Uriel Miron ( he, אוריאל מירון; born 1968) is an
Israeli
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artist and sculptor.
Biography
Uriel Miron was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
in 1968. His grandmother is
Dvora Schocken, An Israeli art collector. For many years he lived with his father, the literary critic
Dan Miron
Dan Miron ( he, דן מירון, born 1934) is an Israeli-born American literary critic and author.
An expert on modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Miron is a Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently the Leonar ...
, in the United States. In the 1980s he learned Literature at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
. in the 1990s he returned to live in Israel and studied Art at
Bezalel
In Exodus 31:1-6 and chapters 36 to 39, Bezalel, Bezaleel, or Betzalel ( he, בְּצַלְאֵל, ''Bəṣalʼēl''), was the chief artisan of the Tabernacle and was in charge of building the Ark of the Covenant, assisted by Oholiab. The secti ...
. Many of his sculptures based on hybrid skeletons and anatomies originate in such ordinary objects and materials as plastic lawn chairs or cardboard boxes.
[see]
Uriel Miron's web site
2015
Gallery
File:Miron u memento mobili r.jpg, Momento Mobili, 1999, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Collection
File:Uriel Miron March 030.JPG, A Bone's Throw 3 (Roll), 2013
Education
*1986–1990 Yale University, B.A. in literature, magna cum laude, with distinction in the major
*1990–1995 Bezalel, Jerusalem, art, graduated with Honors
*1996–1998 School of Visual Arts, New York, M.F.A. cum laude
Prizes and awards
*1989 Dorot Fund grant for photography project
*1995 Prize for Excellence in Art,
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...
, Jerusalem
*1996–1998, Excellent Achievement Prize, School of Visual Arts, New York City
*1998 Faculty Committee Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York City
*2002 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award
*2005 Artists' achievement award, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Israel
*2009 Scholarship, Rabinovich Foundation, Tel Aviv
*2012 Support of an Artist for Exhibiting Abroad, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery
*2013 Prize in Visual Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel
References
External links
Uriel Miron's web site
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Israeli sculptors
Living people
1968 births
Israeli contemporary artists