Rutu Modan (b. 1966)

Education
1988-1992 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Awards And Prizes
1997 Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Education
1998 Citation, The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children’s Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 Ben-Yitzhak Prize for Children’s Books Illustration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2001 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
2002 Citation, The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children’s Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2004 Citation, The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children’s Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 Chosen Artist, Israel Cultural Exellence Foundation
2006 Prize for Design, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2005 Citation, The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children’s Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2008 Eisner Prize for Comics, at the “Comic-con” Convention, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
2013 Best Foreign Comic Book Award, Lucca Comics & Games, Lucca, Italy
2014 The Heritage Essential, Angoulême International Comics Festival, Angoulême, France
2014 Eisner Prize for Comics, at the “Comic-con” Convention, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Group Exhibitions (in the field of printmaking)
2005 Orlando, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem