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Dan Reisner (born in 1964, Haifa) is an Israeli sculptor and sculpture teacher. His work ranges from small sculptures casted in bronze, to large-scale sculptures, installed in the public space (in Haifa, Ramat Aviv and more). He is am Academia sculpture professor and was for several years the head of the sculpture department at the Kalisher Art School.

Biography
Dan Reisner was born in Haifa and grew up in Neve Magen neighborhood, Ramat Hasharon.

In 1983 he volunteered for the paratrooper brigade and served in the 890th battalion as a combat medic. As part of his military role, he served in Lebanon.

When Reisner finished his military service, he stayed for six months in New York, a time during which he also worked in Leo Castelli's gallery.

When he returned to Israel, he began studying art at Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts, Ramat Hasharon, and after four years of study (1987-1991) he graduated also with a teaching certificate.

Between the years 1998-2000 Reisner received his Master in Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.

Between 1995-1997 he taught sculpture at the Meirhof Center for Art Education, at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and between the years 1997-1999 he taught sculpture at Ort Evin High School, Ramat Gan.

Between 1991-2002 he taught in the Sculpture Department, at the College for Technology of the Kalisher School of Art in Tel Aviv, and also served as the director of the Sculpture Department.

He is a professor at the College of Management Academic Studies.

He gave a lecture at the Tel Aviv Museum as part of the "Professional Artist" lecture series, on his development processes as an artist and how to break through the accepted frameworks.

He is Married to Rinat (artist, art therapist and proffesor). They have two daughters and a son.

His Art
Reisner works in his studio, located in Noga neighborhood in Jaffa. His artworks depicts images of nature and historical memory. Alongside traditional figurative sculpture (e.g. George Floyd's head), he also creates urban and public sculpture.

Main Works

 * "From Strait to Create"

In the early years of the 21st century, Dan developed the method titled "From Strait to Create", which deals with creativity as a tool for healing and change, that also became a tool for alteration and evolution, while working with individuals and companies. This process began with his need to heal himself from post-trauma, a result of his military service as a paratrooper combat medic in the First Lebanon War.


 * "The Murmur of the sees" - In commemoration the saving of the Danish Jews:

In June 2013, the "The Murmur of the sees" statue, which deals with the rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943, was inaugurated in Haifa, at Dado beach near the Carmel Beach station. The name of the square was changed to "Denmark Square". According to Reisner's interpretation, the magnitude of this event was that it was a rescue of people by people. Reisner wanted to indicate the happy ending of the story - in a piece that is colorful, delightful, and kinetic as the oars move in response to the breeze coming from the sea, thus "sailing" the boat to a safe shore.