Tanya Preminger

Tanya Preminger, is an Israeli sculptor born in the Soviet Union.

Biography

Tanya earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia. Since 1972 she lives, works and teaches in Israel.

Tanya works in various art media such as sculpture, landscape art, installation and photography. She presented 29 one-person exhibitions in Israel from 1978–2011, 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, Efrat Gallery.

She has participated in over 90 group exhibitions worldwide.

Participated in over 100 Sculpture Symposiums and Competitions worldwide including: China, Canada, Austria, Greece, France, Italy, Taiwan, Sweden, USA, India, Germany, Finland, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia.

Over 90 of her landscape works and sculptures are presented worldwide.

"Woodhenge". 2007. Wood, iron, gravel. Height 320 Diameter 1100 cm. Furstenfeld, Austria.


"Mater Nostra". 1998. Marble. 100 x 200 x 100 cm. Anatalya, Turkey.

Awards
YearAwardCompetitionCountry
2016Encouragement Prize.Ministry of Culture.Israel
2014Third PlaceSculpture Snow Competition "SculpOLIMP"Moscow, Russia
2013First Place2nd International Sculpture Symposium of MercosulBento Gonçalves,Brazil
2013Second placeOpen competition for snow and ice sculpture "Sculp-OLIMP"Moscow, Russia
2011Third PlaceChinese First International Public Sculpture Contest.China
2011Special Selection Award.International Competition for Sea Art FestivalBusan.Korea
2011First PlaceStone Sculpture Competition "Forma viva".Slovenia
2010Winner" Nashe Otechestvo" CompetitionMoskow, Russia.
2010Third placeInternational Snow Sculpture CompetitionValloire, France.
2007Second PlaceInternational Sculpture Competition"La Piera Musa Agreste", Italy.
2003First PlaceCompetition for Sculpture work " Mifal Hapais"Israel
2003Excellent Works SelectionInternational City Sculpture ExhibitionFuzhou, China.
2001Sculptors AwardInternational Stone Sculpture CompetitionSan-Chung, S. Korea.
1999First PlaceInternational Stone Sculpture Competition"Nantopietra" Nanto, Italy.
1998"Con Salud" PrizeInternational Biennale Sculpture CompetitionResistencia, Argentina.
1997First PlaceInternational Stone Sculpture CompetitionFanano, Italy.
1996Third PlaceInternational Stone Sculpture CompetitionCaorle, Italy.
1995Outstanding PrizeInternational Stone Sculpture CompetitionHualien, Taiwan.

GRANTS

2013 Grant of “Artist” for Setuchi Trienale, Japan.
2009 Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Art Museum, Latvia.
2002 Artist-in-residence grant. Houston University, Texas, USA.
1991 Artist-in-residence grant. B.E.M.I.S., Omaha, USA.

References
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