Danito - Artist Statement
My work is influenced both by the quietness within me, connected deeply to nature, and by the violence surrounds me, living in an area of constant conflict.
For me, creating is a way to arrange my mind, my environment, a way to create order out of chaos, examine the space between the inner and outer world.
Coming from sculpture, my interpretation to ceramic focuses more on the form rather on function, and specifically the shapes created by the paths material itself leads me to in the evolution of each work; the unknown is where I want to reach.
Fascinated by the width of materials and techniques the ceramic medium has to offer, I keep exploring this endless field of possibilities and push its limits through extensive experimentation.
Upcoming Events
2021 Zine Magazine First Step Issue
2021 Exhibition on Humanism in The Holy Art Gallery, Athens
2021 The Purposeful Mayonnaise Magazine for Art and Poetry Issue 2
2021 International Coffee Cup Competition Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2021-2022 International Biennial for Paper and Fibre Art, Taiwan
2021-2022 Vasyl Krychevsky International Biennale of Ceramic Art, Ukraine
Artistic biography
2021 Storage vessel with lid, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany
2021 Group exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2021 COCA 2021 finalist in the ceramic art section
2021 Group exhibition, Takaoka Art Museum, Takaoka, Japan
2021 Group exhibition, Boomer gallery, London, UK
2020 International KOGEI Award in Toyama finalist
2020 my work have been selected for BORDERS Festival 2020, Rome, Italy
2020 COCA 2020 finalist in the ceramic art section
2019 Group exhibition the Gallery at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 Group exhibition at the Performing Arts Hall, Hertzelia, Israel
2018 my work have been selected for the Craft Biennale Scotland international exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 The annual exhibition of Bank Hapoalim, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Group exhibition at B&B Italia, Tel Aviv, Israel, curator Michal Shamir
2016 Group exhibition at the Gallery of Sapir College, Shderot, Israel, curator Michal Shamir
2015 Curator an exhibition of Art Brut (special needs artists), The City Hall, Beer Sheva, Israel
2015 Group exhibition Fresh Paint 8, Tel Aviv, Israel, curator Naomi Aviv
2012 Opening my own ceramic studio for teaching in Beer Sheva, Israel
2007-2008 Teacher assistant at the department of ceramic sculpture and design, Sapir College, Shderot, Israel
2003-2005 Art teacher for mentally ill people, Enosh Organization, Beer Sheva
2000-2003 Art teacher for preschool children, Eshkol Ganim, Tel Aviv, Israel
Education
2019 Kintsugi studies (Japanese gold repair) Kyoto, Japan
2017 Ceramic workshop with Master Shozo Michikawa, Ecole Prometer, St Sulpice Les Feuilles, France
2016-2017 privet Ikebana studies with Sensei Lea Fredo Tramer, moshav Shdema, Israel
2012 Curator studies with Naomi Aviv, the Art department at Sapir College, Shderot, Israel
2011 Ceramic studies with Tania Engelstein at the Art School of Key College, Beer Sheva, Israel
2009-2010 Ceramic studies with Avner Zinger at the Art School of Key College, Beer Sheva, Israel
2008 Ceramic studies with focus of porcelain with Irit Aba and Gila Ben-David at the the department of ceramic sculpture and design, Sapir College, Shderot, Israel
2007 Ceramic technology studies with Yehuda Koren at the the department of ceramic sculpture and design, Sapir College, Shderot, Israel
2005-2006 Ceramic studies with Sarka Perchia, the department of ceramic sculpture and design, Sapir College, Shderot, Israel
1996-1999 Kalisher College of Art graduate, Tel Aviv, Israel, Bachelor of Fine Arts