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Attai Chen, Israeli, born 1979, active in Germany.

Attai Chen was born in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, in 1979, and lived in the Rehavia neighborhood. After his army service Chen went to live in Czechoslovakia. He was first exposed to art as a young boy. His parents were art teachers at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and his stepfather also taught there. In 2006-2007 he was one of the founders of the Ziggurat Gallery for Contemporary Jewelry in Jerusalem. In 2007 he began to study jewelry design wih Otto Kunzli in Munich, Germany. Chen makes use of a wide assortment of traditional materials in his jewelry, along with ready made materials In most of his works, his ambivalent relationship with nature stands out.

Education

2002-2006 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, B.F.A., The Jewelry and Fashion Design Department
2006 Foundation of Ziiggurat Gallery for Contemporary Jewelry, Jerusalem
2007-12 Academy of Fine Arta, Munich, Germany, with Otto Kunzli, MFA

Teaching

2012 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, The Jewelry and Fashion Design Department,
2013 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, MFA Program

Awards And Prizes

2005 Romi Shapira Prize for Judaica, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2005-2006, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence
2006 Lockman Prize for Applied Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2006 Grant, Schneidinger Foundation, Germany
2008-2010, Artist-in-residence, The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Exchange Student Program, Berlin, Germany
2011 Herbert Hofmann Prize
2012 Oberbayerischer Prize for Applied Art
2014 The Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for Contemporary Crafts