Tanya Preminger

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. thumb "Woodhenge". 2007. Wood, iron, gravel. Height 320 Diameter 1100 cm. Furstenfeld, Austria.thumb "Mater Nostra". 1998. Marble. 100 x 200 x 100 cm. Anatalya, Turkey.

Awards

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

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.

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.