Nahum Tevet

Nahum Tevet is an Israeli sculptor and art teacher known for installations built from geometric and everyday forms.

born 1946Large labyrinth-like sculptural installationsIsraeli minimalist artHeading Bezalel's master's program

Occupation: sculptor, printmaker

Nahum Tevet was born in 1946 in Mesilot

Nahum Tevet was born in 1946 in Kibbutz Mesilot. His parents, Mendel and Feiga Toib, came from Poland in the 1930s. His mother died when he was a baby.

In high school he took art classes at Oranim with Marcel Janco and others. In 1969 he began studying privately with the painter Rafi Lavie.

He was drafted in 1965 and served as an officer in the Armored Corps. He fought on the Golan Heights front in the Six-Day War.

Around 1970 he stopped making traditional paintings and turned to objects and installations. He had his first solo show in Jerusalem in 1972 and a solo show at the Israel Museum in 1976. Robert Rauschenberg bought several of his works.

From 1980 he taught sculpture at Bezalel, and from 2001 to 2010 he headed its master's program in art. He retired from teaching in 2013, the year he received the EMET Prize. His work has appeared at Documenta 8 and the Venice Biennale.