Tanya Preminger (), is an artist working in various media: environmental art, site-specific art, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography. She is mostly known for her land art projects and large-scale stone sculptures.
Her diverse body of work has been displayed internationally in numerous exhibitions and symposiums.
Tanya Preminger Novozilova was born in Taganrog, Russia. Her father was Nikolay Novozilov, a scientist and winner of the Lenin award, and her mother was Inna Prochaska, an engineer and a lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow.
Tanya earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
She married Osip Preminger, and the couple has 4 daughters. Since 1972 she lives, works and teaches in Israel.
Preminger works mainly in natural materials. Her early sculptures were done from clay, wood, and stone, and later she began including earth, grass, water, snow and other materials.
Tanya has presented dozens of solo exhibitions in Israel in various venues, including : The Negev Museum, Open Museum Omer, Ramat Gan Museum, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Lutshansky Museum, Painters and Sculptors Association Gallery, Tova Osman Gallery, Jerusalem Artists House, and Efrat Gallery.
Preminger has participated in over 240 symposiums, competitions and group exhibitions worldwide.
Her monumental works and environmental projects are installed in more than 38 countries around the world.
In 2008 Preminger founded the âÂÂGreen GalleryâÂÂ- an open-air gallery for Land Art in Arsuf Kedem, Israel.<br />
2013 Grant of âÂÂArtistâ for Setouchi Trienale, Japan.<br /> 2009 Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Museum, Latvia.<br /> 2002 Artist-in-residence grant. University of Houston, Texas, USA.<br /> 1991 Artist-in-residence grant. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA.
2020 âÂÂCorona in the Green Galleryâ Exhibition. Green Gallery - open air gallery for Environmental Art. Israel.
2020 International Stone Sculpture symposium. Ganey Tikva. Israel.
2020 Galkot International Sculpture Symposium. Baglung. Nepal.
2019 The 3rd âÂÂSpoonbill Cupâ Public Art Exhibition, China.
2019àâÂÂThe Marble Mile FestivalâÂÂ, Poleskoi, Ural, Russia.
2018àâÂÂChina Tongchuan Xuanzang Roadâ international sculpture symposium. Tongchuan. China.
2018 ÃÂ FAD, El Primero Simposio Internacional de Esculturea. University of Mendoza. Argentina.
2018 ÃÂ International Stone Sculpture symposium .Maalot-Tarshiha. Israel.
2017àâÂÂWinners of Ministry of Culture Prize ExhibitionâÂÂ, MOBY Museum, Bat Yam, Israel.
2017ÃÂ The 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China. China.
2017 ÃÂ International Land Art Residency, Narrative Movements Komdhara, Hooghly, India.
2016àâÂÂBienal Internacional de Escultura CompetitionâÂÂ, Resistencia. Argentina.
2015ÃÂ "Center of point is on the side". The sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
2013 àâÂÂSetouchi TrienaleâÂÂ, International Exhibition. Sakaide. Japan.
2012ÃÂ "Hidden Cities" International ArtExpo, Koza Art Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
2011ÃÂ "Sea art festival" Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea.
2011àâÂÂ100 years of Tsinghua UniversityâÂÂàInternational Exhibition . Beijing, China.
2009àâÂÂRitual Cutâ project. Artist Residence grant, Pedvale Open Air Art Museum,àLatvia.
2009ÃÂ "Horizons Rencontre Art Nature"ÃÂ International Exhibition, Massif du Sancy, France.
2008ÃÂ "La Piera Musa Agresti" Prize, Cultural Center Domo Dorossa, Italy.
2003ÃÂ Fuzhow International Sculpture Exhibition. Fuzhow, China.
1995 ÃÂ International Female Biennale. Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 "Israel Contemporary Sculpture". Museum HRA, Japan.
1988 "40 from Israel". Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA.