Art and designצבי גולדשטיין

Zvi Goldstein

Zvi Goldstein is a Romanian-born Israeli visual artist who has taught at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

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Born: 21 January 1947, Cluj County
Occupation: visual artist
Education: Brera Academy, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Zvi Goldstein was born in 1947 in Cluj County

Zvi Goldstein was born in 1947 in Cluj, Romania, to Hungarian Jewish parents who had survived concentration camps. He was their only son. In 1958 the family emigrated to Kiryat Gat, Israel.

He left school in 1962 and worked at a textile plant in Kiryat Gat. He was accepted to the Bezalel Academy in 1964. In 1969 he went to Europe and studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, earning a diploma in 1972.

His military service began in November 1964, and he fought in the Six-Day War in 1967. During the 1982 Lebanon War he served in patrols. Later he refused to serve in Lebanon and was imprisoned as a conscientious objector.

He held his first solo show in Milan in 1972 and returned to Israel in 1978. He became a lecturer at Bezalel, and his works are held by the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum and the Pompidou Center. In 2004 he published an English novel.

Milestones in Zvi Goldstein's life

1947
Born in Cluj, Romania.
1958
Emigrated with his parents to Israel.
1964
Accepted to the Bezalel Academy.
1972
Graduated from the Brera Academy and held his first solo show.
1978
Returned to Israel from Milan.
1982
Called up for the First Lebanon War.
2002
Received the LennonOno Grant for Peace.
2008
Won a lifetime achievement prize from the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport.
2013
Won the EMET Prize.
2016
Won the Rappaport Prize.

Zvi Goldstein served in the military

He served in the IDF from November 1964 and fought on the Gaza and Sinai front in the 1967 Six-Day War. In the First Lebanon War he served in patrols, then refused to serve in Lebanon and was jailed as a conscientious objector.