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Mordecai Moreh, Israeli, born Iraq, 1937. Active in France and Israel.

Mordecai Moreh was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1937 to a well-to-do Jewish family. His grandmother ran an embroidery workshop. When he was 14, he immigrated to Israel with his cousin and was sent to the "Sha'ar Aliyah" immigrant camp and other transit camps. In 1952 his mother and teacher immigrated with her to the Talpiot transit camp in Jerusalem. In 1955 he began studying at Bezalel. With the opening of the art department at the school he went to study there. In 1960 he exhibited his first solo exhibition at the Rina Gallery in Jerusalem. In the early sixties he went to study in Italy and then in France. Since the 1970s he has been living and working in France and Israel.

Moreh’s work was influenced by mysticism and Surrealist art. Among the motifs used in his work are images of many animals, especially cats, symbolizing the mystery of the night, images of carnival, etc.

Education

1955-19595 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
1960-62 Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1962-1969 École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Awards And Prizes

1960 Scholarship from the Italian government
1962 Education Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Norman Foundation
1965 Acquisition Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1971 Zajde Prize, Paris, France
Grand Prix Rank Xerox, Paris, France
1980 Prix Jean Chieze pour la gravure sur bois, Paris, France
1984 Wizo Prize, Paris, France