Maty Grunberg

Maty Grunberg was born in 1943 in Skopje

Maty Grunberg was born in 1943 in Skopje, Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia. In 1948 he immigrated to Israel with his parents and his sister Liora, and he grew up in Bat Yam. His father Leo was an engineer and inventor, and his mother Bella came from the Kimchi family, whose roots were in Toledo, Spain.

He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem from 1964 to 1966. He then earned a master's degree at the Central School of Art and Design in London, from 1969 to 1971.

He lived and worked in London and New York for 44 years. He made bronze gates and reliefs for Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and New York, and sundial sculptures in England, New York and Jerusalem. He created over 25 artist books in limited editions with writers such as Natan Zach, Yehuda Amichai and Amos Oz, using etching, silk screens, woodcuts and digital prints.

Since the 1970s he has also made paper sculptures, first shown in London in 1977. In 2007 he returned to Israel and opened a studio in Bat Yam. His partner is the writer Naomi R. Azar, and he has 3 children.