Ailnh Gor

Ilana Goor is an Israeli sculptor, designer and artist who founded the Ilana Goor Museum in Old Jaffa.

born 1936The Ilana Goor MuseumBronze and iron sculpturesFunctional art and jewelry

Born: 10 July 1936, Tiberias
Occupation: sculptor, jewelry designer, artist
Education: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Founded: Ilana Goor Museum (1995)

Ailnh Gor was born in 1936 in Tiberias

Ilana Goor was born on 10 July 1936 in Tiberias, into a family of physicians and artists. Her grandfather, Dr. Yossef Sapir, headed the maternity ward at Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem. Her brother, Professor Danny Goor, was a heart surgeon.

She developed her artistic techniques on her own and is described as self-taught. She spent 1955 to 1956 at the Bezalel art school in Jerusalem.

In the United States she first drew attention with men's belts that had large sculptural buckles. Her first solo exhibition opened in 1972 at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles. Her work spans sculpture, furniture, lighting, jewelry and fashion items, mostly in iron and bronze combined with wood, leather and glass.

Her work has been shown in Israel, Europe and North America, including at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Her outdoor sculptures include Never Again at Yad Vashem and Woman Against the Wind in Tel Aviv. In 1995 she opened her home in Old Jaffa, a former inn, as a museum of her work and collection.

She was named an Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv-Jaffa in 2016. A documentary about her by Tomer Heymann was released in 2025. She lives in Jaffa and New York.