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Efrat Natan

Efrat Natan is an Israeli artist who works in painting, sculpture, performance, installation and video, and who was born on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in 1947.

born 1947The sculpture "Swing of the Scythe"The performance "Head Sculpture"The performance "Milk"Art drawing on kibbutz life

Occupation: painter, sculptor, performance artist, installation artist

Efrat Natan was born in 1947 in Israel

Efrat Natan was born in 1947 on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Beit She'an Valley, and she grew up there. She lived on the kibbutz until the 1970s. There she made posters and stage sets for the holidays.

She studied painting at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv. She then studied privately with Raffi Lavie in Ramat Gan. In 1970 she took part in the Mattress Exhibition with Lavie's 10+ group.

Her work joins body art with minimalism and draws on kibbutz life, the Beit She'an Valley and utopian ideals. In the 1970s she made performances that criticized Israeli militarism after the Six-Day War. In 1973 she walked through Tel Aviv wearing a wooden sculpture on her head, and in 1974 she poured milk down a stairwell in the performance "Milk".

Her 2002 sculpture "Swing of the Scythe" is made of scythes set in a circle and is in the permanent exhibition of the Israel Museum. The museum held a retrospective of her work in 2016.

Milestones in Efrat Natan's life

1947
Born on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin.
1970
Took part in the Mattress Exhibition with the 10+ group.
1973
Performed "Head Sculpture" in the streets of Tel Aviv.
1974
Performed "Milk" at the Midrasha School of Art in Herzliya.
1979
Received the Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist.
2002
Created the sculpture "Swing of the Scythe" and received the Prize to Encourage Creativity.
2006
Received the Ministry of Education Prize for the Fine Arts.
2009
Received the Mifal Hapayis Prize for the Fine Arts.
2016
Had a retrospective exhibition at the Israel Museum.