Zigi Ben-Haim, Israeli Contemporary Abstract Geometric Painted Pierced Sculpture Zigi Ben Haim, 1998

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Zigi Ben-Haim, Metal sculpture Hand signed and dated Zigi Ben-Haim, 1998 Untitled, patinated aluminum or steel, Dimensions: 6"h x 2"w … Read more Zigi Ben-Haim, Metal sculpture Hand signed and dated Zigi Ben-Haim, 1998 Untitled, patinated aluminum or steel, Dimensions: 6"h x 2"w x 2"d This listing is for 1. I have 2 similar ones available. Zigi Ben-Haim (born 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American-Israeli painter, collage artist and sculptor who lives and works in New York City and Israel. Ben-Haim unveiled his sculpture, Treasure the Green, in SoHo on Broadway. The project was sponsored by the SoHo Broadway Initiative and the New York Department of Transportation's Art Program. The sculpture is considered to be the first sculpture to receive permission to be installed on a bus bulb on Broadway. The sculpture was made to "emphasize the importance of nature in our lives," and stands as a reminder of "the importance of reconnecting with the pure nature of the green." The sculpture uses the symbol of the leaf, which has been a major icon of Ben-Haim's work for the past 30 years. It symbolizes nature and it is a metaphoric way of emphasizing nature and the surrounding environment. He is of the first generation of Israeli artists to develop large international followings like Yaacov Agam, Menashe Kadishman and Avigdor Arikha. Ben-Haim has received numerous grants and awards, including from Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Endowments for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Emily Harvey Foundation Venice, Muestra Int. de Obra Grafica (Spain), and the Ministry of Culture in Israel. His works are included and exhibited in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in N.Y.C., the Jewish Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Israel Museum, and the Tel-Aviv Museum. Education 1972-74 M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA. 1972-73 M.A., J.F.K. University, Orinda, California, USA. 1971 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA. 1966-70 The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel. Selected public collections Splendid Step (2003) next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Israel Air Force Center Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel NASA, Houston, Texas Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Pfizer Company Collection, New York, NY Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY New School, New York, NY University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden. Jewish Museum, New York, NY Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY Buscaglia-Castellano, University Museum, Lewiston, NY Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel. International Paper Company, New York, NY World Bank, Washington D.C. Westminster Bank, New York, NY Israel Embassy, Washington D.C. Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA. Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, NJ Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Group Exhibitions Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA Artists: Larry Abramson, Yosef Zaritsky, Zelig Segal, Aharon Gluska, Buky Schwartz, Michael Gross, Michael Gitlin, Benni Efrat, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Zigi Ben Haim, Avi Adler, Arie Aroch. Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 Meisterwerke, Wiesbaden, Germany. 2021 An Afternoon of Peace, Art, and Understanding, Park Avenue Synagogue, Zoom. 2020 Bertha Urdang: A Gallery of Her Own, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 2018 Emerging Escazu Project, W22 Gallery , San Jose, Coast Rica. 2017 50 Years of Public Art in NYC Parks, Central Park, New York, NY. 2016 Denatured, Morris-Jamel Mansion Museum, New York, NY. 2016 From NYC to Berlin, The Art Scouts Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 2016 Nighttouch: 1984 , Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California. 2015 Art Brussels 2015, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium. 2014 Nighttouch: 1984- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. 2013 Calligraffiti 1984-2013 Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY. 2011 Markers VII ‘Mapping’, The International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy. 2010 NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration, Washington D.C. 2010 Paintings and Photoworks, Art Hamptons, Artventures Gallery, Bridge Hampton, NY. 2009 Works on Paper, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 2008 KIAF, Art Fair, Korea. 2008 Photo Miami, Miami, USA. 2007 Gallery Artists, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 2005 The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C. 2004 “Sculpture”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. “Enchantment” Wave Hill, N.Y. “The International Armory Show”, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, Pier 90, New York, NY (catalogue) 2003 “Wandering Library”, International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy. “Works from the Collection”, Jewish Museum, New York, NY. 2002 “Spirit of New York”, 25 NY artists, 55 Wall St., New York, NY. 1999 “Works from the 70's”, Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel. 1998 Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 1996 “Paper”, Wainscott Gallery, Wainscott, NY. "Blue & White", Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 1994 Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland. See less