Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2004 |
Diploma in Ceramics, TAFE Lismore NSW |
| 1989 |
Diploma in Classical Homeopathy, Israel |
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 |
TerraForma- Gadfly Gallery, Perth |
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Life of Form - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 2011 |
New Ceramic Sculptures - Beaux Arts Bath, Bath UK |
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Terra memoria - Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne |
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Mother Tongues - Beaver Galleries, Canberra |
| 2010 |
Peregrinations - Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA |
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Continuum - Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, QLD |
| 2009/10 |
Deep Earth - Touring exhibition to Regional Galleries |
| 2009 |
Origins - Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne |
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Terra Anima - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 |
Terra Intima - Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Thomas R. Riley - Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 2007 |
Salmon Galleries - Sydney, Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| 2006 |
Unearthed II - Salmon Galleries, Sydney |
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Lismore Regional Art Gallery |
| 2005 |
Unearthed I - Beaver Galleries - Canberra |
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Two person exhibitions
| 2004 |
Under the Dome - Tweed River Regional Art Gallery |
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Mura Clay Gallery - Sydney |
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Selected group exhibitions
| 2012 |
Enduring Forms, Aptos Cruz Gallery, Adelaide
Art Platform Los Angeles presented buy Gaffer Gallery, Hong Kong
Byron Bay Writers Festival Sculpture Show
Sculpture 24, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 2011 |
Art London, presented by Beaux Arts Bath
The 60th Blake Touring Exhibition 2011/12
Fairyland - Grafton Regional Gallery
Sculpture 23 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show - Presented by Cavin Morris Gallery NY
30 to Collect - ArtHouse Gallery, Sydney
Confined Excitement - Cavin-Morris Gallery, New-York |
| 2010 |
Time&Place - Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW
Art Event - Jewish Museum of Australia - NGV International, Melbourne
Down Memory Lane - Framed Gallery, Darwin
9th Festival in Ceramics - Demonstrators Exhibition - University of Ballarat Post Office Gallery
The Space Between - Three person show - Aptos Cruz Gallery, Adelaide SA
On Paper, in time and in others' minds - Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
44th General Assembly - International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition - Cite de la Ceramique, Sevres, France
Sculpture 22 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 2009/10 |
The 58th Touring Blake Prize Exhibition |
| 2009 |
Egyptian Treasures: Arts of the Pharaohs - The Australian Museum, Sydney
Heated Words - Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
Friends of Bezalel Art Exhibition - Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
White Heat - The Australian Ceramics Association's Biennial Exhibition Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Sculpture 21 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
NCECA Group Exhibition: Clay - Cervini Hass Gallery - Scottsdale Arizona, USA
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
Here/Now - Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Our Most Easterly Edge - Fusions, Brisbane
Palm Beach 3 - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 2008 |
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
SOFA Chicago - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sculpture 20 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Ceramicos - Waywood gallery, Byron Bay
Palm Beach 3 - Presented by Thomas Riley Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
COLLECT - Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB, Presented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney |
| 2007 |
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
Palm Beach 3 - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Art London - Presented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney
SOFA Chicago - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 2006 |
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
SOFA New York, USA - Presented by Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
SOFA Chicago, USA - Presented by Beaver Galleries
Chrysalis - Lismore Regional Art Gallery
ConVerge - Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane and touring to Regional Galleries to 2008
Hand Made - J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA |
| 2005 |
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
SOFA Chicago, USA - Presented by Beaver Galleries |
| 2004 |
Fusions Graduate Award Exhibition, Brisbane
Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award
Graduating Students Award Exhibition - Inner City Clayworks Sydney, NSW |
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Competitions, Awards, Residencies
| 2012 |
Gold Coast Ceramic Award
The Wilson Visual Arts Award
Winner - Byron Arts Classic, first prize for sculpture
Stanthorpe Art Festival |
| 2011 |
Artist in residence - The Israel Museum, Archaeology wing, Jerusalem
The Blake Prize
Manning Art Prize
Highly commended - Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Travelling Scholarship Prize - Noosa Regional Gallery
Prometheus Visual Arts Award
Burnie Print Prize |
| 2010 |
Ergon Energy CQ Ceramic Award
Artist residency - SPDA Fremantle WA
Aquisition Award - Stanthorpe Art Festival |
| 2009 |
Selected as a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva
The Blake Prize
Manning Art Prize
IV International Biennial of Ceramics - Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
Prometheus Visual Arts Award
Highly Commended - Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Burnie Print Prize |
| 2008 |
Winner - Border Art Prize
Awarded - Australia Council for the Arts - New Work grant (established artists)
The Sidney Myer International Ceramic Award |
| 2006 |
Awarded - Australia Council for the Arts - New Work grant (emerging artists)
Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award |
| 2005 |
Awarded - The 3rd International Competition - World Ceramic Biennale - Korea, Honorary mention
Winner - The Josephine Ulrick Award for Excellence - Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award. |
| 2004 |
Gold Coast International Ceramic Award |
| 2003 |
Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award |
| 1999 |
Awarded - Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show - Special Mention, Ballina NSW |
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Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Powerhouse Museum - Sydney
Jewish Museum of Australia
Atelier d'Art de France, Paris
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Gold Coast City Art gallery
Southern Downs Regional Art collection, Stanthorpe
Shepparton Art Gallery
Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
Tweed River Art Gallery
Grafton Regional Gallery
Ceramics Victoria Permanenet Collection
Brisbane Grammar School Art Collection
The Charles Bronfman collection, USA
The Russell Berrie Foundation, USA
Various corporate and private collections - Australia, USA, UK
Selected publications
The Pot Book (Phaidon publiction 2011) by Edmund de Waal and Claudia Clare
The Blake Book - Art, Religion and Spirituality in Australia by rosemary Crumlin, 2011
Ceramic Review issue 253 - Excavating Language: Avital Sheffer, Beaux Arts Bath Exhibition Review, By Claudia Clare
Ceramics Monthly, June - August 2011, Exposure
Australian Yoga Journal, Issue 11, 2011 - Creative release, by Sascha Wyness
Canberra Times 17 Feb 2011 - Fusing Form and decoration, exhibition review by Kerry-Anne Cousins
Ceramics Art and Perception issue no. 80, 2010 - Of the Temporal and the Spiritual, Works By Avital Sheffer, by Inga Walton
Ceramic Review, UK issue no. 243, 2010 - Deep Earth - A present past/ a continuous present, by Louise Martin Chew
The Age 12/11/2009 Visual Art by Dylan Rainforth
Ceramic Review issue 240, Gallery review
The Australian Jewish News 10 November 2009 Exhibition review, by Dalia Sable
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, issue no. 48#2 2009 - White Heat: The Australian Ceramics Assocition Biennial Exhibition
Ceramics Monthly, October 2009 - Exhibitions: Avital Sheffer
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, issue no. 48#1 2009 - Avital Sheffer: Body of work by Ann McMahon
Deep Earth Exhibition catalogue, 2009 - A present past/a continuous present essay by Louise Martin Chew
Craft Arts International, issue no. 72, 2008 - New works by Avital Sheffer by Pollyanna Sutton
Ceramics Art and Perception, issue no. 67, 2007 - ConVerge: The Strength of a Region by Grace Cochrane
Art London catalogue, 2007
Craft Arts International, issue no. 66, 2006 - 24th Gold Coast International ceramic award by Gordon Foulds
SOFA Chicago catalogue, 2006
ConVerge : Northern Rivers Touring Ceramic Exhibition catalogue, 2006
Chrysalis Catalogue 2006: The Emergence of Northern Rivers Artists, by Louise Martin Chew
Craft Arts International, issue no. 64, 2005 - Tradition to Modernity, by Gordon Foulds
Ceramics Art and Perception - issue no. 60, 2005 - New Vessels, Ancient Voices, by Steven Giese
The Journal of Australia Ceramics 43#2 2004 - images
The Journal of Australia Ceramics 43#3 2004 - images
