As a potter, I am always loyal to the ceramic tradition and I will use it to create vessels and ceramic objects with a contemporary twist to them.  In my pottery, there is no over-complicated showing-off, nor any desire for revolution. Instead, I work with the immediacy, naivety and energy of joie de vivre. Handwork changes the symmetry of the wheel-shaped vessel until an interesting but not unfamiliar shape is obtained.  Thus, I create a vessel reminiscent of a shape from the past but with a unique personal touch.

In the past few years I have been moved by the idea of building  private “altars” or temples that contains various items, some deciphered, some an enigma, which create a kind of self portrait; items that are alluring in beauty and colorfulness, which have something magical, erotic and surrealistic about them. I try to link the different sources which affected my artistic language: organic nature, the Western and pre-Colombian ceramic tradition, Mexico’s popular art and folklore, the paintings of Frida Kahlo and the ceramic decorations in the buildings of Antoni Gaudí.

 

Biography

Education

1991    Graduates with honors from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.

1992         Since then, works in her own Tel Aviv studio.

1993-94 Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Ceramic Design Department

2007 –Present     Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Ceramic Design Department

Prizes and Awards

1989    Erica and Ludwig Jesselson Prize for Judaica.

1990    Prize for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.

1991    Blumental Award for Excellence in Ceramics.

1993-94 America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

2006         Since   AIDA Reperesented Artist

Selected  Solo Exhibitions

1992    ” Vessels ”   Shlush Shloshim Gallery, Tel Aviv.

1993    ” Segment ”   Artists House, Jerusalem

1995    ” Ten Vessels ”   Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.

2002    ” More Vessels ”   The Israeli Museum of Ceramic Art, Beit Aharon Kahana, Ramat Gan.

2006    ” Jacaranda ”    Periscope, Contemporary Design Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2010         ” Types ”     Periscope, Contemporary Design Gallery, Tel Aviv.

       Selected Group Exhibitions

1992    America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Grant Winners Exhibition – Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan.

1993    America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Grant Winners Exhibition – University Gallery, University.

1993    “Ceramics in the World of Art and Design” – Ceramics Biennale, Be’er Sheba.

1994    America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Grant Winners Exhibition – Haim Etgar Art Museum, Ein Harod.

1995    “HWK-Talente 95” – Munich.

1996    “Premier Biennale des Creatrices Mediterraneennes” – Marseilles.

2001    “1800” – Horace Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2004         “Material Culture” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis.

2006         “SOFA” – The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Chicago.

2008         Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

2013          The Seventh Biennale for Israeli Ceramics

2014          “The Feast” Annual Exhibition of the Israeli Ceramic Artist Association

2016          The Eight Biennale for Israeli Ceramics

  

 

Selected Works

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