Shahar Kober (born 1979) is an Israeli

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, art director and lecturer. He lives in

Kiryat Tivon Kiryat Tiv'on ( he, קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun (Zebulon) and Jezreel valleys. Kiryat Tiv'on is situated southeast of Haifa, on the main road to ...

, Israel.

Biography

Kober was born in

Kfar-Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

and raised in Ganei Am. He attended the Ami Assaf high school in Beit Berl and the

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. At age 21, he was admitted to

Shenkar College of Engineering and Design Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art (commonly abbreviated as Shenkar) is a public college in Ramat Gan, Israel. Shenkar serves the Israeli industry by providing academic qualification and R&D services for modern industries. Shenkar i ...

, studying illustration and graphic design, graduating in 2005. After graduating he persisted a freelance career in illustration, illustrating over 40 children's books, published in Israel,

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, and other countries. His work is regularly published in newspapers and magazines, and he also contributes art to animation projects. His work on "The Ugly Dumpling" was reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and so was "Chicken in Space". His book "The Flying Hand of Marco B." was selected one of the best children's books of 2015 by the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine. Among others, he illustrated books by former

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, Israeli poet

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, Israel's

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, and award-winning children's author Adam Lehrhaupt. His illustrations were displayed in exhibitions in Israel, China and South Korea. Since 2013, Kober teaches Illustration in the

WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education The NB Haifa School of Design, named after Neri Bloomfield and formerly ''WIZO Canada'', is a college of art located in the German Colony in downtown Haifa, Israel. It is the leading professional and academic institution for higher education in ar ...

, in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, Israel.

Awards

2015 - Communication Arts Illustration Award of Excellence 2015 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award 2014 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award 2013 - Creative Quarterly 32 Professional Illustration runner-up 2011 - Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers 2009 - Sydney Taylor Honor Award

Partial bibliography

* Aladdin by Anna Bowles, Little Tiger Press, UK, 2019 * Chicken On Vacation by Adam Lehrhaupt,

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, USA, 2018 * Grandpa's Back by Nevo Ziv, Yedioth Aharonoth Books, Israel, 2017 * The Jungle Book by

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

Usborne Publishing Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books. Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973, Usborne Publishing uses an in-house team of writers, editors and designers. One of its sales channels is Usborne Books ...

, UK, 2017 * Chicken in School by Adam Lehrhaupt,

, USA, 2017 * Chicken in Space by Adam Lehrhaupt,

, USA, 2016 * The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi, Mighty Media Kids, USA, 2016 * The Flying Hand of Marco B. by Richard Leiter, Sleeping Bear Press, USA, 2015 * One Last Story by Eilam Ben-Dror, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2015 * Noam's Shop of Words, by Ruvik Rosenthal.

Keter Publishing House Keter ( he-a, כֶּתֶר, Keter.ogg, link=yes, ''Keṯer'', lit. " crown") also known as Kether, is the topmost of the sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. Since its meaning is "crown", it is interpreted as both the "topmost" of the Se ...

, Israel, 2014 * At the End of the Road by Iris Argaman, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2014 * Snakes and Ladders, by

Egmont Publishing The Egmont Group (formerly The Gutenberghus Group) is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise mass me ...

, UK, 2012 * Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen,

Kar-Ben Publishing Kar-Ben Publishing, an award-winning children’s book publisher providing a growing Jewish library for children, is a division of Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group. Similar publishers that also specialize in the genre include: Apples & H ...

, USA, 2008

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kober, Shahar 1979 births Living people Israeli illustrators Israeli children's book illustrators Artists represented by Shannon Associates