Israel Hadany (, Israel ha-Dani; born 1941) is an Israeli

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, sculptor and jewelry designer, internationally acknowledged. He is involved with poetry writing as well.

Biography

Early life

Born in Beit HaShita kibutz. During his childhood, his family moved several times, first to

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kibbutz, later to Kfar Ganim (nearby

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) and finally to

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. In 1955, at the age of 14, he left his family and joined kibbutz Degania alone.

Artistic studies and career

1956-1957 At the age of 15, he started his art studies at the Avni Institute in

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, taking evening courses while continuing his high school learning during the daytime. He was the youngest student in the institute among other mature students. He focused on drawing and painting studies and was deeply involved in his art. Later, he returned there but soon realized that painting wouldn't be enough for his artistic and personal aspirations. 1965 - 1967 He turned to post graduate studies at

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, London. The years in

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influenced deeply his art. His confrontation with monumental ancient civilization's art in the

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was highly influential and left a significant imprint on his art. He often mentions a monumental sculpture from the

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. At Hornsey College, he focused mainly on sculpture. Several years after his return to

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(1971), he was invited to teach sculpture and design at

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. 1972 Hadany Represented Israel at the in hadany "Venice Biennale", Italy. After this year, he did not return to teaching. Hadany often collaborates in his art with architects and thinkers and creates environmental works of art. 1975 He works with Taller de Arquitectura of Ricardo Bofill.

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. 1981-1982 created the first artonomic system in sculpture. 1983 Represents Israel at the International Symposium on Outdoor Sculpture in Yorkshire. 2000 Among the five finalists in the international competition of Martin Luther King National Memorial Project Washington. 2001 Guest artist at the International Sculpture Symposium,

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. 2005 Awarded an honorary doctoral degree by

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Public Works

1973 Sculpture, Eshkol Park,

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. 1975 Glass Sculpture, Beit Yad Lebanim, Jerusalem. 1977 ''Memorial Sculpture'', Ben Gurion Airport . 1978 Hadany Arch, road sculpture. Williamsport, Pennsylvenia. 1984

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Memorial Sculpture, Aminadav Forest, Israel. 1985 ''Sky Pool'', The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel. 1987 ''Sky Pool'', The Israel Museum Sculpture Garden. 1988 ''Light Tower, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia.'' 1990 Gate to Peace, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel. 1992 Environmental Sculpture,

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, Israel. 2005 ''Oasis'', Environmental Sculpture, Northern entrance Beersheba. ''You Who Bear Memories of All Times, Outdoor sculpture,

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'' 1998 ''Daniel in the Lions' Den''. the Open Museum, Tefen. 1998 ''The Shrine of Trees, the National Library, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.'' 2001 ''Here lies the dove's shadow.Carrara.'' 2016 The Blue System. Har Hotzvim Jerusalem Hadany's art is concerned with the sublime and the transcendental, often allusive of ancient monumental Egyptian and Assyrian art. Most of his earlier three-dimensional works were geometrical and minimalistic. But after he visited India in 2005, his art underwent a deep change and was opened to new directions. For instance, his artistic environment in

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, Oasis, is colourful and rich in shapes.

Individual shows

2004 " Visual Memories" The Open Museum Tefen. Israel.

Grants and awards

1970 Kolliner Prize for Young Artist, Israel Museum. 1974 First prize for the design of the memorial site of Paula and David Ben Gurion in Sde Boker Share grant for further studies in Europe 1978 First prize for the design of the Mediterranean art center Theoulone Sur Mer in southern France. 1980 The Jerusalem Prize of Art. 2000 Among the finalists in the contest for the Martin Luther King Memorial 2012 Dan Sendel Prize by Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

References

Sources

*Meir Ronen, The building blocks,

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5/7/1985 *Meir Ronen, Jewelry of Sculpture, The Jerusalem Post 3/3/1989 *Miriam Yizrael "שמים בקרקעית העולם פסלי ישראל הדני" "Sky in the bottom of the world",

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, October 1990 *Gilad Meltzer, "Like an Archeologic site"

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12/3/2004 * Israel Hadany "In Search of the Sacred" (exhibition catalogue. article by

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