Saadia Bahat
22 Joseph ST.
Kiryat Bialik, 27074, Israel.
Tel. 972 4 8772807
Resume:
Born: 1928, Lithuania. Holocaust survivor. Israel - 1946.
1956/93 R&D Engineering at RAFAEL - Armament Dev. Authority. Award: "Defense of Israel".
1989, member of the Painters and Sculptors Association of Israel.
Studies:
Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa - 52/56.
Advanced Engineering Studies, MIT. Mass. - 73/74
Sculpture: Amlan, Haifa, 58. J.(Kuba) Leibl. K. Hayim, 65/67. Metal sculpt. MIT, 74.
Drawing&Painting: Z. Shor, Petach Tikva 47. Meirovitz, Yaskil, Haifa, 58. MIT, 73/74.
American Modern Art courses: Prof. Chadvick, MIT, 73. Prof. W.Corn, Stanford Univ., 83.
Awards:
1996 Herman Struck Award by the city of Haifa, for “Stone&Fossils” sculpture.
1999 3rd prize at the International Stone Sculpture Symposium at Maalot.
Large Scale Works:
1969 Sun Dial - Stainless st. + mild st., 1.5m, Nes Ziona.
1977 "We shall remember them forever" - Concrete monument, 5m, Petach Tikva.
1979 "Strings" - Steel pipes, 4m, David Institute, Rafael.
1984 "Waves" - Stainless st. + mild st., 1x2m, Stanford Univ., Ca. US.
1994 "Surprise in stone" – Atzmon Marble, 2m, Tzuriel. (Int. Stone Sculpture Symposium, Maalot).
1995 Memorial for the Dead Associates - Stainless steel, 2.5m, David Institute, Rafael.
1995 Monument for Itzik Tzemach – Atzmon marble, 2.3m, Kibbutz Gaaton.
1997 "Computer Whirl" - Assemblage of computer parts, 2.2m, Leshem Institute, Rafael.
1999 "The Strength and the Beauty of Stone" - Marble, 2.5m, Maalot. (Int. Symposium).
2000 "Semi Circles" – Hebron stone, 2.1 m, Netanya. (Sculptors' "Happening at the Sea").
2001 "Shine" – Marmora marble, 2.2 m, "Manof" School.
2001 "Haifa Limassol – Twin Cities on a Common Sea" – Marmora marble, 2.65x1.5x.5 m,
Limassol, Cyprus. (3rd Twin Cities Sculptors' Symposium).
One Man Exhibitions:
1989 “Variations on the Theme of a Circle”, Beith Shagal, Artists’ Assoc., Haifa.
1995 "Combined Sculptures and Sculptures From the Rock Garden", G.O. Gallery, Haifa.
1998 "The Soul of the Material", Aba Hushi Cultural Center, Haifa.
1998 "1993 - 1998 Retrospective", Beith Shagal, Artists’ Assoc., Haifa.
1998 "Curator’s Selection", Ort Broide college, Carmiel (gallery shared with a painter).
2000 "Some Earlier and Entirely New Works", Cultural Center, Nesher.
2000 "The Addiction to Creativity", Beith Shagal, Artists' Assoc., Haifa.
2002 "As Clay In the Hands of the Artist", "Picasso" gallery, Castra Art Center, Haifa.
2002 "Continuation & Innovation", Kiryat Haim Cultural Center.
2002 "I am From the North", Hankin Design Gallery, Holon.
2003 “ Sculptures and Metamorphoses by Photoshop”, City Hall gallery, Carmiel.
2004 “Only on the wall”, Aba Hushi Cultulal Center, Haifa.
2004 “Ten years of creative work”, Beith Shagal, Artists’ Assoc., Haifa/
Main Group Exhibitions and Large Scale Project Proposals:
Constant participation in yearly shows of the Artists’ Assoc., regional exhibitions etc.
1990 International competition for “Jerusalem of Lithuania” monument. Vilnius,
Lithuania. Honorary Mention. The model is now at the Yad Vashem museum,
Jerusalem.
1994 "Israeli Sculptors’ Exhibition", Kibbutz Farod.
1995 "Large Scale Artworks", Beith Shagal, Artists’ assoc., Haifa.
1995 Commemorative exhibition: 50th Anniversary of the End of W.W.2.
1995 3000th Anniversary of Jerusalem. Beith Shagal, Artists’ Assoc., Haifa.
1996 Preservation of the Environment. Beith Nagler, Kiryat Hayim.
1997 Exhibition of the H.Struck Award Winners, of the last 15 years. Beith Shagal.
1997 Proposal for a 9m tall, steel sculpture for the open air museum of Tefen.
1998 Proposal and model for a monument to the Holocaust, at Bustan Hagalil.
1999 Holocaust Commemorative Exhibition. Beith Hatanach, Tel Aviv.
1999 Proposal and model for a monument to the "Sinai" Armored Division, at Latrun.
1999 "Israeli Artists Face The Millennium", Montserrat gallery, New York, USA.
2000 ArtLand gallery, Nakatsugawa City, Japan.
2001 "Light & Darkness". Beith Shagal, Artists' Assoc., Haifa.
2002 Group carving of the "Peace Totem Pole" (13m tall), Ginosar.
2003 “Haifa greets Bad Hofgastein”, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.
2004 International, Sculpture Exhibition, Kameyama Sculpt. Garden, Seki City, Japan.