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Orit Hofshi, painter, born 1959, Kibbutz Metsuba, Israel, lives in Herzliyah.

Education

1981-85 Canadian Hadassah WIZO School of Design, Haifa, Graphic Design
1986-90 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Painting and Printmaking
1998-2002 University of Leeds-Bretton Hall College, UK, M.A. in Arts.

Teaching

1994-2011 WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education, Haifa
2001-11 (HIT), Holon Institute of Technology, Holon
2001-13 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, Visual Communication Dept.
2010-13 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, Multidisciplinary Arts Dept.
2010 Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2010 USC Roski School of Fine Arts, CA, USA
2011 Swarthmore College, PA, USA
2011 Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2012 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2012 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
2013 MALBA -The Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Awards And Prizes

1988 The Charles Toppan Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988 The Charles R. Weiner Prize- Woodcut Purchase Prize- Special Mention
1989 The Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989 The Louise and Estelle Pearson Memorial Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989 The William Emlen Cresson Travelling Scholarship Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989 Fellowship from the Gundaker Foundation of the Rotary Club, U.S.A.
1989 First Prize in Prints, Woodmere Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1989 Purchase Prize, the Henry J. Thouron Fund, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1990 Alumni Award, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1990 Woodcut Purchase Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Special Mention
1990 The Frances D. Bergman Memorial Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1990 Mendel Caplan Klienbard Award, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1990 Historic "Yellow Springs" Prize
1990 The Philadelphia Mayor's Award, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Fellowship of the Ballingen Arts Foundation, receiving a residency in North Mayo, Ireland
2005 The Art on Paper Award. the Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 79th Annual International Competition in Print Making
2006 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2010 The Jacob Pins Award for an Israeli Printmaking Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2010 Artist in Residency, The LATA Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Distinguished Alumni Award, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2011 Grant, The William J. Cooper Foundation , USA
2013 Artist in Residency, URRA Project, Buenos Aires, Argentina