Sobre el Artista

• Israel Hadany - short C.V • Born in Israel. • Studies Painting at the Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel. o Post-graduate studies at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. • 1971- Teaches Sculpture and Design at Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. • 1972- Represents Israel at the 36th Biennale in Venice, Italy. • 1975- Works with "Taller de Arquitectura" of Ricardo Bofill, Barcelona, Spain. • 1981-1982-Creates the first "Artonomic" system in sculpture, in collaboration with Dr. Tsion Avital. • 1983- Represents Israel at the International Symposium on Outdoor Sculpture, Yorkshire, England. • 1988- Guest artist of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA. • 1989- Invited to the International Sculpture Symposium in Oransk,Poland. • 1993- Joins an artists' delegation at "Days of Jerusalem Culture", Prague, Czech Republic. • 1997-Represents Israel in the cultural exchange program India-Israel. • 2000-Among the six finalists in the international competition "Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project" Washington, D.C. • 2001-Guest artist at the 14th International Sculpture Symposium, Carrara, Italy. • 2005-Awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Monmouth University, New Jersey, U.S.A • 2007-Awarded the "Ish-Shalom" prize for life achievement. • 2008- Invited to the “Artist Work Symposium” Dakar, Senegal. • 2014- Invited to “China – Fuzhou International Sculpture Exibition”, China. • Individual and group shows • 1969-First one-person show. Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. • 1972-The 36th Biennale.Venice, Italy. • 1979-"Trends in Israeli Art". International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland. • 1984-"80 Years of Israeli Sculpture". Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. • 1985-"Jerusalem Artists at the Grand Palais". Paris, France. • "Prints by Israeli Artists". Christies, London, England. • 1986-"Artists from Columbia and Israel". Jerusalem; Bogotá, Colombia. • 1988-"40 Israeli Artists". Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA. • 1992-"The Sculpture Biennale". Osaka, Japan. • 1993-"The Fujisankai Biennale". Utsuhushi-Ga-Hara Outdoor Museum, Japan. • 1995-"Days of Jerusalem Culture". Prague, Czech Republic. • 1998-"Milestones, Israeli Sculpture 1948-1998". The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel. • 2003-4 -"Visual Memories". The Open Museums Tefen and Omer, Israel. • 2007- One man show at the Monart Museum, Ashdod One man show at the Golconda Gallery, Tel- Aviv. • Prizes and awards • 1969- First prize, Art Integrated into Architecture Competition, Housing Ministry, Israel. • 1970- First prize, Street Furniture Competition, Israel Hayafa, Israel. • "Kolliner Prize for young artists". Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. • 1971-"Ika Braun Prize". Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. • First prize, Israel Room Competition, University of Pittsburgh, USA. • "Electronica 71", Tadiran Sculpture Prize. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israe. • 1974- First prize, National Competition for Design of the Burial Site of David and Paul BenGurion.Sde- Boker, Israel. • "The Sharet Foundation Grant for further studies in Europe". • 1976- First prize, National Competition for a Memorial Park in Ashdod, Israel (in collaboration with architects Z. • Dekel, U. Miller, and J. Segal). • 1980-"The Jerusalem Arts Award", Jerusalem, Israel. • 1987- First prize, Artifex International Competition for the Mediterranean Cultural Center, Theoule-sur Mer, France • (in collaboration with architectA.Rachamimoff). • 1990-"Percentage for the Arts. Virginia Beach City International Competition", Virginia, USA. • 1992-"Discount Bank Prize for Israeli artists". Awarded by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. • 1993- First prize, redesign of the old Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel • 2000- Finalist in the international competition "Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project", • Washington, D.C., USA. • 2001 "Arieh Elchanani Prize, Integration of Sculpture into Architecture", Israel. • 2005-"Alix de Rothschild Craft awards", second prize. • Awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Monmouth University, New Jersey, U.S.A • 2007- Awarded the "Ish-Shalom" prize for life achievement. • First Place in the "Andromeda" sculpture competition for the Jaffa Harbor • 2012- “Dan Sandel Prize” by the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art • 2014 - “The Ministry of Culture Prize for Art” • 2015 - Third Prize in the “2014 China-Fuzhou International Sculpture Exibition” • 2016 - Winner of the “ Inukshuk Sculpture Competition “ by the ‘Jerusalem Foundation’. • Erected more than 70 Outdoor and Environmental Sculptures in Israel and abroad.