Born l942
in Zurich, Switzerland,
lives and creates in Jerusalem.
Speaks
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian.
1949 –
1961 Primary and High Schools, Zurich, Switzerland 1967
- 1974
Voice studies at Music Academies Berne, Basel
and Jerusalem 1972 –
1992 Participated in international music workshops
in Europe, Israel 1982
- 1985
Music therapy studies, Institute of Remedial
Therapies, Jerusalem
Since 1972
teaches voice and gives voice workshops. Worked as music therapist
in special
education schools since 1982.
Writes
poetry in German and Hebrew. Is a member
of “LYRIS”
(Israeli
poets writing in German). A selection
of poems was published in German: “Neue
Sirene”, Munich 2003
“Lyris”,
Frankfurt a/M. 2004
“SprachLos”,
Stuttgart 2005
Volume of poetry: “Rostige Zeiten”, Berlin 2010
"Herbstbrand”, Berlin 2011
in Hebrew: “Carmel”, Vol. 12 2005
“Pesifas”, Vol. 69 2008
Works
independently as musician, painter, sculptor, printmaker and poet.
Art
studies: 1992 –
1996 Drawing Joseph Hirsch, Jerusalem 1993 –
1995 Painting Jan Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv 1995 –
1998 Sculpting Zwicka Lachman, Tel
Aviv
April 1995
Trad. Chinese Painting Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Autumn1998 Print
making Jerusalem
Print Workshop, Jerusalem 2007
– cont. Museology Jerusalem
Art Center,
Jerusalem
Solo
exhibitions: Tova Osman
Gallery, Tel Aviv October 2011 Castle Gollwitz Foundation, Brandenburg,
Germany June 2011 Artists
House, Tel Aviv February 2011 Ghetto MuseumTheresienstadt, Czech Republic October 2010 Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts, Jerusalem
2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 Tel Aviv
Opera House, Tel Aviv January 2009 Tova Osman
Gallery, Tel Aviv September
2008 Goethe Institute, Jerusalem January 2008 Targ Music
Centre, Ein Karem October
2001, 2003
Mediterranean Towers, Tel Aviv December 2002 Nora Gallery,
Jerusalem June 2002 Sieff &Marks Community Center, Jerusalem
January 2000
Group
exhibitions: Tova Osman
Gallery, Tel Aviv March 2011 The Bible Museum,
Tel Aviv November 2010 Yavne Art
Gallery, Yavne February 2010 Tova Osman
Gallery, Tel Aviv March 2009 Artists
House, Tel Aviv
March 2009 Ella Gallery, Jerusalem Summer 2008 Artists
House, Haifa
February 2003 Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts, Jerusalem December 2002 Artists
House, Tel Aviv
August 2002 Co-Art
Gallery, Jerusalem Mai 2000