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Ella Amitay Sadovsky
Born in Kibbutz Gesher, Israel Works in Tel Aviv |
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Born in Israel, Amitay Sadovsky has been working as an artist and scientist for most of her life. She has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the University of California at Berkeley (CA, USA), the Open Museum (Tefen, Israel) The Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel), and The Janco Dada Museum (Ein Hod, Israel). She has received numerous prizes and fellowships as an artist and as a scientist from the National Science Foundation, USA (2000-2003), Ministry of Culture and Sports prize, Israel (2012) and The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, USA (2015). Two books of her work were published (2012, 2014). In addition to painting she creates stop motion video performances. She is currently teaching at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design and at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Amitay Sadovsky holds a PhD from The Weizmann Institute of Science, a BSc and MSc from the Technion, and a BFA and MFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. She did her postdoctoral research at the University of California at Berkeley (CA, USA) and studied for her BFA at CCA (CA, USA). Amitay Sadovsky's work is included in public and private national and international collections, including The Open Museum's collection, The Janco Dada Museum's collection and The Shiff Collection.
Education
2009 M.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2007 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2004 B.F.A. Program, California College of the Arts, SF, USA.
1999 Ph.D., Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1994 M.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1991 B.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2007 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2004 B.F.A. Program, California College of the Arts, SF, USA.
1999 Ph.D., Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1994 M.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1991 B.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 SEVEN, The Ann and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art, The Artist house, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 Principle of Uncertainty, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, Catalog
Shelf Life, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Catalog
2014 Spare Parts, The Open museum, Tefen, Israel, Catalog
2012 Quiet Island, Video Projection at Muslala Project, Musrara, Jerusalem
Landing, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
Short Escape, Gordon Gallery 2 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Dreams Decipherer, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Band Aids, The Art Gallery, Tivon, Israel.
2004 Women of the Village, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2015 Principle of Uncertainty, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, Catalog
Shelf Life, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Catalog
2014 Spare Parts, The Open museum, Tefen, Israel, Catalog
2012 Quiet Island, Video Projection at Muslala Project, Musrara, Jerusalem
Landing, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
Short Escape, Gordon Gallery 2 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Dreams Decipherer, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Band Aids, The Art Gallery, Tivon, Israel.
2004 Women of the Village, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Post-postmodernism ≠ Utopia, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2015 Homage to The Red Sea, 120 years anniversary for Marcel Janco, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
MIX&MATCH 2, The Artist House, Tel Aviv, Israel
Salon Hacubia 2015, Hacubia, Jerusalem, Israel
2014 Woven Consciousness, Between substance and abstraction in contemporary Israeli textile, Eretz Israel Museum,Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 Ministry of Israeli Culture and Sports Prize Exhibition, Ashdod Musium of Art, Israel
New Spaces II, Bait Mani, Tel Aviv, Israel
Housework, CCA-The center for contemporary art, Tel Aviv Israel
Complicated Family, Inbal Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Cabri Jew/ Arab collaboration Gallery, 300 to 3000, Cabri, Israel
City Lights, Modiin, Israel
Prints, The Gottesman Etching Center - Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
2011 From the Gallery Collection, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Escape – The Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Dubbing - Artist's Cut, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Haroshet, The Old Tel Aviv Train Station site , Tel-Aviv, Israel.
A4, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 Matana (Gift), Artopia Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Freshpaint 01, Young Israeli Art Fair, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Flock, Bezalel Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2004 Best of Junior Review Show, California College of the Arts, San Francesco, USA
2015 Homage to The Red Sea, 120 years anniversary for Marcel Janco, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
MIX&MATCH 2, The Artist House, Tel Aviv, Israel
Salon Hacubia 2015, Hacubia, Jerusalem, Israel
2014 Woven Consciousness, Between substance and abstraction in contemporary Israeli textile, Eretz Israel Museum,Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 Ministry of Israeli Culture and Sports Prize Exhibition, Ashdod Musium of Art, Israel
New Spaces II, Bait Mani, Tel Aviv, Israel
Housework, CCA-The center for contemporary art, Tel Aviv Israel
Complicated Family, Inbal Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Cabri Jew/ Arab collaboration Gallery, 300 to 3000, Cabri, Israel
City Lights, Modiin, Israel
Prints, The Gottesman Etching Center - Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
2011 From the Gallery Collection, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Escape – The Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Dubbing - Artist's Cut, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Haroshet, The Old Tel Aviv Train Station site , Tel-Aviv, Israel.
A4, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 Matana (Gift), Artopia Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Freshpaint 01, Young Israeli Art Fair, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Flock, Bezalel Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2004 Best of Junior Review Show, California College of the Arts, San Francesco, USA
Residency
2016 The Golden Foundation, NY, USA
2015 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, NH, USA
2015 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, NH, USA
Honors and Awards
2016 The Ann and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art, Israel
The Golden Foundation Fellowship, NY, USA
2015 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, USA
2012 Ministry of Israeli Culture and Sports prize
2005 The Minister of Science scholarship for Scientists.
2004 Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts.
2001 Research fellowship, National Science Foundation. (2001-2003)
1999 Outstanding Paper Award, The Israel Vacuum Society.
1998 Silver Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society.
1994 Feinberg Graduate School Graduate research fellowship. (1994-2000)
The Golden Foundation Fellowship, NY, USA
2015 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, USA
2012 Ministry of Israeli Culture and Sports prize
2005 The Minister of Science scholarship for Scientists.
2004 Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts.
2001 Research fellowship, National Science Foundation. (2001-2003)
1999 Outstanding Paper Award, The Israel Vacuum Society.
1998 Silver Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society.
1994 Feinberg Graduate School Graduate research fellowship. (1994-2000)