Tamar Eytan

Tamar Eytan - Sculptor 

I was born in Lodg, Poland on 5.3.1919. My family came to Israel (Palestine at that time) in 1924, when I was 5 years old. As a child I grew in Tel-Aviv. During the Second World War I served in the British army, on the A.T.S (1943-1946), and got married to Joe, who also served in the British army and was one of the first Israeli officers in the Jewish Brigade.
In 1959, we moved to Beer Sheba. I opened my own studio – making wood and stone sculptures, the latter mostly basalt, as well as ceramics sculptures. A few years later, I started teaching sculpture and ceramics at the Kay College, and continued doing so until 1993.

In 1971, back to Jerusalem, I focused on wood and stone sculpture. In periods of lull, I worked with a variety of materials: I made small wall-hangings, using the 'macrame' technique; cloth wall-pictures, and later, created small figures out of copper plates, hammering out and soldering. In all of these creations, I adhered to the three-dimensional principle. The cloth wall-pictures were displayed at the Israel Museum Youth Wing.
As time went on, I found myrself turning more and more to my first love – clay:
"Clay has magic; it is impossible to remain indifferent to it. ...

Tamar's professional education consists of the
- New Bezalel, in the sculptor Zeev Ben-Zvi's class (1936)
- Ecole des beaux arts, Paris (1938)
- Avni institute, In the sculptor Moshe Sternshus's class (1939)
- Universal school of handicrafts, New York (1947)

Exhibitions
One-Man Exhibitions
 1966 Beer Sheba Museum
 1967 Hadassah K. Gallery, Tel Aviv
 1968 Beer Sheba Museum
 1977 Liraz Gallery, Beer Sheba
 1979 Israel Museum Youth Wing, Jerusalem,
 1980 Graphica 3 Gallery, Haifa
 1980 Artists' House, Jerusalem
 1981 Wilfred Museum, Kibbutz Hazore'a
 1983 Jewish Art Center, Kibbutz Bar'Am
 1985 Arad Museum, Arad
 1989 Artists' House, Jerusalem
 1999 Nora Gallery, Jerusalem
 2000 sculpture garden, Jerusalem
 2005 Kibbutz Maagan Michael Gallery
 2008 Nora Gallery, Jerusalem
 2009 Jerusalem Theatre Gallery, Jerusalem
 2009 Maleor gallery, Cesarea
 2010 The open gallery, Jerusalem
 2011 The open gallery, Jerusalem
 2012 The open gallery, Jerusalem
 2014 The open gallery, Jerusalem

Tamar also participated in a number of group exhibitions. Latest:
 2012 - Gretz, Austria
 2013 - Elrob Mamila, Jerusalem
 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
 2014 - Jerusalem theater

Permanent Exhibition
The open gallery, 14, Hanassi street, Jerusalem
The small gallery, 28 Mazkeret Moshe street, Nahlaot