Uri Katzenstein

Professor
Uri Katzenstein

Photo of Uri Katzenstein
(Photographer: Avi Levin)
Native name אורי קצנשטיין
Born 1951 (age 64–65)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Education San Francisco Art Institute
Known for Sculpting, visual art, music and film
Movement Avant-garde

Uri Katzenstein (born 1951) (Hebrew: אורי קצנשטיין) is a prominent Israeli sculptor, visual artist, musician, builder of musical instruments and sound machines, and film maker.[1]

Background

Uri was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1951. In his youth, he played music and joined several Rock bands. In 1969, he joined the Israeli Defense Forces and fought in the Yom Kippur War.[2][3][4] During the late seventies of the 20th century, Uri studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and after receiving his MFA moved to New York City where he lived and worked throughout the eighties. His early works, starting from the late seventies, involved different avant-garde media Exhibits, music, performance, video and sound art. In the mid-nineties of the 20th century, he began creating sculptured Figurines, in addition to objects and sound machines which were all merged and composed as one time-based viewing / listening events.[2]

Career

After returning to Israel, he and Noam HaLevi created the show "Midas". In 1993 he took part in the rock opera "Samara" by Hallel Mitelpunkt and the band Nikmat HaTraktor. In 1999, he published a music album, along with Ohad Fishof, entitled "Skin O Daayba", which served as a basis for a musical performance. In 2001, he created the show "Home" along with Renana Raz and Ohad Fishof. In the early two-thousands he began to create video art consisting of surreal events while emphasizing subject matter of personal identity. Among his notable works are "Patʹshegen" (Hebrew: פתשגן)(1993) and "Family of Brothers" (Hebrew: משפחת האחים)(2000). His early performance work was regularly presented at such legendary performance venues as The Kitchen, No-Se-No, 8BC and Danceteria. His work in sculpture, video and installation have been exhibited in museums such as The Russian State Museum (St. Petersburg), The Chelsea Art Museum (New York City), Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, The Israel Museum, Duke University Museum of Art (North Carolina). Katzenstein participated in the Sao-Paulo Biennale (1991), the Venice Biennale (2001), the Buenos Aires Biennale (first prize, 2002), and the 9th Istanbul Biennale (2005). His performance work was shown in theatres and galleries in London, Berlin, San Francisco, Cardiff (Wales), Santiago de Compostela (Spain), New York City, and Tel Aviv.[2][5]

Today, Uri Katzenstein lectures in the Department of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Haifa.[6][7]

Awards

Katzenstein has received the following awards:[2]

Books

External links

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References

  1. ↑ "Uri Katzenstein: backyard The Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, 2014". Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "אורי קצנשטיין". מרכז המידע לאמנות ישראלי (in Hebrew). Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gal-Ezer, Miri. "From "silent generation" to cyber-psy-site, story and history: The 14th Tank Brigade battles on public collective memory and official recognition". cyberpsychology.eu. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Littman, Shany (May 22, 2015). "האמן אורי קצנשטיין טיפל בפוסט טראומה שלו באמצעות כיסא בצורת צלב קרס". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Uri Katzenstein". no-org.net no-org.net. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Prof. Uri Katzenstein lecturer page". University of Haifa. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Armon Azoulay, Ellie (June 6, 2011). "Art in Haifa: thinking outside the box Artists who come from 'other places' reflect the University of Haifa's flexibility.". Haaretz. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ Litman, Shany (November 17, 2014). "אנג'לה קליין, אורי קצנשטיין וטל מצליח בין זוכי פרס מוזיאון תל אביב" (in Hebrew). Haaretz. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ Hoffman, Carl (March 6, 2015). "From 'Backyard' to front lawn". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ Yahav, Galia (May 7, 2015). "Veteran Israeli artist's exhibit is generous, sexy, and violent all at once". Haaretz. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
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