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Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman is an American-Israeli designer and former MIT professor known for work that combines design, biology, computing and materials engineering.

born 1976Coining the term material ecologyThe Mediated Matter groupThe Silk PavilionPrinting optically transparent glass

Born: 6 February 1976, Haifa
Occupation: architect, designer, university teacher, artist
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Neri Oxman was born in 1976 in Haifa

Neri Oxman was born in Haifa in 1976 to architecture professors Robert and Rivka Oxman. Her sister Keren Oxman is an artist. She grew up in Israel and spent time in her parents' architecture studio.

She graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa. After the army she studied medicine at the Hebrew University for 2 years, then moved to architecture at the Technion. She finished her degree at the Architectural Association in London in 2004 and began doctoral studies at MIT in 2005.

She served in the Israeli Air Force and reached the rank of first lieutenant.

In 2010 she completed her doctorate, became a professor at MIT and founded the Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab. The group built new printing platforms and works made with silkworms and bees, such as the Silk Pavilion. She received tenure in 2017.

Her works are held by museums including MoMA and SFMOMA, and MoMA showed an exhibition of her work in 2020. In January 2019 she married Bill Ackman.