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Sculptor Dina Merhav was born in Yugoslavia, and she immigrated to Israel in 1949. She studied at Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem (1953-1957) and at Pietra Santa, Italy (1984) where she explored sculpting in stone. Dina was a successful graphic designer for many years and has taught graphic design at the Technion. Dina Merhav lives in Ein Hod Artists’ Village.

Her outdoor sculptures are exhibited at the Merhav Nesher Sculpture Industrial Park, Nesher; Haifa; elsewhere in Israel; and internationally. Merhav’s 8-meter-high iron Totem was installed at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Beijing in 2008.

The image of an angel, associated with legend, myth, and religion, is a recurring theme in Dina Merhav’s work. Typical of Merhav’s recognition of the importance of the landscape to her sculptures, the surroundings can be seen through the opening and latticed grid in Closet Angel.

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