Tanya Preminger

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.

Tanya Preminger
טניה פרמינגר
Born	(1944-11-12) 12 November 1944 (age 80)
Education	Master of Arts (M.A.), Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
Occupation(s)	Artist, sculptor
Known for	Land Art, Ephemeral art, stone sculpture

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3][4]

"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

Year	Award	Competition	Country
2019	Excellence Award	“Spoonbill Cup” Public Art Exhibition[5]	China
2018	Honorable mention Prize	Arxan Cup International Ice Sculpture[citation needed]	China
2016	Encouragement Prize	Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel)	Israel
2014	Third Place	Sculpture Snow Competition "SculpOLIMP"[6]	Moscow, Russia
2013	First Place	2nd International Sculpture Symposium of Mercosul	Bento Gonçalves,Brazil
2013	Second place	Open competition for snow and ice sculpture "Sculp-OLIMP"	Moscow, Russia
2011	Third Place	Chinese First International Public Sculpture Contest	China
2011	Special Selection Award	International Competition for Sea Art Festival[7]	Busan, Korea
2011	First Place	Stone Sculpture Competition "Forma viva"	Slovenia
2010	Winner	"Nashe Otechestvo" Competition	Moscow, Russia
2010	Third place	International Snow Sculpture Competition	Valloire, France
2007	Second Place	International Sculpture Competition	"La Piera Musa Agreste", Italy
2003	First Place	Competition for Sculpture work "Mifal Hapais"	Israel
2003	Excellent Works Selection	International City Sculpture Exhibition	Fuzhou, China
2001	Sculptors Award	International Stone Sculpture Competition	San-Chung, South Korea
1999	First Place	International Stone Sculpture Competition	"Nantopietra" Nanto, Italy
1998	"Con Salud" Prize	International Biennale Sculpture Competition	Resistencia, Argentina
1997	First Place	International Stone Sculpture Competition	Fanano, Italy
1996	Third Place	International Stone Sculpture Competition	Caorle, Italy
1995	Outstanding Prize	International Stone Sculpture Competition[8]	Hualien, Taiwan

Grants

2013 Grant of “Artist” for Setouchi Trienale, Japan.^[9][10][11]
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

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  “ROUND BALANCE” 2008 Soil, grass, 260x900x900 cm. Saint-Flour, France.^[12][13]
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  “MOTHERLAND” 2010 Earth,synthetic grass, polystyrene, 45x550x440 cm. Moscow, Russia.
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  “THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO MUHAMED” 2002 Marble, 160x250x110 cm. Vernon, Canada.^[12]
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  “STRATUM” 2013 Earth, grass, 6.5x28x18 m. Setouchi Triennale, Shamijima, Japan.
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  “KRONSHTADT” 2014 stones, granite, 50x580x350 cm. Kronshtadt, Russia.
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  “MADE BY GOD” 1999, stone ,130x120x110 cm. Le Vent des Forest, France.^[12]
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  “ECOLOGICAL MAN” 2017 rice straw, bamboo, chair, rope, telephone, 115 x 130 x 80 cm. Komdhara, India.^[12]
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  “RITUAL CUT” 2009 Earth, grass 4.5x60x75 m. Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia.
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  “HARAKIRI” 2015 Installation Earth, Polyurethane, foam, 90x760x550 cm. Moscow Biennale, Russia.
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  “CONTAINERS” 2018 marble, 220x90x90 cm. 15x30X27 cm. Tongchuan, China.
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  “SOUP” 1995 Marble, spoon 23x20x20 cm. Israel
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  “WINDOW INTO ANOTHER WORLD” 1989 Soil, grass, mirror 90x500x300 cm. Givat-Brener, Israel.
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  “URAL” 2019 marble, 400x300x80 cm. Mramorskoe, Ural, Russia.
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  “BACK FLIP BRIDGE” 2009 Wood, 550x1850x80 cm. Massif du Sancy, France.

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.^[14]

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.^[15]

2017  “Winners of Ministry of Culture Prize Exhibition”, MOBY Museum, Bat Yam, Israel.^[16]

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.^[17]

2015  "Center of point is on the side". The sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow.^[18][19]

2013   “Setouchi Trienale”, International Exhibition. Sakaide. Japan.^[9][10][11]

2012  "Hidden Cities" International ArtExpo, Koza Art Association, Istanbul, Turkey.

2011  "Sea art festival" Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea.^[7]

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.^[20]

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.^[21]