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View Image Gallery Simcha Even-Chen(Full member)
Tel: +972(0)89362839 Email: Web: www.simcha-evenchen.com
Current Work
In the current works I’m exploring sculptural concerns, expressed by tension and balance through the juxtaposition of forms upon one another.
Different levels of relationships are created at the contact point between the bodies; physical balance between open and the closed forms, ratio between the geometric surface pattern and the precise structure of the bodies that compose these works and the tension between the precise surface and the amorphous patterns resulting from the Raku technique.
The essence of the works is expressed by apparent juxtaposition of control and chance, soft and rigid, expected and unexpected, planned/arranged and amorphous.
Artist's Statement
I use ceramics to investigate the elements of ambiguity and dynamic of opposites. Ambiguity is expressed by the contrast between appearance and reality. Looking at the precise shapes that enclose and contain space gives the impression of solid and massive bodies when they are, in fact, surprisingly light and delicate. The tension between the constructed precise shapes, the geometric planned surface pattern and the unpredictable firing technique of “Naked Raku” is the basis for the element of dynamic of opposites. The investigation of these two elements is achieved by the following techniques: slab-hand building, burnishing, terra sigillata and Raku firing.
Only two major colors dominate the clay bodies. However, within this limited color scheme, there is a large variety of hues and tones, which are created without my intervention. The final result depends on the ratio between the control and random
Technical Information
The objects are slab built using a mixture of Porcelain and Stoneware, burnished and when bone dry a thin layer of terra sigillata is applied. Bisque firing is at 980˚C. Design sketches are drown on the bisque fired objects followed with tapping. A “resist” slip and a glaze are applied and objects are fired in a Raku gas kiln to 1000˚C, before removal to smoke chamber. When cold the glaze is “peeling off” followed with slip washing and when dry a layer of wax is applied.
Availability
From the Artist's studio in Rehovot, Israel Education
2011 - Member in the International Academy of Ceramic (IAC) Awards
2011 - Gold Award, 1st China Kaolin Grand Prix for International ceramic art, Jingdezhen, China Exhibitions
2012 - VI Biennale International de Ceramic, Winners Exhibition, El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain (September 28th)
2011 - Ceramic Now Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2010 - Keramikos 2010, Ceramic Art International Festival, Artidec Gallery, Bracciano, Rome, Italy 2010 - XIth International Ex-tempore of ceramic, Obalne Galerije Piran, Slovenia 2010 - III Biennale International de Ceramic de Marratxí (BICMA), Museum Del Fang, Marratxí, Spain 2010 - 12th Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium 2010 - “At the Moment” traveled exhibition - Keramikmuseum Westerwald in Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany 2009 - 9th Biennale International de Ceramic, Manises, Valencia, Spain 2009 - The 6th International Biannual of Ceramics of the City of Kapfenberg, "At the Moment" Austria 2009 - V Biennale de Ceramic, El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain 2009 - International Ceramic Competition “The Cup and Saucer” Mosee De Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland 2009 - Xth International Ex-tempore of Ceramic, Obalne Galerije Piran, Slovenia 2009 - LXXIX Exhibition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla, Cordoba, Spain 2009 - 29th Concurs International de Ceramic, L’Alcora, Spain 2009 - The 1st International Ceramic Triennial UNICUM 09, Metelkova National Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009 - Ceramic Space & life the 5th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea 2009 - The Third International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics - CERAMICA MULTIPLEX -“Nature as Adventure”, City of Museum of Varaždin, Croatia 2008 - The 5th Biennale for Israeli Ceramic “Clay, Sensation”, Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2008 - “Clay Focus” Exhibition, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, NY, USA 2008 - LXXVIII Exhibition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla, Cordoba, Spain 2008 - 26th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia 2008 - II Biennale International de Ceramic de Marratxí - BICMA - Museum Del Fang, Marratxí, Spain 2008 - Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery in association with La Trobe University, Australia 2007 - The 8th Biennale International de Ceramic, Manises, Valencia, Spain 2007 - Tiresies Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2007 - CERCO 07, 7th International prize of Contemporary Ceramics, Zaragoza, Spain 2007 - The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea 2006 - “Goblet” - The Gallery. Shoeva, Israel 2006 - 26th Concurs International de Ceramica, L’Alcora, Spain 2005 - “Red” - The Design Gallery of Hankin College, Holon, Israel 2005 - “Le Vase Soliflore” Mosee De Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland 2004 - The Third Israeli Biennale for Ceramics, Design, Art, Design, Eretz- Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2003 - Altech Ceramics Triennial, Cape Town, Rep. South Africa 2002 - The Second Israeli Biennale for Ceramics, Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 2001 - Yakimono - Japanese stile fired Pots Exhibition. Ein Hod Artist Village Gallery, Ein Hod, Israel 2000 - "Vase Movement", Ceramic Design Exhibition. The Design Gallery of Hankin College, Israel 2000 - The Altech Ceramics Biennale, Sandton Civic Gallery, Sandton, Gauteng, Rep. of South Africa 2000 - Clay 2000" The First Israeli Biennale for Ceramics, Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Publications
2012 - “Simcha Even-Chen” article by Gordon Flouds, Ceramic Art and Perception, Issue 87, Collections
- Great China Museum, Jingdezhen, China Other Information
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Contact DetailsStudio Address: 27 Aharoni Street, Rehovot 76281, Israel, .View in Google Maps Telephone: +972(0)89362839 Email: Web-site: www.simcha-evenchen.com Availability: By appointment. Joined on: 2011-02-03 Last Updated: 2012-04-05 Work styles:
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