Contemporary Ceramic Artist
BIO
Noa Chernichovsky (b. 1990, Jerusalem) is a Contemporary Ceramic Artist who currently divides her time between London and Tel Aviv. She holds an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art, London (2022), supported by the Clore-Bezalel Scholarship, and a BFA with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2016), where she received the Blumenthal Prize for Excellence. In 2014, she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Bornholm, Denmark. Her works have been exhibited in various prestigious venues, museums, and private collections across the UK, Europe, and Israel, including the Faenza International Ceramics Museum, The Jerusalem Natural History Museum, and the Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art, among others. In 2023, Noa was selected as one of five finalists for the Brookfield Properties Craft Award at Collect, London.
In addition to her artistic practice, Chernichovsky is a writer and a member of the editorial board at Textura Magazine for Material Culture, supported by Beit Binyamini, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Israel.
In 2017, Noa founded Ceramic in Frishman, which quickly became one of the most vibrant centers for ceramic education in Israel. The studio grew into a dynamic hub for contemporary ceramic practice, welcoming hundreds of students and thousands of visitors each year.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Noa Chernichovsky is drawn to the residue of the everyday—the cracks, stains, and layered textures that accumulate on urban surfaces and quietly record the passage of time. She observes familiar objects and fragments, tracing the network of associations that forms around them, and assembles hybrid ceramic compositions that challenge how we perceive the visual complexity of what surrounds us.
At the core of her practice lies an aesthetic shaped by the relationship between people, nature, and the contemporary urban landscape: concrete, asphalt, and the marks that erode and build with the rhythm of modern life. Chernichovsky regards herself as a "sampler," collecting surfaces and forms from the physical environment and recomposing them into multilayered sculptures. Each element carries its own cultural and visual context, merging into a complex and imaginative whole.
Working in the studio, she moves fluidly between traditional ceramic techniques—wheel-throwing, hand-building, slab construction, and molding—while incorporating mixed materials and readymade objects. The process itself becomes a generator of meaning. Even when addressing the mundane, her work insists on material vitality: textures that demand to be read, patterns that resist resolution, and surfaces alive with memory.
Chernichovsky creates commissioned works alongside exhibitions and spatial installations. She is open to collaborations with galleries and is interested in international residencies. Continually expanding the boundaries of ceramic language, she creates works that reflect their environment while inviting viewers into a vibrant and layered reality.
CV
Education
2021-2022 MA, Ceramics & Glass, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015- 2017 Teaching Certificate in Art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2012-2016 B.F.A (Honor), Ceramics & Glass, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2015 Exchange Student, Ceramics & Glass, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Bornholm, Denmark
Solo exhibitions
2025 Reblend, curated by Reut Raviah and Shelly Shavit, Beit Binyamin, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Before Me In This World, curated by Bracha Zilberaman, HaMizgaga Museum of Archaeology and Glass, Nahsholim, Israel
2016 Lenses, curated by Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim, The Incubator Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Two Person exhibitions
2025 Bulbs, in collaboration with Meydad Eliyahu, curated by Tali Kayam Mazel Dagim Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
2023 Connected Vessels, in collaboration with Udi charka, curated by Shir Meller-Yamaguchi, Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art, Hazorea, Israel
Selected Groupe Exhibitions\ Art Fairs
2026 BFAMI Annual Gala Presentation, Phillips, London, UK
2025 International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro, Aveiro Museum, Portugal
2025 Spaceshifting, curated by Louise Chappelle, summer exhibition of Royal Society of Sculptors, Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK
2025 Wall of Craft, Beity Beit Binyamini, curated by Avi Ben Shushan, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Israel
2024 Collect art fair, Charles Burnand Gallery, Somerset House, London, UK
2024 Air, quiet, Beit Binyamini, curated by Shlomi Bauman, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Israel
2023 Salon Art & Design, Charles Burnand Gallery, New York, USA
2023 Planet Rock, Charles Burnand Gallery, London Design Festival, London, UK
2023 Plates for Democracy, Beit Binyamin, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
2023 62° Faenza Prize Biennale, The Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
2023 Moving Food: Food Culture on the Timeline, curated by Noga Eliash-Zalmanovich, Museum of Philistine Culture, Ashdod, Israel
2023 Conscious Form, Charles Burnand Gallery, London, UK
2023 Collect art fair, Somerset House, Charles Burnand Gallery, London, UK
2022 First impression: Elevating the Everyday, Charles Burnand Gallery, London Design Festival, London, UK
2022 Graduation Exhibition, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
2022 Melting Point, , Preston Fitzgerald Advisory, London, UK
2021 Fresh Paint (Artists’ Greenhouse), contemporary art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2021 Bursting In The Neutral Zone, Sugarhouse Studios, London, UK
2020 WIP Show, The Royal College of Arts, online exhibition
2017 Life Sciences, curated by Liora Rosin and Tal Gur, The Natural History Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 Plaster- Pottery Slam, Beit Binyamini, The Israeli Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 HaMirpesset Show, Open Artist Studio Week, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Graduation Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2012 Ceramic Nature, curated by Talya Tokatly and Maya Muchavski-Panas, Gale Rubin Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Awards & Recognitions
2023 finalist for the Brookfield Properties Craft Award, Collect
2022 shortlisted for the Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci
2020 Clore-Bezalel Scholarship for MA studies at the Royal College of Art in London
2017 The Blumenthal Award for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2014 Bezalel’s Flower Scholarships for social activity in art education, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2013 Bezalel’s Flower Scholarships for social activity in art education, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Professional Memberships
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, London UK
Member of Plastic Artists Association, Israel
Residencies & Symposia
2022 Guest artist at The Israeli Ceramic Symposium, Givat Haviva, israel
2021 Residency artist at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skælskør, Denmark
Artist Talks & Lectures
2025 Artist Talk, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2025 Artist Talk as part of the exhibition Bulbs (joint exhibition) ,Mazel Dagim Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
2024 Artist Talk as part of the exhibition Connected Vessels, Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art, Hazorea, Israel
2022 Guest Talk University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2020 Guest Talk, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Press
Exhibition Catalogs / Publications
“17th Âveiro International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics 2025” Exhibition Catalog, Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro, Portugal, 2025.
“62° Premio Faenza” Exhibition Catalog, International Ceramics Biennale, Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy, 2023.
V&A History of Design and Ceramics and Glass MA1, "In Dialogue with History", Royal College of Art, London, May 2021
Articles / Media Coverage
Saar, Yuval,“What’s Up // Noa Chernichovsky,” Portfolio Magazine (prtfl), 22 August 2025
Woodcock Victoria, "Meet the artisans whose work explores the beauty in imperfection", Financial Times, April 2022
Hirdo, Vasi, "Artist Profile: Noa chernichovsky", Ceramic Now Magazine, November 2022
"Charles Burnand Gallery to unlock the potential of glass at LDF 2022", STIRpad, September 2022
Saar, Yuval, "RCA 2022: Noa Chernichovsky", Portfolio Magazine, July 2021
Sheffi, Smadar, "Fresh Paint 2021", The Window, October 2021 "RCA - Work In Progress", Emerging Potters Magazine, Issue 23, April/June 2021
Pur, Shira, "The Ceramic Trend Tickles Under the Fingers", Haaretz Gallery Magazine, 1-page article, September 2018
Saar, Yuval, "2016 Alumni", Portfolio Magazine, July 2016
Harama Magazine, Issue 15, September 2016
Essays & Articles
Textura Magazine, Living in the Shadow, Haimi Fenichel: Returning to Childhood Materials January 2026
Textura Magazine, Glass Circle, Israel Museum, artist Daphna Kafman presents contemporary glass works alongside Byzantine pieces from Apollonia, Sept 2025
Textura Magazine, Elusive Spaces, explores material fluidity and temporality through a new exhibition series, July 2025
Textura Magazine, A Unique Local Seal Ziona Shimshi, a groundbreaking artist, February 2025
Textura Magazine, poetic scale: The artist Irit Hamo creates a refreshing perspective on the present and future of Israeli art and culture, August 2024
Textura Magazine,.Peel the truth: The relationship between the artist and the environment and nature, January 2024
Textura Magazine, Islands of Honey, an installation by the British ceramicist Richard Sally, July 2023
Textura Magazine, A unique encounter between the works of the ceramist and the writer Edmund de Waal, a reading space, books and people in preparation for the future placement of his works in the National Library, May 2023
Textura Magazine, Transition to the Sublime Object: On the concept of "series" in a group exhibition at Tivon, December 2022
Textura Magazine, Life in the Collection: An unmediated encounter with a collection of works of art in the estate of the Dukes Peregrine and Amanda Devonshire, September 2022
Textura Magazine, Place to Place: A work by the goldsmith Adi Toch in the Gilbert collection at the V&A, June 2022
Textura Magazine, Layers of Consciousness: Luke Fuller, solo exhibition, March 2022
Textura Magazine, Material Preacher: Theaster Gates, a retrospective solo exhibition , January 2022
Professional Experience
2017- DEC 2025 Founder of Ceramic in Frishman Studio, Israel
2022- present Writer and Member of the editorial board at Textura Magazine for Material Culture, supported by Beit Binyamini, The Israeli Ceramic
Center, Israel
2022 Guest Lecturer, Student's workshop, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2020-2022 MA student representative, Royal College of Art, London, UK