| 2012-2016 | Lecturer, Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria |
| 2012 | Visiting Artist, Master Class, Art School, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 2005 – present | Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 2003 – 2005 | TA in Glass Blowing, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel |
EDUCATION
BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art, Israel
DMD, Medical Institute, Dental School, Leningrad, USSR
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts, Wheaton Village, NJ, USA
Liberty Museum of America, Philadelphia, USA
Museum of ImaJewnation, St.Louis, MO, USA
AWARDS&HONORS
| 2013 | 1st Place, Four Cups Of Wine For Freedom, Museum of ImaJewnation, St.Louis, MO, USA |
| 2012 | Award of Recognition, Minister of Education of Bulgaria |
| 2011 | 3rd place, Mediterranean Design Awards, Disseny Hub Barcelona, Spain; |
| 2006 | The CGCA Fellowship Program, The Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, NJ, USA |
| 2004 | The Corning Museum of Glass, “New Glass Review (Neues Glass) No. 25” 2nd Juror’s Prize, “Thinking in Glass”, Juror: Beth Lipman, Concord Art Association, MA, USA |
| 2002/ /2005 | Full scholarships to Pilchuck Glass School summer course, (Pilchuck, WA, USA) bestowed by Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
PAST EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | “Inspired by Handel’s Water Music 300th anniversary”, Pyramid Gallery, York, UK, Juried Exhibition “20 Years of CGS Show”, Etienne Gallery, Holland, Juried Exhibition |
| 2016 | “From Black to White and Back Again”, Glass Blowing Studio, London, UK, Juried Exhibition Pyramid Gallery, York, UK, Juried Exhibition American Design Club, NYC, Juried Exhibition |
| 2015 | Israel Glass Biennial, Invitational Exhibition, Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2014 | Bodytalk, Juried Exhibition of Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denemark TIGA, Juried Exhibition, Taos, NM, USA Body Talk Invitational Exhibition of Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium |
| 2013 | Creative Glass Center Alumni Biennial, Juried Exhibition of WheatonArts ,Milville, NJ, USA Hot Glass! New Work from the Furnace, Juried Exhibition of CGS, London, UK Four Cups Of Wine For Freedom, Juried Exhibition of Museum of ImaJewnation, St.Louis, MO, USA New Glass: Ancient Skill, Contemporary Artform, Juried Exhibition of CGS, Blackwell,UK |
| 2012 | Two person Invitational Show, “Arosita” gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria International Glass Festival, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic “Glass Games: a desire, a dream, a vision”, CGS Juried Exhibition, London, UK “Sleepless Nights of Golden Fish”, Personal Exhibition, Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2011 | SOFA Chicago, with Litvak Gallery 4th International Glass Festival, Luxembourg “Israel Glass”, group exhibition, Eretz Israel museum, Tel Aviv, Israel Glass Weekend, Wheaton Arts, NJ; with Litvak Gallery Mediterranean Design Awards, Disseny Hub Barcelona, Spain; |
| 2010 | SOFA Palm Beach, with Litvak Gallery Gallery at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, USA Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, TN, USA |
| 2009 | Group Show, Invitational, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv International Glass Prize de Strasbourg, European Studio Glass Association (ESGA), Strasbourg, France, Juried Exhibition Group Show, Energy Gallery in Toronto, Canada, Juried Exhibition “The Lingerie – Glass Fashion Show”, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA, Invitational UAMO Festival, Group Show, Munich, Germany, Juried Exhibition “09 Oh Cow!”, Crossing Art, Flushing, NY, USA, Juried Exhibition |
| 2008 | “Falling Love”, Solo Exhibition, Yaniv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel “Goyim”, Hedva Shemesh Gallery, Group Show, Jerusalem, Israel Homo Bellicus Vernissage, Berlin, Germany “Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass”, Group Show, Philadelphia Art Alliance, USA |
| 2007 | 2007 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC), Pittsburg, PA, USA “Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass” Exhibition, Juried Exhibition Group Show “Fragile Reality”, Museum of Eretz Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel “Curator’s Choice”, Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts, NJ Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem; Group Show “Water”, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 2006 | “Wearing Glass”, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK, Juried Exhibition Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC, Juried Exhibition SOFA 2006 NY, ‘Bezalel Group’ by Marvin Lipofsky, Gaffer Gallery of Fine Craft, Wheaton Village, NJ; Personal Invitation “Handcrafted”, The Arts Centre, Rocky Mount City, NC, Juried Exhibition |
| 2005 | “12×12”, Middle Tennessee State University Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition |
| 2004 | “Thinking in Glass”; Concord Art Association, MA, Juried Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Yaniv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |