Avraham Ofek - Artist Info

About Avraham Ofek

  • Biography

    Avraham Ofek was born in 1935 and died in 1990.

    Education:
    Painting under Arie Rothman1958-1960
    Academy of Fine Arts, Florence1961
    Study Tour to Seville and Madrid, Spain, and London and in 1969 to Europe and U.S.A.

    Teaching:
    1962-1975 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
    1978 appointed Head of the Art Department, Haifa University.

    Awards and Prizes:
    1962 Biennale, Paris
    1969 Jerusalem Prize for painting and Sculpture
    1972 Represented Israel at Venice Biennale
    1990 Ish-Shalom Prize for Life's Work in Art.
    1975 Head of the Art Department, Israel T.V., Jerusalem
    1976 Founded the ''Levitan'' Group together with Shmuel Ackerman and Mi...

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