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Yizchak Izika Gaon, born 1938 Yuguslavia.He created glass and sculpture objects together with Primo Guarneri at the Vatro Glassworks in Murano, Venice, Italy..He designed the Modern Design Pavilion at the Israel Museum,1973-83 Curator of the Deisgn Department at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1983-88 served as chief curator of the arts at the Israel Museum.

Education

1958-62 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
1963-65 Academy of the Arts, Florence, Italy
1972 Studies in USA and Mexico

Teaching

1962 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Established the Department of Design
1965-72 Israel Museum, Ruth Youth Wing, Jerusalem, Principal Instructor
The Technion, Haifa
Open School, Lifta
1973-97 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Curator of the Design Department
Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem

Awards And Prizes

1962 Herman Struck Prize, New Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
1962–63, Scholarship to study graphic techniques
1963 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Advanced Studies Abroad
1963-1965, Scholarship, Italian Government, Italy
1963-65, Granf from Canada
1965 Silver Medal, Vinci Art Festival, Italy
1972-73, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Advanced Studies Abroad