Ilan Averbuch is an American artist born in Israel. He studied art at Wimbledon School of Art in London before moving to New York in 1980 to complete his studies at the School of Visual Arts (BFA 1982) and Hunter College (MFA 1984). In 1985 he received the prestigious DAAD Berlin Program Award, which led to a year creating and exhibiting work in Germany. Upon returning to the United States he moved to his present home and studio in Long Island City, New York, and maintained an international exhibition schedule while teaching at the School of Visual Arts and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Averbuch continues to show in galleries and museums worldwide while he concentrates on large-scale public projects. His work has been included in numerous one-man shows, group shows and projects throughout the USA, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, Germany and India, including a mid-career retrospective at the Tefen Museum in Israel.
Averbuch creates sculptures that pose fundamental questions about our search for identity in the late twentieth century and early twenty first century. His landmark works help create identities for many different kinds of places, including university campuses, public parks, technical schools, medical centers, a recreation center, transit stations, a supreme court, corporate plazas, a sports arena, and a fire station.

SELECTED COMPLETED COMMISSIONS:

2016 Marina Heights, Tempe, AZ
Florida International University, Miami, FL
2015 Discovery Campus, Tempe, AZ
2015 Downtown Remote Operations Facility, Raleigh, NC
2014 H.H. Ellis Technical High School, Danielson, CT
2014 Topor Sculpture Garden, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2013 Fire Station, El Paso, TX
2012 Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham, WA
2011 Fire Station in Public Park, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 Recreation Center in Public Park, Herriman, Salt Lake County, UT
2009 Public Park, Tamarac, FL
2009 Oregon State Data Center, Salem, OR
2008 Sound Transit Light Rail System, Tacoma, WA
2008 Gezer Park, Leawood, KS
2008 Light Rail System, Phoenix, AZ
2007 Traffic Circle, funded by the Mercury Corporation, Yehud, Israel
2006 Stapleton Landmark, Stapleton, Denver, CO
2006 Tierra Verde Fire Station #2, Tierra Verde, FL
2004 Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2004 IT and Engineering Building, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2003 Bar Ilan University, Israel
2002 Design Committee for six stations of the Phoenix, Arizona, Light Rail System
2002 The Little Prince Park, Chulon, Israel
2001 Performing Arts Center, Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois
2000 Entrance to town, Lavon Industrial Park, Lavon, Israel
1996 Lobby Interior, Ganapati Inc., Calcutta, India
1995 Arena Project, City of Portland, Oregon
1989 City of Tel Aviv, Israel

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York: 2014, 2011, 2008, 2005, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1989.
Omer Open Museum, Israel: 2013-2015.
Gal-On Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel: 2012.
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada: 2009, 2005, 1998, 1994, 1991, 1988.
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York: 2005.
Galerie Sander, Darmstadt, Germany: 2001.
Künstverein Hürth, Hürth, Germany: 2000.
Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany: 1999.
Galerie Lutz Teutloff, Bielefeld and Cologne, Germany: 1998, 1996, 1993.
Michael Haas Gallery, Berlin, Germany: 1993, 1990, 1987.
The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel: 1997.
Littmann Gallery, Basel, Switzerland: 1994.
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel: 1997, 1993.
Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands: 1992.
Lavignes-Bastille, Paris, France: 1990.
The Jewish Museum, New York: 1986.
Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel: 1986.
Daad Galerie, Berlin, Germany: 1986.
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany: 1985.
OK Harris Works of Art, New York: 1987, 1985, 1983, 1981.
List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI: 1983.