News

Invited to participate in "ceramics now international exhibition"

Bucharest, Romania - www.ceramicsnow.org

Selected finalist - gold coast international ceramic award

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Selected finalist - The Wilson Visual Art Award

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Winner "Byron Arts Classic" 2012.

First prize for sculpture For the work Tamati I

Selected for Stanthorpe Art Festival competition

Midbaar II was selected for the competition. See website - www.srag.org.au

New publication: The Pot Book by Edmund De Waal with Claudia Clare (Phaidon Books)

The Pot Book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods. Each entry is sequenced in alphabetical order by the name of the artist/potter, the school, or style, creating a grand tour through the very finest examples of the artform.

My work Tumulus IV features on page 247.

Selected for the 60th Blake Touring Exhibition

See exhibition itinerary below.

New publication: The Blake Book - Art Religious and Spirituality in Australia, by Rosemary Crumlin

Featuring my work Omphalus V

Selected Finalist - The 60th Blake Prize

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Selected Finalist - Manning Art Prize

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New Public acquisition: Grafton Regional Gallery

Temimah IV was acquired by Grafton Regional Gallery from the exhibition Fairytales in Fairyland.

Collection - Atelier d'Art de France, Paris

Inannah VI 2010 was selected for the permanent collection of the Atelier d'Art de France, Paris

New representing gallery in the UK

Beaux Arts Bath is now representing Avital Sheffer in the United Kingdom
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New representing gallery in Asia

Gaffer Gallery is now representing Avital Sheffer in Hong-Kong and Asia
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Selected finalist - Travelling Scholarship Prize - Noosa Regional Gallery

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Selected finalist - Prometheus Visual Arts Award

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Highly commended - Muswellbrook Open Art Prize

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Selected finalist - Ergon Energy CQ Ceramic Award

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Selected finalist - Burnie Print Prize

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New representing gallery in the USA

Cavin Morris Gallery is now representing Avital Sheffer in New York.
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Exhibitions 2013

Solo exhibition at Anthea Polson Art.

Exhibition dates: 2-16 October 2013
Address: Shops 18-20 Mariners Cove Seaworld Drive Main Beach QLD 4217
Tel: +61 (0) 7 5561 1166
Web: www.antheapolsonart.com.au

Ceramics Group Exhibition at Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne


Exhibitions 2012

Ceramics Now Exhibition

International exhibition of Ceramics Now Magazine
Exhibition dates: 8-27 November 2012
Address: Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Web: www.ceramicsnow.org

Enduring Forms - Adelaide

Group exhibition in conjunction with the 2012 Australian Ceramics Triennale. Aptos Cruz Gallery, Adelaide.
Exhibition dates: 27 September to 4 November 2012

TerrafOrma

Solo exhibition at Gadfly Gallery, Perth
Exhibition dates: 8-24 June 2012
Address: 131B Waratah Avenue Dalkeith WA 6009
Tel: +61 (0) 8 9386 8369
Web: www.gadflygallery.com

Life of Form

Solo exhibition at Robin Gibson Gallery
Exhibition dates: 3-28 March 2012
Address: 278 Liverpool Street Darlinghurst Sydney NSW 2010
Tel: +61 2 9331 6692
Web: www.robingibson.net


Exhibitions 2011

The Touring Blake

Itinerary:
QUT Art Museum, Queensland - 28 October 2011 – 23
December 2011
Delmar Gallery, NSW - 28 January to 28 February 2012
Burrinja Gallery, Burrinja Art Centre, VIC - 3 March to 30 April 2012
The Schoolhouse Gallery, TAS - 7 May to 22 June 2012
Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW - 22 August to 23 September 2012

New Ceramic Sculptures

Solo exhibition at Beaux Arts, Bath UK
Exhibition Dates: 10 September to 4th October 2011
Address: 12-13 York Street, Bath BA1 1NG
Tel: 0044 1225 464 850
Web: www.beauxartsbath.co.uk

Fairytales in Fairyland

Group exhibition at Grafton Regional Gallery

"Fairytales in Fairyland explores the sense of space in Australia given through a democracy that allows all beliefs to coexist. Space in Australia is abundant both physically and conceptually. Australian artists have responded to this abundance or its outcomes with works that move beyond the real or refer to or explore the belief in fantasy."- Jude McBean, Director

Exhibition Dates: 6 July to 28 August 2011
Address: Grafton Regional Gallery
Tel: (+61) 2 6642 3177
Web: graftongallery.nsw.gov.au

Terra Memoria

Solo exhibition at Mossgreen Gallery
Exhibition dates: 4 to 24 June 2011
Address: 310 Toorak Road, South Yarra VIC 3141
Tel: (+61) 3 9826 0822
Web: www.mossgreen.com.au

Mother Tongues

Solo exhibition at Beaver Galleries
Exhibition dates: 10-28 February 2011
Address: 81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: (+61) 2 6282 5294
Web: www.beavergalleries.com.au

Contained Excitement: Pleasures of the Void

Group exhibition at Cavin Morris Gallery New York
Exhibition dates: 11 December 2010 to 22 January 2011
Address: 210 Eleventh Avenue, Suite 210 New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212 226 4768
Web: www.cavinmorris.com

Avital Sheffer