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Osnat Rabinovitch, Kibbutz Alonim, Israel, 1946-2015

Osnat Rabinovitch, nee Rabin, was born on Kibbutz Alonim in 1946. When she was ten she went with her family to live in Italy for three years. When she returned she lived with her family in Maalot, and from 1960-1962, in Eilat. At the end of the 1960s, after studying art, she began to study literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. Her thesis was on “Don Quixote.” From 1973-1975 she lived in London, England. In 1980 she began to work in art and to live in Ramat Gan. Later she opened a studio in the Tel Aviv-Yafo arts and crafts fair. In 2011, after diagnosed with cancer, she dismantled her studio. In her last years she finished a P.hd work entitled: “Sleight of Hand: On the Poetics of Illusion in the Fields of Astronomy, Literature, and Art in 17th Century European Culture.”

Rabinovich’s work included large installations, made from a variety of artistic materials. Many of her installations commemorated a ceremonial event.

Education

1966-68 Institute of Plastic Arts, Bat Yam
1969-72 Tel Aviv University, Philosophy, BA; studies for MA in Philiosophy and Literature
1973 Camden Art Institute, London, England
2001-2003 M.A. – Literary Theory, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2011-2015 Ph.D. Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Awards And Prizes

1990 Artist in Residence, Maalot
1992 Prize for Completion of Project, Ministry of Education and Culture