Samy D. is an Israeli ceramic artist based in Tel Aviv.
Art career The Samy D. studio is located in Tel Aviv's Neve Zedek neighborhood.Twinkling in Tel Aviv, Hannah Weitzer, The Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2008What's New?, Rosalyn Harari & Irit Mathias, The Jerusalem Post, 09-14-2001Neve Tzedek Revival, Haim Shapiro, The Jerusalem Post, 11-22-2001Sabra Style: Made in Israel, Erica Chernofsky, The Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2007, Samy D., Winter Shows, Home Accents Today, January 1, 2003
His works have appeared in design and fashion journals.City Guide Tel Aviv, Lisa Goldman, Greenleaf Book, 2008, p. 162. 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."Genesis ," Israeli Design Center website, 2008.
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."Feats of Clay," Gil Goldfine, February 28, 2003, The Jerusalem Post."In the Frame," Angela Levine, February 18, 2000, The Jerusalem Post.
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 FoundationKamm Teapot Foundation – Sparta, NC USA Kaufman Collection – Palm Beach, FL USA Rudin Collection – New York, NY USA Ran Rahav Collection – Tel Aviv, Israel
References
External links Samy D.'s blog