About The Artist
• 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.