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Rivka Uziel

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Born in Bulgaria, mother of four and grandmother of thirteen, Rivka is an international artist and curator. Her works are displayed in public institutions and private collections all over the world, including the Weizmann Institute of Science, the municipalities of Rishon Le'zion and Ramle, the Entebbe's airport, and private collections in Europe, Africa, the United States, and Canada.

Education

  • Graduate of the Lewinsky Teacher's College 

  • Graduate of the Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv Universit

  • Studied in art classes at the Smilansky Hall of Culture in Rehovot

  • Studied art history and art print at the Tel Aviv Museum

  • Graduate of the Kalisher Art School in Tel Aviv

Career

  • For the past 25 years, the curator of the annual exhibition 'Different but One' of the faculty staff. 

  • During the years '96 -'99, taught voluntarily in the Department of Art at the University of Makerere in Kampala, Uganda.

  • 32 years literature and Bible teacher at Ramla-Lod High School.

  • Presented many solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Israel, Europe, the United States, and Africa.​

Exhibitions

  • Participated in "Art '95" in New York

  • African exhibition in Brussels in 1997

  • Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal

  • The Biennale of East Africa in Tanzania in 2006

  • The Biennale of Miniatures in Poland in 2006

Assosiactions

  • Member of the Association of Painters and Sculptors in Israel

  • Member of the Ugandan Artists' Association

  • Active participant in WAG Israel

Press​
Articles about her work appear in the journal 'Artis Spectrum' and in the catalog of the Biennale East Africa, Tanzania 2006; The Artists directory in Israel and in many journals in Uganda and Bulgaria and of course, in Israel

Awards

  • First place in collage art in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2006

  • First Prize at the WAG International competition 2021 on the depiction of a 'Celebration'

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