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Eran Neuman

Eran Neuman is an Israeli architect and architectural historian who serves as dean of the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts at Tel Aviv University.

born 1968Heading the Azrieli School of ArchitectureFounding the Azrieli Architectural ArchiveCo-founding Open Source ArchitectureResearch on performative architecture

Eran Neuman
Occupation
architect, professor
Education
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, University of California, Los Angeles

Eran Neuman was born in 1968 in Petah Tikva

Eran Neuman was born in 1968 in Petah Tikva. He studied architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. He later earned master's and doctoral degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles.

His research deals with 20th century architecture, digital architecture and the effect of new technologies on design. He has also written on architecture that commemorates the Holocaust. With Yasha Grobman he developed the idea of performative architecture.

He co-founded the research group Open Source Architecture with Aaron Sprecher and Chandler Ahrens. From 2010 to 2018 he headed the Azrieli School of Architecture at Tel Aviv University. He founded the Azrieli Architectural Archive at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and curated several exhibitions.

In 2017 he was chosen to direct the Israel Museum but did not take the post. Since October 2019 he has been dean of the Faculty of the Arts at Tel Aviv University. He lives in Tel Aviv with his partner, screenwriter Avner Bernheimer, and they have 2 sons.

Milestones in Eran Neuman's life

  1. 1968

    Born in Petah Tikva.

  2. 1989

    Began his partnership with Avner Bernheimer.

  3. 2008

    Co-curated the exhibition Performalism at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

  4. 2010

    Became head of the Azrieli School of Architecture at Tel Aviv University.

  5. 2014

    Published a book on architectural representations of the Holocaust.

  6. 2017

    Was chosen to direct the Israel Museum but declined the post.

  7. 2019

    Became dean of the Faculty of the Arts at Tel Aviv University.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Eran Neuman and Hebrew Wikipedia, ערן נוימן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Eli Posner, CC BY-SA 3.0

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