Baden-Württemberg at the suggestion of the former Rector and head of the collection, Wolfgang Kermer. Sculptural style Ullman creates subterranean sculptures, some of which barely protrude from the ground. They touch on universal themes such as the meaning of place and home, absence and emptiness. They have been described as simultaneously "celestial and earthbound, metaphysical but sensual and tactile. Gallery Education 1960-1964 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Academy, Jerusalem 1965 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London Teaching 1970-1978 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, drawing, basic design and etching 1976 Guest lecturer at Fine Arts Academy, Düsseldorf 1979 Haifa University, basic design, drawing, three-dimensional design 1979-1985 Faculty of Architecture, Technion, Haifa 1991–2005 State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, sculpture Awards Ullman was awarded the Israel Prize for sculpture in April 2009. Awards and Prizes 1963 Sonborn Prize, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem 1972 The Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 1980 The Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1985 Mendel Pundik Prize, Tel Aviv Museum 1989 Annual Scholarship, DAAD, Berlin 1995 Käthe Kollwitz Prize, Academy of Arts, Berlin 1996 Zussman Prize, Yad Vashem 1996 Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin 1997 - פרס החברה לתרבות ולשלום בינלאומי, עמאן, ירדן. 1998 Janet and George Jarin Prize, America Israel Cultural Foundation 2000 Gamzu Prize and Aftovitzer Fund, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2004 Awarded Honorary Ph.D, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2005 Hans-Thoma-Preis, Staatspreis des Landes Baden - Wurttemberg, Germany 2009 Israel Prize for Sculpture 2010 Gerhard- Altenbourg-Preis, Lindenau Museum Altenburg 2011 Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis des Landes Berlin, Germany Outdoor and Public Art 1983 Sky, limestone, Tel Hai, Israel 1984 Ben Hinnom Valley, iron and cable, Jerusalem 1984 Lot's Wife, earth, Mt. Sodom, Israel 1989 Jesod (Foundation), cement and sand, Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv 1991 Schodnia (East), asphalt, Lodz, Poland 1992 Sea Level, cast iron, sandstone and glass, 22 Allenby St., Tel Aviv 1992 Niemand, corten steel and red loam, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany 1995 Bibliothek, cement and glass, Bebelplatz, Berlin, Germany 1996-1997 Water, Zion Square, West Jerusalem and Freres Street, East Jerusalem See also List of Israel Prize recipients Dorit Kedar, "A fine balance: Michael Gross and Micha Ulman" In Art In Israel Autumn 1989, Vol. 1, Number 3, Pg. 28-31. References External links Official site of Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden