Boaz Vaadia is an American

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/Israel

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i figurative art

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 sculptor

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 known for working with bluestone slate.

Early life and education

Vaadia was born in Gat Rimon

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, Israel

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. He studied at the Avni Institute of Art and Design

Avni Institute of Art and Design

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, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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 between 1967 and 1971. Vaadia moved to New York City

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 in 1975 thanks to a grant he received from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. He studied at the Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

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, Brooklyn

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, NY from 1975 to 1976, and the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn

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, NY from 1976 to 1977.

Vaadia lives and works in New York City

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, New York

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Sculpture

In 2009

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, Vaadia installed the large sculpture "Asa & Yehoshafat - 2000 - Bronze, Bluestone, Boulder" in Independence Park, Tel Aviv

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, Israel

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. The piece was donated to the city by a private donor as part of the Tel Aviv Centennial Celebration.

In 2004 Vaadia installed the large sculpture “Asaf and Yo'ah - 2000 - Bluestone, Boulder" at the Time Warner Center

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 in New York City

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In 1995 Vaadia's sculpture "Zur With Dog - 1989 - Bronze, Bluestone" was selected from the Norton Museum of Art in Florida and shown in the Twentieth Century American Sculpture exhibit in the White House Rose Garden.

External links

• Boaz Vaadia official website