Archie Granot, Rare Judaica Jewish Folk Art Sukkot Papercut Jerusalem Mizrach Archie Granot

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Jewish paper cutting is a traditional form of Jewish folk art made by cutting figures and sentences in paper or … Read more Jewish paper cutting is a traditional form of Jewish folk art made by cutting figures and sentences in paper or parchment. It is connected with various customs and ceremonies, and associated with holidays and family life. Paper cuts often decorated ketubbot (marriage contracts), Mizrahs, and ornaments for festive occasions. Paper cutting was practiced by Jewish communities in both Eastern Europe and North Africa and the Middle East for centuries and has seen a revival in modern times in Israel and elsewhere.
Born in London, England in 1946, Archie Granot moved to Israel in 1967. Prior to settling in Jerusalem in 1978, he was a member of an agricultural community where he milked cows and grew melons. He has a M.Phil in Russian Studies from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Studies from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Archie Granot is a paper cut artist based in Israel. He works in traditional Jewish art, including ketubahs (ketubot), mizrachs, mezuzahs, haggadah and blessings for the Jewish life cycle, etc.
Granot uses a scalpel to produce his papercut works, rather than the scissors which are more common with other artists. Granot's use of Hebrew inscriptions, handcut in calligraphic letters in his Jewish papercuts, is an integral part of his work. Many of the texts relate to Jerusalem, Judaism and Israel.
Recent works include his Papercut Haggadah on which he worked for nearly a decade. The Haggadah consists of 55 individual works in which all elements, text as well as design, have been cut by scalpel.
Archie Granot created his first papercut in 1979 and has been creating paper art ever since. Many of his multilayered paper cuts carry a reminder of the Holy City, a source of his inspiration. Granot often uses texts that relate to Jerusalem, Judaica, Judaism, Israel, and Jewish weddings (Ketubahs).

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2012 "The Papercut Haggadah by Archie Granot", Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis.
2010 "The Papercut Haggadah by Archie Granot", Loyola Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
2008 "The Papercut Haggadah by Archie Granot", Yeshiva University Museum, New York, USA
2002 Temple Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA, USA
2002 The Heritage Museum of Temple Emmanu-El, Closter, New Jersey, USA
2001 Appel Art Gallery, Katz JCC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
2000 Art Effects Gallery, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA
1998 May Museum of Temple Israel, Lawrence, New York, USA
1997 Rubenovitz Museum, Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
1997 Temple Beth Shalom, Roslyn Heights, New York, USA
1997 Koslowe Gallery, Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, New York, USA
1996 UJA-Federation, New York, New York, USA
1992 Elisabeth S. Fine Museum of Judaica at Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, California, USA
1992 Philadelphia Museum of Judaica at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1991 Yeshiva University Museum, New York, New York, USA
1989 Kuzari Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 Ariel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1988-9 Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, Braunschweig, Germany
1985 Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015: Sofia Paper Art Fest 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 "A Cut Above", Highfield Hall, Falmouth, Cape Cod, USA
2014 "The Art of Matrimony: Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts from The Jewish Theological Seminary Library", Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA
2013 "As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts", Museum of Biblical Art, New York, USA
2011 "Piyyut", Bet Avi Chai, Jerusalem, Israel
2011 "The Art of Matrimony: Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts from The Jewish Theological Seminary Library", The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
2010-11 The Guild of American Papercutters National Museum, Phillip Dressler Center for the Arts, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
2009 -10 "Celebrating Art and Time", Union of Reform Judaism, New York, USA
2009 "The Revival of Jewish Papercuts", Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 "Old Friends, New Work", Elisabeth S. Fine Museum of Judaica at Congregation EmanuEl, San Francisco, California, USA
2008-9 "Envisioning Maps", Hebrew Union College", New York, New York, USA
2008 "5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Columbia College, Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, USA
2007 "Ombres & Lumières", Musée des Miniatures et Décors de Cinéma, Lyons, France
2007 Rye Arts Center, Rye, New York, USA
2006 The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, New York, USA
2003 Israel Wilfid Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea, Israel
2003 The Kansas Jewish Museum, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
2002 The Kansas Jewish Museum, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
1998 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1997 Bnai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D C , USA
1997 University Museum of Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
1996 Visual Arts Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
1996 Bnai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, USA
1995 Starr Gallery, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, USA
1994 The Jewish Museum, New York, New York, USA
1994 National Museum of Japan, Kyoto, Japan
1994 Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 1994
1994 JCC Goldman Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, USA
1992-3 The San Francisco Craft and Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA
1992 Hirsh Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
1991-2 Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
1991 Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, Colorado, USA
1990 Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California, USA
1989 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1987 Museum of Music and Ethnology, Haifa, Israel

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Bet Torah, Mount Kisco, New York, USA
Cartiere Miliani Fabriano spa, Fabriano, Italy
Congregation Beth Jacob, Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Congregation Bnai Torah, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cantor Jacob and Dr. Belle Rosenbaum Mezuzah Collection, Great Synagogue, Jerusalem,Israel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Jewish Museum, New York, New York, USA
Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, USA
Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA
Loyola Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Museum der Scherenschnitte, Vreden, Germany
Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Presidents Residence, Jerusalem, Israel
Rubenovitz Museum, Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
Sir Isaac and Lady Wolfson Museum, Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem, Israel
Temple Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster. PA, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Yeshivah University Museum, New York, USA

Articles, Books and Catalogues
2013 "As Subject and Object", Museum of Biblical Art, New York, USA (Catalog)
2013 "500 Paper Objects", Lark Books, USA
2010 "500 Judaica, Innovative Contemporary Ritual Art", Lark Books, USA
2010 "Design Scene, Orly Robinson, Modan Publishing, Israel
2009 Schwarz Auf Weis, Germany
2009 Emunah Magazine (Summer issue)
2008 Yeshiva University Museum (Fall issue)
2008 5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, USA (Catalogue)
2008 Material Religion, the Journal of Objects, Art and Belief. (Article)
2008 All, Shanghai, China
2008 Envisioning Maps, Hebrew Union College, New York, USA (Catalogue)
2007 Ombres & Lumières, Shadows & Lights. Musée Des Miniatures et Décors de Cinéma, Lyon, France (Catalogue)
2001 Nouvel Objet, Design House Publishers, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)
1999 JTS Magazine, New York. USA
1998 Judische Scherenschnitte von Archie Granot, Braunschweig, Germany (catalogue)
1996 Letter Arts Review (Volume 124), USA
1996 Jewish Art? Jewish Content?, Mizel Museum, Washington DC, USA (Catalogue)
1996 Textiles: Tradition And innovation, Visual Arts Center, North Carolina, USA (Catalogue)
1986 World Papercuts, Haifa Museum of Music and Ethnology (Catalogue)

Workshops and more
2011 Lecture, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
2011 Gallery Talk, Jewish Museum, New York.
2010 Papercutting workshops , Yahad School, Modi'in
2010 Lecture and papercutting demonstration, The Giving Circle, Jerusalem
2009 Studied the making of handmade paper in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
2008 Lecture and workshop, American Folk Art Museum, New York, USA
2008 Lecture, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, USA
2004 Artist-in-Residence, URJ Pennsylvania Council, USA
2004 Artist-in Residence, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, California, USA See less