Daniela Yaniv-Richter

Daniela Yaniv-Richter (born November 5, 1956) is an Israeli ceramist and sculptor.

Yaniv-Richter was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made aliyah 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. She received her MFA in 1985.

Among other subjects, her works deals with the replication 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.

• Shapira Prize, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 1982
• Cash Business Award, Ann Arbor Art Association, Michigan, 1984
• Sculpture Award, Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan, 1985
• Erim Purchase Award, Ann Arbor Art Association, Michigan, 1987
• First Prize, Michigan Ceramics, Selo Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987
• Alfred and Ilsa Stammer-Mayer Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002
• Georges and Jenny Bloch Foundation, Zollikon, Switzerland, 2003
• Acquisition Award from the National Lottery, 2003
• The Ministry of Education Design Award, 2004. Jury Statement: "Yaniv-Richter professionally creates useful objects of everyday life from ceramic matter. The gap between the names of the objects and their immediate categorization to their appearance raises important questions about essence, value and hierarchy of objects. Her choice of matter is precise and offers a different observation, simple and complex at once.

Solo Exhibitions

• "Natural Process" (2012). Jerusalem Artists House. Curator: Tamar Gispan-Greenberg.
• "Virtual Reality" (2008). Ha'Chava Gallery, Holon.
• "Useful Sculptures" (2003). Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod.

Group Exhibitions

• "Eat, Love" (2013). Beit Meirov Art Gallery, Holon. Curator: Nitza Perry
• "A Post Production Moment" (2010). FLUXspace, Philadelphia. Curators: Anat Shiftan, Kate Doody.
• "Intermediate Nature" (2009). The Artists Workshops, Jerusalem.
• "Clay, Sensation" – the Fifth Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2008). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
• "Heara 10" (2006). Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem.
• Ministry of Education and Culture Awards Exhibition (2005). Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
• "Design, Art, Design" – the Third Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2004). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
• The Second Israeli Ceramics Biennale (2002). Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.

• Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process: Daniela Yaniv-Richter", Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 94, Dec 2013, p. 26–29 ISSN 1035-1841
• Gispan-Greenberg, Tamar. "Natural Process", Exhibition Catalog. Jerusalem Artists' House, 2012.
• Zommer, Raya. "Ready-mades from clay", Ceramics Technical, Issue 19, 2004 ISSN 1324-4175