RORY
HOOPER
Born: 1975, Israel
Education:
Present Master of Arts program in the Royal Academy of Art, London, UK; 2002 Received BA in Jewelry and Accessories from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Exhibitions:
2006 Exhibited with AIDA, at COLLECT, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; 2006 "Schmuck 2006: International Contemporary Jewelry." Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA; 2005 "Updating Traditions", AIDA, SOFA-Chicago, Chicago, USA; 2005 "Beaten Gold: Israeli Jewelry 3 Exhibition" Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2003 "Artic 5" America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2002 "Design and Fashion, Next" Design Exhibition by Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Flensburg Museum, Germany; 2002 "Artic 4" America- Israel Cultural Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2002 Student Conference, Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland (Through Bezalel Academy of Art and Design); 2001-02 "13th Silver Trieenial 2001" Society for Goldsmiths Art, Hanau, Germany, and traveled to Hungary, Belgium, Czech Republic
Awards and Honors:
2002 Lockman Prize for Applied Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel; 2001-03 Sharett Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Israel