Uri Lifschitz (1936-2011)

Uri Lifschitz was born in 1936 on Kibbutz Givat HaShlosha. In 1963 he was first introduced to etching by Tuvia Beeri. He then worked at Daniel Ferlatte’s studio in Kfar Szold. His early prints were of a surreal-theatrical nature, distinguished by use of acquaint. His late works, from the 1980s onwards, focused on social-political issues. He lived and worked in Tel Aviv. His works can be found among the collections of the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and many others.

Education
1953-1954 Oranim Seminar
1959 painting course in Kibbutz Naan

Awards And Prizes
1965 Youth Prize in Exhibition of Young Israeli Artists
1966 Marc Chagall Fellowship
1965 Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Arts, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1982 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1985 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
Uri Lifshitz – Etchings, Peer Fine Art Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Solo Exhibitions (selection in the field of printmaking)
1972 Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1974 Uri Lifshitz: Painting, Drawings, Etchings, Tel Aviv-Yafo Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1979 Paintings and Etchings
Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod
2014 Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem

Group Exhibitions (selection in the field of printmaking)
1981 Process and Print:An Exhibition of Working Proofs, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
1981 Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1991 Back to Painting in Israeli Prints, Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1994 The Printer’s Imprint: Twenty Years with the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2001 Dyo-Eikon: Portrait Exhibition, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2003 In Memory – Hanoch Levin, The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2019 Dialogue: Sidon Rothenberg and the Print Workshop Artists, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem