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Uri Katzenstein, Israeli, 2018-1951

Uri Katzenstein was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv-Yafo. In his youth he was involved in music and played in several rock bands. In 1969 he enlisted in the IDF and fought in the Yom Kippur War. From 1974-1985 he lived in the United States. After studying art in San Francisco he moved to New York, where he worked in avant-garde films. After his return to Israel, together with Noam Halevy, he created the show "Midas". In 1993 he participated in Hillel Mittelpunkt's rock opera "Samara" and the "Tractor's Revenge" band. In 1999, together with Ohad Fishof, he released the album "Skin O Daayba", which was also the basis for the show. In 2001 he created the show "Home" together with Renana Raz and Ohad Fishof. Lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Uri Katzenstein's early work, beginning in the late 1970's, was mixed various avant garde media, such as performance art, music, and sound art. In the mid-1980s he began to create figurative sculptures, objects and sound machines that were used in installations, as well as independent works of art. In the 2000s, he began to create video art in which there were surrealistic events emphasizing issues of self-identity. Among his well-known works are the installation "Pashagan" [Copy] (1993), and the video "The Brothers' Family" (2000).

Education

1972-1973 Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
1974-1976 Indiana University, USA
1976-1979 Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

Teaching

1998-2002 Beit Berl College, Faculty of Arts - Hamidrasha, Head of the Department of Sculpture
2002 University of Haifa, Arts Faculty

Awards And Prizes

1982 Scholarship, The Kitchen, New York, USA
1982 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Education and Culture
1989 Prize for completion of project, Ministry of Education
1992 George and Janet Jaffin Prize for Excellence in Plastic Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1998 Prize, Ministry of Education and Culture
2000 Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Isracard Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2002 First Prize, Biennial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 Scholarship, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT), Tel Aviv
2005 The Fund for Video-Art and Experimental Cinema in Israel , The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2014 The Dan Sandel and the Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv