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Ya'acov Dorchin ( he">יעקב דורצ'ין) (born 12 March 1946), also known as Yaacov Dorchin, is an Israeli sculptor and painter.
Biography
Dorchin was born in
Mandate Palestine in 1946. In 1967, he moved to Kfar HaHoresh">Kibbutz Kfar HaHoresh.
In the 1980s, Dorchin began creating iron sculptures. He has lectured at the University of Haifa since 1991 and served as the head of the university's Art Department from 1997 to 2001.
As of 2020, Dorchin is the artistic director of the Basis for Art & Culture, Basis art school, a position he took in 2015.
In 1990 Dorchin exhibited at the
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i Pavilion in
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
.
Awards
* In 2004, Dorchin was awarded the
EMET Prize
The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture is an Israeli prize awarded annually for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have far-reaching influence and make a significant contribution to society.
Prizes are awarded in the fol ...
, for the arts.
* In 2011, he was awarded the
Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, for the visual arts.
'Lyrical and spiritual' sculptor Yaacov Dorchin surprised by Israel Prize award
''Haaretz'', 22 February 2011
Bibliography
* Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ''Yaacov Dorchin'', Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1995.
See also
*List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
External links
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Resume of Ya'acov Dorchin ''(in Hebrew)''
Israel Prize website.
Israeli contemporary artists
Jewish sculptors
Israeli male sculptors
Israeli male painters
20th-century Israeli male artists
21st-century Israeli male artists
Modern sculptors
Academic staff of the University of Haifa
Academic staff of Oranim Academic College
Israel Prize in sculpture and painting recipients
Jewish Israeli artists
20th-century Israeli Jews
21st-century Israeli Jews
Living people
1946 births
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