VICTOR HALVANI - SCULPTOR Victor Halvani was born into a traditional Jewish family. His father Isaac and especially his mother Bela, daughter of Rabbi Yanney, inspired in him the beauty and spirituality reflected in his Biblical sculptures. As a child he developed a love and respect of ancient Egyptian art and was intrigued with the concept of space age technology. Like other great and internationally successful artists, he has influenced many Israeli artists by his singular style. But, obviously missing in their work is the harmonious mixing of the three different cultures which symbolizes Halvani's art conception and makes his style so unique. The glory of the ancient Egyptian art, the spirituality of the Biblical stories and the achievements of space technology. ס.ש.

ART QUALIFICATIONS AND ART EDUCATION ART QUALIFICATIONS AND ART EDUCATION 1930 Born in Egypt to a traditional Jewish family. Son of Isaac and Bela Completed high school in Cairo, Egypt. Received baccalaureate and competed one year at the Zamalek Academy of Art, Cairo Immigrated to Israel Received four year scholarship to study art at the Bezalel Academy of Art, Israel Graduated Art Teachers College with BA in Education, Israel Art teacher in elementary schools and high schools in Israel Received scholarship from the Ministry of Education for study abroad Received MA in Sculpture, Hammersmith College of Art, London, UK Accepted by the Israeli Artists Association Lecturer of Sculpture, Art Teachers College. Founded the Art Learning Program and Art Workshop and lectured at Schools of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities and became a teacher in the Art Teachers College Accepted by the Ein Hod Artists' Village as a member and became Dean of the Ein Hod School of Fine Art Received his second MA in Art Education from the Council of Higher Education in Israel Accepted by the Safed Artists' Colony as a member and became first vice-president of the Artists' Association, responsible for architecture in the Artists' Colony Instrumental in developing the new Museum Gallery of the Safed Artists' Colony Was elected president of the Safed Artists' Colony Association.