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Biography |
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1930 |
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Born in Tel-Aviv |
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1943 - 1949 |
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Studied art in Tel-Aviv with the painters Avni, Steimatsky, Streichmann and Marcel Janco as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bezalel in Jerusalem with the painter Ardon |
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1943 - 1955 |
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Member of a kibbutz |
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1958 |
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First price for the design of the pavilions of the Ministry of Development -10th anniversary of Israël, Jerusalem |
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1973 |
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Nominated member of the Italian Order of Arts and Letters |
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1977 |
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Awarded The Israel National Prize for Art and Science (Prass, Israel) |
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1984 |
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Nominated Officer "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" |
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1992 |
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Awarded UNESCO's Miro Medal |
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1992 |
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Silver medal - Arts plastiques de l'Académie d'architecture, Paris |
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1993 |
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Nominated "Commandeur" by Jack Lang, Paris, France |
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1993 |
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Awarded UNESCO's Picasso Medal |
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1994 |
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Awarded the Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland for his contribution to the dialogue between artists and for his work in favor of peace |
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1995 |
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Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos, Suisse |
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1996 |
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Awarded the Goslar Kaiser Ring for Art, Germany |
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1996 |
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Nominates as UNESCO's "Artist for Peace" |
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1997 |
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Doctor Honoris Causa, Doctor of Philosophy, Haifa University, Israël |
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1998 |
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Praemium Imperiale – Japon (Nobel Price for the Arts) |
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1999 |
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Goethe Medal, Germany |
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1999 |
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Doctor Honoris Causa – Philosophy Faculty at the University of Hebraic, Jerusalem |
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2000 |
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Nominated member at the Academy of Arte e disegno, Florence |
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2002 |
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Doctor Honoris Causa – Weizman Institute, Israël |
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2002 |
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Invited professor in different art schools (Israël, Japon, France … ) |
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2002 |
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Participation at different symposiums and academic forums in the world |
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2002 |
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Nominated member of the Drawing Academy of Florence, Italy |
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2003 |
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Nominated honorary member of Shenkar College of engineering and design, Israel |
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2004 |
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Awarded the Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture, Germany |
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2005 |
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Michel Angelo Price for Sculpture, Carrara, Italy |
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Married to Hava and father to Noa, Tamar and Yael |
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Lives in Tel-Aviv, Paris and Florence. |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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Exhibition Dani Karavan : project of Murou, booth of the Galery Jeanne-Bucher at the FIAC , followed by an exhibition at the gallery Jeanne-Bucher, Paris. Models, sculptures, drawings, video and text. |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Environmental sculpture, Rabin Health Center, Israel |
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2004 |
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Environmental sculpture, Sculpture Symposium, Taoyuan, Taipe, Taiwan |
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2004 |
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Environmental sculpture, Sculpture Symposium, University of Puerto Rico |
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2004 |
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Environment, Rabin Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel (work in progress) |
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2004 |
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Sculpture, Villa Lemm, Berlin, Germany (work in progress) |
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2004 |
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“10 Years to Passages - Homage to Walter Benjamin”, one man exhibition, Galera d'Art Horizon, Colera & Centre Bonastruc Ca Porta, Girona, Spain |
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2004 |
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“Writing Images Ideas - Walter Benjamin and the Art of the Present Day”, group exhibition, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany |
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2004 |
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Awarded the Piepenbrock Prize for sculpture, Germany |
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2004 |
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Environmental sculpture, Hospital, Pistoia, Italy |
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2003 |
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Honorary Fellow of the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design |
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2003 |
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Omaggio a Arnolfo di Cambio, Florence, Italy (work in progress) |
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2003 |
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Environmental sculpture, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands (work in progress) |
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2003 |
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Environmental sculpture, German Federation of Trade Unions, Duisburg, Germany |
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2002 |
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Inauguration of the Bridge over the Oise River, Axe Majeur, Cergy Pontoise, France |
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2002 |
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"Adam & Eve", sculpture, Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Tuscany, Italy |
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2002 |
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"Tsmiha", sculpture, Biennale of the Carrara, Carrara, Italy |
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2002 |
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Environmental sculpture, Columbia University, New York, USA (work in progress) |
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2002 |
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"Pardes", installation, one-man exhibition, Institute of Modern Art in Valencia (IVAM), Spain |
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2002 |
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"Dani Karavan Site Specific Works", one-man exhibition, Moscow State Museum of Architecture, Moscow, Russia |
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2002 |
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“The Axe Majeur”, FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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2001 |
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“Bamot – Hommage to Martha Graham”, 18 bronze sculptures, donation to Bath Sheva Denace Company, Israel |
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2001 |
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“Messages from the Arcadia”, group exhibition, Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan |
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2001 |
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“Requiem for the Staircase”, group exhibition, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain |
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2001 |
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“Love at First Sight”, group exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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2001 |
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"Kadish - requiem for a Tzabar", installation (together with the Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman), Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan |
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2001 |
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Environmental Sculpture, Habima Cultural Square, Tel Aviv, Israel (work in progress) |
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2001 |
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Memorial for the Sinti and Roman, Berlin, Germany (work in progress) |
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2000 |
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"Midbar", environmental sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
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2000 |
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Environmental project for Murou village, Nara Prefecture, Japan (work in progress) |
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