Painter, Sculptor, Collages. b. 1945, Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Israel in 1951. Studies: 1966-70 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv; 1971 CaliforniaCollege of Arts and Crafts; 1972-74 M.F.A., San FranciscoStateUniversity. Prizes: 1983 NYS Council for the Arts; 1990 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (U.S.A.); 1992 Guest Artist Fellowship, Artists? Union, USSR. Outdoor Sculpture: 1998 RaananaSculpturePark. 2005 Was chosen by NASA to create a tribute in memory of the Colombia spaceship. Lives and works in New York.