Ilan Averbuch

Mediums: Glass, Sculpture, Steel

Artist's Bio

Ilan Averbuch was born and raised in Israel, including a military service culminating in the Yom Kippur War. After two years of traveling in South America, he studied art in London for two years. In 1980 he moved to New York and completed his art studies at the School of Visual Art (BFA 1982) and Hunter College (MFA 1984). In 1985 he was a recipient of the prestigious award of the DAAD Berlin Program, which led to spending a year creating and exhibiting work in Germany. Upon returning to the United States he moved to his present studio/home in Long Island City, NY.

In 1994 he married Alka Mansukhani, a scientist from India working at New York University, and his daughter Maya was born. Amidst an international exhibition schedule, Averbuch spent two years teaching at the School of Visual Art and six years as the Sculpture Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His work has been shown in numerous one-man shows, group shows, and projects throughout the USA, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, and India. In 1997 he had a mid-career retrospective at the Tefen Museum in Israel. Since then he has concentrated more of his energy on large-scale public projects, but has continued to show in galleries and museums.

To mention a few of his recent projects:

Lavon, Israel, 2000, a landmark sculpture at the entrance to the town

Peoria, Illinois, 2001, Performing Arts Center at Illinois Central College

Bar Ilan University, Israel, 2003

University of Connecticut at Storrs, 2004

Pinellas County, Florida, 2006, Tierra Verde Fire Station

Stapleton, Denver, Colorado, 2006, central traffic ellipse

Yehud, Israel, 2007, Mercury Corporation corporate office building

Phoenix, Arizona, 2008, Camelback light rail station

Leawood, Kansas, 2008, Gezer Park

Tacoma, Washington, 2008, South Tacoma commuter rail station

Salem, Oregon, 2009, Oregon State Data Center