Daniela Yaniv-Richter ( he, דניאלה יניב-ריכטר; born November 5, 1956) is an Israeli

ceramist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whil ...

and sculptor.

Biography

Yaniv-Richter was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

to Israel in 1975. She graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 1982. She studied further in the Eastern Michigan University till 1983, then proceeded to MFA studies at the University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...

. She received her MFA in 1985. Among other subjects, her works deals with the

replica A 1:1 replica is an exact copy of an object, made out of the same raw materials, whether a molecule, a work of art, or a commercial product. The term is also used for copies that closely resemble the original, without claiming to be identical. Al ...

tion of natural and man-made objects. In the past years Yaniv-Richter has put aside ceramics – her known medium of choice – and started printing textures of different materials on paper and textile. Yaniv-Richter resides and works in Jerusalem.

Publications

* Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process: Daniela Yaniv-Richter", Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 94, Dec 2013, p. 26–29 * Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process", Exhibition Catalog. Jerusalem Artists' House, 2012. * Zommer, Raya. "Ready-mades from clay", Ceramics Technical, Issue 19, 2004 Abstract of "Ready-mades from clay"
by Raya Zommer from Ceramics Technical Issue 19

References

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