I was born in Israel in 1972 and in 2002 graduated from the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. I received numerous awards, including First Prize at the Alix de Rothschild...
Read More I was born in Israel in 1972 and in 2002 graduated from the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. I received numerous awards, including First Prize at the Alix de Rothschild Competition by the Israel Crafts Foundation (2005); the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture’s Young Artist Award (2007); First Prize at the All About Him Competition, Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Sofia (2008); the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture’s Encouragement Award (2014), Encouragement of Creativity Prize of Israel Discount Bank and Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize (2017). I also participated in many solo and group exhibitions both in Israel and abroad. My works are held in numerous public collections, including The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Collection; the Yona Fischer Collection, Ashdod Art Museum; and the Israel Discount Bank Collection.
My work is informed by images and materials that are part of growing up in Israel, such as sand, Terrazzo tiles, puddles and mud, ants in the back yard, local architecture, factory-made furniture impaired by humidity and heat, exposed concrete, thistles, open fields devoured by construction. All these elements of Israeliana are accompanied by the constant hum of bereavement and loss, a collective memory of those who died in battle. In my work, such elements are explored and manipulated as components that make up a new, charged whole, allowing multiple emotional and conceptual readings.
