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Hadass Rosenberg Nir, Israeli, born 1961

Hadass Rosenberg Nir was born in Ashkelon in 1961. In the first half of the 1980s, she studied pottery and ceramic sculpture at Bezalel. In 2006 she was the first to win the Andrea M. Bronfman Prize ("Andy Prize").

Rosenberg's works make critical use of images from postmodern culture and seek to examine the artistic image and its social-feminist contexts. In many of her sculptures, Rosenberg makes use of a mix of artistic techniques, such as metal casting techniques along with industrial ceramic design and ready-made materials.In 2019 she self-published a book of retrospective of her works, "Fix 'n' Gyro"

Education

1981-1985 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Department of Ceramics Design, Graduate, BFA
1985-1986 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Art History
1987-1989 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, MA Program,
1992 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Advanced studies, Department of Ceramics Design,
1994-1995 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, MA Program

Teaching

1985–86 Teacher Training Institute in Arts and Technology, Beit Berl, Ramat Hasharon
1986–92 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1986–2000 Wizo France, Tel Aviv
Since 1992 Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Ramat Hasharon
Since 2004 Haifa University, Haifa, Creative Art
2010–15 Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Ramat Hasharon, Head of Ceramics Department
2015 onwards Basis for Art and Culture, Herzliya

Awards And Prizes

1984 Award from the Association of Ceramic Research, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, For Outstanding Work
1984-85, Blumenthal Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, For Ceramics Design Achievements
1984-85, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence
1985 First Prize for Industrial Ceramic Design, Lapid and Naaman Ceramic Factories
1985 Samuel Prize for Ceramic Studies, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, For Achievements in Ceramic Design Studies
1985 Blumenthal Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, For Ceramic Design
2000 Secend Prize, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem, for "The Art Of The Vessel"
2003 Prize for Design, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
2006 The Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for Contemporary Crafts, First Winner of the Outstanding Artist Award, "The Andy Award"
2007 Lecturer Award, Haifa University, Haifa, Outstanding Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities
2016 Prize for Design, Ministry of Culture and Sport