an artist

specializing in jewelry and Judaica, participating in solo and group art exhibitions both in Israel and abroad. Noy earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006 in the Department for Jewelry and Fashion, in Bezalel Academy of Arts and design. All of Noy’s creations are one-of-a-kind, mostly wearable objects. While some are Handmade, others involve high-end technologies, such as computer aided design and 3d printing. Noy’s studio is located in Jerusalem.

a curator & cultural entrepreneur

a freelance curator of Jewish art, folklore, popular art and ephemera. He has initiated and curated exhibitions and cultural events in Israel, Germany and the US, including The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Biennale, Rishon LeZion Museum, and The Museum for Islamic Art, The Old Synagogue in Erfurt. Since 2018 Noy served as the Deputy Director and Director of Content of the Jerusalem Biennale, the director of operations of Musrara School of Art . Noy is currently the CEO of c.a.t.a.m.o.n dance group in Jerusalem.

an art historian

who specializes in Jewish art, folklore, popular art and ephemera. 2018 Noy earned his Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his doctoral studies, Noy was a member of the Ph.D. Honors Program at the Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Between 2019 and 2022 Noy was working on his post-doctorate at Hebrew University as part of the European Research Council (ERC) fellowship “Beyond the Elite: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe”

art history

antiquity

#judea; #numismatics; #hasmonean; #herodian; #crown; #wreath; #coins; #hyrcanus;  #diadem; #the roman empire

middle ages

#jewelry; #ashkenaz; #weddings; #treasures; #germany; #tradition; #nuptial; #mazal-tov; #beyond the elite

contemporary

#bezalel; #boris schatz; #judaica; #jerusalem; #metalsmith; #Jerusalem-biennale; #shirat-miriam shamir

the 1980's

#garbage pail kids, #popular art; #trading cards; #folklore; #politics; #knesset #ephemera; #havurat hazevel

list of publications

  • Ido Noy, We Hate the Holidays: Garbage Pail Kids and H̱avurat HaZevel as a Platform for Cultural Exchange, Welcoming Visuality: New Studies in Jewish Art and Material Culture. Festschrift in honor of Prof. Shalom Sabar, Brill 2024 (forthcoming)
  • Elisheva Baumgarten and Ido Noy (eds.), In and Out, Between and Beyond: Jüdisches Alltagsleben im mittelalterlichen Europa (Erfurt: Hebrew University and Jüdisches Leben Erfurt 2022)
  • Ido Noy, Medieval Ashkenaz: Views from the 21st Century, Jewish Studies Quarterly (2021), 429-466.
  • Ido Noy, Garbage Pail Kids: On Caricature, Satire and Political Stench, Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore 34 (2022), 211-252. (Hebrew)
  • Elisheva Baumgarten and Ido Noy (eds.), In and Out, Between and Beyond: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe (Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 2021)
  • Ido Noy, Women of valor and the wisdom of their heart – Women and Gender in Contemporary Jewish art of Bezalel School, Etmol 272 (2021), 30-33 (Hebrew)
  • Ido Noy, Amor Vincit Omnia: Medieval Jewish Love and Romance in Light of the Erfurt Girdle, in: Maria Stürzebecher and Claudia Bergmann (eds.) Erfurter Schriften zur jüdischen Geschichte Vol 6: Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts, (Erfurt: Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, 2020), 80-93.
  • Ido Noy, The Crown of Mrs. Zemah, Daughter of Rabbi Aaron: Conceptions of Royalty, Status, and Chastity among Ashkenazi Brides during the Middle Ages, Chidushim – Studies in the History of German and Central European Jewry, (2019) 84-113. (Hebrew)
  • Ido Noy, Love Conquers All: The Erfurt Girdle as a Source for Understanding Medieval Jewish Love and Romance, Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture 11 (2018), 228-246
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir, Rash Rash Rash: Contemporary Noisemakers of the Bezalel School (Tel Aviv: The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center at the Tel Aviv University, 2020)
  • Ido Noy (ed.), For Heaven’s Sake! The 2019 Jerusalem Biennale Complete Catalogue (Jerusalem: Jerusalem Biennale, 2019)
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir, Israel Dahan: Fifty Years of Judaica (Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Biennale, 2019)
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir (eds.), Khamsa Khamsa Khamsa”: The Evolution of a Motif in Contemporary Israeli Art (Jerusalem: The Museum for Islamic Art, 2018)
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir (eds.), Keep It Light: Vessels for Memorial and Remembrance Candles in the Contemporary Jewish Art of the Bezalel school (Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Biennale, 2017)
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir (eds.), Judaica Now!: Goblets and Kiddush Cups of the Bezalel School (Rishon Le-Zion: Rishon Le-Zion Museum 2016)
  • Ido Noy, The Fleuron Crown from Neumarkt in Silesia (Środa Śląska): Christian Material Culture in a Jewish Context, Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art 12 (2016), 23-52
  • Ido Noy and Shirat Miriam Shamir, Bezalel School: In and Out in Jewish Contemporary Art (Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Biennale, 2015)
  • Ido Noy, Head Decoration Representations on Hasmonean and Herodian Coins, Israel Numismatic Research 8 (2013), 39-54
  • Ido Noy, The Victory Wreath of Hyrcanus I, Israel Numismatic Research 7 (2012), 31-42

honors and fellowships

the studio

#art; #goldsmith; #fashion; #copper; #forging #miniatures; #jewellery; #bezalel; #judaica; #silversmith; #brass; #silver; #design; #earrings; #3d printing; #925; #ring; #identity; #brooch; #designer maker; #cad; #gold; #casting #soldering; #necklace; #polishing; #one of a kind; #24k; #hammering; #bronze #metalwork

altneuland project

“Whenever we take a look at architecture around the world; we can identify the nature of the people that use those buildings as time passes. Looking at Tel Aviv and beyond the architects’ master plan, we can discover archeological layers of different elements that have been added during the years. These layers are defined as beautiful or ugly, and of course lie in the eyes of the beholder”

contemporary judaica

Twin Torah Pointers , 2017

“The Vitek 9 Hanukkah menorah (2015) is yet another example of the long tradition of Hanukkah menorahs whose designs are inspired by local, contemporary architecture. The uniqueness of this piece is that it responds to the particular physical characteristics of the local space, particularly those found on the axis between the neglect and preservation of local architecture”

Hanukkah Lamp (Vitek 9, On the Roofs of Tel Aviv)

curating jewish art & identity

In and Out, Between and Beyond: Jüdisches Alltagsleben im mittelalterlichen Europa [The Old Synagogue in Erfurt, Germany 2022]; In and Out, Between and Beyond: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe [Max and Iris Stern Gallery at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2021]; Rash Rash Rash: Contemporary Noisemakers of the Bezalel School [The Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Center, Tel Aviv University 2019]; For Heaven’s Sake! the [4th Jerusalem Biennale 2019]; Israel Dahan: Fifty Years of Judaica [The Wolfson Museum at Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem, 2018]; Khamsa Khamsa Khamsa: The Evolution of a Motif in Contemporary Israeli Art [The Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem 2017]; Keep It Light: Vessels for Memorial and Remembrance Candles in the Contemporary Jewish Art of the Bezalel school [Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem 2017]; Judaica Now! Goblets and Kiddush Cups of the Bezalel School [Rishon Le-Zion: Rishon Le-Zion Museum 2015]; Bezalel School: In and Out in Jewish Contemporary Art [The Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Center, Jerusalem, 2015]; Generationen: Yeckische Kunst im Familien Lauf [The Jerusalem Theater with the Association of Israelis of Central European Origin, Jerusalem 2009]; 20kg of Spiritual Wealth [Association of Israelis of Central European Origin, Jerusalem 2008]

contemporary jewish art

bezalel
school
of
judaica

in and out, between and beyond

jewish daily life in medieval europe

max and Iris stern gallery at the hebrew university, jerusalem

old synagogue erfurt, germany

“The exhibition In and Out, Between and Beyond: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe that opened in the Max and Iris Stern Gallery at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (June 2021) and in the Old Synagogue of Erfurt, Germany (November 2022), is among the final fruits of the European Research Council research group Beyond the Elite: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe, headed by Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten. It offers a fascinating perspective on how Jews and their Christian neighbors lived their lives in and around medieval cities. 

garbage pail kids

on caricature, satire and political stench

“Originally produced by Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. (Brooklyn, New York), a local version of GPK sticker cards were distributed in Israel in 1987-8. Although designed as product for children, the Israeli version of Garbage Pail Kids left a deep impression on the local political discourse. ‘Havurat HaZevel’ – the Hebrew translation of Garbage Pail Kids, became a newly coined expression, often used by publicists as well as by members of the Israeli parliament in order to portray the ultimate political ‘other’. The use of Garbage Pail Kids in Israeli political context gave rise to several spinoffs. The appearance of these creative initiatives over the last three decades coresponds to political circumstances, mainly to the elections for the Knesset and for Prime Minister as well as to expressions of political dissent and protest”

we hate the holidays

garbage pail kids and havurat haZevel as a platform for cultural exchange

“A close examination of GK and Havurat HaZevel reflects a cultural exchange between the American and Israeli versions, Namely the exchange of non-Jewish themes, especially Gentile holidays in Havurat HaZevel, and on the other hand, the inclusion of themes related to the Jewish holiday of Hannukah in some of the new series released in America” 

contact me

ido.noy@mail.huji.ac.il

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