VERED KAMINSKI
1953 Born
in Kibbutz Revadim, Israel
1975-1979 B.A.,
Department of Gold and Silversmithing, Bezalel Academy of Art and
Design. Israel
1979-1980 Postgraduate
Studies at the Rietveld Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, NL
1986-1988 M.A. (Combined
degree - practical and theoretical), Department of Plastic Arts, University of Paris VIII, Vincennes at Saint-Denis; F
Group Exhibitions
2007 "Koach 17", Gallery Irony Ramla,
Ramla.
"Heaven
and Earth", Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv,
Israel
2006 "Sari Faran-Curator of Israeli Design", Soho,
Tel Aviv, Israel
"Parures", travelling exhibition, F
SOFA,
New York., USA
"Radiant",
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam; NL
2005 "Beaten
Gold", Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv; Israel
"Recipients Prizes in
Art and Design from the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sport, 2004",
"SAFE: Design Takes On
Risk", MOMA, New York, USA
"SOFA"
Chicago, USA
2004 "Valuable
Links", Maastricht, Sofia, Vienna; exhibition under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Embassy,
Vienna; A
"Birthday Party", The Gallery of Art,
Legnica, PL
"Star Project" and exhibition,
Synagogue Voehl, D
2003 Co-Exhibition, V&V Galerie, Vienna, A
"Head Guard", Bezalel
Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Not Only Bowl", Thegallery,
Shoeva.
2002 “Exhibit”, Galerie Tactile, Geneva, I
2001 "Not
Themselves Reused Objects", Israeli painters
& sculptors
association, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Mikromegas", Galerie of BKV (Bavarian Association
for Art
and Crafts), Munich; D
“Maskerade”,
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
rings
exhibition, Galerie Stuhler,
Berlin, D
“SOFA”, Chicago; USA
1999 "A
Matter of Material", travelling exhibition, USA.
"People,
Tolerance and Fashion", Interdisciplinary Center
for Arts and Science,Holon,
"70
Designers in tribute to Izzika Gaon",
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
"About the
Body", Museums Forum for Art,
Israel.
1998 "Friendship
Rings", Michele Zeller Gallery, Bern, CH
"Accessories
for Men", Michele Zeller Gallery, Bern; CH
"Jewelry
Moves", Royal Museum, Edinburgh, GB
"SOFA",
Chicago, New York; USA
"Studs of Silver/Israeli Jewelry", Eretz Israel Museum, Ramat Aviv, Israel
"Continuity and Change: 92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel", travelling exhibition;
1997 Diamond
Jewelry Competition, Israel Export Institute, Tel
Aviv, Israel
Symposium
97 Exhibition, Okreshi Museum, Ceskeho
Raje, Turnov; SK
1996 "Reasonable
Physical Force", Ami Steinitz Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Israel
"Schmuckszene", Munich; D
1995 "Object
Object," Kfar Saba
Museum, Herzliya Museum and Ein Hod
"Passion
and Profession", Galerie Ra, Amsterdam; NL
1994 "Beyond
Jewelry - Design as Comment", Bezalel 1, Jerusalem.
1993 "Schmuckszene", Munich; D
"Five
Stones", Herzliya Museum and travelling exhibition.
1992 "A
Stone, a Touch, a Jewel", Diamond Museum, Ramat Gan.
"Triennale du Bijou", Musee
Des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; F
"Seams",
Ashdod Museum, Yad Le Banim,
Petach Tikva Museum and Haifa
University Gallery of Art; Israel
1991 Travelling
exhibition, Alix de Rothschild Foundation.
1991 "Very
Important Objects", Harmony, Jerusalem, Israel
"Jewelery Arsenals", Kunst-Handwerk
Museum, Frankfurt; D
1990 "Thema
V & V", Galerie V & V, Vienna; A
"Triennale du Bijou", Musee
du Luxembourg, Paris; F
1988 "Fiac Edition", Grand Palais, Paris; F
1987 "1ere
Biennale du Bijou", Hotel de Sens, Paris; F
1986 "10 Years Ra", Galerie Ra, Amsterdam; NL
1985 "New
Jewelry", Kulturhuset, Stockholm; S
"Neon
1975-85", Louvain-la-Neuve Museum, B
1984 "Contemporary
Jewelry", National Museum of Modern Art,
Kyoto and Tokyo; J
1983 Bezalel exhibition, Porte de Versailles, Paris; F
Bezalel traveling
exhibition - American venues.
1982 "Schmuck
'82 Tendenzen", Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim;
D
"Modern
Israeli Jewelry", Mikomoto
Hall, Tokyo; J
"Bezalel Graduate", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1981 "Retrospective Francoise Van den Bosch", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; NL
1980 Galerie
Alto, Rotterdam; NL
1980 "Schmuck
International 1900-1980", Künstlerhaus, Vienna;
A
1981 "Versierde Mode", Confectie Centrum, Amsterdam; NL
Bezalel exhibition, de Zonnehof,
Amersfoort, NL
1979 "Christmas
1980", Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam; NL
1979 "Christmas
1980", Electrum Gallery, London; GB
1979 Bezalel exhibition, Plaza Hotel, Jerusalem; Israel
1979 "Armschmuck", Schmuckmuseum,
Pforzheim, D
1978 Bezalel traveling exhibition shown at European and American venues.
Solo and Co Exhibitions
2007 Solo
exhibition, "Branching", Gallery Ziggurat, Jerusalem.
2007 Co-Exhibition,
"Crafting A Culture", Gallery Loupe, Montclair,NJ,
USA.
2006 "Women's
Tales - Four Israeli Jewellers", Racine Art Musuem, Wisconsin,
USA.
2005 Co-Exhibition, Galerie V & V, Vienna, A
2005 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel, Galerie "Hipotesi",
Barcelona, E
2005 Solo
Exhibition, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel and Deganit
Stern Schocken, Galerie
Tactil, Geneva, I
2001 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel and Deganit
Stern Schocken, Marijke Studio,Padova; I
1999 Solo
Exhibition, Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996 Solo Exhibition,
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
1992 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel, Kalisher
Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1992 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
1991 Solo Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1991 Solo Exhibition,
Galerie V & V, Vienna; A
1986 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pegotty, Paris, F
1981 Co-Exhibition,
With Esther Knobel, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
1981 Co-Exhibition, Galerie
Neon, Brussels, B
Honors & Grants
2004 Israel
Ministry of Culture Design Prize.
First
prize of The Crate and Barrel Israeli Product Design Award for the Home and Its Surroundings
1996 Co-winner,
With Esther Knobel, The International Judaica Design Competition/Jerusalem
- 3000 Years.
1987 Prize, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel
1985 - 88 French Government
M.A. Grant.
1980 Amsterdam
Jewish Community Grant.
1979 Bezalel Academy Prize of Excellence
1978 City of
Jerusalem Prize of Distinction.
1977 Bezalel Academy Prize of Excellence.
Shapiro
Prize for Judaica.
Teachings
2005 Visiting Lecturer, Escola Massana, Barcelona, E
2002 Visiting
Lecturer, Haute Ecole D'Arts
Applique, Geneve, CH
1996 Visiting
Lecturer, Rietveld Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam,
NL
1996 Visiting Lecturer,
Academy of Art, Munich, D
1994 Visiting
Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence,
1989 - 90 Jewelry
Design, College of Design, WIZO, Haifa, Israel
1988 - 89 Jewelry
Design, "Memad" School of Art, Tel
Aviv.
1988 - 90 Professor,
Department of Jewelry and Fashion Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1987 Jewelry
Design, B.J.O. Formation, Academie International de Stylisme, Paris; F
Other Proffessional
Activities
2007 Member,
Judging Panel, The Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for the Arts -
"The
Andy", Jerusalem, Israel
2005 "Ad©ersity" Exhibition for Bezalel
students, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Participation and represention of the Bezalel
Academy Jewelry Department, “Ornament, is it still a crime?” symposium, Geneva; I
2001 Curator,
“Israeli Jewelry 2” exhibition, Eretz
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2001 Member,
Judging Panel, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, - Jewelry grant
1999 - 01 Member, Public
Council for Culture and Art (Plastic Arts),
Israel
1999 Tel
Aviv Museum Benefit Auction in France (Sotheby’s),
F
1998 Design of trophy, “Aviv”
Prize, America – Israel Cultural Foundation.
1997 Curator
"Nidbach", The Artists House, Jerusalem,
Israel
1997 Partipated/Lectured at Symposium 97, Okresni
Museum, Ceskeho Raje, Turnov, SK
Works in Public Collections
Spertus Museum, Chicago, USA
Stedelijk Museum, NL
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris,
F
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Dept. of Design, Israel
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Dept. of Judaica,
Israel
Vydalo Okresni, Turno, Chech Republic.
New Pinakothek der Moderne Museum, Munich., D