Tanya Preminger
Tanya Preminger, is an Israeli sculptor born in the Soviet Union.
Biography
Tanya earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia. Since 1972 she lives, works and teaches in Israel.
Tanya works in various art media such as sculpture, landscape art, installation and photography. She presented 29 one-person exhibitions in Israel from 1978-2011, including: The Negev Museum, Open Museum Omer, Ramat Gan Museum, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Lutshansky Museum, 'Painters and Sculptors' Association Gallery, Tova Osman Gallery, Jerusalem Artists House, Efrat Gallery.
She has participated in over 90 group exhibitions worldwide.
Participated in over 100 Sculpture Symposiums and Competitions worldwide including: China, Canada, Austria, Greece, France, Italy, Taiwan, Sweden, USA, India, Germany, Finland, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia.
Over 90 of her landscape works and sculptures are presented worldwide.
Awards
| Year | Award | Competition | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Encouragement Prize. | Ministry of Culture. | Israel |
| 2014 | Third Place | Sculpture Snow Competition "SculpOLIMP" | Moscow, Russia |
| 2013 | First Place | 2nd International Sculpture Symposium of Mercosul | Bento Gonçalves,Brazil |
| 2013 | Second place | Open competition for snow and ice sculpture "Sculp-OLIMP" | Moscow , Russia |
| 2011 | Third Place | Chinese First International Public Sculpture Contest. | China |
| 2011 | Special Selection Award. | International Competition for Sea Art Festival | Busan.Korea |
| 2011 | First Place | Stone Sculpture Competition "Forma viva". | Slovenia |
| 2010 | Winner | " Nashe Otechestvo" Competition | Moskow, Russia. |
| 2010 | Third place | International Snow Sculpture Competition | Valloire, France. |
| 2007 | Second Place | International Sculpture Competition | "La Piera Musa Agreste", Italy. |
| 2003 | First Place | Competition for Sculpture work " Mifal Hapais" | Israel |
| 2003 | Excellent Works Selection | International City Sculpture Exhibition | Fuzhou, China. |
| 2001 | Sculptors Award | International Stone Sculpture Competition | San-Chung, S. Korea. |
| 1999 | First Place | International Stone Sculpture Competition | "Nantopietra" Nanto, Italy. |
| 1998 | "Con Salud" Prize | International Biennale Sculpture Competition | Resistencia, Argentina. |
| 1997 | First Place | International Stone Sculpture Competition | Fanano, Italy. |
| 1996 | Third Place | International Stone Sculpture Competition | Caorle, Italy. |
| 1995 | Outstanding Prize | International Stone Sculpture Competition | Hualien, Taiwan. |
GRANTS
2013 Grant of “Artist” for Setuchi Trienale, Japan.
2009 Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Art Museum, Latvia.
2002 Artist-in-residence grant. Houston University, Texas, USA.
1991 Artist-in-residence grant. B.E.M.I.S., Omaha, USA.