Samy D.
- Born
- 1968 · France.
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- designer · sculptor
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Art career
Art career
The Samy D. studio is located in Tel Aviv's Neve Zedek neighborhood. His works have appeared in design and fashion journals. As of 2008 breakfast in El Al Airlines first-class cabin was served on Samy D. dishes. Samy D. has produced ceramics for commercial use and one-off artworks thrown on a potter's wheel, sometimes decorated with 14 carat gold. One series of pieces are etched with micrographic passages from the Book of Genesis, some in Hebrew, some from the Vulgate. The text begins in even swirls but becomes "twisted and warped," at the verse where man is created.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Genesis – Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel • SAMY D. – VeredArt Gallery, East Hampton, New York and museums. • The PMA Craft show – Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA USA • The 5th Biennale for Israeli Ceramic Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2007 • SOFA Chicago, by courtesy of AIDA • Imagination – Israeli Art Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel • 'Nisui Kelim #5' – Bikurei Haitim Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel • Imagination – Israeli Art Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel • True Colors 2009 – 100 Identities – Shorashim Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Collections
• Kamm Teapot Foundation • Kaufman Collection – Palm Beach, FL USA • Rudin Collection – New York, NY USA • Ran Rahav Collection – Tel Aviv, Israel
Awards and recognition
In 2009, Samy D. won first prize at the Alix De Rothschild Crafts Awards, an annual art prize given by the Alix de Rothschild Foundation in memory of Baroness Lavinia Anne Alix De Rothschild by a London-based jury to an Israeli artist for exceptional work in glass, jewellery, ceramics, textiles, or metal.
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- 1.Artgallery18.com. Israeli Ceramic artist that Oprah loves.
- 2.Aidaarts.org. SAMY D - AIDA: association of israel's decorative arts.
- 3.Twinkling in Tel Aviv, Hannah Weitzer, The Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2008
- 4.What's New?, Rosalyn Harari & Irit Mathias, The Jerusalem Post, 09-14-2001
- 5.Neve Tzedek Revival, Haim Shapiro, The Jerusalem Post, 11-22-2001
- 6.Sabra Style: Made in Israel, Erica Chernofsky, The Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2007, http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557463495&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
- 7.Samy D., Winter Shows, Home Accents Today, January 1, 2003
- 8.City Guide Tel Aviv, Lisa Goldman, Greenleaf Book, 2008, p. 162.
- 9.Israeli Design English - News - Design exhibitions - Genesis.
- 10."Feats of Clay," Gil Goldfine, February 28, 2003, The Jerusalem Post.
- 11."In the Frame," Angela Levine, February 18, 2000, The Jerusalem Post.
- 12.Events on Long Island. The New York Times. August 29, 2009.
- 13.Pmacraftshow.org. Guest Artists Announced :: News :: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.
- 14.Kamm Teapot Foundation – Sparta, NC USA
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