SHIRLY

BAR AMOTZ

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Born: 1974, Israel

Education:
2002-05 MFA Studies in Jewelry and Metal Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; 2002 Artist residency in printing and enamel, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; 2000 International Enamel Symposium 2000, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; 1995-99 BFA in Jewelry and Metal Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2005 "Updating Traditions", AIDA, SOFA-Chicago, Chicago, USA; 2005 "Beaten Gold" Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2005 "Artic 7" The Israeli Art Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel; 2004 The Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2004 "Artic 6" The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2003 "Square up to Christmas" Studio Fusion Gallery, London, UK; 2003 "Artic 5" The Israeli Art Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel; 2002 "Imagine" Rosenfeld and Plonit Galleries, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2002 Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2002 "Chain Reaction" Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2002 "Artic 4" The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2000 Studio Fusion Gallery, London, UK; 2000 "From Thousand to Thousand" Startart Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Awards and Honors:
2007Jewelry Design Prize from the Ministry of Culture; 2005 Art Scholarship from the Havatzelet Fund, Israel; 2004 The Shnaidinger Fund through Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel; 2003-04 America-Israel Fund Scholarship; 2002 Art Scholarship from the "Havatzelet" Fund, Israel; 2002 British Council (BI ARTS) Scholarship; 2002 America-Israel Fund Scholarship; 2001 The Mandel Incubator Scholarship through Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel; 2000 British Council (BI ARTS); 2000 America-Israel Fund Scholarship
Won the 2007 Jewelry Design Prize from the Ministry of Culture