I draw inspiration from the natural environment around my studio as well as images from my South African childhood. These sights and sounds are distilled into minimalist, abstract sculptures and vessels. The symmetry and classical balance of wheel-thrown pieces is deliberately altered, creating sensual shapes with a dynamic center of gravity. These works explore issues of containment and emptiness by reinterpreting traditional approaches to shape, volume and space.
Biography
Education
1981 Tel Aviv University, BA in Speech Therapy
1980-86 Ceramics with private teachers
Work
2000-present Founder, trustee, director of the Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center
2009-2010 Midrasha Art College Beit Berl – Advanced wheel throwing
1987-2010 Ceramist, working and teaching in my studio
Awards
2012 Maud Friedland Prize for contribution to ceramics
2007 Artist residency Watershed Ceramic Art Center, Maine, USA from AIDA
2001 Alix de Rothschild Foundation Prize for Ceramic Sculpture
Selected Exhibitions
2011 Techno.Logical Implements, 6th Ceramics Biennale, Haaretz Museum, Tel Aviv
2011 Periscoptiva, Artists House, Tel Aviv
2009 From the Melting Pot into the Fire, Mint Museum, Gardiner, Belger, WHatcom
2009 The Nursery, Solo exhibition, Periscope Contemporary Design Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Gestures in Clay, Solo exhibition, Geological Museum, Ramat Hasharon
2008 Clay Sensation, 5th Ceramics Biennale, Haaretz Museum, Tel Aviv
2008 Scratching the Surface, Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 Territory and Identity, 4th Ceramics Biennale, Haaretz Museum, Tel Aviv
2006 Sahaf, Beit Kahana Museum, Ramat Gan
2005 Tribute to Palestinian Pottery, Ein Harod Museum of Art
2004 Design Art Design, 3rd Ceramics Biennale, Haaretz Museum, Tel Aviv
2004 Between Black and White, Solo exhibition, Toot, Ramat Hasharon
2003 Innovation & Influences Exhibited with AIDA at SOFA, Chicago
2003 Alix de Rothschild Foundation Prize 2001, Beit Kahana Museum, Ramat Gan
2002 Status: White, Hankin Design Gallery, Holon
2001 Constructive Paradigms, Artists House, Jerusalem
2001 Contours, Solo exhibitionShlush Shloshim Gallery, Tel Aviv
Publications
2005 Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 61, “Trapping the Void”