Sygalle Giveon-Leshman
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b. 1959, Jerusalem
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Chine Jingdzhen International Ceramic Fair, China
Personal Impression, Galerina, Israel
2006 Goblets, Shoeva Gallery, Israel
2005 Group Show, Galerina, Israel
Group Show, Ra’anana, Israel
2004 Judaica, Galerina, Israel
2003 Solo Exhibition, Racko Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2002 Coverings, Orlando, FL
2000 Home Design, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999 Coverings, Orlando, FL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sygalle is an artist who lives and works in Israel and has been working with ceramics since 1991.
She was born in Jerusalem, and was raised in Eilat near the Red Sea. After studying in Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem, Sygalle moved to Zichron Ya'akov, where she opened her own studio and gallery.
Sygalle is influenced by Israel's strong light and vivid colors, it's landscapes and views, archeological finds in the area and from Jewish history.
Sygalle's intimate relationship with white clay has led her to experiment and develop a new ceramic Batik-like technique.
Using her own multi-layer glazing technique, she has influenced the colors, giving them new hues and depths, while creating textures which are similar to Batik.
Sygalle has participated in both local and international exhibitions and exhibits her work in her private gallery.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I like to create new shapes, it is always fun! I am playing, not taking it too seriously. I know that I have a kind of disability – it will never be perfect. (the head won’t sit perfectly on the body; the shape will tilt a bit…) I’ll always defect the work somehow, it is like “clay-dyslexia”.
But then I am coloring, that is the reason I am working for. I like to work with lots of colors. I’m inventing new methods, using different brands of colors. And with that, balancing out the imperfection of the body itself.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Chine Jingdzhen International Ceramic Fair, China
Personal Impression, Galerina, Israel
2006 Goblets, Shoeva Gallery, Israel
2005 Group Show, Galerina, Israel
Group Show, Ra’anana, Israel
2004 Judaica, Galerina, Israel
2003 Solo Exhibition, Racko Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2002 Coverings, Orlando, FL
2000 Home Design, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999 Coverings, Orlando, FL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sygalle is an artist who lives and works in Israel and has been working with ceramics since 1991.
She was born in Jerusalem, and was raised in Eilat near the Red Sea. After studying in Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem, Sygalle moved to Zichron Ya'akov, where she opened her own studio and gallery.
Sygalle is influenced by Israel's strong light and vivid colors, it's landscapes and views, archeological finds in the area and from Jewish history.
Sygalle's intimate relationship with white clay has led her to experiment and develop a new ceramic Batik-like technique.
Using her own multi-layer glazing technique, she has influenced the colors, giving them new hues and depths, while creating textures which are similar to Batik.
Sygalle has participated in both local and international exhibitions and exhibits her work in her private gallery.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I like to create new shapes, it is always fun! I am playing, not taking it too seriously. I know that I have a kind of disability – it will never be perfect. (the head won’t sit perfectly on the body; the shape will tilt a bit…) I’ll always defect the work somehow, it is like “clay-dyslexia”.
But then I am coloring, that is the reason I am working for. I like to work with lots of colors. I’m inventing new methods, using different brands of colors. And with that, balancing out the imperfection of the body itself.