Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (, born 1946) is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures. Biography Disabled since childhood, Motti Mizrachi uses humor and self-irony in his work, with an emphasis on the flaws and pleasures of the human body, while examining the oppression and control of the strong over the weak, both socially and politically. In 1969-1973, he studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He was represented in the 1980 Biennale de Paris, the 1987 and 1981 São Paulo Art Biennials, the 1988 Venice Biennale, and the 2003 Valencia Biennale. Mizrachi lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Teaching 1980-1987 Bezalel, Jerusalem College of Art, School of Art Teachers, Ramat Hasharon Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv Awards and recognition 1976 - Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1987 - Israeli Artist Award, Tel Aviv Museum and Bank Discount 1987 - Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1987 - Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation 1997 - Prize to encourage creativity, Ministry of Education and Culture 2001 - Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Shoe Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art 2002 - Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport Public Art See also Visual arts in Israel References Further reading Agassi, Meir, Zadok Ben David, Motti Mizrachi. The Israeli Pavilion, The Venice Biennale 1988, Venice, 1988. Haifa Museums, Motti Mizrachi-Rwanda Casanova, Haifa Museums, 2000, . The Israel Museum, Jerusalem curator: Lorand Hegyi, Makom: zeitgenössische Kunst aus Israel, Wien, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 1993, . The Absent Body'', Body Imagery Between Judaism and Christianity in the work of eight Israeli artists, Beit Hatfutsot, 2012, . Biennale di Valencia, 2003, Curator: Lorand Hegyi. "The Giving Person" group show, 2005, Napoli , Curator:Lorand Hegyi,( ). "Domicile - Private/Public", 2005, Saint-Etienne, Curator: Lorand Hegyi, 2005, (). "Micro-Narratives", Saint-Etienne and later in Belgrade, 2008 ,Curator:Lorand Hegyi,(). "Essential Experiences" 2009, Museum Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Curator: Lorand Hegyi, Catalogue: Essential Experiences Electa Editore, 2009, (), together with Jan Fabre, Marina Abramovic, Richard Nonas, Dennis Oppenheim, Günther Uecker, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lee Fan, Orlan, Gloria Friedmann. External links MottiMizrachi.com Official website. Retrieved March 2012 Motti Mizrachi YouTube