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Curriculum Vitae BEN Alfa

(Benyamin Alfariah)

         Born: Haifa, Israel.

         1993-1996 BA Degree, Fine Arts and Philosophy, University of Haifa, Israel.

         1998-2000 Master degree, Dutch Art Institute "DAI".

                   Postgraduate Interdisciplinary research visual arts and Media.  Holland, Enschede.

         2000-2002 Media study, Academy of Visual Arts and Design "AKI". Holland, Enschede.

         2002-2005 Conservation of Paintings, Venice Institute of cultural goods. Venice, Italy.

                   Istituto Veneto per i Beni Culturali.

         2008-2009 Design of Jewelry and accessories, Goldsmith's school E.G.Ghirardi, Turin, Italy.  

 

Art Exhibitions

 

Personal

 

2007. "Togehter alone", Circolo degli artisti. Torino. Italy.

1998.  "Avoid Eye Contact", MVB Gallery. Germany, Mainz. 

1997. "Avoid Eye contact", Haifa Auditorium, Haifa, Israel.

 

Group 

 

2009 Made in Italy, Motoazabu gallery, septembre, Tokyo, Japan.

2009, Io Espongo Edizione XII, Pastis, Torino.February.(Febbraio)

2009, War on War, Biennale of Nettuno , Bi shingle 22j, Rome. January.

 

2008. Pen Parej, Notte delle arte contemporaneo, Torino, Octobre.

2008. Italian Stars,Japan, Osaka. agust.

2008. Italian artist exhibition, Japan, Tokyo. Sept.

2007. "Alfabeto Ebraico".Spazio "sala prove". Torino.Italy.

2002. "What family?". Centro candiani, mestre venezia. Italy.

2002 "Media in your mind", The SpectaReal Group. Essex.

           England.

2001. "Foreign Affairs" , Euro-Bulgarian centre .Sofia . Bulgaria.

2000. "Junge Kunst in de Nederlands", bbk kunst forum.

            Germany, Dusseldorf.

1999. "Like the Cheese to the Burger, the Burger to the Bun".

             MEG Gallery. Toronto, Canada.

1999. "Kunstvlaai-3", Planet Art, Amsterdam, Holland.

 

Web sites with information

 

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/specta/Benjamin.htm

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/specta/

http://www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/pressrelease.pl?id=1023990367

http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/a-foreign-affair-in-sofia/id_2070/catid_32

http://en.cult.bg/events_varts_exh_in.php?id=70

http://www.shingle22j.com/

http://www.espace446.com/2008/1027.htm

 

http://zuckerboom.spreadshirt.co.uk/ 


Job Experience

from 2009-10    Working for a Jewelry company in Turin.     

2006-2007.  Studio Rava – Conservation of Art.

a.  Restoration at the San Massimo Church, Torino.

b.  Restoration of paintings from the Royal Palace of Torino.2007.

c. Restoration at the church of the Mission in Mondovi, at the Ligurian Region, italy.

d.  restoration and cleaning with Laser Nd-Yag, cleaning of stones of the 1500 period.

2006. Illustrazion for two books of psychology in Israel.

2005.  Stage at the Sagredo Palace ( Palazzo Sagredo) in Venice , Italy.

Activity: Restoration of Affreschi, wood, inforcement of rilievi etc.

2005. The restoration of a painting on canvas dated from the 17 century, Madonna addolorata for my finale thesis. :

" Innovative Techniches for the cleaning of paintings, The L.A.S.E.R.". 2005.

2003. Restoration and maintenance of a contemporary artwork, made by the Israeli Artist Eti Haik Naor. 

A 2m2 Rise cube. for the exhibition "Open Asia",

Lido, Venice, Italy.

2003-2005. Working for the Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Italy:

2003, Michal Rovner, "The space between".

2004, biennale of architecture, 2Border line".

2005, Guy-Ben-Ner, "Tree House kit".

1997. Working for the Multimedia department,

University of Haifa Library.

Activity: Graphic for web service and help desk for student.