Daniel Kafri was born in Czechoslovakia in 1945, immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1949, and grew up in Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa.  He moved to Jerusalem to study at the Bezalel Academy of Arts, and still lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children.

 

Student at Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem, on a grant from the America-Israel Fund.

 

Bust of David Ben Gurion, commissioned by the Jewish Agency, displayed at Ben Gurion International Airport

 

Group Exhibition at the Artists’ House, Jerusalem

 

One of group of Israeli artists who received first prize at the Monaco Biennial for Young Artists

 

Three stone monuments commissioned by the Jerusalem Municipality:

“Arch of Noah”

“The Flute Player”

“Hallelujah”

 

Teacher of sculpture and drawing at the Department of Art, Haifa University

 

“Gate of the Faith”, commissioned by Mordechai Meir, in limestone, four meters high, and weighing 27 tons, depicting the biblical past of the Jewish people.  The work lies on a hill in the center of Old Jaffa.

 

1976 – recipient of the Jerusalem Prize for Sculpture.

 

Bust of Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, commissioned by his wife.

 

Stone relief, eight meters high and seven meters wide, commissioned by the Sonesta Hotel, Eilat, displayed in the hotel’s lobby.

 

Winner of sculpture competition established by the Schachter Institute, Jerusalem.  The subject is the twelve tribes of Israel, made of limestone, two meters high.

 

One-man show of 14 stone sculptures on biblical subjects at the Weintraub Gallery, New York City.

 

Winner of competition of American and Israeli artists, sponsored by the JCC of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  The winning sculpture “The Menorah”, 1.5 meters high and 2.5 meters wide, is displayed in front of the JCC Building, Pittsburgh.

 

National monument, consisting of five stone-relief panels, each one square meter, to commemorate the Ethiopian immigration, displayed in Jerusalem.

 

One –man show at the Ahava Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida.

 

Stone relief, three meters high and four meters wide, commissioned by the Lev Yerushalayim Hotel.

 

Exhibition of 16 bronze sculptures at the Klutznick Museum, Washington D.C.

 

Stone relief, two meters high and four meters wide, commissioned by the Taba Hotel, Egypt.

 

Editions of “The Peach Dove”, commissioned by the Prime minister’s Office, and given to King Hassan of Morocco, King Hussein of Jordan, King Juan Carlos of Spain, and President Clinton, for their support of the peace process.

 

Three monumental sculptures, made from Carrara marble, commissioned by the Guardian  Industries Corporation, displayed at the company’s headquarters, Detroit, Michigan.

 

1996 – winner of a competition sponsored by the State of  Israel and the Eilat Municipality, commemorating the liberation of Eilat, bronze, eight meters high.

 

“They Changed their Swords into Plowshares”, commissioned by Soda Club Industries, Jerusalem.  2.5 meters, made in Carrara marble, situated in the company’s courtyard.

 

Three monumental sculptures, commissioned by the Honorable David Hermelin, US Ambassador to Norway, for the garden of his home in Detroit.

 

Two sculptures, commissioned by Beltz Enterprises for its Retreat and Entertainment Center, Memphis, made in Carrara marble.

“The Family” , 2.2 meters high

“A Wound Element”, 1.5 meters high

 

Group exhibition of Israeli artists at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel.

 

“The Spirit”, commissioned by Beltz Enterprises for display in its Retreat and Entertainment, Memphis, 2.2 meters high, made of Carrara marble.

 

Group exhibition “Forme del Bianco” in Carrara, one meter high, carved in Belgian black marble.

 

Bust of King Hussein, commissioned by Gita Sherover, for display in the Room of Peace, in Gabriel’s House Gardens, Tiberias, together with a portrait of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.