Daniela Yaniv-Richter

Daniela Yaniv-Richter
Born	Daniela Richter 1956 Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality	Israeli, Swiss
Education	Bezalel, University of Michigan
Known for	Ceramic art
Movement	Israeli art

Daniela Yaniv-Richter (born November 5, 1956) is an Israeli ceramist and sculptor.

Biography

Yaniv-Richter was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made aliyah to Israel in 1975. She graduated Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 1982. She studied further in the Eastern Michigan University till 1983, then proceeding to MFA studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She received her MFA on 1985.^[1]

Among other subjects, her works deals with replication of natural and man-made objects.^[2]

Yaniv-Richter resides and works in Jerusalem.^[3]

Prizes

• Shapira Prize, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 1982
• Cash Business Award, Ann Arbor Art Association, Michigan, 1984
• Sculpture Award, Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan, 1985
• Erim Purchase Award, Ann Arbor Art Association, Michigan, 1987
• First Prize, Michigan Ceramics, Selo Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987
• Alfred and Ilsa Stammer-Mayer Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002
• Georges and Jenny Bloch Foundation, Zollikon, Switzerland, 2003
• Acquisition Award from the National Lottery, 2003
• The Ministry of Education Design Award, 2004. Jury Statement: "Yaniv-Richter professionally creates useful objects of everyday life from ceramic matter. The gap between the names of the objects and their immediate categorization to their appearance raises important questions about essence, value and hierarchy of objects. Her choice of matter is precise and offers a different observation, simple and complex at once.^[4]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

• "Natural Process" (2012). Jerusalem Artists House. Curator: Tamar Gispan-Greenberg.
• "Virtual Reality" (2008). Ha'Chava Gallery, Holon.
• "Useful Sculptures" (2003). Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod.

Group Exhibitions

• "Eat, Love" (2013). Beit Meirov Art Gallery, Holon. Curator: Nitza Perry
• "A Post Production Moment" (2010). FLUXspace, Philadelphia. Curators: Anat Shiftan, Kate Doody.^[5]
• "Intermediate Nature" (2009). The Artists Workshops, Jerusalem.
• "Clay, Sensation" - the Fifth Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2008). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
• "Heara 10" (2006). Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem.
• Ministry of Education and Culture Awards Exhibition (2005). Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
• "Design, Art, Design" - the Third Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2004). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
• The Second Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2002). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.

Publications

• Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process: Daniela Yaniv-Richter", Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 94, Dec 2013, p. 26-29 ISSN 1035-1841^[6]
• Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process", Exhibition Catalog. Jerusalem Artists' House, 2012.^[7]
• Zommer, Raya. "Ready-mades from clay", Ceramics Technical, Issue 19, 2004 ISSN 1324-4175^[8]

References

1. Artist Page, Israel Museum website, Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. Smadar Shef (August 21, 2005). שדה פורח [Blossoming Field]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. Biographical data about Yaniv-Richter
4. זוכים בפרס עיצוב של משרד החינוך התרבות והספורט לשנת 2004 [Design winners of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for 2004] (in Hebrew). Israel Ministry of Education. December 27, 2004. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
5. "A Post Production Moment", Exhibition Page at the FLUXspace website
6. Abstract of "Natural Process: Daniela Yaniv-Richter" by Tamar Gispan-Greenberg from Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 94
7. "Natural Process" Exhibition Catalog by Tamar Gispan-Greenberg, designed by Oded Korach, on the designer's website
8. Abstract of "Ready-mades from clay" by Raya Zommer from Ceramics Technical Issue 19