Prof. Deganit Stern Schocken
Born 1947 in Kibbutz Amir, Israel
Education
2000 – 2001 Middlesex
University, London, UK, Masters of Arts
with merit in Design
1977 – 1978 Middlesex
Polytechnic (Hornsey School of Art)
, London, UK
Jewelry
Design Department
1974 – 1976 Sir
John Cass School of Art, London, UK
Jewelry
Design Department
1972 – 1973 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Jewelry
Design Department
1968 – 1972 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Department
of Industrial Design and Environmental Design
'Bezalel Graduate'
Solo Exhibitons
2007 Galerie
Spektrum, Munich, Germany,
Two
person show with Esther Knobel
2003 How
Many is One, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999 Hopscotch,
The Artists’ Residence, Herzliya,
Israel
1999 Deganit Stern Schocken, La
Galeria de Arte Alfredo Melgar
hosted by La Galeria
de jouas Concha Garcia , Madrid, Spain
1999 Pubelle, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Two-person
show with industrial designer Ron Gilad
1998 Hopscotch Nachshon
Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel
1998 Contemporary
jewelry: Jerusalem Helen Drutt Gallery,
Philadelphia,
U.S.A
1997 Bijoux
- Sculptures Galerie Equinox, Geneva, Switzerland
1997 Replacements
Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996 Replacements
Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
1994 Rachel Spectator Office in
Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Two-person
show with architect Francis Nordemann
1993 Deganit Schocken Galerie Equinoxe, Geneva, Switzerland
1991 Architecture,
Sculpture, Jewelry Bertha Urdang Gallery,
New
York, U.S.A
1989 Deganit Stern Schocken Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, U.S.A
1985 Schmuck Galerie in der Hofstatt, Marbourg, Germany
Two-person show with Miriam Sharlin
1984 Open
and Closed Galerie Faust, Geneva, Switzerland
Two-person
show with Miriam Deonna
1984 Deganit Schocken Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
1980 Brooches
Debel Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Two-person
show with Esther Knobel
Selected Group exhibitions
2008 History
of traveling symposium'
-
Czech
center Bratislava Slovakia
2008 Women's
Tales: The Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA
Four
leading Israeli Jewelers
parallel exhibition of the Loupe Gallery, New Jersey, USA
"Women's
Tales" jewelers
Framing
the Art of Jewelry Museum of Contemporary
Craft, Portland, OR, USA
2007 Framing
the Art of Jewelry Metalsmith Magazine
Exhibition
In Print
Heaven
and Earth – Israeli Jewelry Biennial Eretz Israel
Museum,
Tel Aviv, Israel
SOFA
– Chicago Chicago, USA
' Radiant – 30 Jaar Ra ', NECK '
LACE ' Stedelijk Museum
Roermond, Holland
2006 Women's
Tales Traveling Exhibition,
Four Leading Israeli Jewelers The Israel
Museum,
Jerusalem,
Israel
And
the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA
Chatelaines:
a tribute to a role model Traveling Exhibition,
Helen
Drutt, USA
Paperwork,
paper works, Theheder, Contemporary art
Tel
Aviv, Israel
Radiant
– 30 years Ra, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
2005 72
Designers Define Design Amiad Center, Jaffa, Israel
2004 How
to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare Kalisher Gallery,
Tel
Aviv, Israel
Fruits
of Paradise Museo Archeologico,
Lisbon, Portugal
Restrospective Symposia
Final
works of the International Reverso Gallery, Lisbon,
Portugal
Symposium
Jewelry Design
SOFA New York City,
USA - The International Expositions of Sculpture
Objects and Functional Art
Material
Culture: Crafts of Israel Crafts Alliance, St. Louise, USA
2003 Six
Individual Voices Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria
Recipient
of the Alix de Rothschild Award
2002 Chain Reaction – Israeli
Jewelry II Eretz Israel Museum,
Tel
Aviv, Israel
Pièce/ À/ Conviction Galerie
Tactil, Geneva, Switzerland
Broche
/ Broach Galerie Tactil, Geneva, Switzerland
Joint
exhibition with Estie Knobel
and Vered Kaminsky
2001 Flowers
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
2001 Masquerade
25th anniversary celebrations
Galerie
Ra. Amsterdam, Holland
One
Night Expendable Jewel Mirage Studio, Padua, Italy
Love
at First Site Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Israeli
Art from the collection of Vera, Sylvia and Arturo Schwartz
1999 Nations,
Tolerance, Fashion Interdisciplinary Institute for
Art
and Science, Holon, Israel
La Renaissance du Bijou Galerie Piltzer, Paris, France
Izika Israel Museum, Jerusalem, A Tribute to Izika Gaon
1998 Brooching It Diplomatically A Tribute to Madeleine K.
Albright
Traveling
world exhibition
1998 Teachers
Presenting Ascola College professors
Ascola Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998 Studs of Silver – Israeli jewelry I
Eretz Israel Museum,
Tel Aviv, Israel
1997 Flat
to Rent Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Humanism 2020? 4th Sculpture Biennale Ein
Hod, Israel
1996
Format A6 Galerie Equinoxe, Carouge/Geneve,
Switzerland
Station
Transformation - Poza Central Station, Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 Women
/ Beyond Borders
Traveling world exhibition
Or
et Médailles The
World Gold Council Institute, Paris, France
Drawing-Object
II Gimmel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1994 The
Great Epoch of the Ring Salle Andre
Malraux
Municipality
of Uzes, France
Vingt ans de Bijoux Contemporains Gallery
Cheret, Paris, France
L’unique et le multiple Galerie
Helen Poree. Paris, France
Tel Aviv in the tracks of the Bauhaus Ha’aretz
Building,
Tel
Aviv, Israel
Israeli
Contemporary Crafts The National Museum of Modern Art
Tokyo
and Kyoto, Japan
Local
Goddesses –Migdal David Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Offerings
from Contemporary Designers Ascola Gallery,
Tel
Aviv, Israel
1993 Animals Authenta
Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Unrealized
Projects Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel
1992 3rd
Triennale du Bijou Musee des
Arts Decoratif, Paris, France
Stone
- Touch - Jewelry The
Oppenheimer Diamond Museum
Ramat
Gan, Israel
Jewelry
for Hand and Ear - Thinking the Future Hanau, Germany
Schwabisch
Gmünd, Germany
1991 20th
anniversary exhibition at Electrum Gallery. London, UK
1990 2nd
Triennale du Bijou Musee de
Luxembourg, Paris, France
Using
Gold and Silver International Jewelry Competition
Schwabisch Gmünd, Germany
Commended
on the theme Signs of Personality
Traveling
Exhibition
Schmuckszene ’90 42nd International Jewelry Exhibition
Munich,
Germany
1989 The
Chicago International Navy Pier, Chicago, U.S.A.
New
Art Forms Exposition
1988 Amulett and Talisman Staedtisches
Museum,
Schwabisch
Gmund, Germany, Traveling Exhibition
Bezalel Graduates
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1987 Movement
In Jewelry - Jewelry In Movement Hanau, Germany
1986 Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View
The Monmouth Museum of Art, Lincroft, New Jersey, U.S.A.
The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
1985-86 Jewelry
for Head and Hair Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany
1985 International
Exhibition Galerie R. Dentler, Ulm, Germany
1984 Modern
Jewelry: 1964 – 1984 Le Chateau Dufresne Montreal
Museum
of Decorative Arts Montreal, Canada
Traveling
Exhibition
The
Jewelry International Exhibition American Craft Museum
New
York, U.S.A
1983 The
5th Tokyo Triennial Tokyo, Japan
International
Jewelry Art
1981 Jewelry
Gallery Alef, Tel Aviv, Israel
with Estie Knobel,
Israel Dahan and Benny Bronstein
1978 Diamonds
Tomorrow The De Beers Company, London, England
Competition
Commendation
1976 Bezalel 70+ Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Planned exhibitions
2009 " Natural History Museum" group exhibition
The
Petah Tikva Museum of Art Israel
Work
permanently on display at
Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
Helen
Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Loupe Gallery, New
Jersey, USA
Mettalwerk Gallery, Washington DC, USA
Galerie
Spektrum, Munich, Germany
Moss
Gallery, New York, USA
Teaching & Management
2008 Design
The
Jewelery design departement
The
textile design department
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
1998-2007 Founder and Head of the Department of Jewelry
Design
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
Ramat-Gan, Israel
Architecture
Interior
Design Department
Ascola School of Design
Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 Jewelry Design
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
Ramat-Gan, Israel
1994 Artist
in Residence
Cite
des Arts
Paris,
France
1991-96 Jewelry
Design and Decorative Arts
The
Bloomfield College of Art and Design
Haifa,
Israel.
1985-89 Jewelry Design
The
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Jerusalem,
Israel.
Visiting lecturer
industrial Design Department
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, Israel
1994 Parsons
School of Art, Paris Branch Paris, France
1994 Royal
College of Art London, UK
1994 Schwabisch
Gmund, Germany
Symposia & Conferences
2008 Between
Construction &Emotion –international
Jewelery Conference Bratislava, Guest speaker Slovakia
2007 "Women's
Tales" conference, Museum of Fine Arts
Houston,
TX, USA
Ars Ornata Europeana
Manchester, England, guest speaker
2006 The
Multidisciplinary Program of the Arts, Tel Aviv University
Tel
Aviv, Israel guest speaker
Motar conference: The Bible in Art, Tel Aviv University
Tel
Aviv, Israel guest speaker
Racine
Art Museum Society meeting Racine, Wisconsin, USA
2004 International
Symposium - Jewelry Design Lisbon, Portugal
guest speaker
Conference
of Israeli Ceramists Union at Eretz Israel
Museum
Tel
Aviv, Israel guest speaker
2000 The
Jewelry Seminar at Konstfack. Stockholm, Sweden
guest speaker: Body
& Sign – Urban Jewelry
International
Symposium - Jewelry & Precious stone
Turnov, Czech Republic guest speaker
International
Enamel Symposium 2000 Bristol, England
Artist
workshops
Sense
of Wonder – Association for Contemporary Jewelry
Birmingham,
England conference
1999 Ars Ornata Europeana
– Krakow, Poland
4th
International Conference for artists & jewelry designers
guest speaker
Ars Ornata Europeana
- Barcelona, Spain
4th
International Conference for artists and jewelry designers
1994 Goldsmiths
and Silversmiths Convention
Schwäbisch Gmünd,
Germany
Curating
2008 "Air" - group exhibition – Shenkar
Lecturers.
Gallery 'THecheder"
Tel-Aviv Israel
Gallery Loupe,
New Jersey, USA
2005 Beaten Gold" – Israeli Jewelry
III Eretz Israel Museum,
Tel
Aviv, Israel
Journey to the End of the Millennium
Shenkar College of Engineering & Design
Designing
jewelry for the Opera
Ramat Gan, Israel
2002 Combinations
– a retrospective of collaboration
In
association with H. Stern Shenkar College of
Engineering
& Design
Ramat
Gan, Israel
1994 Beyond
Jewelry Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
Jerusalem,
Israel
Planned exhibition
2008 Air
(Avir Avir) The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv,
Israel
Public Professional Activities
2000 – 2007 member
of the faculty committee at
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
2000 – 2004 member
of the Operating Committee for the
Administration
of Plastic Art
Ministry
of Science, Culture and Sport
2003 member
of the professional jury for the Design Awards
2000 member
of the professional jury for the Young Artist awards
in Jewelry Design
2003 - member of the administrative committee of
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
member of the professional jury for the San Paolo Biennale
2002 member
of the professional jury of the Architecture
Biennale
in Venice
member of the Steering Committee for creating the
Israeli
Design Museum in Holon
1998 – 2000 member
of the Evaluating Committee for Art Schools in Israel
Ministry
of Culture and Education
Private and Public Collections
The permanent collection of The Brooklyn Museum of
Art, Brooklyn, USA
The permanent collection of the Israel Museum,
Jerusalem, Israel
The Vera, Silvia and Arturo Schwartz Collection, the
Israel Museum, Israel
The permanent collection of the Tel Aviv Museum, Tel
Aviv, Israel
The permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum,
Wisconsin, USA
The permanent collection of Nordenfjeldske
Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Galleria Nachshon,
Kibutz Nachshon, Israel
Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel
Aviv, Israel
Helen Drutt Gallery,
Philadelphia, U.S.A
Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
Spektrum Gallery, Munich, Germany
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany