Michal Zehavi is a 1992 graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, Israel.  She established a design studio for ceramics in Jerusalem in 1993 and in 1995 she developed and worked on a design and renewal project for kindergarten playgrounds in Jerusalem.  Zehavi’s work was introduced to the United States through the efforts of AIDA, The Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts, when she was selected through a rigorous jury process to show with AIDA at SOFA Chicago in 2003.  This ultimately led to the representation of the artist by R Duane Reed.  Zehavi currently lives and works in Jerusalem.

Sand Castle is a visual metaphor for the act of building a seemingly simple structure and experiencing its subsequent destruction.  Creating tensions that cause disintegration, Zehavi plays an endless game of examining formal relationships and challenging the material in an attempt to freeze the moment before entropy prevails.  Her self-described “organic creatures” seem to emerge from their abstract jar-like forms before devolving back into the sand.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Solo Exhibition, R Duane Reed Gallery, New York
2005 Solo Exhibition, Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2004 Solo Exhibition, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis
2004 Ceramic Biennale, Haarets Museum, Tel-Aviv
2003 Solo Exhibition, Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2003 Participation, SOFA Chicago