1930 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
Studied painting with the artists Avni, Steimazky, Streichman, Yanko and Ardon in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
1956 Studied fresco painting at the Academy of Florence, Italy
1960-1975 Designed stage settings for the Kameri Theater, for the dance ensembles Inbal and Bat-Sheva, for Martha Graham in New York and for the opera of Jean Carlo Menotti
1976 Represented Israel in The Biennale of Venice, Italy
1977 Was invited to participate in "Documenta 6" in Kassel, Germany
Received the Israel Prize for sculpture
1978 Created two environmental exhibitions in Prato and in Venice, and in their wake was invited to design a three kilometer trail in Sergi Puntuase, a new town near Paris, as well as the central plaza for the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany
Married to Chava and father of Noah, Tamar and Yael
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv
In the early sixties Karavan created wall paintings for the ship "Shalom" of the Zim Line, and for the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv; wall relief at the Weizman Institute for Science in Rehovoth and in the plenum chamber of the Knesset in Jerusalem. He also created his first environmental and site specific sculptures, for the Tel Aviv courthouse and for the Memorial of the Negev Brigade in Beer Sheva.
A Selection of Environmental Sculptures throughout the World
1977-1988 “White City”, Tel Aviv
1982 "Square", Museum Louisiana, Denmark
1988 "The Way of Light", Olympic Garden, Seoul, South Korea
1989-1993 "The Way of Human Rights", National German Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
1989-2000 "Place Charles de Gaulle", Nantre, France
1990-1994 "Passages - Homage to Walter Benjamin", Spain
1992-1999 "The Way to the Hidden Garden", Sculpture Garden, Saforo, Japan
1993-1998 "Tolerance Plaza - Homage to Itzchak Rabin", Unesco Center, Paris, France
1994 "Homage to the Prisoners of the Camp", France
1995 "The Village Square". Horgen, Switzerland
1995-2000 "The Founders' Garden - Yad Lebanim", (with the landscape architect Zvi Dekel), Hedera, Israel
1996-1999 "Memory Garden", Duisburg, Germany
1996-2000 "The Way of Peace", Nitzana, Israel-Egypt border
1997 "From the Depths", abandoned coal factories, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1998-2006 "Ecology Project", Moro, Nara, Japan
1999-2001 "Portals of Knowledge", Scuence Museum, Naples, Italy
2001- "In Memory of the Holocaust of the Gypsies", Berlin, Germany (not yet finished)
2002 "Place of the Spirit", Columbia University, New York, USA
Recent Exhibitions
2007 Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 Retrospective, Martim Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Retrospective, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Prizes
1958 First prize in the decade exhibition in Jerusalem
1977 Israel Prize in sculpture
1996 Peace Artist Prize of Unesco
1996 Kaiserring Prize in plastic art in Germany
1998 Prize of Emperor of Japan - Nobel Prize in the Arts
2004 Berlin Prize in sculpture
He has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in museums in Israel, Europe, Korea, Japan, Brazil, and the U.S.A.
His works are represented in the collections of the best museums in Israel and in the world.
Danny Karavan has worked for the advancement of peace since the early fifties and participated in the initiative to preserve the Bauhaus in Tel Aviv.