Ya'acov Dorchin

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| name = Ya'acov Dorchin

| native_name = יעקב דורצ'ין

| native_name_lang = he

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|3|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Haifa, Mandatory Palestine

| nationality = Israeli

| occupation =

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Sculptor
Painter

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| known_for = Iron sculptures

| awards = {{Plainlist|

EMET Prize (2004)
Israel Prize (2011)

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Ya'acov Dorchin ({{langx|he|יעקב דורצ'ין}}; born 12 March 1946), also known as Yaacov Dorchin, is an Israeli sculptor and painter.

Biography

Dorchin was born in Haifa in Mandate Palestine in 1946. In 1967, he moved to Kibbutz Kfar HaHoresh.

In the 1980s, Dorchin began creating iron sculptures. He has lectured at the University of Haifa since 1991 and served as the head of the university's Art Department from 1997 to 2001.

As of 2020, Dorchin is the artistic director of the Basis art school, a position he took in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basis.org.il/en/school/faculty|title = Faculty, a school of art}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/1.2505832|title=בית הספר לפיסול "בסיס" עובר להרצליה, בהובלת יעקב דורצ'ין|last=Litman|first=Shani|date=December 7, 2014|newspaper=הארץ|access-date=April 24, 2020}}

In 1990 Dorchin exhibited at the Israeli Pavilion in Venice Biennale.

Awards

In 2004, Dorchin was awarded the EMET Prize, for the arts.[http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/MekableyPrasTashaa/YaacovDorchin/CV.htm Resume of Ya'acov Dorchin (in Hebrew)], Israel Prize website.
In 2011, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for the visual arts.[http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/MekableyPrasTashaa/YaacovDorchin/Nimukim.htm Judges Rationale for grant of Israel Prize (in Hebrew)], Israel Prize website[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/lyrical-and-spiritual-sculptor-yaacov-dorchin-surprised-by-israel-prize-award-for-plastic-arts-1.344882 'Lyrical and spiritual' sculptor Yaacov Dorchin surprised by Israel Prize award] Haaretz, 22 February 2011

Bibliography

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Yaacov Dorchin, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1995.

References

External links

{{IMJ-IAC|id=273181|access-date= 1 February 2012}}
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[http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/MekableyPrasTashaa/YaacovDorchin/CV.htm Resume of Ya'acov Dorchin (in Hebrew)], Israel Prize website.

Category:Israeli contemporary artists

Category:Israeli male sculptors

Category:Israeli male painters

Category:20th-century Israeli male artists

Category:21st-century Israeli male artists

Category:Israeli modern sculptors

Category:Academic staff of the University of Haifa

Category:Academic staff of Oranim Academic College

Category:Israel Prize in sculpture and painting recipients

Category:Jewish Israeli sculptors

Category:Jewish Israeli painters

Category:20th-century Israeli Jews