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Boaz Vaadia

born Gat Rimon, Israel, 1951; died Brooklyn, New York, 2017

BiographySculptor Boaz Vaadia was internationally known for his figurative works made from scavenged materials. In 1968 he began studying at the Avni Institute of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv. He was drafted into the Israeli Army in 1969 but returned to his studies the next year. After graduating, he taught at Avni from 1972 until 1974. With the help of a grant from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, he came to New York in 1975 and studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In New York he began working with carved, stacked stone creating much of his sculpture for public settings, in parks and on corporate campuses. His work is on view in London, Tel Aviv and New Orleans and is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Tel Aviv Museum, among others.

For additional information visit the artist's website: http://www.vaadia.com/

[accessed 12/2017]

Artist's obituary:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/arts/design/boaz-vaadia-dead-sculptor.html?_r=0

[accessed 12/2017]

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