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Tanya Preminger (Hebrew: טניה פרמינגר), is an artist working in various media: environmental art, site-specific art, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography. She is mostly known for her land art projects and large-scale stone sculptures.
Her diverse body of work has been displayed internationally in numerous exhibitions and symposiums.




Biography


Tanya Preminger Novozilova was born in Taganrog, Russia. Her father was Nikolay Novozilov, a scientist and winner of the Lenin award, and her mother was Inna Prochaska, an engineer and a lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow.
Tanya earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
She married Osip Preminger, and the couple has 4 daughters. Since 1972 she lives, works and teaches in Israel.
Preminger works mainly in natural materials. Her early sculptures were done from clay, wood, and stone, and later she began including earth, grass, water, snow and other materials.
Tanya has presented dozens of solo exhibitions in Israel in various venues, including : The Negev Museum, Open Museum Omer, Ramat Gan Museum, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Lutshansky Museum, Painters and Sculptors Association Gallery, Tova Osman Gallery, Jerusalem Artists House, and Efrat Gallery.
Preminger has participated in over 240 symposiums, competitions and group exhibitions worldwide.
Her monumental works and environmental projects are installed in more than 38 countries around the world.

In 2008 Preminger founded the “Green Gallery”- an open-air gallery for Land Art in Arsuf Kedem, Israel.




Awards






Grants


2013 Grant of “Artist” for Setouchi Trienale, Japan.
2009 Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Museum, Latvia.
2002 Artist-in-residence grant. University of Houston, Texas, USA.
1991 Artist-in-residence grant. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA.




Selected works































































Selected symposiums, competitions and exhibitions


2020 “Corona in the Green Gallery” Exhibition. Green Gallery - open air gallery for Environmental Art. Israel.
2020 International Stone Sculpture symposium. Ganey Tikva. Israel.
2020 Galkot International Sculpture Symposium. Baglung. Nepal.
2019 The 3rd “Spoonbill Cup” Public Art Exhibition, China.
2019 ”The Marble Mile Festival”, Poleskoi, Ural, Russia.
2018 “China Tongchuan Xuanzang Road” international sculpture symposium. Tongchuan. China.
2018 FAD, El Primero Simposio Internacional de Esculturea. University of Mendoza. Argentina.
2018 International Stone Sculpture symposium .Maalot-Tarshiha. Israel.
2017 “Winners of Ministry of Culture Prize Exhibition”, MOBY Museum, Bat Yam, Israel.
2017 The 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China. China.
2017 International Land Art Residency, Narrative Movements Komdhara, Hooghly, India.
2016 “Bienal Internacional de Escultura Competition”, Resistencia. Argentina.
2015 "Center of point is on the side". The sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
2013 “Setouchi Trienale”, International Exhibition. Sakaide. Japan.
2012 "Hidden Cities" International ArtExpo, Koza Art Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
2011 "Sea art festival" Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea.
2011 “100 years of Tsinghua University” International Exhibition . Beijing, China.
2009 “Ritual Cut” project. Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Art Museum, Latvia.
2009 "Horizons Rencontre Art Nature" International Exhibition, Massif du Sancy, France.
2008 "La Piera Musa Agresti" Prize, Cultural Center Domo Dorossa, Italy.
2003 Fuzhow International Sculpture Exhibition. Fuzhow, China.
1995 International Female Biennale. Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 "Israel Contemporary Sculpture". Museum HRA, Japan.
1988 "40 from Israel". Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA.




References



Art on Wry / Anne Marie Champagne
Information Center of Israeli Art in The "Israel Museum"
The Art Project
"Tanya Preminger sculpture in Yoav Dagon Sculpture Garden". 1985.
Israeli Ministry of Education. Assignment for students about “Aliya”. "יצירות אמנות מציגות עלייה" (PDF). Israeli Ministry of Education.
1000x Landscape Architecture. Germany: Verlagshaus-Braun. 2009. ISBN 978-3037680599.
Van Uffelen, Chris (2012). 500 X ART IN PUBLIC, Masterpieces from the Ancient World to the Present. Germany: Brown.
Waite, Claire (2006). The Sculpting Techniques Bible. Ondon: Brown. ISBN 978-0785821427.
Williams, Arthur (2004). The Sculpture Reference: Contemporary Techniques, Terms, Tools, Materials And Sculpture. Sculpture Books. ISBN 978-0975538302.
Pierluigi, Nicolin (2003). Dictionary of Today's Landscape Designers. SKIRA. ISBN 978-8884914200.
Hargreaves, George (2006). Designed Landscape Forum. Spacemaker Press. Spacemaker Press. ISBN 978-1888931129.
Dempsey, Amy (2021). Destination Art. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500295601.
Milman, Vitali (2021). Three outstanding women artists: Lydia Mandel, Ira Reichwarger, and Tanya Preminger. Vitali Milman. ISBN 979-8716748378.
Tanya Preminger : Zvi Noam art gallery, May 1985. Israel: Zvi Noam. 1985.
Ural, Omer (29 Sep 2017). "She's been carving 'peace' on marble for half a century". AA news.
"PARTICIPANT / TANYA PREMINGER". KHOJ International Artist Association. Bangalore, India.
"Tanya Preminger". PALATIA ART Kunst Braucht Organisation.
""Maalot Tarshiha" municipality. International Sculpture symposium "Stone in the Galilee"". Official Maalot Tarshiha municipality website. 2008.
"A collection of works by the artist Tanya Preminger". Art Portal. 2007.
"Three horns by Tanya Preminger project". The Jerusalem foundation. 1992.
"Artist Tanya Preminger". Ganey Tivka municipality official website.
"Open Gallery for Environmental Art". Rishonet News. 8 Mar 2011.
"Mayor Dov Tzur speaks at the opening". Rishonet official YouTube channel. 9 Feb 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.




External links


Tanya Preminger - Official website
Green Gallery

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