Pinchas Cohen Gan - B. 1942
From the Combine Painting Series, 1990

From the Combine Painting Series, 1990
Collage and mixed media on canvas, 100X70 cm, Signed and dated.

About The Artist:

born 1942, Machnes, Morocco. Lives in Tel Aviv and New York.

Education

1967-70 Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, advanced studies

1971 Central School of Art, London

1971-73 B.A. social sciences and art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1975-77 M.F.A. in arts, Columbia University, New York



Teaching

1971-75 Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem



Awards and Prizes

1978 America-Israel Cultural Foundation

1978 Isaac Stern Creativity Prize

1979 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1991 Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphics

1991 Minister of Education Prize

1999 Acquisition Prize, Tel Aviv Museum

2005 Prize for Life's Work in Plastic Art, Ministry of Education

2005 Dizengoff Prize

2008 Israel Prize for Painting