title: Efrat Natan
text: # Efrat Natan
  
  Efrat Natan is an Israeli artist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Efrat Natan was born and grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Beit She'an Valley. She studied with Raffi Lavie. Her art was influenced by life on the kibbutz and utopian ideals. Her sculpture "Swing of the Scythe" (2002) is in the permanent exhibition of the Israel Museum. Composed of scythes arranged in a circle, the work draws on Natan's childhood memories growing up on a kibbutz as well as the myth of the Zionist pioneer, symbolizing the renewed relationship between the Jews and the land.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  * 1979 Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
  * 2002 Prize to Encourage Creativity, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
  * 2006 Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport Prize
  * 2006 Ministry of Education Prize for the Fine Arts
  * 2009: Mifal Hapayis Prize for the Fine Arts
  