{{short description|Israeli mixed media artist (born 1963)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Hanoch Piven<br>חנוך פיבן | image = 2018 TIBE Day5 Israel Pavilion Collage Art Workshop Hanoch Piven.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Hanoch Piven at 2018 Taipei International Book Exhibition | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1963|08|21}} | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = illustration | training = | movement = | notable_works = '''Book''' ''My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil'' (2010)<br/>'''Book''' ''What Cats are Made of'' (2008)<br/>'''Book''' ''My Dog is As Smelly As Dirty Socks'' (2007)<br/>'''Book''' ''What Athletes are Made of'' (2006)<br/>'''Book''' ''What Presidents Are Made Of'' (2004)<br/>'''Book''' ''The Perfect Purple Feather'' (2002) | patrons = | awards = }} '''Hanoch Piven''' ({{Langx|he|חנוך פיבן}}; born August 21, 1963, in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Israeli mixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures.
==History== Piven was born in Uruguay and moved to Israel with his family at the age of eleven. He grew up in Ramat Gan.<ref>[https://www.israel21c.org/my-name-is-hanoch-and-i-play-with-my-food/ My name is Hanoch and I play with my food]</ref> He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York, graduating in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/02/002contrib.htm |title=The Atlantic Monthly Contributors |accessdate=2008-05-25 |date=2000-02-01 |work=The Atlantic}}</ref> He returned to Israel in 1996 and from 2001 splits his time between Jaffa (Tel Aviv) and Barcelona.<ref>https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2006-06-08/ty-article/playing-on-his-own-turf/0000017f-dbd3-df9c-a17f-ffdbfbb20000</ref>
==Artistic career== Hanoch Piven is recognized for dimensional collage caricatures. In these, he mixes paint with an assemblage of common objects and scraps of material, including items which might be associated with the subject, as in portraying a celebrity or public figure. (For example, using a microphone as Barbara Streisand's nose.)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-16 |title=Face-to-face with Hanoch Piven |url=https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/face-to-face-with-hanoch-piven-688911 |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en |issn=0792-822X }}</ref>
Piven's caricatures have appeared in ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Times'', and ''Entertainment Weekly'', among other publications. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Hanoch Piven to Speak at the Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-161/priven-to-speak-sept-2/2004-08-27/ |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> Between the years 1995 and 2001, Hanoch Piven illustrated and wrote a regular monthly column in Haaretz's daily newspaper. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Hanoch Piven to Speak at the Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-161/priven-to-speak-sept-2/2004-08-27/ |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
Besides his editorial work for magazines and newspapers, Piven has written and illustrated award winning books for children, among them ''What Presidents are Made of'', named one of the 10 Best Children books of 2004 by Time Magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999700_1998816_1999657,00.html | title=Top 10 Everything 2004 - TIME | magazine=Time | date=17 December 2004 | last1=Porterfield | first1=Christopher }}</ref> and ''Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from The Bible'' chosen as a Most Empowering Book of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/most-empowering-picture-books-2023/#dream-big-laugh-often | title=Most Empowering Picture Books of 2023 }}</ref>
Piven has also created Television programs for Israel Educational TV <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE8D051221B747EC | title=סדנה עם חנוך פיבן | website=YouTube }}</ref> and HOP channel in Israel. He has also contributed 20 chapters for the award winning program ''Una Ma de Contes'' on Catalonian TV.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.3cat.cat/tv3/sx3/una-ma-de-contes/videos/temporada-7/ | title=Una mà de contes }}</ref>
Partnering with app developer iMagine machine, Piven developed the app ''Faces iMake'', among them ''Faces iMake - Right Brain Creativity'' ,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.commonsense.org/education/reviews/faces-imake-right-brain-creativity | title=Faces iMake - Right Brain Creativity Review for Teachers | Common Sense Education }}</ref> which allows for digital collage creation using pictures of every day objects and earned silver in the 2012 Parents' Choice Award.
==Educational career== Piven conducts creative workshops in which participants of all ages are inspired to use everyday objects to create self portraits and engage in visual communication. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Family Portrait Workshop with Hanoch Piven {{!}} Carle Museum |url=https://carlemuseum.org/visit/events/family-portrait-workshop-hanoch-piven |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=carlemuseum.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 2015 Piven was a Seeds of Peace fellow. During his fellowship, he created an arts education curriculum which explored identity, history, dreams, community, and "the other".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seedsofpeace.org/changemakers/hanoch/ | title=Hanoch }}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== *Society of Illustrators Gold Medal (1995) *Society of Publication Designers Silver Medal *Art Directors Club Merit Award for Cover Illustration (1996)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/aboutus/index.php?page=awards |title=The Village Voice - About us |accessdate=2008-05-25 |archive-date=2008-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410112729/http://www.villagevoice.com/aboutus/index.php?page=awards |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Folio Eddie & Ozzie awards Gold, Best Use of Illustration (2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web1.audubon.org/news/pressRelease.php?id=63&month=09-07 |title=National Audubon Society - News |access-date=2008-05-25 |publisher=National Audubon Society |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103193850/http://web1.audubon.org/news/pressRelease.php?id=63 |archive-date=2008-01-03 }}</ref> *''Time'' magazine, One of Ten in Best Children's Books Of 2004 (for ''What Presidents Are Made Of''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/childrens.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050106083442/http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/childrens.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2005 |title=Time 2004 Best and Worst |accessdate=2008-05-26 |magazine=Time | date=2004-12-18}}</ref> *Parents' Choice Silver Award for Faces iMake - Right Brain Creativity (2012) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=30347&StepNum=1&award=aw | title=Faces iMake-Right Brain Creativity }}</ref> *Parents' Choice Gold Award for Faces iMake ABC (2013) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=31418&StepNum=1&award=aw | title=Faces iMake ABC }}</ref> *Kirkus Reviews Most Empowering Picture Books of 2023 for Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from the Bible <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/most-empowering-picture-books-2023/#dream-big-laugh-often | title=Most Empowering Picture Books of 2023 }}</ref>
==Published works== * Dream Big, Laugh Often: And More Great Advice from the Bible (2023) ({{ISBN|978-0374390105}}) * Let's Make Faces (2013) ({{ISBN|978-1416915324}}) * ''My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil'' (2010) ({{ISBN|978-0375853388}}) * ''What Cats are Made Of'' (2009) ({{ISBN|978-1416915317}}) * ''My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks'' (2007) ({{ISBN|0-375-84052-4}}) * ''What Athletes Are Made Of'' (2006) ({{ISBN|1-416-91002-6}}) * ''The Scary Show of Mo and Jo'' (2005) ({{ISBN|978-0762420971}}) * ''What Presidents Are Made Of'' (2004) ({{ISBN|0-689-86880-4}}) * ''The Perfect Purple Feather'' (2002) ({{ISBN|0-316-76657-7}}) * ''Faces: 78 Portraits from Madonna to the Pope'' (2002) ({{ISBN|0-764-92131-2}})
==One-man exhibitions== * reForm, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel (2025)<ref>https://www.herzliyamuseum.co.il/en/exhibition/hanoch-piven/</ref> * National Gallery, Bangkok, (2014) * The Czech Center, Prague (2011) * Plaza de la Concepción, Caceres, Spain (2011) * The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles (2010) * Museo de los Niños, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2007) * Museo de los Niños, Costa Rica (2007) * Centro Cultura Judia, São Paulo, Brasil (2006) * Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004) * Galeria Latina, Montevideo, Uruguay (2004) * Haifa Museum, Israel (2000) * Ashdod Museum, Israel (1998) * Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov, Israel (1997) * School of Visual Arts, New York City (1992)
==See also== *Visual arts in Israel
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.pivenworld.com}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e99DuPQ6j8 Piven talks at Tedx Jerusalem, 2013] *[http://heflinreps.com Heflinreps, Inc. - Piven's US agent] *[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/faces-imake-right-brain-creativity/id439641851 Faces iMake on App Store.] *[https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/tinkerers/hanoch-piven Hanoch Piven Tinkerer page at Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco] *[https://www.seedsofpeace.org/team/hanoch-piven/ Hanoch Piven profile at https://www.seedsofpeace.org/]
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