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Dan Reisner, sculptor, born 1964, Haifa.

Reisner's work draws on images from nature and historical memory. Alongside traditional figurative sculpture, he has created urban environmental works, among them Wall, Time, Memory (2005) at the Ironi Aleph School in Tel Aviv, and Tears and Consolation (2013) at the Yad LeBanim Soldiers Memorial in Ramat Hasharon. Prizes: 1991, 1992, 1993 America-Israel Cultural Foundation; 1993 Education Minister's Prize for a Young Artist. Outdoor Sculpture: 1998 Raanana Sculpture Park. 2002 Envionmental Sculpture, Amal School, Petach Tikva.

Education

1987-1991 Art Teachers Training College, Ramat Hasharon, Teacher's Certificate
1998-2000 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Post Graduate Program
2006 the Ministry of Education, Israel, B.A. equivalent

Teaching

1991-99 Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Sculpture,
1995-97, Meiroff Center for Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Sculpture
1997-99 Ort Ebin High School, Ramat Gan, Sculpture,
2002 Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv
2001-13 School of Management,Rishon Lezion, Interior Design Department,
2001-13 College of Technology Teachers, Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv

Awards And Prizes

1990 Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon
1991-1992, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence
1993 Young Artist Prize
1994 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence
1998 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Culture and Sport
1999 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2008 Artist in Residence at the Luts Ackermann Foundation, Gäufelden, Germany
2008 Second Prize, “Infinity Art”, Mizrachi Tefachot Bank
2008 Award, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery
2015 Award, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery