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Peter Maltz

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Peter Maltz, an inter-disciplinary Israeli artist, was born in 1973, in London, England. In 1977 he immigrated to Israel with his family.
During the 1990's Maltz studied stone carving in South India, where he became interested in Buddhism. After completing his studies at Bezalel, he created educational-artistic projects in Jaffa and Ofakim. In his art, Maltz combines abstract and narrative. His works deal with documenting the humanistic, theological and political dimensions in everyday life.
In 2011 Maltz published the book "Shoresh", where ink drawings accompaned the text. In January 2012 he began the project "Below the Surface", in which Maltz created a daily drawing and uploaded it to Facebook. These drawings respond to his personal life, the Israeli art field and life in Israel. Lives and works in Tel Aviv.

Education

1997-2001 Bezalel Academyof Art & Design, Jerusalem.
1999-2001 Kerem Teachers Training Institute, David Yellin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem, Teacher's Certificate
2003-05 Royal College of Art, London, England, M.F.A., Sculpture
2011 Wingate Institute, Instructor's Certificate in Meditation

Teaching

2005 - Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Art Department
2006-08 The Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Faculty of Architecture
2007 Mincher College of Art, Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Awards And Prizes

2001 Prize for Outstanding Graduate, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel
2001 Student Excellence Award, Wolf Foundation
2002 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship
2002 Scholarship for studies in the USA, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2004 Foreign Students Scholarship of Excellence, Royal College of Art, London, England
2005 Prize for a Young Artist, Ministry of Education and Culture
2006 Teaching Artist Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
2010 Artist in the Community Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
2017 Miron Sima Prize, The Artists House, Jerusalem

Environmental Sculptures

2008 Fresco in Kibbutz Maaleh-Hahamisha