Zigi Ben-Haim
Born November 28, 1945, Baghdad, Iraq
Lives & Works in Israel and New York City
EDUCATION
1972-74 M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1972 M.A., J.F.K. University, Ordina, California
1971-72 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
1966-70 The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Traveling Retrospective, Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
2007
Industrial Baroque: Painting, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York
2005
90 Days Of Berlin: Sculpture, Paintings & Drawings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York
2004-05
Journey With Me, German Embassy, Washington, DC
2003
Journey with Me, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Painting and Sculpture, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York
2002
Journey With Me, Sculpture 1984-2000, in collaboration with Laumeier Sculpture Park, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
2000
Blue Highway, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel (catalogue)
2000
Summer Blue, drawings and paintings, ZDF, New York, New York
2000
Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Ball State Museum, Muncie, Indiana
1999
Sculpture and Drawing, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada (catalogue)
1999
Paintings 1992-1996, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
1998
Journey With Me, Sculpture 1984-1997, Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Journey With Me, Sculpture 1984-1997, Fordham University, Sculpture Garden at Lincoln Center, New York, New York (catalogue)
Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1996
Leaf Path, Curated by Maggie Nolan, Ann Harper Gallery, Amagansett, New York
1995
Windows \'95, ZDF German T.V., New York, New York
1994
Benshahn Galleries, WPC Collage, Wayne, New Jersey (catalogue)
1994
Scattered Echo, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (catalogue)
1989-91
The Dance, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (traveling exhibition, catalogue) Gallerie Andreas Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
1987
Jewish Museum Sculpture Court, New York, New York
1986
Walking Field, Project Room, P.S. 1, Queens, New York
Façade Gallery, Paris, France
1985
Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
1984
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (catalogue)
Gallerie Andreas Tomberg, Lund, Sweden
1980
Annemarie De Kruijff, Paris, France
1978
Munro Gallerie, Hamburg, West Germany
1977
Bertha Urdang Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (catalogue)
1976
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Sculpture, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Enchantment, Wave Hill, New York
The International Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, Pier 90, New York
2003
Wandering Library, International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy
Works from the Collection, Jewish Museum, New York, New York
The International Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, Pier 90, New York
2002
Spirit of New York, 25 NY artists, 55 Wall St., New York, New York
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, New York
1999
Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
1998
Chelouch Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Small Paintings, Wainscott Gallery, Wainscott, New York
1996
Paper, Wainscott Gallery, Wainscott, New York
Blue & White, Binet Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1995
Works of the '70's, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1994
Basel Artfair, Basel Switzerland
1993
Action Traces, Cheouchee Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Monumental Propaganda, ICI Traveling Show, USA/Russia
Sculpture Biennale, Ein Hod, Israel (catalogue)
Drawing, B4A Gallery, New York, New York
1992
Invitational, Bill Base Gallery, New York, New York
1991
Art Cologne, Chelouch Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Collage: New Applications, curated by William Zimmer, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
1990
Drawings, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
1989
From the Frederick Weisman Collection, Neuberger Museum, New York, New York
Art Aluminum, Muse Le Technigue, Montreal, Canada
1988
Embodiment Personification, Art In General, New York, New York
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
The Candor of Form, 1 World Trade Center, New York, New York
Bali Miller Gallery, New York, New York
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, New York, New York
1987
56 Bleecker Street Gallery, New York, New York
Constructs, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
1986
Paper Now, Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio
Snug Harbor, Outdoor Sculpture, Staten Island, New York
Transculture Transmedia, Exit Art Gallery, New York, New York
Monumental Drawings: Works by 22 Contemporary American Artists, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1985
Public Art in the Eighties, curated by Jean E. Feinberg, Jamie Szoke Gallery, New York, New York
From the Museum Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Art & the Environment, Lever House, New York, New York
1985-87
2nd International Shoebox Sculpture, traveling exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (catalogue)
1985-86
Immigrant Artists/ American Experience 1940-85, traveling exhibition, Independent Curators Inc. (catalogue)
1984-89
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation for Traveling Art Exhibitions (catalogue)
1983-85
Groovy Grove - Sculpture on Shoreline Sites, A.R.E.A. Project, Wards Island, New York (catalogue; via NYS Council For The Arts Grant)
1983
Ornaments as Sculpture, Sculpture Center, New York, New York
C.D.S. Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
Blackfish Gallery, Drawings, Portland, Oregon
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Tel-Hai, Contemporary Art Meeting, Israel (catalogue)
Bayer Museum, Evanston, Illinois
U.S.A. Today Newspaper Company, Washington D.C. (catalogue)
Varieties of Sculptural Ideas, Drawings & Maquettes, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York
1982
The New Explosion: Paper Arts, Fine Arts Museum of Long Isalnd, Hampstead, New York (catalogue)
Pair Group, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
International Sculpture Conference, Speaker & Exhibitor, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York
Arteder 82, Muestra International de Obra Grafica, Bilbao, Spain (catalogue)
1981
Gallery Mors Moessa, Gothenburg, Sweden
Wall Paper/ Roompaper, Laica, Los Angeles, California
Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Work of Twenty Contemporary Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
1980
Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
With Paper About Paper, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (catalogue)
Forecast of the Season, Touchstone, New York, New York
1979
Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Gallerie Loyse Oppenheim, Nyon, Switzerland
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium
1978
Touchstone Gallery, New York, New York
International Kunstmarkt, Dusseldorf, West Germany
Six Artists, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Notebook, Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (catalogue)
Location/Direction/78, Rammi Nechoshtan Museum, Israel (catalogue)
Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland (catalogue)
Work with Paper, Alexandra Monett Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Paper, The Dayton Art Institute, Ohio (catalogue)
The Ohio State University Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Davis Art Gallery, Akron, Ohio (catalogue)
1977
New Aquisitions, Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, New York
1975
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
SELECTED OUTDOOR PUBLIC SCULPTURE
Splendid Step, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, New York
On the Main Road, Ra’anana, Israel
Sea of Time, Ashkelon, Israel
The Bright Side of Tomorrow, School, Gates and Fences, Ma’ale Hacdomim, Israel
Chariot of Time, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
The Dance, Art Acres Sculpture Park, Boca Raton, Florida
A Note in the Green, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Legion of Titans, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Beyond the Halting Step of Deeds, Riverdale, New York
Blooming Stone, Frederick Weisman Foundation of Art, Los Angeles, California
Rolling Rock, River Hill Sculpture, Livingstone, New Jersey
Vintage Breeze, The Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, New York
Wind Hunter, Jerusalem, Israel
Rising Path, Phillip Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Coegevie, Pennsylvania
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Pfizer Company Collection, New York, New York
Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania
Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
Herbert F. Johnson Mueum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
The New School, New York, New York
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Malmo Museum, Malmo, Sweden
Jewish Museum, New York, New York
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Ghent Museum, Ghent, Belgium
American National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York
Buscaglia-Castellanni, University Museum, Lewiston, New York
Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel
Andin International, New York, New York
International Paper Company, New York, New York
World Bank, Washington D.C.
Davis Polk & Wordwell, New York, New York
Westminster Bank, New York, New York
Israel Embassy, Washington D.C.
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, New Jersey
Bank Discount, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Royal Canadian Bank, New York, New York
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, New York
Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
Bank Leumi USA, Los Angeles, California
Bank Leumi USA, Palo Alto, California
Bank Leumi USA, Aventura, Florida
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
GRANTS & AWARDS
2004 DAAD Fellowship to Berlin, Germany
2000 Niche Award for Sculpture
1996 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
1992 Guest Artist Fellowhip, Artists Union, U.S.S.R.
1990 Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant
1990 MacDowell Colony Residency
1984 National Endowment for the Arts
1983 New York State Council on the Arts, A.R.E.A. Project
1982 Muestra Int. do Obra Grafica, Bilbao, Spain
1970 Ministry of Culture, Israel
1966-70 America Israel Culture Foundation
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 Wei, Lilly, “Grounds for Sculpture,” Sculpture Magazine, May, 2004.
2003 Wei, Lilly, “Sculpture and Painting Exhibition at Stefan Stux Gallery,” Exhibition Catalogue, 2003.
Adelson, Fred B., “Sculptures Share Space with Strutting Peacocks,” The New York Times, Sunday, June 22, 2003.
Rivera, F.R., “Grounds for Sculpture,” In The Galleries, June 20, 2003.
2002 Office of Medical Public Affairs, “Sculpture All Around,” Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Outlook, Summer, 2002.
2001 Schull, Mike. “Organic Contradiction,” Lifestyles, Thursday, May 18, 2001.
2000 Gaff, Jan. “Touring the Art of Zigi Ben-Haim,” The Star Press, Friday, May 26, 2000.
Howell, Herb. “Touching Art: A Journey With the Master,” Art Words, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN, September/October 2000.
Talmore, Daniella. Curator “Blue Sea of Water,” Catalogue.
1998 Morgan, Robert. “Zigi Ben-Haim Sculpture,” Review Magazine, April 26, 1998.
1997 Thaul Wechter, Dr. Vivian. Curator “Journey With Me,” sculptures, 1984-1987.
1996 Slivka, Rose C.S., “From the Studio, " The East Hampton Star, September 26, 1996.
Braff, Phyllis, “Varied Work, Veering Far From Traditional,” The New York Times, September 8, 1996.
1994 Zimmer, William, "Three Shows that Demonstrate the Importance of Imagination," The New York Times, October 9, 1994.
1993 Ronen, Meir, "Zigi Ben-Haim at Chelouche Gallery," Jerusalem Post, 1993.
1992 "Artist Love New York," Review, New York Post, 1992.
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1986 Kotik, Charlotta, "Monumental Drawings: Works by 22 Contemporary American Artists,” Exhibition Catalogue, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, September, 1986.
Maier, Sue, "Using Cast-Off Materials to Create Art," Cleveland Jewish News, Dec. 12, 1986.
1985 Brenson, Michael, "Environmental Works," The New York Times, March 1, 1985.
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Kohen, Helen L., "Bass Show Explores Dual Legacy of Immigrant Artists," The Miami Herald, November 10, 1985.
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1984 Bar-Kadma, Emanoel, "The Israeli Experience of the 'Wind Hunter," Yediot Acharonot, October, 1984.
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Zalmona, Yigal, "Zigi Ben-Haim, 1984", exhibition catalogue, Israel Museum, October, 1984
1983 Bannon, Anthony, "Artistry in Paper," The Buffalo News, October 16, 1983.
Barzel, Amnon, "Tel-Hai '83, Contemporary Meeting," exhibition catalogue, Israel, September, 1983.
Ben-Haim, Tsipi, "Contemporary Art Meeting Tel-Hai '83," Sculptors International Magazine, November, 1983.
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1982 Flomenhaft, Eleanor, "The New Explosion," exhibition catalogue, Fine Art Museum of Long Island, November, 1982.
Harrison, Helen A., "Exploring the Possibilities of Paper," The New York Times, December 19, 1982.
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1981 Menzies, Neal, "Expanding Paper's Potential," Art Week Magazine, October, 1981.
1980 Kotik, Charlotta, "With Paper About Paper," exhibition catalogue, Albright Knox Art Gallery, September, 1980.
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1977 Mainardi, Pat, review, Arts Magazine, February, 1977.
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1975 Frackmen, Noel, review, Arts Magazine, May, 1975.