Oren CohenNinyo

Born  Tel Aviv, 1973

Father of Avishai, Yoav  & Na'ama

 

Environmental Sculpture and Monuments

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2024 "The Revival Swallow", a memorial statue made of metal in memory of the victims of the attack on the seventh of October

2024 "gracias a la vida" A memorial statue carved in stone in memory of my mother Vicky Ninyo

2024  "stop No 1" in the House of Friendship.  An iron statue marking the legacy of the American settlers in the Land of Israel in 1866

2023 A tree of life, commemorative statue named after Haim Halfi, iron and stone 140 cm

2018 A carved stone statue, a monument commemorating 50 years of settlement in Moshav Ramot Meir 

2013 "Anchor Square", 4800 m, at the entrance to the city of Eilat; commissioned by the Israel Ministry of Housing and Construction

2013 "The Gate at Ein Hatzeva"; commissioned by the Israel Government Tourist Corporation  

2012 Designing a lookout site including environmental sculpture at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha, in cooperation 

2011 "A Ring of Gemstones", 550 cm in diameter; commissioned by the Municipality of Rishon LeZion

2011 "Gateway to the Spice Route" monument in the Negev 

2011 Sculpture in the Neve Yam neighborhood of Rishon LeZion, "A Ring of Gemstones", 520 cm in diameter, (under construction)

2011 "Kol Galgal" (Sound of the Wheel), 400 x 270 cm, outdoor sculpture on the border between the cities of Rishon LeZion and Bat Yam, concrete covered in mosaic

2011 Commemorative monument for a fallen solider, Shmuel Halfon, Bat Yam

2009 Monument in memory of Helena Rapp, in the Helena Garden, Bat Yam; 360 x 160 x 80 cm; basalt and Halila stone

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Solo Exhibitions

2014 Artist's Wall at the Kastiel Gallery, Tel Aviv, from the series "Israeli Dream"

2014 "Journey", Exhibition at Tel Aviv University University's Sourasky Central Library Gallery

2014 "A Place I Dreamed", Artists' Wall at the Pachot Me'Elef (Less Than One Thousand) Gallery, Florentine, Tel Aviv

2014 Painting Exhibition, "Journey", Ukrainian Cultural Center, Bat Yam

2006 "Cardiac Arrhythmia", conceptual painting; exhibition at the Wolfson Medical Center, Holon

 

Group Exhibitions

2009 "The Exiled", sculpture project. Design for a metaphysical space commemorating the 1,500,000 children killed in the Holocaust

2009 "Two Rings on an Ivory Tower" sculpture, Wedding Exhibition, Old Jaffa Museum of Antiquities; concrete and brass, 160 x 60 cm

2009 "Rose", Rimon Gallery at Rosh Pina's reconstructed historical site; 160 x 60 cm, mixed media

2008 "Butterflies", group exhibition; The Cactus Garden, Holon

2006-08 "Mother Earth", 100 x 190 cm; mixed media; "White Smoke" exhibition held at a number of venues; (curator of exhibition)

2007 "To Touch an Orange", group sculpture exhibition; HaPardes Gallery, Rehovot

2006 "Facing the Sea" group exhibition, street theater festival, Bat Yam; three works: "For Man is a Tree in the Field", "Weekday Thoughts", and a collaboration with the chef Haim Cohen

2002    "Shoket Shvura Shuv" [Back to Square One, Again/At a Loss, Again]; group exhibition; Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center; curator: Doron Polak

2002    "Point of View", installation; three stainless steel tables on which one

              hundred fifty lead cast brass balls are connected to a rod illuminated at both ends. The installation invites being touched, thereby creating another dimension to the work. Group exhibition at the "Jaffa Art Event"

1999    E.T.B. Berlin 2000; emissary to the Ministry of Tourism; international

              Exhibition in Berlin; installation related to the "Spice Route"

1998 Interdisciplinary Art and Science Center (Digital Art), Holon; exhibition on the theme of recycling

 

Collaborative Projects

2010 "Adloyada", sculptural installations, Municipality of Holon  

2009 "Looking Inward", 144 x 144 cm, mixed media installation located at the Assuta Medical Center. Created for the "Early Detection of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2009 Book design for "Algeria" by the poet Ronny Someck; exhibition of prints from the book

2007 Book design, collages and paper works; projects with Ronny Someck, poet

2007 Designing a theatre activity yard at the School for the Arts, Holon, in cooperation with Jonathan Licht, landscape architect; commissioned by the Holon Ministry of Education

2003    "Art Space"; designing a model for a cutting edge classroom for 3-D studies, Avigail School, Jaffa

2001    Furniture Design for the German company, Zimburg

2000    "A Brief History of Time", a multi-media project for the Art-In Internet 

             Company 

 

Curatorial Projects

2006-2008 "White Smoke", for the "One Voice" Movement, exhibition held at a number of venues: Rabin Square, Tel Aviv; Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv University 

2001    "Cluster", exhibition of outstanding students work; commissioned by

the Ministry of Education

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Education

Domus Academy, Milan; "Super Popular", first prize final project, 2002  

Graduate of the Department of Design, Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv, 1998

BA, Humanities and Social Sciences, Open University, 2010

 

Graphic Design 

1998 Internship at the studio of David Tartakover, graphic designer;

Internship at "Shalmor, Avnon, Avichai" and "Kesher-Barel"advertising agencies

1998 Logo design for the student union of the Felicja Blumental Music Center, Tel Aviv

1998 Designer for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

 

Teaching Experience

2010 Cooperative artistic work and teaching youth with autism, Abarbanel Hospital, Bat Yam

2009 Tutor to the artist Nir Shalev, who has cerebral palsy; exhibition at the Tel Aviv Artists House; curator: Irena Gordon.  A three-year process, including video art studies; 3D animated images

2006 Sculpture Workshops, Neve Tzedek

1999-2014 3-D media teacher at the Arsion Campus of the Arts, Tel Aviv

2000-2004 Coordinator and teacher of plastic arts at the Avigail School, Jaffa; the 

program earned the school the Ministry of Education's prize in 2013

2002    "Tel Aviv, the Daughter of Jaffa", art workshops commissioned by the 

              Municipality of Tel Aviv's department of culture      

 

Scholarship

1997 Awarded by the Nur Media Company; first place in the competition for artistic billboards 

 

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