Tanya Preminger (), 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 Year Award Competition Country2019Excellence Award“Spoonbill Cup” Public Art ExhibitionChina2018Honorable mention PrizeArxan Cup International Ice SculptureChina 2016 Encouragement Prize Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel) Israel 2014 Third Place Sculpture Snow Competition "SculpOLIMP" 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 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 Hualien, Taiwan
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
The Art Project
Israeli Ministry of Education. Assignment for students about “Aliya”.
External links Tanya Preminger - Green Gallery