show, London.* "Class of 77", Arnolfini, Bristol.
1978-79 Group Shows in Holland: Serafijn, Utrecht, Gallery Flora, Eindhoven, Nouvelles Images, Den Haag.
1980 "Sieradden in Singer" Singer museum Laren Holland. "Schmuck International 1900-1980" Vienna.*
1981 "Fancy Goods",Ralph Turners collection of popular jewllery, uk tour.* Gallery Alef,Tel aviv. Confectiecentrum ,Amsterdam.
1982 Schmuck and Great, International Handwerksmesse, Munich.*
"The Makers Eye", Craft Council Gallery, London.*
"Tendezen" Schmuck Museum, Pforzheim.*
"Jewellery Redefind', British Craft Center", London.*
"Views on Jewellery", Stedlijk Museum ,Amsterdam.
1983 "Material" Sonderschau, Munich.*
Kunstmanifesaatie, Nieuwe Kerek, Amsterdam.
"The Jewellery Project", Craft Council Gallery, London.*
1984 The Shipley Jewellery collection, Sunderland Arts Center and uk tour.
International exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery National Museums of Modern Arts, Kyoto and Tokyo.*
Contemporary Jewllery: Europe-USA, Craft museum, New York.*
"Cross Currents", Power House Museum, Sydney, Austrelia.*
"Modern Jewellery;1964-1984"Hellen Drutt Collection USA Tour.*
European Jewellery-New Directions, Maple Hill Gallery, Portland,USA.
"Body Works and Wearable Sculpture",Visual Art Center of Alaska.*
1985 Contemporary Jewellery Redefind: Alternative Materials, Pittsburg
Center for the Arts, Pittsburg,USA.
"Vrije Vormgeving"-from The Stedlijk Museum Collection,Museum Fodor.
1985 New Traditions,The Evolution of Jewllery :1966-1985,British Craft Center.*
Figurative Jewellery,Spectrum Munich and European tour.*
"Die Neue Ausserlickeit" ,Handwerkskammer,Koln.*
New Jewellery,Kulturhouset, Stockholm.*
1986 Figurative open members Exhibition, British Craft Center,London.
Clocks in Cactus, Cactus Gallery ,Tel-Aviv.
10 Years Ra, Gallery Ra ,Amsterdam.*
1987 "Joieria Europa Contemporania" Barcelona.*
"Zeichen am Korper", Museum Francisco Cornelius,Linz.*
"Biennal Du Bijou", Hotel de Sens,Paris.*
"Bezalel Graduate" ,Israel Museum ,Jerusalem.*
1988 Cleveland Contemporary Jewellery Collection,UK tour.
10 Years Gallery Metal, Gallery Metal, Copenhagen.*
"Jahresgaben 88",Dusseldorf.*
1989 Ornamenta ,Pforzhiem.*
"Personal Expression" ,Museum of Applied Arts,Cologne.*
1990 European Jewellery and Metal,Perth International Craft Trienaal,Australia.*
"Jewellery : Means and Meaning" Ewing Gallery of Art,University of
Tennesse, Knoxville, USA.*
Rezak Gallery, Chicago.
1991 "Jehi Or" Jewish Museum, Frankfurt.*
"The Banqueting Table" ,Gallery RA ,Amsterdam.*
"Salveged!",Art in a Throwaway world.South Bank Center,London.
"Arsenals" Aggression in Jewellery,Museum of applied Arts,Frankfurt.*
1992 IIIeme Triennale Du Bijou,Musse Des Arts Decoratif ,Paris.*
1993 Gallery Ra at Marijke studio, Padova,Italy.
Holography and Jewellery,Museum ofApplied Arts ,Cologne.
7 Schmckmachers,Gallery Rahmel,Cologne.
Tekens en Ketens, Museum Van Der Togt,Amstelveen.*
1994 Local Goddesses,David Tower Museum,Jerusalem.*
1995 "Object\Object",Herzelia Museum of Art. Herzelia.*
"The Jewel: Sign and Symbol", Antwerpen.
1996 Kunstmanifestatie,Amsterdam.
Scotish Gallery,Edinburgh.
"Sixties Revivel",Gallery Michele Zeler,Bern.
"Passion and Proffesion",20 years Gallery Ra.*
"Design of the Times" One Hunderd years to the Royal College of Art.
1997 Opening Show, Persiscop Gallery for Design.Tel Aviv.
New Conceptual Jewellery,a project by ,Chi Ha Paura?at Milan Design fair.
1998 "Friendship Rings" M.Zeller Gallery,Bern Switzerland.
Gallery Ra at the Rai Art Fair,Amsterdam.
"Jewellery Moves" an International Jewllery Show,
National Museum Of Scotland,Edinburgh.*
"Studs of Silver",Eretz Israel Museum,TelAviv.*
"Narratives",The Museum of Art and Design,Helsinki,Finland.*
"Broacing it Diplomatically",A Tribute to Madeleine Albright,
Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art,S'Hertogenbosch,holand.*
"Pin Up",Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh.
Good Kids,Bad Kids",Israel Museum,Jerusalem. *
1999 70 Designers in Tribute to Izika Gaon,Israel Museum,Jerusalem.*
Malerai unt Objekten,Rathaus Schoneburg,Berlin
"All Adornament",Jewellery 1960-2000,the Jewellery collection of
Inge Asenbaum,Museum of Design,Zurich.*
"Fired with Colour",20 th Century Enameling, Aberdeen art Gallery,
Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh.*
2001 "Micromegas",Galerie Fur angevandte Kunst,Munich,Craft Museum,
New- york,Galery Yu,Tokyo.*
" Maskerade",Gallery Ra Amsterdam,and uk tour.*
"Self Portrait", Gallery Sztuki,Legnica,Poland.*
Figurative Trends in current Israely Design,The heder,Tel Aviv.
" Borrowed Objects", Haifa Cinimateqe*
2002 "Zero Karat",The Donna Schneier Gift,American Craft Museum.NY*
"Schmuck 2002",Sonderschau,Internationale Handwerkmesse,Munich.*
"Sense of Wonder",Ci Ha Paura…? Project at the Milano design fair and
Beurs van Berlage,Amsterdam.*
" Meeting Art",Jerusalem Artists House,Jerusalem.*
" Spoons",Gallery Ra, Amsterdam.*
"Chain Reaction",Eretz Israel Museum,Tel Aviv.*
"BLUR",Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
2003 " Head Guard", Bezalel Gallery,Tel Aviv
"Six Indevidual Voices",v&v, Viena,Austria
"First Flowers of Israely Art",Israel Museum Jerusalem.
Exhibition in Print,Sofa, Chicago.
" Valuable Links", Centre Ceramique, Masstricht, Holland*
2004 "Birthday Party" , The Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland.*
2005 " Beaten Gold", Eretz Israel Museum , Tel Aviv *
"Francoise van den Bosch, tijdgenoten en jong talent" CODA museum, Apeldoorn, Holand
"Possesion of Purpose", Sienna Gallery at Sofa Chicago*
2006 "Tides", Agripas 12 , Jerusalem
"Parures" Nimes and French tour.
"Radiant" Gallery Ra, Amsterdam.*
"Women's Tails" Racine art Museum and USA tour *
25 years to gallery Spectrum, Spectrum, Munich*
2007 "On a small scale" Jerusalem Print Workshop*
Hnoss Jubelie exhibition at Rhoss museum, Gotheburg ,Sweden *
The forth Biannale of Israely Jewllery, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv *
*catalogue
Works in Collections:
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
The Museum of Applied Arts,Vienna.
The Israel Museum ,Jerusalem.
Het Kruithuis,s'-Hertogenbosch,Holland.
Museum of Modern Art,Kyoto,Japan.
The Museum of Decorative Art,Montrial,Kanada.
Museum of Art and Design ,New York.
National Museum of Scotland,Edinburgh.
Muse'e des arts de'coratifs,Paris.
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery,Bristol,England.
The Clevland Craft Center,Middlesborough,England.
Craft Board of Australian Council,Sydney.
Art Gallery of Western Australia,Perth.
Roska Museum,Gothenborg,Sweden.
The Shipley Jewllery Collection,England.
The New Collection,Munich.
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,USA.
Mcalpine Collection,England.
Helen Drutt Collection,Philadelphia.
The Knapp Collection,New York.
Rotasa Foundation ,USA.
Beno Premsula Collection,Holland.
Cllection Inge Asenbaum,Vien
Muzeum Cesk'eho Raje, Turnov, Czeck Republic.
Racin Art Museum
Bibliography ( selection )
see exhibition catalogues
Contemporary Jewellery,1945-1975 |Ralph Turner.1975
The New Jewllery |Peter Dormer and Ralph Turner.1984
Zeichen am Korper |Linzer Institute,Linz,1987.
Contemporary Jewllery |Helen Drutt and Peter Dormer.
International Crafts |Martina Margattes.1991
The Jewel: Sign and Symbol | Antwerpen,1995.
International Dictionary of Jewellery |Chantal Bizot.
Design Sourcebook |David Watkins.
The Art Of Enameling, Linda Darty
Bezalel – 100 years,G.Ofrat,D.Tartakover
Gold and Silver :2\81,9\83.
European Jewller:7/82.
Design Magazine:1981\388
Art Aurea: 3/87,1/89,5/97.
British Crafts:1977/28,1979/37,1983/61,1984/66,nov,1992.
Studio: 5/92.
Esther Knobel- Sketches in row materials | Artforum,Arenham,Holland.
Refind Imagination-Esther Knobel,Jewllery | Israel Museum ,Jerusalem.
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