Resume

Born in Tiberias, Israel 1936
Works in Jaffa, Israel
Lives in New York City and Jaffa

Education

1955-56 Bezalel School of Art, Jerusalem

One-Person Shows

1972, 1976            Los Angeles State Museum

1978                       Katia Granoff, Paris; Spectrum Gallery, Vienna

1979                       Daniel Blaise Thorens Gallery, Basel;
                                Horace Richter Gallery, Jaffa, Israel;
                                Ilana Goor, GT, Tourel Gallery, Tel Aviv (Nov.)

1981                        Kunst Gallery, Al Vlaardingen, the Netherlands;
                                Ingrid Mensendick Gallery, Düsseldorf

1982                       Horace Richter Gallery, Jaffa

1984                       Daniel Blaise Thorens Gallery, Basel

1985                       Hammer Gallery, New York;
                                Circle Gallery, New York

1986                       Horace Richter Gallery, Jaffa, Israel

1987                       Ilana Goor: Iron Furniture, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1995- Present    Ilana Goor Museum, Jaffa

2006                     Ilana Goor, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2014                      Ilana Goor, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey
                               Ilana Goor, Urban Zen Donna Karan, New York

Group Shows

1977                      Venturaiarte, Multiscultura, Bologna

1980                      “Homo Sapiens: The Many Images,” Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut

1984                      National Museum of American Jewish History,
                               Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1992The Rocker, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York
                               (12 September-6 October 1992)

Installations

1973                      Never Again, statue, Holocaust Museum, Yad VaShem, Jerusalem, Israel

1975                      Mother and Child, statue, University of Haifa, Israel

1977                      Birth, statue, Municipality Building, Tel Aviv, Israel

1978                      Morning, statue, Naharia, Israel

1982                      Woman Against the Wind, statue, London Park, Tel Aviv, Israel

1985                      The Smiling Whale, statue, Jaffa, Israel1986The Family, statue, Ramat Gan, Israel

1988                      War Memorial for Fallen Soldiers, indoor monument, Yad le Banim, Raanana, Israel

1991                      Reaching High, statue, Educational Testing Center,Tel Aviv, Israel

2000                      Flamingos, series of statues, Carnival Cruise Ships

2002                      Eagle, statue, Marina, Herzliya, Israel

2007                      Two cats on one bench, sculpture, Hulon, Israel

2009                      Mother ship, Tiberius, Israel

Design Production and Distribution

1983-1993            Furniture and Lighting, USA

1984                       Jewelry, USA

1986                      Furniture Collection, Ilana Goor, Inc., New York

1989                      Artwork and Furniture, Japan

1990                      Jewelry,  Judaica, Japan

1996                      Tabletop Ware, USA

1998                      Furniture and Jewelry, Israel

Awards

1998                      Roscoe Award for Museum Collection of Residential Seating

2011                      Life Achievement, The Israel Construction Center

2016                      Tel-Aviv Jaffa’s Beloved Award

2011                      Furniture collection, Limited edition