AVI SPERBER
Birth : Haifa , Israel – 1943
Languages : Hebrew, English
Address : 4 Turchiner st. Tel-Aviv Israel 69973
Tel : 972-3-6425668, 972-3-7549954
Fax : 972-3-7549950, 972-3-6411245
E-mail : amavta@amav.net
Website : www.artistsonline.co.il
Studio : Artists workshops at Kibbutz Ein Carmel
Tel : 972-54-4236218
Sculpture :
1976 – 1977 : Studies at the Avni School with the Sculptor Moshe Sternschuss.
1977 – 1979 : Group study with the sculptor and painter Nahum Cohen, (used to be assistant to Y. Danziger).
1980 – 1983 : Participation in studios at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, under the direction of sculptor Yacov Epstein.
1983 – 1985 : Independent work.
1993 – 1994 : Sculpture in stone, under the direction of sculptor Hagi Baz (deceased) at Kibbutz Nachshon.
1994 – 1995 : Sculpture in stone with the sculptor Alex Erez at Mishmar David.
1995 : Pietra Santa Marble Carving Studio , Italy.
Two months of intensive work under the direction of sculptor Pasquale Martini.
1996 – 2001 : Sculpture in stone under the direction of sculptor Tuvia Yuster, Ein Hod, Israel.
1996 : Pietra Santa Marble Carving Studio, Italy. One month of intensive work under the direction of sculptor Pasquale Martini.
2002 : Sculpture in stone at personal studio at Kibbutz Ein Carmel.
Member , Israel Painters and Sculptors Association.
Solo Exhibitions :
March 1997 – “Stone sculpture”, Beit Habad Gallery, Ein Hod.
March 1999 – “Hebron as Paradigm” at Artists` House, Haifa.
September 2001 “Seeds of the land”, Constant House Gallery, Ramat Gan.
June 2002 – “The Great Conjunction”, Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim.
April 2003 – “Insane Homeland”, The Diamond Theatre, Ramat Gan
April 2004 – “BAR instalations”, Tel Aviv performing arts center, Tel Aviv.
September 2004 – “Organic landscapes”, Petach Tikva center for performing arts,
Petach Tikva.
May 2005 – “BAR instalations II” , Eshkol Pais Art and Science Center, Kiryat Bialik
May 2006 – “Immortality”, Artura Gallery, Tel Aviv
November 2007 – “Temptation”, Holon Performing Arts Center, Holon.
October 2010 – “Going West”, Stern Gallery on Gordon Street Tel Aviv
September 2014 – “Hermes, Me and My Masks”, Water Institute Gallery, Givatayim.
February 2015 – “Alef”, Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv.
February 2018 – “Montezuma Spirits”, Artist House, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions :
June 1996 Artists` House, Ein Hod.
August 1996 “Yad Harutzim 4”, in conjunction with the Phenomena Festival of Art, Jerusalem.
April 1997 Participation in the “Even Bagalil” international symposium, Ma`a lot, second prize.
May 1997 Artists House, Haifa.
June 1997 Bible Museum, Tel Aviv.
June 1997 Beit Habad, Ein Hod.
July 1997 Artists` House, Haifa.
August 1997 1997 Chagchun International Invitation of Sculpture, Changchun, China.
October 1997 Fourth Sculpture Biennale, Ein Hod.
June 1998 Artists` House, Haifa.
December 1998 Joint Exhibition together with painter Carmela Berg at Artists` House, Ashdod.
April 1999 “Exodus from Egypt”, Artists` House, Haifa.
May 1999 Artists` House, Haifa.
December 1999 “At the Crossroads”, Artists` House, Haifa.
May 2000 Artists House, Haifa
June 2000 “Ecology”, Haifa Auditorium, Haifa.
March 2001 “Woman secret”, Kastra Gallery, Haifa
April 2001 “Borders”, Artists House, Haifa.
May 2001 “Borders”, Kastra Gallery, Haifa.
June 2001 Artists House, Haifa.
September 2001 Participation in a Stone Squlpture Symposium, Yavne
January 2002 “Light and Dark” Artists House, Haifa.
March 2002 “Cherchez La Femme”Artists House, Haifa.
April 2002 “Cherchez La Femme” Kastra Gallery, Haifa.
May 2002 “Markers 2” , Diamond Theatre , Ramat Gan.
June 2002 “Markers 2” , Kassel, Germany.
June 2002 Artists House, Haifa.
September 2002 Installation Exhibition, “Here and Now” (6 artists), Artists House, Haifa.
October 2002 ”Markers 2”, Edinburgh, Scotland.
November 2002 “Actuality”, Artists House, Haifa.
December 2002 Recipient of Haifa Herman Struk Municipality Prize for Sculpture 2002.
December 2002 Exhibition of Artists who won the Haifa Municipality Prize 2002 , City Hall, Haifa.
March 2003‘Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman”, Artists House, Haifa
June 2003 Artists House, Haifa.
June 2003 “Closet Artists”, Mizpe Hashalom, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv.
September 2003 “Growth”, within the Agritech Expo, The Israel Trade Fair & Convention Center,
Tel Aviv.
March 2004 “Following Me in the Desert”, Artists House, Haifa.
July 2004 Artists House, Haifa.
December 2004 “Light at The End of the Tunnel”, Artists House, Haifa.
July 2005 “Growth”, Artura gallery, Tel Aviv.
March 2006 “Women viewpoint”, Artists House, Haifa.
April 2006 “The Insight of Nature”, Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing, China.
May 2006 “The Insight of Nature”, Tianjin Academy of Fine arts, Tianjin, China.
June 2006 Artists house, Haifa.
August 2006 “Growth”, Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland.
April 2007 “Creating Outdoors”, Petach Tikva City Hall, Petach Tikva.
May 2007 “Beloved Land”, Artists House, Haifa.
May 2007 “Whole But a Bit Missing”, Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim.
June 2007 “Beloved land”, Kastra Gallery, Haifa.
July 2007 Artists House, Haifa.
September2007 “The Israeli and the Israeliness”, Bible Museum, Tel Aviv
December 2007 “Waves of Grain”, Dana Art Gallery”, Yad Mordechai.
February 2008 “Wandering Library 2”, Galerie Cargo 21, Paris
April 2008 “Participation in the “Even Bagalil” International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Ma’alot.
April 2008 “Origination”, After Art Gallery at the Art Center, Ma’alot.
July 2008 Artists House, Haifa.
July 2008 “Wheat”, Restoration Site at Professor Mer House, Rosh Pina.
December 2008 “Zeitgeist” Installations, Artists House, Haifa.
June 2009 Artists House, Haifa.
June 2009 “Waterfall” , Boston, USA
July 2010 Artists House, Haifa
October 2010 “Green”, Artists House, Haifa
March 2011 “Waterfall”, Water Institution Gallery, Givatayim.
April 2011 “Scuplture in Stone – The Language of Art in the Digital Age”, Apter-Barrer Gallery,
Ma’alot –Tarshicha.
December 2011 “Certtified Copy”, Artists House , Haifa
May 2012 “Golem Metamorphosis”, Galerie Vernon, Prague,Czech Republic.
April 2013 “Jewish Tradition Motifs” Artists house, Haifa
June 2013 Artists House, Haifa
December 2013 “Yemin Orde”, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
May 2014 Artists House, Haifa
September 2015 “The Mirroring Soil”, Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv.
April 2016 “Tower of Babel”, Schema Project Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A
September 2016 “Tower of Babel”, Danilo Fiorucci Gallery, Perugia, Italy
March 2017 “Long live the difference”, Artists House, Haifa
May 2017 “Vanishing lands”, Hotels Ca’pisani and Saturina, Venice , Italy
July 2017 “Tower of Babel”, water institute gallery, Givatayim
March 2017 “The Small Difference”, Artist House, Haifa
May 2017 “Vanishing Lands”, Capisani Saturania Hotels, Venice Italy
May 2018 “Nof Bringing the outdoors in a celebration off landscape” , Camden market , London
Sculpture on Public Display :
Haifa, Ashdod, Ma`alot , Gane Tikva , Ramat Gan, Yavne, Givatayim, Ein Carmel,
Yemin Ord, Changchun (China).
Prizes:
International Symposium for Stone sculpture Ma’alot 1997, 2nd Prize.
Haifa’s Herman Struk Municipal Prize for Sculpture, 2002