Siona Shimshi | |
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| ציונה שמשי | |
 Siona Shimshi in 1963 | |
| Born | July 14, 1939 |
| Died | October 16, 2018 (aged 79) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Education | Avni Institute, Alfred University, Greenwich House Pottery |
| Known for | Painter, sculptor, textile designer |
| Notable work | 30 years active academic career. 33 one person exhibitions Israel & abroad. Over 50 group shows'. Curator of 21 thematic exhibitions. Curator of the Israeli Internet Art Biennial 2012–2014. |
| Spouse | Jachin Hirsch (1934–2011) |
| Awards | Arie El-Hanani: Prize for Art in Architecture (1988) |
| Patron(s) | Collaborated with The Architects: Dora Gad. Aba Elchanani. Rafael Blumenfeld. Heinz Penchel. |
| Website | art-sionashimshi |
Siona Shimshi (also "Ziona"; Hebrew: ציונה שמשי; July 14, 1939 – October 16, 2018) was an Israeli painter, sculptress, ceramist, and textile designer.[1][2][3]
Early life
Shimshi was born in Tel Aviv, to Haya Rivka (Kuklanski) and Avraham Shimshi, who had immigrated to Mandate Palestine from Lithuania in 1933.[1][4][5][6] She married Jachin Hirsch, an Israeli filmmaker, in 1961.[7]
She studied at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv from 1956 to 1959, with Avigdor Stematsky, Yehezkel Streichman, and Moshe Mokady.[4][8][9] She also studied ceramics at Alfred University in New York, from 1959 to 1962, as well as at Greenwich House Pottery in New York City.[4][5][10][11]
Art career
In 1965, she was a co-founder of a group of artists called the "10+ Group", along with artists Buky Schwartz, Raffi Lavie, and others.[12][13]
Shimshi was head of the Ceramic Design Department and taught as a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, from 1979 to 1987.[4][8][14][15][16] In 1979, she designed the set for a performance of A Simple Story by Shmuel Yosef Agnon for the Habimah Theater in Tel Aviv.[4]
In 1993–94, she was the curator of an exhibition of Dora Gad, in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[4][17]
Among her creations are a work in wood that is exhibited in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, a wall hanging at the Tel Aviv Hilton, a 1998 sculpture for Israel's 50th anniversary that is exhibited in Holon, glass walls at Kennedy Airport in New York City, and a 2004 portrait painting of Natan Alterman that appears on the facade of Tel Aviv City Hall.[4][18]
Awards
Shimshi was awarded the 1988 Arie El Hanani Prize by the Joshua Rabinowitz Foundation for Arts, for her sculpture in Goren Goldstein Park in Tel Aviv.[4]
Death
Shimshi died in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2018, at the age of 79.[19] She was buried at Yarkon Cemetery.
See also
References
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- ^ Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of women's history. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 250. ISBN 9780313288036. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Lois Decker O'Neill (1979). The Women's book of world records and achievements. Anchor Press/Doubleday. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
siona Shimshi 1939.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Artists' Information". Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ a b Ruth Dayan, Wilburt Feinberg (1974). Crafts of Israel. ISBN 9780025344204. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "artsionashimshi.com". art-sionashimshi.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "artsionashimshi.com". art-sionashimshi.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ a b Adrian M. Darmon (2003). Autour de l'art juif: encyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs. Carnot. ISBN 9782848550114. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Ran Sheḥori (1976). Art in Israel. ISBN 9780805236057. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Emmanuel Cooper (2000). Ten thousand years of pottery. ISBN 0812235541. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Ruth Dayan, Wilburt Feinberg (1974). Crafts of Israel. ISBN 9780025344204. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Armon, Ellie (February 22, 2011). "Video art pioneer passes away at 77". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Gil Goldfine (March 28, 2008). "A round of applause for nostalgia". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ International Association of Universities (1983). International handbook of universities and other institutions of higher education, Volume 9. ISBN 9783110097436. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Angela Levine (February 22, 1991). "Distinctive Pottery". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Meir Ronnen (May 23, 1997). "Crafty Art". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Saar, Yuval (March 15, 2011). "Dora Gad's private sanctuary". Haaretz. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Will Grohmann; Sam Hunter (1966). New art around the world: painting and sculpture. H. N. Abrams. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
siona Shimshi.
- ^ "האמנית הרב־תחומית ציונה שמשי מתה בגיל 79" (in Hebrew). haaretz.co.il. October 27, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
External links
- Siona Shimshi website
- Siona Shimshi, ציונה שמשי, Julie M. Gallery (1990)
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