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Tanya Preminger
Born12 November 1944
EducationMaster of Arts (M.A.), Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
Occupation(s)Artist, sculptor
Known forLand Art, Ephemeral art, stone sculpture

Tanya Preminger (Hebrew: טניה פרמינגר), is an artist working in various media: environmental art, site-specific art, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography. She is mostly known for her land art projects and large-scale stone sculptures.

Her diverse body of work has been displayed internationally in numerous exhibitions and symposiums.

Biography

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Tanya Preminger Novozilova was born in Taganrog, Russia. Her father was Nikolay Novozilov, a scientist and winner of the Lenin award, and her mother was Inna Prochaska, an engineer and a lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow.

Tanya earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.

She married Osip Preminger, and the couple has 4 daughters. Since 1972 she lives, works and teaches in Israel.

Preminger works mainly in natural materials. Her early sculptures were done from clay, wood, and stone, and later she began including earth, grass, water, snow and other materials.

Tanya has presented dozens of solo exhibitions in Israel in various venues, including : The Negev Museum, Open Museum Omer, Ramat Gan Museum, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Lutshansky Museum, Painters and Sculptors Association Gallery, Tova Osman Gallery, Jerusalem Artists House, and Efrat Gallery.[1]

Preminger has participated in over 240 symposiums, competitions and group exhibitions worldwide.

Her monumental works and environmental projects are installed in more than 38 countries around the world.

In 2008 Preminger founded the “Green Gallery”- an open-air gallery for Land Art in Arsuf Kedem, Israel.[2][3][4]

"Woodhenge". 2007. Wood, iron, gravel. Height 320 Diameter 1100 cm. Furstenfeld, Austria.


"Mater Nostra". 1998. Marble. 100 x 200 x 100 cm. Anatalya, Turkey.

Awards

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Year Award Competition Country
2019 Excellence Award “Spoonbill Cup” Public Art Exhibition[5] China
2018 Honorable mention Prize Arxan Cup International Ice Sculpture[citation needed] China
2016 Encouragement Prize Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel) Israel
2014 Third Place Sculpture Snow Competition "SculpOLIMP"[6] Moscow, Russia
2013 First Place 2nd International Sculpture Symposium of Mercosul Bento Gonçalves,Brazil
2013 Second place Open competition for snow and ice sculpture "Sculp-OLIMP" Moscow, Russia
2011 Third Place Chinese First International Public Sculpture Contest China
2011 Special Selection Award International Competition for Sea Art Festival[7] Busan, Korea
2011 First Place Stone Sculpture Competition "Forma viva" Slovenia
2010 Winner "Nashe Otechestvo" Competition Moscow, Russia
2010 Third place International Snow Sculpture Competition Valloire, France
2007 Second Place International Sculpture Competition "La Piera Musa Agreste", Italy
2003 First Place Competition for Sculpture work "Mifal Hapais" Israel
2003 Excellent Works Selection International City Sculpture Exhibition Fuzhou, China
2001 Sculptors Award International Stone Sculpture Competition San-Chung, South Korea
1999 First Place International Stone Sculpture Competition "Nantopietra" Nanto, Italy
1998 "Con Salud" Prize International Biennale Sculpture Competition Resistencia, Argentina
1997 First Place International Stone Sculpture Competition Fanano, Italy
1996 Third Place International Stone Sculpture Competition Caorle, Italy
1995 Outstanding Prize International Stone Sculpture Competition[8] Hualien, Taiwan

Grants

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2013 Grant of “Artist” for Setouchi Trienale, Japan.[9][10][11]
2009 Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Museum, Latvia.
2002 Artist-in-residence grant. University of Houston, Texas, USA.
1991 Artist-in-residence grant. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA.

Selected works

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  • ROUND BALANCE
    “ROUND BALANCE” 2008 Soil, grass, 260x900x900 cm. Saint-Flour, France.[12][13]
  • MOTHERLAND
    “MOTHERLAND” 2010 Earth,synthetic grass, polystyrene, 45x550x440 cm. Moscow, Russia.
  • THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO MUHAMED
    “THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO MUHAMED” 2002 Marble, 160x250x110 cm. Vernon, Canada.[12]
  • STRATUM
    “STRATUM” 2013 Earth, grass, 6.5x28x18 m. Setouchi Triennale, Shamijima, Japan.
  • KRONSHTADT
    “KRONSHTADT” 2014 stones, granite, 50x580x350 cm. Kronshtadt, Russia.
  • MADE BY GOD
    “MADE BY GOD” 1999, stone ,130x120x110 cm. Le Vent des Forest, France.[12]
  • ECOLOGICAL MAN
    “ECOLOGICAL MAN” 2017 rice straw, bamboo, chair, rope, telephone, 115 x 130 x 80 cm. Komdhara, India.[12]
  • RITUAL CUT
    “RITUAL CUT” 2009 Earth, grass 4.5x60x75 m. Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia.
  • HARAKIRI
    “HARAKIRI” 2015 Installation Earth, Polyurethane, foam, 90x760x550 cm. Moscow Biennale, Russia.
  • CONTAINERS
    “CONTAINERS” 2018 marble, 220x90x90 cm. 15x30X27 cm. Tongchuan, China.
  • SOUP
    “SOUP” 1995 Marble, spoon 23x20x20 cm. Israel
  • WINDOW INTO ANOTHER WORLD
    “WINDOW INTO ANOTHER WORLD” 1989 Soil, grass, mirror 90x500x300 cm. Givat-Brener, Israel.
  • URAL
    “URAL” 2019 marble, 400x300x80 cm. Mramorskoe, Ural, Russia.
  • BACK FLIP BRIDGE
    “BACK FLIP BRIDGE” 2009 Wood, 550x1850x80 cm. Massif du Sancy, France.

Selected symposiums, competitions and exhibitions

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2020 “Corona in the Green Gallery” Exhibition. Green Gallery - open air gallery for Environmental Art. Israel.

2020 International Stone Sculpture symposium. Ganey Tikva. Israel.

2020 Galkot International Sculpture Symposium. Baglung. Nepal.[14]

2019 The 3rd “Spoonbill Cup” Public Art Exhibition, China.

2019  ”The Marble Mile Festival”, Poleskoi, Ural, Russia.

2018  “China Tongchuan Xuanzang Road” international sculpture symposium. Tongchuan. China.

2018  FAD, El Primero Simposio Internacional de Esculturea. University of Mendoza. Argentina.

2018  International Stone Sculpture symposium .Maalot-Tarshiha. Israel.[15]

2017  “Winners of Ministry of Culture Prize Exhibition”, MOBY Museum, Bat Yam, Israel.[16]

2017  The 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China. China.

2017  International Land Art Residency, Narrative Movements Komdhara, Hooghly, India.

2016  “Bienal Internacional de Escultura Competition”, Resistencia. Argentina.[17]

2015  "Center of point is on the side". The sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow.[18][19]

2013   “Setouchi Trienale”, International Exhibition. Sakaide. Japan.[9][10][11]

2012  "Hidden Cities" International ArtExpo, Koza Art Association, Istanbul, Turkey.

2011  "Sea art festival" Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea.[7]

2011  “100 years of Tsinghua University”  International Exhibition . Beijing, China.

2009  “Ritual Cut” project. Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Art Museum,  Latvia.

2009  "Horizons Rencontre Art Nature"  International Exhibition, Massif du Sancy, France.[20]

2008  "La Piera Musa Agresti" Prize, Cultural Center Domo Dorossa, Italy.

2003  Fuzhow International Sculpture Exhibition. Fuzhow, China.

1995   International Female Biennale. Stockholm, Sweden.

1991 "Israel Contemporary Sculpture". Museum HRA, Japan.

1988 "40 from Israel". Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art - Exhibitions Page". museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ Won-gil, Jeon (2013). The Worlds Nature Art Catalogue. Korea: YATOO. pp. 52–55. ISBN 978-8993531152.
  3. ^ Pontz, Zach (6 July 2013). "A photo tour of unusual sculptures by the sea". From The Grapevine.
  4. ^ Naama, Tzur (2014). "Artistic Growth". Binyan VeDiur.
  5. ^ "The 3rd Shenzhen "Spoonbill Cup" Public Art Award Ceremony was held in Longgang". Shenzhen News. 20 Dec 2019.
  6. ^ "Competition for the most beautiful sculpture "Sculptor of Olympus"". Moscow Walk News. 2 Feb 2014.
  7. ^ a b "The Sea Art Festival 2011". E-flux Magazine. 20 Sep 2011.
  8. ^ "Tanya Premiger: artist listing". Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien. 1995.
  9. ^ a b "Setouchi Triennale 2019 Shamijima".
  10. ^ a b "Feel the Flow of History on Shamijima". 7 Sep 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Tanya Preminger on Shamijima". Setouchi Explorer. 23 June 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d Ebert, Grace (3 Apr 2020). "Grassy Inclines Embedded in the Ground by Tanya Preminger Throw the Earth Off Balance". Colossal.
  13. ^ "Land Art By Tanya Preminger Will Make You Lose Your Balance". Design You Trust Art magazine. 2015.
  14. ^ "Tanya Preminger: The woman behind 'Heart of Nepal' sculpture". Makalu Khabar news. 31 Mar 2021.
  15. ^ ""Stone in the Galilee" sculpture symposium, 2018". 0404 News.
  16. ^ "The exhibition of the winners of the Ministry of Culture's awards will be displayed at the Bat Yam Museum". Portfolio Art Magazine. 11 Dec 2017.
  17. ^ "Bienal Internacional de Escultura Competition Chaco". 2016.
  18. ^ "The center of the point is on the side". Art Review Magazine. Sep 2015.
  19. ^ Den Arend, Lucien. "6th Moscow Biennale - Center of a Point is Aside". Lucien den Arend Art Review.
  20. ^ "Horizons - Art Nature en Sancy 2009".
  21. ^ "40 From Israel, Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing". The Brooklyn Museum. 18 Apr 1988.
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