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Rayah Redlich, sculptor and ceramist, born 1946, Haifa. Educated at Bezalel, Jerusalem and Royal College, London. Taught at Bezalel, Haifa University, and various places in Italy. Curator of ceramic exhibitions and wrote articles on the subject. Worked for industrial companies, ceramic objects. Died June 2002.

Education

1965-67 Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, BA, graduated with distinction
1969-71 Royal College of Art, London,England, Industrial Design, Ceramics, Glass and Printing
1985-87 Pratt Institute, New York City, USA, ,MA, with distinction,
1987 Haifa University, Haifa, PhD,

Teaching

1971–75 Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, Industrial Design
1979–85 Haifa University, Haifa, Creative Art
From 1978, Haifa University, Art Department, Director of Ceramic Workshop.
1995 Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China, Visiting Professor,
1988–90 Haifa University, Haifa, Creative Art,
1995 Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China, Sculpture

Awards And Prizes

1968 Citation, Industrial Design Competition, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1969-1971, Scholarship, Ministry of Trade and Industry
1969-1971, Grant, The Sacher Foundation Grant for an Israeli Art Student, London, England
1976 Grant, Jerusalem Foundation
1977 Travel Grant, Italian Government, Italy
1979 Grant, Jerusalem Foundation
1982 Grant, Jerusalem Foundation
1986-87, Scholarship for studies in the USA, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1986-87, Scholarship, American Friends of the University of Haifa, New York, USA
1986-87, Scholarship, New York Frriends of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, New York, USA
1987 Artist-in-residence, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
1988 Special Judges' Award, International Ceramics Competition, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Artist-in-residence, European Ceramic Workcentre (EKES), Denbosch, Holland
1994 Sussman Prize for Artists Depicting the Holocaust, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
1994 Artist-in-Residence, University of North Carolina (UNCA), Asheville, NC,, USA
1994 Artist-in-residence, Interchange, Brno, Czech Republic
1995 Golden Cylinder Prize, Omanot Laam
1999 Artist-in-residence, Department of Ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, USA