{{Short description|Israeli puppet designer}} '''Maria Gurevich''' ({{langx|he|מריה גורביץ}}; born October 8, 1964)<ref name="self">[https://www.mariadolls.com/ Maria Gurevich]website </ref> is an Israeli puppet designer known for creating puppets in many TV programs for children and adults, as well as in theatre plays and commercials.<ref name=nale>Naomi Lebanon-Keshet, [https://givatayimplus.co.il/magu75/ "התקבלתי לטלוויזיה וחיי השתנו מהקצה אל הקצה" מריה גורביץ – בובה של אמנית], ''Givatayim Plus'' magazine ([http://media.givatayimplus.co.il/I75/FBK a pdf of the printed magazine], December 16, 2020)</ref><ref>Валентина Крауклит, [http://babanata.ru/?p=3601 Гуревич Мария], ''ЗАПИСКИ О ХУДОЖНИКАХ'', April 12, 2013</ref>
In 1983 she graduated from the {{ill|Moscow College of Art|ru|Московское академическое художественное училище}}<ref name=self/><ref name=nale/> In 1990 she immigrated to Israel with her 10-month old son Dan, while son's father remained in the Soviet Union. Earlier her parents were permitted to emigrate, and they prepared an apartment for her in Rehovot. Later she moved to Ramat Gan. She was earning her living by giving art lessons to children and manufacturing puppets for orders.<ref name=nale/>
On the third year in Israel she was invited to make puppets for the TV show :he:המחסן של כאילו and her mouse "made from a floor rag" was used in :he:גינת ההפתעות. After that she made puppets for many other TV shows.<ref name=nale/>
In addition, later she began teaching at the Puppet Theater Schools in Holon and Ramat Aviv.<ref name=nale/>
She married Sergey and they had daughter Esther-Arina ({{lang|he|אסתר-ארינה}}).<ref name=nale/>
A student of her founded a puppet company in New York, and she started receiving orders from him from many other countries.<ref name=nale/>
==TV shows== Below is a list of TV shows that used Maria Gurevich's dolls {{dynamic list}} *{{ill|Little Monsters (Israeli TV series)|lt=Little Monsters|he|מפלצות קטנות}} at Channel 13<ref name=nale/> *2002-2003: {{ill|Dafna and Dudidu|he|דפנה ודודידו}}<ref name=nale/><ref>[https://www.ishim.co.il/m.php?s=דפנה+ודודידו דפנה ודודידו (2000-2005)]</ref> *2021: Parpar Nechmad, new dolls for the 2021 reboot<ref>Raz Schachnik, [https://www.yediot.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5681628,00.html תתחדש, בץ הבובות המקוריות נעלמו, ב"כאן חינוכית" יצרו בובות חדשות של גיבורי "פרפר נחמד" לקראת שובה של התוכנית]</ref> *2022: {{ill|Eli the Cat|he|אלי החתול}}<ref>[https://www.ishim.co.il/m.php?s=אלי+החתול אלי החתול (2022)]</ref>
==Awards== *2008: {{ill|Children and Youth Stage Award|he|פרס הבמה לילדים ונוער}} in puppet and accessory designer category<ref>[https://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Description.aspx?ArticleId=8219&Subj=6&Area=1 ההצגות "איה, אאוץ` אווה", "אורי" ו-"עץ הדומים תפוס" זכו בפרס ההצגות הטובות ביותר]</ref> *2007: Children and Youth Stage Award in puppet and accessory designer category<ref>[https://www.ynet.co.il/article/3447618 "צבעים בחול" היא הצגת השנה לילדים]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurevih Maria}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people
Category:Puppet designers Category:Israeli women artists