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IRIS FISHOF
(updated February 15, 2015)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Place of Birth: Tel Aviv
Date of Birth: October 30, 1943
EDUCATION
1985 – 1993
The Hebrew University
Ph.D., Jewish Art History
Jerusalem, Israel
1977 – 1982
The Hebrew University
Israel
M.A., Jewish Art History
Jerusalem,
1964 – 1967
The Hebrew University
Israel
B.A., Art History and English and American Literature
Jerusalem,
1962 – 1963
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Mellomfag (minor subject for the Cand. Mag. Degree), English
language and literature
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015 Curator of the exhibition “Israeli Jewelry 7”, Eretz Israel Museum,
Tel Aviv (work in process)
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2012 Curator of the exhibition “Shirly Bar-Amotz: Happy Days”, Tel
Aviv Museum of Art
2004 – present Shenkar College of Engineering and Design Ramat-Gan
Senior Lecturer
2000 - 2003
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
Director of Curatorial Services
 Responsible for production of exhibitions and publications and for
collection management
1993 – 2000
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem,
Israel
Chief Curator of Judaica and Jewish Ethnography
1991 – 1993
The Israel Museum
Israel
Curator of Judaica
Jerusalem,
1989 – 1991
The Israel Museum
Israel
Chief Curator of Judaica and Jewish Ethnography
Jerusalem,
1982 – 1989
Israel
Curator of Judaica
Jerusalem,
1975 – 1981
Israel
Curator
The Israel Museum
The Italian Synagogue Museum
Jerusalem,
1979 – 1986
Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University Jerusalem,
Israel
Cataloged Hebrew Illuminated manuscripts for the Index of Jewish Art,
at the Royal Library of Copenhagen (part time)
1978 – 1979
Beth Hatefusoth
Israel
Research for exhibition about Jewish Ghettos in Italy
Tel Aviv,
1977
The Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art
Jerusalem,
Israel
Organized an exhibition on Jerusalem in Jewish Art for the tenth
anniversary celebration of the unification of Jerusalem
1972 – 1973
Old Yishuv Court Museum
Israel
Curator during the first stages of establishing this museum
Jerusalem,
1968 – 1972
Israel
Assistant Curator
Jerusalem,
The Israel Museum
Recent Public Lectures____________________________________________________
Jewelry in Israel, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, USA,
Public lecture and book launch, October 1, 2014
Contemporary Jewelry in Israel, Tyler School of Art, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, October 2, 2015
Jewelry in Israel, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA, Crafts and Material Studies, October 3,
2015
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA, Book Launch of Jewellery ion Israel; Multicultural
Diversity, 1948 to the Present, October8, 2015
Two lectures on “Jewelry Design in Israel”, in the course Design in Israel, Israeliart, Tel Aviv Jaffo
Academic College, December 16, 2014 and December 23, 2014
Recent Publications__________________________________________________________
"Is There Contemporary Israeli Jewelry", Transit: Contemporary Jewellery from Israel, Schmuckmuseum
Pforzheim (Munich: Galerie Spektrum, 2012
Shirly Bar-Amotz: Happy Days, (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2012)
Jewellery in Israel: Multicultural Diversity, 1948 to the Present, (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2013)