Ravit Lazer earned her MA in an interdisciplinary program in the arts from Tel Aviv University, studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and earned her BFA in Ceramic Art and Design from ESC, SUNY in NYC.
She is the director of the Benyamini School for Ceramic Art and the Diploma Studies program at Benyamini Contemporary ceramic center in Tel Aviv, She is also a lecturer on ceramic design in Shenkar College – Engineering, Art, and Design in Israel.
Biography
Education
2006-2009 M.A (with Distinction), Interdisciplinary program in the Arts, Tel Aviv University, Israel
1994-1995 B.F.A., Ceramic Art and Design, SUNY, NYC, USA
1994 Ceramic Design, Parsons School of Design, NYC, USA
1991-1993 Ceramic Art and Design Dept., Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
Teaching
2009- Present Lecturer, Industrial design Dep. Shenkar College, Ramat Gan
2012-present Lecturer, Diploma Studies program and the Benyamini School for Ceramic Art,
Benyamini Center for Contemporary Ceramic.
2000- Present Lecturer, Ceramic design, sculpting and Pottery, Independent Studio, Shilat
2014 Lecturer, Go Global, joint project with the Royal College, London and Shenkar
College, Ramat Gan
1997-1999 Lecturer, Ceramic Dept., Craft Student League, NYC, USA
1994-1997 Lecturer, Central Queens YMCA, Forest Hills, NY, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Ruins 208.287, Siman Sheela Gallery, Kibbutz Amir, Curators: Eti Fardo Nusbaum and Naftali Nachmani
2017 Ruins, Periscope Gallery for Design and Craft, Tel Aviv, Curator: Sari Faran
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 “The Sixth Biennale for Israeli Ceramics”, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2010 “Nakba, Who Saw? Who heard?“, Zochrot Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 “29 Km”, Umm el Phahem Gallery
2009 “Postcards from Gaza”, Zochrot Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Norma Musih.
2009 “The Fifth Biennale for Israeli Ceramics”, Clay, Sensation, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2008 “Amnesia“, Zochrot Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Shlomit Bauman
2007 “The Fourth Israeli Ceramics Biennale” – Territory and Identity, Between Ceramics and Architecture, Tel Aviv
2006 “Imprinted in Matter“, Umm El-Fahem Art Gallery
2005 “Traditional Palestinian Pottery in Hebron“, Homage Exhibition, Ein Harod Museum
2003 “20x20x13“, The Gallery, Shoeva, Curator: Tirza Yalon Kolton
2002 “The Second Israeli Ceramics Biennale“, Eretz Israel Museum
Selected Group Exhibitions Abroad
2016 Ceramic Design from Israel, Techno.Logical Vessels, 47th Congress of the IAC, Sant Pau, Barcelona
1998 “selection“, Empire State Building Gallery, NYC, USA
1997 “Craft Students League“, Elsa Mott Gallery, NYC, USA
1996 “International Decorative Ceramics Competition“, Kutani, Japan
1995 “Tokyo-New York Ceramic Competition“, NYC, USA
Curatorial
2018 Home Made 2018, The School is Out to the Gallery, Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv
2018 A Moment in Time, First Studio Scholarship Exhibition, Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv
2018 Attraction, International Ceramics from Private Collections, Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv
2017 Home Made 2017, The School is Out to the Galley, Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv
2013 SHIFT, Ceramic in Universities and Colleges of Art and Design in Israel, (Collaborating curator Shlomit Bauman), Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv.
2012 Proof Firing, Ceramic Design at the Product Design dep., Shenkar College, Ramat Gan
Selected Publications and Collections
2018 Destroyed Present, On Ravit Lazer’s Exhibition Ruins, Ceramic
Art+Perception, July 2018, written by Shlomit Bauman
2018 Ravit Lazer’s Ruins, CFile
2018 Member of Artaxis
2018 Destroyed Present, On Ravit Lazer’s Exhibition Ruins, 1280 Ceramic Art Review, Ceramic Art Ass. Of Israel
2015 “Foreign city”, Israeli Parliament ceramic collection
2009 “Where, Here: Language, Identity, Place“, Hakibutz Hameuhad Publication, Israel
2003 “500 Bowls, Contemporary Explorations of timeless design“, Lark Publication
1998 “The Best of Pottery 2“, Rockport Publication, USA
1998 “The Ceramic Design Book“, Lark Publication