Alphabetical list of artists

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Elyasaf Kowner, interdisciplinary artist - Video artist, Photographer.-explores issues of abuse, loss, control and love for people.. While studying art in Amsterdam, he wrote a book called "Moments In Growth", which contains one hundred double spreads that juxtapose black and white photos with text. He wrote several more books- "Car Portraits" in 2002; "Facing The Wishes" in 2007, containing the portraits and wishes of the children of Brenner Primary School, Tel-Aviv.

Education

1996 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem. was named a Distinguished Student of the Visual Communications Department,
1997 Dutch Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Holland, Exchange Student, Photography

Teaching

2001 Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem, Graffiti Workshop, Lecturer
2004 Urim Center Ramat Gan, Visiting artist, Lecturer
2004 Rakefet Levi School of Stage Art Design, Tel Aviv, Visiting lecturer, Video art workshop
2004 Avni Art Academy,. Tel-Aviv, Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2004 Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel-Aviv, Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2005 Akademia Sztuk Piknych, Lodz, Poland, Visiting Artist,Lecturer
2005 Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Kfar Saba, Visiting Artist, Lecturer
2006 "Newtopia-Bauhaus Center", Tel-Aviv, Visiting Artist, Lecturer
2006 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design,Jerusalem, Lecturer on Video Art
2006 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan, Lecturer on Video Art
2009 Derech Zilum School (Photography School) Visiting Photographer, Workshop on Video Art
2009 Marlene Kirchner Haus, Urfeld, Germany, Visitng Artist, Lecturer on Video Art
2009 Hans-Hofer-Realschule and Gunter Stohr Gymnasium, Munich, Germany, Lecturer on Video Art
2006 Derech Zilum School (Photography School) Visiting Photographer, Workshop on Video Art

Awards And Prizes

1994 Creativity Encouragement Prize and Award for the Visual Arts, Ministry of Culture
1999 Sandberg Prize for an Outstanding Student, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel, for Video Project "After My Death"
2001 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Scholarship for Distinction
2002 Roslyn Lyons Award- Support for Catalogue
2002 Grant for a full year for making the video "First Portrait", Israel National Lottery
2003 Grant for an Experimental Film, from The New Foundation for Cinema
2004 Grant, Foreign Ministry Division for Cultural and Scientific Ties, Israel
2005 Grant for Video Art, The New Foundation for Cinema, Israel
2006 Grant for Video, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York
2008 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport