Artist: Yael Braha

Yael Braha, Pennsylvania

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BIO

Yael is an Italian-born ceramic artist of North African descent. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from the European Institute of Design in Rome, and a Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco State University. In 2021 she received the Multicultural Fellowship Award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Her work has been exhibited in Museums in the United States and Japan (Lancaster Museum of Art, Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Plains Art Museum, African American Museum, Dallas, Shigaraki-Yaki Museum) and is part of permanent collections (Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Starworks Ceramics). She has been invited to participate in gallery and airport shows (Clay Akar, Charlie Cummunigs, Companion Gallery, Department of Contemporary Art - Tampa, Atlantic Gallery, Blue Line Arts, Knoxville airport). She has been a Ceramic Artist in Residence in the United States (Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Starworks Ceramics) and in Japan (Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park). Her recent work has been juried into the 13th International Ceramic Triennial Competition - Ceramics Design Category in Mino, Japan.


Artist Statement
I create minimalist ceramic design objects for everyday use, and I design bold and stylized surface patterns featuring tessellations, optical, and geometrical illusions. Inspired by the Gestalt Theory of Visual Perception – where the mind tends to find order and logic in what the eyes see – I design abstract patterns to instigate a dialogue between form and surface, to challenge and expand perceptual assumptions when experiencing a minimalist yet complex functional design object. I integrate digital fabrication methods within my creative process, and I fire the work in wood, gas and electric kilns to advance explorations of forms, surface design, and materials research.

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Cinema, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, Usa

Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design, European Institute of Design, Rome, Italy

 

TWO-PERSON SHOW

September 19 – October 21, 2023 "MOTION CAPTURE | Yael Braha and Bridget Conn" Focus Gallery, Penland, North Carolina, Usa

 

SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS/INSTALLATIONS

July 2023 "Salad Days", Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa

Summer 2023 "17th annual Yunomi Invitational", Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa,, Usa

May 5-27 2023 "Resisting: Form and Surface", Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, Usa

April 13 - May 27 2023 "IX Dirty South National Competition", Juried by Gwendolyn Yoppolo, River Oaks Square Art Center, Louisiana, Usa

April 8-22 2023 "SIP", Juried by Sarah Pike, Savannah Clay community, Savannah, Georgia, Usa

April 29 - June 25, 2023 "Small Favors", The Clay Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Usa

March 10 - April 10, 2023 "LAST CALL VIII: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Juried by Chanakarn Semachai, Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa

March 7-June 6, 2023 "7th Annual Black & White Art Exhibition", Fusion Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Usa

March 16 2023 "ABC pop-up exhibition", Deeper Roots, Cincinnati, Ohio, Usa

March 12-18 2023 "ABC Voice and Vision", Above Board Ceramics

February 14th – March 4th, 2023 "Tenuous Threads", Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Usa

January 30- March 3, 2023 "21tst Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition", Blain Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa

January 1-31, 2023 "Annual Winter Warmers", Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Washington, Usa

December 20-March 21, 2023 "Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition", African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Usa

December 1-24, 2022 "Annual Cup Show", Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, Massachussets, Usa

November 4-December 23, 2022 "It's only clay", Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, Usa

October 26, 2022 – April 2023, "Arts in the Airport", Knoxville Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa

November 4-26, 2022 "Old Growth", The Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa

October 24-January 9 2023 "Collaborative New Canons", Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa

October 7-November 4, 2022 "Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII" Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, Usa

September 4 2022 "First Friday Group Show", Able Trade Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa

August 16-September 11 2022 "MEGA MEGA MEGA", Greensboro Project Space Gallery, Greensboro, North Caroilina, Usa

July 9, 2022 "Salad Days", Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa

June-July 2022 "2022-2023 Artists-in-Residence" Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa

March 2022 "LAST CALL VII: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa

February 11 - March 26, 2022 “NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition”, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California, Usa

February 1 - March, 2022 “Onward”, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Washington, Usa

November 2021 “The Things We Carry: Vessels and rituals”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Usa

June 2021 “Women of Woodfire”, Organized with Lindsay Oesterritter and Careen Stoll, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Usa

March 2021 "LAST CALL VI: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa

June 2015 Event: Bay Area Book Festival. Berkeley, California, Usa Exhibition: “A Flock of Books”

May 2015 Event: Maker Faire. San Mateo, CA, Exhibition: “Tree of Changes”

April 2015 Event: Market Street Prototyping Festival. San Francisco, CA, Exhibition: “Tree of Changes”

June 2014 Location: Minnesota Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Usa,Exhibition: “/ärtifakts/ in motion”

June 2014 Location: Minnesota Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Usa, Exhibition: “Musika!”

February 2013 Location: A Temporary Offering Gallery, San Francisco, Usa, Exhibition: “I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”

March 2013 Location: Autodesk Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Exhibition: “I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”

October 2012 Location: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Usa, Exhibition: “Animal Race”

October 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Event: Urban Prototyping Festival, Exhibition:“I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”

October 2012 Location: Lake Merritt Botanical Garden, Oakland, Usa, Event: Autumn Lights Festival Exhibition: “The Tree Book”

September 2012 Location: Compound Gallery, Oakland, Usa, Event: Group Show

March 2012 Location: Pajaro Valley Arts Council, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, Usa, Event: Contemporary Encaustic Work

October 2011 Location: Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, Usa, Show: Fresh Bait

September 2010 and 2009 Location: Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Usa, Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition

 

SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & NOMINATIONS

2022 Bipoc Award "The Cup Show", National juried competition, Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts, Usa

2022 Third Place Award "It's Only Clay", National juried competition, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, Usa

2022 Kiln God Fellowship Award Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa

2021 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Award Awarded to ceramic artists of traditionally underrepresented cultural backgrounds to expand awareness and deepen knowledge in the ceramic arts through learning, intellectual inquiry, and creative research.