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Ardyn Halter, Israeli, born in London, England, 1956

Ardyn Halter was born in 1956 in London, England. While he was still a child he began to paint. In the 1970s he studied English literature. In 1975 he went for a visit to Afghanistan and Iran, where he was exposed to the local art. In 1977 he took a year off from his studies and went to live in Israel, where he met his wife, Asnat Dror, who was studying in the ceramics department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. In 1979, after finishing his studies, he made Aliyah to Israel. He settled in Tel Aviv first, but in 1984 moved to Pardes Hanna.

Most of Halter’s work is in the fields of painting and printing. Among his primary themes are landscapes and images influenced by Islamic art, and works influenced by the Holocaust. He also has produced written works. In addition he created the sculpture for “The Children’s Memorial” (2003-2004) at Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot and stained glass windows in Rwanda (2004) and London (2008).

Education

1974-1977 English literature, Pembroke College, Cambridge, England
1977-1978 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1978-1979 English literature, Pembroke College, Cambridge, England
1983-1984 Engraving, with Dan Krieger, Tel Aviv-Yaffo

Awards And Prizes

1977–78, Research Scholarship on Wall-Mosaics in Iran and Afghanistan, Cambridge, England
1998 Julian Trevelyan Print Award, National Print Exhibition, London, England
1998 Gavin Graham Printer Prize, National Print Exhibition, London, England