Eva Avidar - Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center

School of Ceramic Art (1)
The Ceramic Art School at Beit Binyamini is a professional center intended for enthusiasts, artists and designers who wish to work within the limits of the ceramic material. Throughout the year, the school holds a diverse set of courses through a professional and high-quality teaching team that enables the expansion of practical and theoretical knowledge. The school and the various workshops enable learning, development and professionalization and offers workshops, meetings and lectures by artists from Israel and abroad.
Gallery (2)
- ‏Gallery Educational Program
- 5 years of exhibitions book
The gallery in Beit Binyamin holds a discussion on material culture, contemporary ceramics, design, art, architecture and craft.
The exhibitions in the gallery flood relevant questions related to these fields of knowledge, from a broad and interdisciplinary starting point.
The exhibitions are presented in different spaces of the center and correspond regularly with the complex reality that surrounds it.
Chief Curator: Shlomit Bauman
Curator of a small gallery: Reut Rabuach and Shelly Shavit
Events and Special Programming (3)
This program aims to broaden the dialogue of the various aspects of ceramics and material culture, and includies lectures, masterclasses, gallery talks, symposia and special events that are planned throughout the year. Each meeting brings diverse views of the ceramic field locally and globally in contemporary and historical culture. We invite makers, designers and artists from various media and our activities are suitable for professional audiences as well as the general public.
In addition, the Benyamini Center places great importance on community involvement and during the year, participates in projects for and with the local community.
Library (4)
- Ceramic Magazines
- Digital Archive of Israeli Ceramics
The Library carries close to 1200 books on all aspects of the ceramic arts: Studio ceramics, Design, Pottery, How-to, History of ceramics, Israeli ceramics, Textbooks etc.. They represent most of the ceramics books available today worldwide. The Library also carries all the important international ceramic magazines and has a growing archive of "Israeli Ceramics" from its inception till today. The Library is constantly updated with the newest releases. It is accompanied with an updated database which can be viewed on the Benyamini internet site (it lists the Categories and Keywords for easy search). The aim of the Library is to familiarize professionals in the field, students, and the public at large with the ceramic field in all its richness, and be a well-equipped research center, as well as a learning source for the Benyamini Ceramic Art School.
International (5)
- Benyamini Center Abroad
- International Residency Programs
The international activities at the Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center are a two way operation – outward and inward – in an effort to establish Israeli ceramic art as part of the international clay community and to contribute to its professional dialogue with the world. In order to initiate global ties and launch international connections, we reach out to the global community by sending exhibitions abroad and participating in international projects, conferences and symposia as a path of integration in relevant professional conversations worldwide. Conversely, in order to bring the world to us in a variety of professional programs, we host international residencies and promote, produce and lead international conferences and symposia. These are productive and challenging platforms for sharing thoughts and ideas in relevant social, professional and political issues.
Benyamini Center (6)
The Issachar and Yehudit Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center promotes ceramic art and design in a vibrant atmosphere of creativity for professional artists as well as the general public. Through the on-going activities we wish to create a dialogue between the various aspects of ceramics and extend its scope in the broad spectrum of material cultur
Contact (7)

1960 Born in Transylvania- Romania. 1981-1985 Academy of art and design “Bezalel” Jerusalem-( B.F.A) 1988 – 1989 Graduate studies (fifth year) Academy of art and design “Bezalel”, Jerusalem 1989 – 1994 Teaching at Bezalel Academy of art and design, Jerusalem 1990 – 2013 Teaching at Emuna College, Jerusalem 2010 – 2013 Coordinator of the art department at Emuna College, Jerusalem 1994-1996 “Royal collage of Art” London (M.A. Sculpture) 1996-2001 Teaching at Shenkar- college for Fashion and Textile, Ramat-Gan 2003 – 2009 Teaching at Hamidrasha- Bet Berl College, Kfar Saba 2005 – 2009 Coordinator of the Ceramic Workshop at Hamidrasha- Bet Berl College, Kfar Saba 2006 Artist in residence, Clay studio Philadelphia 1976, 1987, 1989 Scholarship from Cultural Fund America- Israel 1992 The “Young Artist” award Rotchild Fund 1994 Clore foundation Scholarship for graduate studies at R.C.A 1996 The “Oriana” Prize for Fine Art, London

solo Exhibitions

1990 Herzelia Museum 1991 Rehovot Municipal Gallery 1995 “Bet Aharon Kahana” Gallery, Ramat Gan 1999 “Nahshon” Gallery, Kibbutz Nahshon 2003 “Nahshon” Gallery, Kibbutz Nahshon 2006 “Hagaleria” Gallery, Moshav Shoeva. 2009 “Shay Arie” Gallery, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions

1988 Hertzelia Museum 1989 Kassel, Germany

1991 Hakikar Gallery, Jaffa 1992 “Mishkenot Shaananim” 1994 Halln, Berlin, Hannover- Travelling exhibition, Germany 1996 “South Bank Gallery”, London

“Atrium” Gallery , London R.C.A London 1997 The President’s House, Jerusalem 1998 “Erez Israel” Museum, Tel-Aviv

“Sotheby’s”, Tel-Aviv 2000 Ispica, Sicily 2006 “Erez Israel” Museum, Tel-Aviv 2009 “Hakibutz” Gallery, Tel Aviv

Works in Collections

Debora Shoken Herzelia Museum Oriana (P&O) collection Vivian Duffield Clay studio Philadelphia “Hagaleria” Gallery “Shay Arye” Gallery

Biography

Selected Works

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