Lihie Talmor

Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Receives a B.Sc. in Architecture and Urban Planning in 1969 from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Completes her B.A. in Poetics and Comparative Literature at the University of Tel-Aviv in 1971 and teaches there until 1974. At the same time, studies painting at the studio of the Israeli painter Pinchas Abramovitch. In 1980, moves to Caracas, Venezuela. Enrolls at the Center of Studies for the Graphic Arts (CEGRA) from 1981 to 1983, and studies painting at Walter Margulis' studio. Since 1984, has worked on art projects, taught and participated in courses in cultural centers and workshops in Italy, Belgium, the United States, Israel, Colombia and Venezuela.
In collaboration with Venezuelan poet Edda Armas, has created artist books:Aguariacuar,
The Departure(1993),The Creativity of Evil(1995), and Fe de Errantes(2006), an anthology of poetry in three languages containing etchings by Talmor and Juan Manuel de la Rosa.In 2012, collaborates on Mirar el Olvido, an artist's book with texts by Anne Louyot, etchings by Kika Levi, and lithographs
by Lihie Talmor. Lives in Israel, Venezuela, and recently, India. Works in the fields of printmaking, sculpture and photography.

Major international awards include: 1993: Special Prize of the Jury, at the International Award for Printmaking, Biella, Italy; 1997: First Prize, National Salon of Visual Arts, Maracay, Venezuela (sculpture); 1998: Honorary Mention, at the San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints, San Juan, Puerto Rico (artist book); 1998: First Prize, at the Ibizagrafik '98 Biennial, Ibiza, Spain (prints);
2000: First Prize, at the Caracas Printmaking Biennial, Caracas, Venezuela; 2009: Second Prize, at the Yozo Hamguchi 100th Anniversary International Print Competition and Exhibition, Hamguchi Yozo Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Major public collections include: Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela (sculptures and prints); National Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (prints); Cisneros Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela (prints); Chacao Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela (sculptures); Institute of Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico (artist book); IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientÌficas ,
Altos de Pipe, Venezuela (Sculptures); Wifredo Lam Center and Casa de Las AmÈricas Havana, Cuba (prints); The Public Library, New York, USA (prints; The National Library, Madrid, Spain (prints); National Prints Museum, Mexico City, Mexico; Hamguchi Yozo Museum, Yamasa Collection, Tokyo, Japan (prints); Sakima Museum, Okinawa, Japan (prints).

Contact:

lihietalmor@gmail.com
www.talmorlihie.com