Motti Mizrachi

Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art, and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.

Biography

Disabled since childhood, Motti Mizrachi uses humor and self-irony in his work, with an emphasis on the flaws and pleasures of the human body, while examining the oppression and control of the strong over the weak, both socially and politically. In 1969-1973, he studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He was represented in the 1980 Biennale de Paris, the 1987 and 1981 São Paulo Art Biennials, the 1988 Venice Biennale, and the 2003 Valencia Biennale. Mizrachi lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. ==Teaching==

Teaching

• 1980-1987 Bezalel, Jerusalem • College of Art, School of Art Teachers, Ramat Hasharon • Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv ==Awards and recognition==

Awards and recognition

• 1976 - Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem • 1987 - Israeli Artist Award, Tel Aviv Museum and Bank Discount • 1987 - Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem • 1987 - Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation • 1997 - Prize to encourage creativity, Ministry of Education and Culture • 2001 - Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Shoe Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art • 2002 - Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport ==Public Art ==

Public Art

File:PikiWiki Israel 19450 quot;Column Screw and Ducksquot; by Motti Mizra.JPG|Pillar, screw and ducks, 1989Steel, bronze and stainless steel2 Masaryk Square, Tel Aviv-Yafo File:Raanana park 048.jpg|The Fall of the Muses, 1991BronzeRa'anana Park File:Opera Mizrachi 001.jpg|The Fall of the Muses, 1991BronzeRa'anana Park File:Opera Mizrachi 005.JPG|Eastern Kiss, 1991Mixed mediaOpera Tower, Tel Aviv-Yafo File:Angel of peace sculpture in Tel Aviv.JPG|Angel of Peace, 1992BronzeHatikva, Tel Aviv-Yafo File:Mamtera 004.JPG|Sprinkler, 1996Holon File:Motti Mizrachi.JPG|Icarus, 2002Stainless-steel, plexiglass and bronze, height 750 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art File: Motti Mizrachi Herzel 012.JPG|Herzl meets the Emperor of Germany, 2011BronzeMikve Israel File: Mizrachi316-2.jpg|The Eye of the Sun, 2007-2012Mixed mediaTu District, Ashdod ==See also==

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