- Hanoch Piven
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name = Hanoch Piven
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birthdate = birth date and age |1963|08|21
location =Montevideo ,Uruguay
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nationality = Israeli
field =illustration
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works = Book "My Dog is As Smelly As Dirty Socks" (2007)
Book "What Presidents Are Made Of" (2004)
Book "The Perfect Purple Feather" (2002)
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awards =Hanoch Piven (b.
August 21 , 1963 inMontevideo ,Uruguay ) is anIsrael imixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures. Piven was born in Uruguay and raised in Israel. He came to the United States in 1987 and graduated from the School of Visual Arts, in New York, in 1992. [ cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/02/002contrib.htm |title=The Atlantic Monthly Contributors |accessdate=2008-05-25 |date=2000-02-01 |publisher=The Atlantic Monthly ] Piven returned to Israel in 1995, where he began writing and illustrating for the daily "Haaretz ". [ cite web|url=http://www.israelemb.org/cultural/events-September-1-2004.htm |title=The Embassy of Israel in Washington DC |accessdate=2008-05-25 |date=2008-09-01 ]His illustrated compositions are assembled from common objects and scraps of materials, including items which might be associated with the subject (for example, using bologna and liquor bottles to create
Boris Yeltsin for "Haaretz " in 2000 [ cite web|url=http://www.illoz.com/piven/?section=portfolios&gallery_id=285&image_id=3172&search_id=6386 |title=Boris Yeltsin by Hanoch Piven |accessdate=2008-05-26 |work=illoz ] or brains, magnifying glasses and electrical wire to createStephen Hawking for "Die Weltwoche" in 2006). [ cite web|url=http://www.illoz.com/piven/?section=portfolios&gallery_id=286&image_id=3174&search_id=6387 |title=Stephen Hawkins by Hanoch Piven |accessdate=2008-05-26 |work=illoz ]His caricatures appear in "Time", "
Newsweek ", "Rolling Stone ", "The Atlantic Monthly ", "The Times ", and "Entertainment Weekly ", among other publications.In 2003, Piven began conducting international workshops in such cities as
Barcelona ,Buenos Aires ,Toronto and others. The workshops follow the principles of Piven's own collage technique and encourage young people to experiment with common day-today objects and pieces of the world around them to create their own works of art.Awards
*Society of Illustrators Gold Medal (1994)
*Society of Publication Designers Silver Medal
*Art Directors Club Merit Award for Cover Illustration (1996) [ cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/aboutus/index.php?page=awards |title=The Village Voice - About us |accessdate=2008-05-25 ]
*Folio Eddie & Ozzie awards Gold, Best Use of Illustration (2007) [ cite web|url=http://web1.audubon.org/news/pressRelease.php?id=63&month=09-07 |title=National Audubon Society - News |accessdate=2008-05-25 |publisher=National Audubon Society ]
*Time Magazine, One of Ten in Best Children's Books 0f 2004 (for What Presidents Are Made Of [ cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/childrens.html |title=Time 2004 Best and Worst |accessdate=2008-05-26 |publisher=Time Magazine ]Bibliography
*My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks (2007) (ISBN 0-375-84052-4)
*What Athletes Are Made Of (2006) (ISBN 1-416-91002-6)
*What Presidents Are Made Of (2004) (ISBN 0-689-86880-4)
*The Perfect Purple Feather (2002) (ISBN 0-316-76657-7)
*Faces: 78 Portraits from Madonna to the Pope (2002) (ISBN 0-764-92131-2)External links
* [http://www.pivenworld.com Official website]
* [http://illoz.com/piven Additional illustration portfolio] at [http://illoz.com illoz]
* [http://drawger.com/piven Artists blog]
* [http://heflinreps.com Heflinreps, Inc. - Hanoch's US agent]References
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