Vita
Abi Shek was born in 1965 in Rehovot, Israel, and lives today in Stuttgart. From 1990 to 1996 he studied Fine Arts with a focus on sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart under Professor Micha Ullman. This was followed from 1996 to 1998 by a postgraduate degree in Fine Arts (Sculpture). He works as a freelance artist and has also been teaching at the Kunstschule Labyrinth in Ludwigsburg since 1998.
Awards and Grants
1991: Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Arts, Baden-Württemberg
1993: Academy Prize "Ateliergemeinschaft Feuerbach"
1996–1998: Postgraduate studies in Fine Arts (Sculpture) at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart under Prof. Micha Ullman
1997: Study abroad grant, Prague
2000: Début Exhibition at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (catalogue)
2016: Studio grant from the City of Stuttgart
2020: Studio grant from the City of Stuttgart
Collections
Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Land Baden-Württemberg
Sammlung Kemna Hamburg
Spendhaus Reutlingen
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
Sammlung Regierungspräsidium Tübingen
Fondation Carré d'art Vinelz, Switzerland
Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft Freiburg im Breisgau
Fondation Carré d'art Vinelz, Switzerland
Städtische Kunstsammlung, Galerie Albstadt
Stadtmuseum im Spital, Crailsheim
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Sammlung Grande-Lamey, Engen