About Me
Lucy Elkivity
Artist, painter and  illustrator.

Born in Uruguay in 1958. Living in Israel since 1973.

Member of The Israeli Association of Illustrators and Acum.

 
Studies
  • Artistic Medal course – "Basis" School of Sculpture – 2006
  • Calligraphy course –  "Basis" School of Sculpture – 2005
  • Graphic Design and Web Design – "Ort" Diploma studies – 2001-2003
  • Calligraphy workshop – Prof' Gurskas from Lithuania ,at  "Basis" School of Sculpture  2001
  • Workshops on children's' literature at Beit Ariela,Tel-Aviv – 1998-1999
  • One year course in illustration – "Avni Institute" – 1998
  • Active Workshop – Beit Berl College – 1987
  • Talma Yalin School of Arts and the Art Teacher's Seminary in Ramat Hasharon
 
Solo exhibitions

"Mute Voices" - Gallery Twenty Four, Tel Aviv , 2006

"Figurative Calligraphy"- Hanita Contemporary Art Museum, Kibutz Hanita, 2007

"Sometimes in the Dark"- Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2008

 

 
Group exhibitions
  • 2000 - "Wine Around the Sea II", Rishon Le Tzion winery
  • 2001 - "Coloring a Poem", Raanana's  Municipality Gallery
  • 2001 - New illustrations for O.Hilels' stories and poems,Holon
  • 2002 - "Bright Light", illustrations for Uri Tzvi Grinberg,Jerusalem
  • 2001 - 2002 - Festival Internazionale di Humor Grafico,Italy
  • 2003 - "Animals coming out from fairy tales, stories and fables", Raanana's Municipality Gallery
  • 2004 - "Illustration is all the story",Givataim Theatre
  • 2005 - "Cinema" , Raanana's Municipality Gallery
  • 2006 - Illustrations for H.C.Andersen, Haifa Theatre and Beit Ariela ,Tel-Aviv
  • 2005 - 2006 - Uruguayan artists residents in Israel,Raanana
  • 2006 - "Toys and Games", Raanana's Municipality Gallery
  • 2006 - "No Name",Haifa University
  • 2007 -  A gesture to O.Hilel ,"Mediatheque" , Holon
  • 2007 - "Transparent children",Hanita Contemporary Art Museum,Kibbutz Hanita
  • 2007 - "Cow Design Festival",Illustration (Dnepropetrovsk,Ukraine)
  • 2007 - "The neighbors are good for me","Barbur" Gallery,Jerusalem
  • 2007 - "As the Potter in the Hands of Clay","Basiss'" School,Heichal Hatarbut,Petach Tikva
  • 2007 - "Longing for Peace", outdoor installation at the Galil ,Israel
  • 2007 - "When the fish and the whale first met", according to a story by Gilad Shalit, "Hakatze", Naharia
  • 2007 - "Cow Design Festival",Graphic Design ,Ukraine
  • 2008 - "Turandot" at The Opera House in Tel-Aviv
  • 2008 - "Caragoler", Lleida, Spain
  • 2008 - "Celebration",Anadolu University-Museum of Cartoon Art,Turkey
  • 2008 - "Yevgeni Oniegin" at the Opera House in Tel-Aviv
  • 2008 - "Folden Art",  Borey Gallery ,Sant Petersburg.
  • 2009- "Soldiers on their way",Raanana's Municipality Gallery
  • 2009- "Horses and oxes", Korin Maman Museum, Ashdod
  • 2009- 30 Celebration for Tova Osman Art Gallery, Artist's House, Tel-Aviv

 

 
Awards

Cow Design Festival, Ukraine, 2007

Awarded on the Cow Poster category, for the graphic decision

Cow Design Festival, Ukraine, 2009

Awarded for Illustration category

 
Other projects
  • 1995 – Illustrations for a musical story "The Three Legged Monster" by Hana and Tzvi Avni.
    Created for orchestra and narrator, the piece was performed in Israel and overseas, accompanied by slides made out of 50 illustrations as an integral part of the performance. A videotape was produced afterwards from those slides.See www.tzvi-avni.com/lucy
  • 1997 – Writing and illustration of the children books: "Pamperpox",and "Fly's Day out on the Beach","Kineret" Publisher
  • 2000 – Illustrations for the children  book: "Damzars, Weddings and Pencil Soup"
  • 2001 – Illustrations for the children book: "My first Panties"
  • 2001 – Writing and illustration for the children book: "Zulka - a very good Witch", "Kineret" Publisher
  • 2002 – Illustrations for a compilation of Ladino stories and memories: "En tierras ajenas yo me vo murir", Isis Publisher, Istambul
  • 2003 – Illustration for Yediot Acharonot newspaper in Arutzim magazine .
  •  Illustration  for The Tango and Malambo Festival,brochure CD,and all publicity material, Santa Barbara,U.S.A.Logo design for The Ben-Dor Music Discovery Project (Celebrating the Art Music of Latin America)
  • 2006– Illustrations for the children book:"An Old Lady with a Stick",Saar Publisher
  • "Nooan" magazine  http://www.nooan.org
 

News

Awarded for Illustration category, at the Cow Design Festival 2009, Ukraine

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         Solo exhibition at

TOVA OSMAN ART GALLERY

 

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Go to gallery... 

  You can see my works also at:

Society6

Art Review

Carbonmade

Saatchi Gallery Online

ASDexpoze

The Israeli Design Center

My friends

http://www.illustrators.org.il/

http://www.mira-laluna.com/