Born Israel, 1972
Lives and works in Jerusalem
Education
MA Department of Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London, 2001-2003
BFA Department of Ceramic and Glass, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, 1992-1996
Teaching
2005- to present: Senior Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Spring Semester 2022 Wallace Herndon Smith distinguished visiting lecturer in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St Louis, MO.
2005-2007 Lecturer at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan.
One-Person Exhibitions
2013 By the Wall, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Curator: Meira Yagid Haimovici
2012 Pola and Leizer, as part of “New Friendship”, Jerusalem Artists’ House; Curator: Talia Tokatly
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Sereality, the Gallery for Israeli Art at the Tivon Memorial Center, Kiryat Tivon; Curators: Sigal Caspi and Michal Shachnai.
2022 Interior, the Gallery for Israeli Art at the Tivon Memorial Center, Kiryat Tivon; Curator: Anat Gatenio
2021 A Stone’s Throw Away, The Photography Gallery in memory of Yossi Nachmias and the Azrieli Gallery, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem; Curators: Tali Kayam and Doron Altaratz
2021 Kumzits Jerusalem, Hamiffal, Jerusalem; Curator: Meydad Eliyahu
2021 Kumzits, as part of the 30th Krakow Jewish Culture Festival, Poland; Curatorial team: Meydad Eliyahu, Julia Kawka, Pawel Kowalewski, Yael Sherill, Lianne Mol
2015- 2021 - Visions of Place: Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, New York, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, The Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Maryland, The Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University Camden, New Jersey. Curators: Prof. J. Susan Isaacs and Prof. Martin Rosenberg
2020 The Story of Pesach, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Oree Holban, Nomi Tanhauser
2020 Rash Rash Rash, Contemporary Noisemakers of the Bezalel School, Cymbalista Center, Tel Aviv University; Curators: Dr. Ido Noy and Dr. Shirat Miriam Shamir
2019 Her Dress, Her Symbol: Antea Revisited, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Rita Mendes-Flohr and Nomi Tannhauser
2019 Go Public- 4 Art Projects in Public Spaces, The New Gallery Artists’ Studios Teddy, Jerusalem; Curator: Tamar Gispan-Greenberg
2019 A Small Fish is not a Big Fish but Small, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv; Curator: Dina Kahana Gueller
2018 To Go: New Designs for Jewish Ritual Objects, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Curator: Sharon Weiser-Ferguson
2018 Table Manners, The Genia Schreiber University Gallery, Tel Aviv University; Curator: Nirith Nelson
2017 Across From, Manofim Festival’s Central Exhibition, Jerusalem, Mormon University; Curators: Rinat Edelstein, Lee He Shulov and Tamar Manor Friedman
2017 Secrets, Hansen House, Jerusalem. Co-Curated.
2017 Mostly White, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yakir Segev
2016 Continuous Encounters; Ceramics in Art and Archaeology, Hecht Museum, University of Haifa; Curator: Irena Gordon
2016 Connector, Vitrina Gallery, Holon Institute of Technology; Curators: Prof. Dana Arieli and Prof. Ezri Tarazi
2016 Non Contagious Exhibition, Hansen House, Jerusalem; numerous curators
2016 Back to the Future, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan; Curators: Yuval Saar and Hagit Peleg Rotem
2016 Matter of Fact, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv; Curators: Maya Ben David and Johnathan Hopp
2016 Udi Even -A Potter, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv; Curator: Tamara Rickman
2015 Quest, Ceramics & Photography, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv,
Museum of Photography Tel-Hai; Curators: Talia Tokatly and Roni Ben- Ari
2015 Guide to Local Birds, The Gail Rubin Gallery at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory; Curator: Gustavo Sagorsky
2014 Mivtza, an exhibition of contemporary art in a supermarket, Shufersal Deal Lev Talpiot, Jerusalem; Curator: Sharon Balaban.
2013 To Leave a Mark, as part of “Traces, The 5th Biennale for drawing in Israel”, Jeruslem Print Workshop; Curator: Irena Gordon
2012 There Was a Garden, The Art House, Mevasseret Zion; Curator: Talia Tokatly
2012 A Self-Portrait?, The Red House Art gallery, Tel Aviv; Curators: Shlomo Har-Paz and Itzi Schwartz
2010 Comfort Scapes, Art Cube, The Artists’ Studios Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Tal Yahas
2010 Correspondences, Bezalel Gallery, Yaffo 23, Jerusalem; Curators: Roy Brand, Yael Ruhman, Simon Krantz, Sagit Mezamer
2009 Body and Shadow, Dwek Gallery, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem; Curator: Irena Gordon
2009 Drought Work, HaKhava Municipal Gallery, Holon; Curator: Irit Carmon-Popper
2008 Artist Women, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Pesach Slabosky.
2008 Broken Phone, as part of ‘Manofim: Exhibition Season Opening, Jerusalem’, Artists’ studios, Jerusalem.
2007 Be-Low, The Lab, Jerusalem; Curator: Irit Carmon-Popper
2007 One And All (In conjunction with The Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design), The Israel Museum at the Jerusalem Artists’ House; Curator: Timna Seligman
2007 The Israeli Object, Lecturers’ of the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem; Curator: Dina Kahana Gueller.
2006 Downtown Jerusalem, The Yellow Submarine and Barbur Galler, Jerusalem; Curator: Yonathan Amir.
2003 Happy Families, Fine Art Redefines Interiors, Flat Number 2, 556 Harrow Road, London; Curators: Louise Clarke, Alana Pryce.
2003 The Show 2003 at the Royal College of Art, London
2001 Winners 2001: Prizes in Art and Design from the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Curators: Judith Spitzer and Alex Ward
2001 Between Design and Sculpture, The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem; Curators: Lydia Zavadsky and Maya Muchawsky parnas
2000 The Israeli Biennale for Ceramics: Young Artists’ Exhibition, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv; Curator: Ruth Direktor
1998 The Garden – A Metaphor, The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens; Curators; Daphna Naor and Idit Amihai.
1998 Continuity and Change: 92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel, travelling exhibition Worldwide; Curator: Muli Ben Sasson
1998 Different Matter, Contemporary Ceramics, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv; Curator: Ami Steinitz
1996 Modern Judaica in Ceramics, The Rosenthal Showroom, New York.
Awards, Scholarships and residencies
2022 Israel Institute visiting artist at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St Louis
2017 AIDA Scholarship for glass specialization in Corning, New York, U.S.A.
2016 Artist residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2013 The Andy, the Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for the Arts
2001 The Design Award, The Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports.
2001 The Clore Foundation Scholarship for MA Studies at the Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
1996 The Deborah Blumenthal Prize for an Outstanding Final Project, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1996 Academic Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1996 Rosenthal porcelain Judaica Competition Award
Collections
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Israeli Knesset collection
Private collections in Israel and abroad