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Anna Pasternak: Chronology
Born in pre-state Israel to Ing. Augusto Bachi, a writer, and Elena Colombo Bachi, a painter, who emigrated from Italy in 1939. She was raised in the Sharon area on a little, isolated agricultural farm established by her parents and some friends in 1941. 1951-1961 She started painting in oils at the age of eight. Won a prize in a nationwide competition for designing ex-libris, and exhibited alongside renowned artists at Chemerinsky Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (1956). An art scholar bought one of her oil paintings. Spent the summer in Italy (1958); became acquainted with Classical Art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque. 1961-1964 Served in the IDF. Studied at the Avni Institute for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv, under the instruction of the New Horizons artists: Streichman, Stematsky and Kahana. Assimilated the principles of Abstract Expressionism. 1964-1969 Acquired a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where she also studied History of Art and Education, receiving a teaching certificate. At the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts she took evening classes in ceramics and drawing. Taught literature. Worked in the Department of Antiquities. Painted in the abstract style. Won first prize in an exhibition of Sharon-based artists at Hod Hasharon. First reviews of her work appeared in the press following the exhibition Students Painting at the Jewish National and University Library, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem. She married Dr. Avshalom Pasternak, a physicist, and gave birth to her first two sons, Shai (1967) and Tal (1969). 1970-1973 Moved from Jerusalem to Haifa. Her father passed away in Italy (1970). Completed a BA program in Creative Art at the University of Haifa, specializing in Sculpture under Moshe Sternschuss' instruction. 1973-1975 Lived in England. Visited museums and galleries in Paris, London, and throughout Great Britain. Deepened her acquaintance with past and contemporary art. Filled with doubts and disappointment vis-à-vis the exhibited avant-garde, she reverted to figurative painting. Staged her first solo exhibition, Watercolors and Oil Paintings, at the Bristol Art Centre, England. 1975-1977 Lived in Canada. Visited museums and galleries in New York, Washington DC, and throughout the USA and Canada. Became acquainted with hyper-realistic art, the art of various Native American tribes and Inuit art. Began sculpting in soft stone. Studied for a Master's degree in Art at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Focused on drawing. Worked as a teacher. Gave birth to her daughter Yael (1976). 1977-1984 Received an art instruction diploma from the University of Haifa. Continued drawing intensively, and taught art. Had a second daughter, Orli (1980), her fourth child. 1984-1985 Lived in Arizona, USA. Worked in oils, pastels and watercolors, mainly outdoors. The Sonora Desert, the pinkish-red soil, the faded green of the cacti, the scents and the cleanness of the air, took her back to the sensuous origins of her childhood paintings and to her personal route in art. 1986-1991 Participated in a summer workshop with Jack Levine of New York. Deviated from the proposed activity, depicting a model in a staged pose; portrayed a model in motion, a moment in life. Presented her first paintings portraying mundane human situations at the University of Haifa (1986). Visited London and created her first street paintings (1990). Staged her first solo exhibition in Israel, Paintings: Oil on Canvas, at Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (1991). 1991-1992 Moved her easel from the family's living room to her own studio. Visited Paris and painted the series Place de la Défense depicting urban figures. Created modular diptychs and triptychs of "cut" pictures: a jigsaw-puzzle within which the depicted figures walk alongside the viewers during the exhibition. The street paintings, in various combinations, have been exhibited on numerous occasions, since 1991 – in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa. 1993-1999 Exhibited with her mother, Elena Colombo Bachi, at the Italian Institute of Culture, Haifa (1993). Her mother passed away (1994). Painted field and forest flowers throughout the four seasons, year after year; a natural cycle of life and death. The paintings have been exhibited in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa since 1995. Elaborated on previous themes pertaining to man, place, and time. Presented a painted biography based on place references akin to coordinates in the book of time, entitled Views, at D.S. Danon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (1998). Awarded the Hermann Struck Prize for Painting by the Haifa Municipality (1999). 2000-2010 Works from the series Place de la Défense and Mediterranean Views were sold in auctions by Start for the Promotion of Contemporary Israeli Art, Tel Aviv, the Tiroche Auction House, Herzliya and Hammersite, Tel Aviv. Presented Mediterranean Views at the Italian Institute of Culture (2003). Participated in the 2nd Drawing Biennale at the Artists' House, Jerusalem (2004). Expanded the series of oil paintings depicting people in motion against the backdrop of the sea. Some of these works were presented in her solo exhibition, at Mishkan Le'Omanut, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, (2006). Some at a group show at D.S. Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv (2007), and some in a solo exhibition at The Artists House in Jerusalem (2009). Many of the works painted during this period have not been exhibited yet. During 2010 she participated in several group exhibitions' in Israel and abroad, one of her works was exhibited at The Tel Aviv Museun of Art, and she held two One Artist's Shows, one of which in Tel Aviv. 2011
2011 "A Journey into the Spirit of Reality", Video representing paintings, 54th Venice Art Biennale |
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