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| Israel Hadany (Danovitz) - Biography |
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1941
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Born in Israel. |
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1957
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Studies Painting at the Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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1965
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1967 - Post - graduate studies at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. |
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1971
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Teaches Sculpture and Design at Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1972
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Represents Israel at the 36th Biennale in Venice, Italy. |
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1975
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Works with Taller de Arquitectura of Ricardo Bofill, Barcelona, Spain. |
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1981
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1982 - Creates the first artonomic system in sculpture in collaboration with Dr. Tsion Avital. |
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1983
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Represents Israel at the International Symposium on Outdoor Sculpture, Yorkshire, England. |
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1988
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Guest artist of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA. |
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1989
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Invited to the International Sculpture Symposium in Oransk,Poland. |
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1991
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”The 5th International Biennale of Prints”. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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1993
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Curator of ”Drawer Art, Unrealized Projects”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel (in collaboration with architect David Guggenheim). |
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Participates in the competition for the design of the Prime Minister's office (in collaboration with architects A. Rachamimoff, A. Krantz, D. Mintz, and G. Dyer). |
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Joins an artists' delegation at ”Days of Jerusalem Culture”, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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1995
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Curator of ”An Artist Designs His Own Memorial”. Artists - House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1997
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Represents Israel in the cultural exchange program India - Israel. |
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2000
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Participates in the international competition Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Washington, D.C. (with architect P. Keinan). |
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2001
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Guest artist at the 14th International Sculpture Symposium, Carrara, Italy. |
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| Individual and Group Shows |
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1969
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First one - person show. Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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1970
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"Art Integrated into Architecture". Beit Hamehandes, Tel Aviv, and Behar Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Lecturers' Exhibition. Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1971
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”Israeli Artists”. Rochester University, USA. |
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1972
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Pre - Biennale Show. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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The 36th Biennale.Venice, Italy. |
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1973
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”From Two to Three Dimensions”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Sculptures and Concepts”. Haifa University, Haifa, Israel. |
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”The Book as Object”. International Book Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1974
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International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland. |
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1978
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Israeli Art Festival. Toronto, Canada. |
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1979
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”Artists Invite Artists”. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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1980
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”Desert Structures”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1981
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”Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Collection�. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Desert Structures”. Ascoli Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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”Humor in Israeli Art”. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Trends in Israeli Art”. International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland. |
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1983
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”Tel Hai 83”. Contemporary Art Meeting, Tel-Hai, Israel. |
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1984
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”80 Years of Israeli Sculpture”. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The Rational Factor in Works by Israeli Artists”. Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel. |
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1985
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”The Black System”. Ika Braun Gallery, Artists Studios, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Jerusalem Artists at the Grand Palais”. Paris, France. |
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”Prints by Israeli Artists”. Christies, London, England. |
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1986
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”Artists from Columbia and Israel”. Jerusalem; Bogota, Colombia. |
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1988
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”40 Israeli Artists”. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA. |
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1989
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”Jewelry by Hadany”. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Tashmat”, group exhibition. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1990
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”The Column in Contemporary Israeli Sculpture”. Genia Schreiber Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Israel. |
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”Works in Cardboard”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1991
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”Very Important Objects”. 'Harmony', Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Art and Industry”. The Industrialists Building, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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”The Empty Chair in Israeli Art”. Genia Schreiber Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Israel. |
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”The 5th International Biennale of Prints”. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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”Nature Time, Still Time”. Installation. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1992
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”Two and Three Dimensions”. The Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The Sculpture Biennale”. Osaka, Japan. |
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1993
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”Revealing Drawer Art”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The Fujisankai Biennale”. Utsuhushi - Ga - Hara Outdoor Museum, Japan. |
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”Water Towers in Israel”. Genia Schreiber Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Israel. |
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1994
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”Identity, Artist, Location”. Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The International Triennale of Prints”. Osaka, Japan |
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1995
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”Item - Object”. The Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod, Israel. |
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Sculpture Installation. Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Days of Jerusalem Culture”. Prague, Czech Republic. |
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1998
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Art exhibition, Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The Sculpture Triennale”. Osaka, Japan. |
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”Seven Works and Light”. Hamumhe Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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”Milestones, Israeli Sculpture 1948 - 1998”. The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel. |
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”The Jerusalem Award Winners Exhibition”. The City Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”The Garden as Metaphor”. installations and sculptures, The Hebrew University Botanical Garden, Givat - Ram, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”In the Name of the Land, In the Name of the Lord”. Artists House Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1999
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”70 Designers in Tribute to Izzika Gaon”. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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2000
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”Tom 2000”, The Holiday of Holidays. Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, Israel. |
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”92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel”. Museum of Design, Seoul, South Korea. |
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2001
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”Love at First Sight”. The Arthuro Schwartz collection, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel”. Museum of Fine Art, Valencia, Spain. |
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”92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel”. Jewish Museum, New York, USA. |
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”The Moment Before, the Moment After”. Umm - El - Fahem Art Gallery and High Touch Gallery of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel. |
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The Open - Air Sculpture Museum, Carrara, Italy. |
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2002
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”The Second Ceramics Biennale”. The Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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2003
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”Visual Memories”. The Open Museum Tefen, Israel. |
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2004
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”Visual Memories”. The Open Museum Omer, Israel. |
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Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, USA. |
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Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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2005
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”Mystics Here and Now”. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer - Sheva, Israel. |
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”Beauty and the Book”. Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Public Works |
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1970
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Environmental sculpture in front of the Jerusalem train station. Israel (removed in 1975). |
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1973
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Sculpture. Eshkol Park, Dimona, Israel. |
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1975
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Glass Sculpture. Beit Yad Lebanim, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1976
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Kinetic Wall. The Sharett Institute, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1977
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Memorial Sculpture. Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. |
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1978
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Hadany Arch, road sculpture. Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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1979
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Sculpture. Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Three Tubes. The Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Dimona, Outdoor Sculpture. Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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1982
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Sculpture for a schoolyard. Ramat Sharet, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Wind Sculpture. The Wohl Rose Garden, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Outdoor Fountain. Laromme Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1983
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Sculpture. The Philip Johnson Art Center, Muehlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Memorial Wall for Fallen Soldiers. Kibbutz Gat, Israel. |
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Well. Contemporary Art Meeting, Tel Hai, Israel. |
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1984
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Arthur Rubinstein Memorial Sculpture. Aminadav Forest, Israel. |
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Stage set for 'Agadot' by composer Steve Horenstein. The Spring Festival, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Urban Sculpture. Maale Adumim, Israel. |
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1985
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Sky Pool. The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel. |
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1986
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Water Sculpture. Shenkin Park, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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1987
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Sky Pool. Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Water Column. Frankfurt Park, Hadar Yossef, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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Blue Sculpture. Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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Homage to Philippe Petit. Hutzot Hayotzer Arts and Crafts Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1988
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Light Tower. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA. |
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Tombstone of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness. Tiberias, Israel. |
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Gate to the Mormon University. Jerusalem, Israel. |
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”Maarbolot”, stage set for a concert by composer Steve Horenstein. The Khan Theater, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Shmarsaf. Maale Oranim, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1989
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Gate to Knowledge. Ort College, Carmiel, Israel. |
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Homage to the Sun and Water. Community Center Kiryat Moshe, Rehovot, Israel. |
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Ship of Tarshish. Hutzot Hayotzer Arts and Crafts Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1990
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Gate to Peace. Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. |
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Sails. Hutzot Hayotzer Arts and Crafts Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1991
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Ve'elle Toldot, urban sculpture. Beit Shemesh, Israel. |
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Frame of Mind. Sculpture Promenade, Arad, Israel. |
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”Agadot” new stage set for concert in the USA. |
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Modular Wall. Headquarters of the Israel Electric Company, Jerusalem, Israel |
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1992
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Environmental Sculpture. Yedidya Institution, Abu - Gosh, near Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Environmental Sculpture. Albert Katz Promenade, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. |
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1993
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Sculpture for the California House, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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Sculpture Element for the Square of the Righteous Among the Nations, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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1994
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Environmental Sculpture for the International Pavillion, Hutzot Hayotzer Arts and Crafts Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Environmental Water Sculpture. Mishorei Hanof, Rishon Letzion, Israel. |
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1995
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Oasis, environmental sculpture. Northern entrance, Beer - Sheva, Israel. |
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You Who Bear Memories of All Times, outdoor sculpture. Prague, Czech Republic. |
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1996
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Blue Angel. The Humanities Department, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Two and a Boat. Ashdod, Israel. |
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1997
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Sails. Ha Marina Square, Ashdod, Israel. |
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1998
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Daniel in the Lions' Den. The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel. |
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The Shrine of Trees. National Book House, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1999
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Jacob and the Angel. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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2001
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Qui giace I'ombra della colomba (”Here lays the dove's shadow”). Carrara, Italy. |
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2002
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Road Sculpture. Kiryat Ono, Israel. |
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Sculpture. The Generi Building. The Government Precinct, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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2004
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Homage to Jey - Sing the 2nd, Institute for Biological Research, Ness - Ziona, Israel |
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| Prizes and Awards |
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1969
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First prize, Art Integrated into Architecture Competition, Housing Ministry, Israel. |
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1970
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First prize, Street Furniture Competition, Israel Hayafa, Israel. |
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Kolliner Prize for young artists. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1971
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Ika Braun Prize. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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First prize, Israel Room Competition, University of Pittsburgh, USA. |
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Electronica 71, Tadiran Sculpture Prize. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1974
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First prize, National Competition for Design of the Burial Site of David and Paula Ben Gurion. Sde - Boker, Israel. |
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The Sharet Foundation Grant for further studies in Europe. 1976First prize, National Competition for a Memorial Park in Ashdod, Israel (in collaboration with architects Z. Dekel, U. Miller, and J. Segal). |
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1980
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The Jerusalem Arts Award, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1987
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First prize, Artifex International Competition for the Mediterranean Cultural Center, Theoule - sur Mer, France (in collaboration with architect A. Rachamimoff). |
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1990
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Percentage for the Arts. Virginia Beach City International Competition, Virginia, USA. |
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1992
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Discount Bank Prize for Israeli artists. Awarded by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1993
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First prize, redesign of the old Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel (in collaboration with architect P. Keinan). |
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2000
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Among the six finalists in the international competition Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project. Washington, D.C., USA. |
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2001
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Arieh Elchanani Prize, Integration of Sculpture into Architecture, Israel. |
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2005
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Alix de Rothschild Craft awards, second prize. |
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| Acknowledgment |
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This site is dedicated with gratitude to my wife Brigitte, whose wisdom, assistance, imagination and keen eye have left a deep mark on my work over the years. |