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Sonia Natra, painter, sculptor, engraver, graphic artist, photographer, born 1925, Bucharest, Romania. Aliyah to Israel, 1961. She invented a mythology of memory, the captured life, a symbiosis between energy and contemplation in her art. Guest of Honor and a permanent member of The association of French Artists, Paris, France; Her works have been exhibited at and acquired by museums in Israel and abroad. Lives in Tel Aviv.

Education

1943 National Academy of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
1948 Guguiano Academy of Art, Romania, M. A. in painting
1956-57 Further studies, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy and USA.
1971-75 Tel Aviv University, pedagogy and psychology.B.A.
1974-76 National Academyof Fine Arts, Paris, France, graduate

Teaching

1971-75 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv
Mizrachi Art Teachers Seminary, Ramat Hasharon
Institute of Plastic Arts, Bat Yam
WIZO France Institute
Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon

Awards And Prizes

1957 International Exhibition, Diploma of Honor for Sculpture, Moscow , U.S.S.R.
1959 Woman Artist of the Year, Romania
1980 Distinction for Graphics, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
1980 Israel Print Art, Diploma of Excellence
1984 Israel Engravers, Tel Aviv
1984 Trophy, Critics Prize of the Naples Academy of Art, Naples, Italy
1984 Certificate of Excellence in Photography, Rodino Center, Naples, Italy
1986 Gold Medal, "Guest of Honor", Association of French Artists, Paris, France
1986 Bronze Medal with Distinction, Lutece International Academy, Paris, France
1988 Diploma "Rose of France", Artistes de France, International Academy of Art (A.D.F.), Paris, France
1990 "Artistes de France" (A.D.F.) Exhibition in Quebec, Canada; International Academy of French Artists
1992 Association of French Artists, Diploma of Distinction
1993 Gold Medal for Painting and Photography, Lutece International Academy de Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1993 Silver Medal for Poetry in French, Lutece International Academy de Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1994 Diploma "Hors Concours" (outside the competition) in Visual Arts, from the International Academy of Lutece, Paris, France
1994 Vermeil Medal for French Poetry, from the Lutece Academy of Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1994 Silver Cross for Merit and Devotion to France, from the International Academy of Lutece, Paris, France
1997 Gold Medal, Visual Arts, Lutece International Academy (A.I.L.), Paris, France

Environmental Sculptures

Dan Carmel Hotel, Haifa; Ceramic mural; Bezeq Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem;