Leah Sheves
To make my ceramic pieces I use a technique in which I both fold and join flat slabs of clay.
What interests me most in the process is the transition from the second to the third dimension and the relationship formed between the flat surface of the object and its three dimensional form.
The pieces occupy a borderline place which lies on the cusp between the soft and hard, the organic and geometric, between the functional and non-functional and between reality and illusion.
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EDUCATION
1980 Master of Arts Degree in Art and Education, Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, New York USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1990 Israel State of the Arts: Barbican Center, London, UK
1993 Works in Clay: Gallery 105, Champaign, Illinois, USA
1994 Ceramics Israel: Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Curator: Jimmy Clark
2000 Pink Lillium: Shlush Shloshim Ceramics Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2001 Constructive Paradigms in Clay: Architectural Elements in Contemporary
Ceramics: Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Sara Hackert
2004 Design Art Design-The Third Israeli Biennale of Ceramics: Erets Israel Museum, Ramat Aviv, Israel. Curator: Marek Cecula
2006 Territory and Identity: Between Ceramics and Architecture:Fourth Israeli
Biennale of Ceramics: Erets Israel Museum, Ramat Aviv. Israel Curator: David Knafu
2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show: Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA
2008 Clay, Sensation-The Fifth Israeli Biennale of Ceramics Erets Israel Museum, Ramat Aviv, Israel . Curator: Hagai Segev
2009 From the Melting Pot into the Fire: Mint Museum of Craft and Design Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2009 Out of Context: Municipal Gallery, Rehovot, Israel, Curator: Ora Krauss
2010 From the Melting Pot into the Fire: Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
2011 The Sixth Biennale of Ceramics. Eretz Israel Museum. Ramat Aviv, Israel. Curator: Shlomit Bowman.
2012 Mekupelet: Beit Dondikov, Rehovot and Gerstein Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Ora Krauss
2013 Consumer Basket: Beit Binyamini, Tel Aviv; Okashi Art Museum, Akko. Curator: Raz Samira
2014 Blue and White Now Beit Aharon Kahana, Ramat Gan. Curator: Ina Aroueti
2014 Feast: Beit Binyamini. Tel Aviv
Contact Information
Leah Sheves
Klil 14
Rehovot, Israel
Tel: 972 8 9465648
Cell: +972 54 4570348
Email leah.sheves@gmail.com
