Artists Registry

Zigi Ben-Haim
Born November 28, 1945, Baghdad, Iraq.
Raised in Israel
Lives and works in New York City, USA

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.

Grants & Awards
2007-08 The Emily Harvey Foundation, Fellowship to Venice, Italy
2004 DAAD Fellowship to Berlin, Germany
2000 Niche Award for sculpture
1996 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant.
1992 Guest Artist Fellowship, Artists Union, U.S.S.R.
1990 Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant.
1990 MacDowell Colony Residency, NH, USA
1984 National Endowment for the Arts.
1983 New York State Council on the Arts, A.R.E.A. Project.
1982 Muestra Int. do Obra Grafica, Bilbao, Spain.
1970 Ministry of Culture, Israel
1966-1970 America Israel Culture Foundation, Israel

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 90 Days of Berlin, The German House Gallery at the General Consulate of Germany, New York, NY
2011 ‘Al Naharot Bavel,’ The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, Or-Yehuda, Israel
2009 Paintings and Photoworks, Gallery 40 Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 “Industrial Baroque,” Painting, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY(catalogue)
2005 “90 Days of Berlin,” Sculpture, Paintings, & Drawings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
(catalogue)
2004-05 “Journey With Me,” Sculpture, German Embassy, Washington D.C. (catalogue)
“Splendid Step”, Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York, 2003-04 NY, commissioned
by the City of New York/Parks & Recreation
2003 “Journey with Me”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ (catalogue)
“Painting and Sculpture”, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
“Journey With Me,” Sculpture 1984-2000, in collaboration with Laumeier
Sculpture Park, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
2002
MO (catalogue)
2000 “Blue Highway”, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel (catalogue)
“Summer Blue” drawings and paintings, ZDF, New York, NY
1999 Sculpture and Drawing, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV (catalogue)
“Journey With Me”, Sculpture 1984-1997, Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mt.
Vernon, IL (catalogue)
“Paintings 1992-1996”, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1998 “Zigi Ben-Haim; And Now Public Sculptures”, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel–
Aviv, Produced by Projective-Artists Museums-Israeli Center (catalogue)
1997 – 98 “Journey With Me” Sculpture 1984 – 1997, Fordham University, Sculpture
garden at Lincoln center, New York, NY (catalogue)
1997 “Paintings & Drawings”, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1996 "Leaf Path", Curated by Maggie Nolan, Ann Harper Gallery, Amagansett,
NY
1995 "Windows '95", ZDF German T.V., New York, NY
1994 Benshahn Galleries, WPC Collage, Wayne, NJ (catalogue).
"Scattered Echo", Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (catalogue).
1989-91 "The Dance", Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY (traveling exhibition, catalogue).
“Works on paper”, Gallery Andreas Tornberg, Lund, Sweden.
1987 Jewish Museum Sculpture Court, New York, NY
1986 “Walking Field”, Project Room, P.S. 1, Queens, NY

Group Exhibitions
2011 Markers VII ‘Mapping’, The International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy
2010 NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration, SoWashington D.C.
2010 Paintings and Photoworks, Art Hamptons, Artventures Gallery, Bridge Hampton, NY
2009 Works on Paper, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2008 KIAF, Art Fair, Korea
2008 Photo Miami, Miami, USA
2007 Gallery Artists, Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2005 The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C.
2004 “Sculpture”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
“Enchantment” Wave Hill, N.Y.
“The International Armory Show”, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, Pier 90, New
York, NY (catalogue)
2003 “Wandering Library”, International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy
“Works from the Collection”, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
“The International Armory Show”, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, Pier 90, New
York, NY, (catalogue)
2002 “Spirit of New York”, 25 NY artists, 55 Wall St., New York, NY
“Reactions”, Exit Art, New York, NY
1999 “Works from the 70ies”, Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
1998 Chelouch Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Small Paintings”, Wainscott Gallery, Wainscott, NY
1996 “Paper”, Wainscott Gallery, Wainscott, NY
"Blue & White", Binet Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1995 "Works of the '70's", Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1994 Basel International Art fair, Basel, Switzerland.
1993 "Action Traces", Chelouche Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
"Monumental Propaganda", ICI Traveling Show, USA/Russia.
Sculpture Biennale, Ein Hod, Israel (catalogue).
“Drawing”, B4A Gallery, New York, NY
1992 “Invitational”, Bill Base Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Art Cologne, Chelouch Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
"Collage: New Applications" curated by William Zimmer, Lehman College
Art Gallery, New York, NY
1990 “Drawings”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY.
1989 "From the Frederick Weisman Collection", Neuberger Museum, New York, NY
"Art Aluminum", Muse Le Technigue, Montreal, Canada.
1988 "Embodiment Personification", Art In General, New York, NY
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
“The Candor of Form”, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY
Bali Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, New York, NY
1987 56 Bleecker Street Gallery, New York, NY
"Constructs", Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Paper Now", Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.
Snug Harbor, Outdoor Sculpture, Staten Island, NY.
"Transculture Transmedia", Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY.
"Monumental Drawings: Works by 22 Contemporary American Artists",
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Outdoor Public Sculpture
PoeTree, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel
PoeTree, A sculpture garden, Valbonne, France
“Photoworks,” Heart Center, Chaim, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
“Splendid Step”, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY U.S.A.
“On the Main Road”, Ra’anana, Israel
Sculptures, Topor Sculpture Garden, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel
“Sea of Time”, Ashkelon, Israel
“The Bright Side of Tomorrow”, School, Gates and Fences, Ma’ale Hacdomim, Israel
“Chariot of Time", University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
"The Dance", Art Acres Sculpture Park, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
"A Note in the Green", Tel-Aviv, Israel.
"Legion of Titans", Tel-Aviv, Israel.
"Beyond the Halting Step of Deeds", Riverdale, New York, USA
"Blooming Stone", Frederick Weisman Foundation of Art, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
"Rolling Rock", River Hill Sculpture, Livingstone, New Jersey, U.S.A.
"Vintage Breeze", The Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY, U.S.A.
"Wind Hunter", Jerusalem, Israel.
"Rising Path", Phillip Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Coegevie, PA, U.S.A.
"Blooming Stone", Frederick Weisman Foundation of Art, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Selected Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY
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
Malmo Museum, Malmo, Sweden.
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Ghent Museum, Ghent, Belgium.
American National Gallery, 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, Huntington, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY