Samy D. Explained

Samy D. is a Tel Aviv based ceramic artist.^{[1] [2]}

Art career

The Samy D. studio located in Tel Aviv's Neve Zedek neighborhood.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} His works appear in design and fashion journals.^[8] Breakfast in EL AL Israel Airlines first class cabin is served on Samy D. dishes. Samy D. produces ceramics for commercial use and one-off artworks thrown on a potter's wheel, sometimes decorated with 14 carat gold.^[8] 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.^[9]

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 Israel artist for exceptional work in any in glass, jewellery, ceramics, textiles, or metal.^{[10] [11]}

Exhibitions

• Genesis – Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel^[9]
• SAMY D. – VeredArt Gallery, East Hampton, New York^[12] and museums.^[13]
• The PMA Craft show – Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA USA^[9]
• The 5th Biennale for Israeli Ceramic Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2007^[9]
• SOFA – Chicago, IL - by the 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 – Sparta, NC USA
• Kaufman Collection – Palm Beach, FL USA
• Rudin Collection – New York, NY USA
• Ran Rahav Collection – Tel Aviv, Israel

External links

• Samy D.'s blog
• News: Aviva Lurie . June 18, 2008 . he:סמי די, סיפור אמיתי . he . Samy D., True Story . . http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1332002 . August 14, 2014.
• http://sofaexpo.com/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israeli Ceramic artist that Oprah loves . Artgallery18.com . 2010-04-29.
2. Web site: SAMY D - AIDA: association of israel's decorative arts . Aidaarts.org . 2010-04-29.
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. Web site: Israeli Design English - News - Design exhibitions - Genesis . 2010-07-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309051150/http://www.israelidesign.org.il/english/News/Default.aspx?NewId=144&NwsCatId=4 . 2012-03-09 . "Genesis," Israeli Design Center website, 2008.
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. News: Events on Long Island . The New York Times . August 29, 2009 . August 14, 2014.
13. Web site: Guest Artists Announced :: News :: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show . Pmacraftshow.org . 2010-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828032725/http://pmacraftshow.org/news/news_010.php . August 28, 2008 .