Samy D. is a Tel Aviv based ceramic artist.
His studio is located in Tel Aviv's Neve Zedek neighborhood. His works appear in design and fashion journals. Breakfast in EL AL Israel Airlines first class cabin is served on Samy D. dishes. Samy D. produces ceramics for commercial use and one-off artworks thrown on a potter's wheel, sometimes decorated with 14 carat gold. One series of pieces are etched with micrographic passages from the Book of Genesis, some in Hebrew, some from the Vulgate. The text begins in even swirls but becomes "twisted and warped," at the verse where man is created.
Shows, Exhibitions and prizes
2009
First prize at the Alix De Rothschild Crafts Awards, an annual art prize given by the Alix de Rothschild Foundation in memory of Baroness Lavinia Anne Alix De Rothschild by a London-based jury to an Israel artist for exceptional work in any in glass, jewellery, ceramics, textiles, or metal.
Imagination – Israeli Art Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
True Colors 2009 – 100 Identities – Shorashim Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2008
Genesis – Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
SAMY D. – VeredArt Gallery, East Hampton, New York and museums.
The PMA Craft show – Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA USA
The 5th Biennale for Israeli Ceramic Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2007
SOFA – Chicago, IL - by the courtesy of AIDA
Imagination – Israeli Art Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'Nisui Kelim #5' – Bikurei Haitim Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Kamm Teapot Foundation – Sparta, NC USA
Kaufman Collection – Palm Beach, FL USA
Rudin Collection – New York, NY USA
Ran Rahav Collection – Tel Aviv, Israel
