Zigi Ben-Haim

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Zigi Ben-Haim
Zigi Ben-Haim (2008)
Born	1945 (1945) Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality	American Israeli
Education	M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA, 1972-74. M.A., J.F.K. University, Orinda, California, USA, 1972-73. California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA, 1971. The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1966-70.
Known for	Painter, Sculptor
Awards	Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, 1990, 1996, 2013.
Website	zigiland.com

Zigi Ben-Haim (born 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an American-Israeli painter and sculptor who lives and works in New York City and Israel.^[1]

Current Projects[]

Why Flowers?[]

"CoronaTime has accentuated our existence between life and death.

One object represents both ends.

Whether we’re going through bad times or good times we receive-Flowers!"^[2]

Past projects[]

On August 9, 2017, Ben-Haim unveiled his sculpture, Treasure the Green, in SoHo on Broadway. The project was sponsored by the SoHo Broadway Initiative and the New York Department of Transportation's Art Program. The sculpture is considered to be the first sculpture to receive permission to be installed on a bus bulb on Broadway. The sculpture was made to "emphasize the importance of nature in our lives," and stands as a reminder of "the importance of reconnecting with the pure nature of the green." The sculpture uses the symbol of the leaf, which has been a major icon of Ben-Haim's work for the past 30 years. It symbolizes nature and it is a metaphoric way of emphasizing nature and the surrounding environment.

Education[]

1972-74        M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA.

1972-73        M.A., J.F.K. University, Orinda, California, USA.

1971             California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA.

1966-70        The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel.^[3]

Selected public collections[]

Splendid Step (2003) next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

• , Athens, Greece
• Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
• Israel Air Force Center Foundation, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• NASA, Houston, Texas
• Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
• Pfizer Company Collection, New York, NY
• Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
• Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
• Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
• Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• New School, New York, NY
• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
• Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
• , Malmö, Sweden.
• Jewish Museum, New York, NY
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
• Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY
• Buscaglia-Castellanni, University Museum, Lewiston, NY
• Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel.
• International Paper Company, New York, NY
• World Bank, Washington D.C.
• Davis Polk & Wordwell, New York, NY
• Westminster Bank, New York, NY
• Israel Embassy, Washington D.C.
• Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA.
• Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, NJ
• Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
• Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

See also[]

• Israeli art
• Israeli sculpture

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zigi Ben-Haim.

• Zigi Ben-Haim's website
• Grant recipient profile at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
• Galerie Rother Winter
• Stux Gallery
• Chelouche Gallery
• "Small Step For Artist, Splendid Step For N.Y.C." New York Observer. 20 October 2003. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.