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I came to Israel from Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where I was born and bred as Joanne Phyllis Heller....My coming
to Israel was in conjuction with the Habonim Labor Zionist Youth Movement, where , together with many friends, a group was
formed to move to Israel and help build the new State of Israel. My name now is Yonina Lamdan.
My husband, Matz Lamdan (formerly Marvin Michael Lerner) and I married here and have raised our families in our
Kibbutz Urim.
We did what we set out to do......received the training and education to enable us to set up our home and lives
and live them with our ideals in mind. Our place, Kibbutz Urim, in the Negev, has been our home for over fifty
years. Here, our children and grandchildren were born and have grown. We are truly
blessed........
ART has been a part of our lives all along, but only with our pension years has it become full-time work
and enjoyment. You are invited to visit us, our adjacent studios, gallery and sculpture garden and see for yourselves!
Art has been my main interest
for over thirty years now! After a long career as educator in the USA and teacher and principal of the Kibbutz Urim
Elementary/Jr.High School,which I helped to found, I retired to my own world of ART.
I work mostly in Sculpture - Stone and Marble, Wood and Ceramics.
I also paint, in acrylics on canvas, watercolor on paper, and make collages of mixed media, and photograph.
My studies at the Ramat Hasharon Midrasha Art School for Teachers, enabled me to learn many techniques which have been
useful in my creativity. My main teachers in sculpture were Chava Mehutan, Ezra Orion, Tzibi Geva and Pinchas Barak.
Zeev Krischer was my mentor in stone sculpture. In Painting I give much thanks to Yair Garbuz, Rachel Shavit and
Meir Meyers-Weiss, and many others. Simcha Sherman was my teacher in photography and opened my eyes to this wonderful
medium.
I have exhibited in many exhibits, a solo exhibition each year since 1970,
and participated in group exhibits throughout the years. We have our own TZIURIM ART GALLERY in Kibbutz Urim.
My own works are shown all year round in my studio-Gallery at the entrance to the Industrial area of the kibbutz, adjacent
to
YONINA'S SCULPTURE GARDEN
Many of my works, more than one hundred, may be found in homes in Israel, the USA, Canada and Australia.
My largest sculptures are permanently on show in the JNF Hatzerim Sculpture Park, near Beersheva, Israel: SUN SCULPTURE
Shfelah Museum in Kfar Menachem :Animal Head Lion of Judah: in White House of Kibbbutz Nir Oz Red Fassuta Camel: at Cultural Center of
Kibbutz Urim, Negev
My Name is Yonina Lamdan (formerly Joanne Phyllis Heller).
My home, Studio and Sculpture Garden are in
Kibbutz Urim, Mobile Post, Hanegev, 85530, ISRAEL
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