Motti Mizrachi

Motti Mizrachi
Motti Mizrachi (2012)
Native name מוטי מזרחי
Born Mordechai Mizrachi
1946
Tel Aviv
Nationality Israeli
Education Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Known for sculpture, multimedia
Notable work Via Dolorosa (1973), The Eye of the Sun (2012)
Movement Israeli art
Website mottimizrachi.com

Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (Hebrew: מוטי מזרחי‎, born 1946) is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.

Biography

Disabled since childhood, Motti Mizrachi uses humor and self-irony in his work, with an emphasis on the flaws and pleasures of the human body, while examining the oppression and control of the strong over the weak, both socially and politically. In 1969-1973, he studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He was represented in the 1980 Biennale de Paris, the 1987 and 1981 São Paulo Art Biennials, the 1988 Venice Biennale, and the 2003 Valencia Biennale.

Mizrachi lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Teaching

  • 1980-1987 Bezalel, Jerusalem
  • College of Art, School of Art Teachers, Ramat Hasharon
  • Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv

Awards and recognition

  • 1976 - Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • 1987 - Israeli Artist Award, Tel Aviv Museum and Bank Discount
  • 1987 - Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • 1987 - Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
  • 1997 - Prize to encourage creativity, Ministry of Education and Culture
  • 2001 - Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Shoe Sculpture,Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 2002 - Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport

Public Art

See also

References

    Further reading

    • Agassi, Meir, Zadok Ben David, Motti Mizrachi. The Israeli Pavilion, The Venice Biennale 1988, Venice, 1988.
    • Haifa Museums, Motti Mizrachi-Rwanda Casanova, Haifa Museums, 2000, ISBN 965-7067-18-9.
    • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
    • Lachnit, Edwin & Sophie Haaser, Makom: zeitgenössische Kunst aus Israel, Wien, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 1993, ISBN 3-900776-45-8.
    • The Absent Body, Body Imagery Between Judaism and Christianity in the work of eight Israeli artists, Beit Hatfutsot, 2012, ISBN 978-965-425-024-5.


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