BIO
Noa Chernichovsky is a ceramic sculptor, born (1990) in Jerusalem, living and working in Tel Aviv-London. She graduated from the Ceramics and Glass MA program at the Royal College of Art in London (2022) . Chernichovsky was the recipient of the Clore-Bezalel scholarship for full MA tuition. She completed her BFA (2016) in Ceramics and Glass from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. During her undergraduate studies, she also studied (2014) at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Bornholm, Denmark.
Chernichovsky received (2016) the prestigious Blumenthal Award for Excellence in Ceramics. She founded (2018) the Ceramic in Frishman ceramic school in the heart of Tel Aviv which is one of the largest ceramic teaching centers in Israel. Chernichovsky is represented (2022) by the Charles Burnand gallery in London and her works are presented in various international exhibitions, and in private collections in the UK, Europe, and Israel.
ARTIST STATMENT
Noa Chernichovsky’s work is based on a constant awareness of her immediate surroundings as she moves in the world. She examines the network of associations that is created around objects and their fragments, tying together their inherent narratives. Her work aims a spotlight on the everyday physical things that we often overlook, and she reconstructs them into hybrid ceramic volumes. The aesthetic at the core of her practice is based on the urban imagery of the asphalt road or sidewalk as a constant that’s inhabited by transient, colorful imagery.
Chernichovsky sees herself as a “sampler” of surfaces and forms from the physical world. Her sculptures are composed of many elements, each with its own context and cultural value. As in a collage, these elements accumulate into a larger image that holds its own various identities and creates a dreamlike new environment. She combines different ceramic techniques that include thrown parts, hand-building, and slab molding, blended with non-ceramic materials and readymade. Although the subjects of her work are mundane, they are conveyed in a language that is over-the-top, with elaborate textures and patterns that produce a final image full of energy.
Noa works to commission as well as for exhibition and installation. She is open to conversations with galleries and is interested in residencies globally. Her practice is currently studio-based, where she continues to research and develop her work as well as seek external opportunities.
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
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Planet Rock, Charles Burnand Gallery, London Design Festival, London, UK
2023 Connected Vessels, Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art, Hazorea, Israel
2023 62nd Faenza Prize, The Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
2023 Moving Food: Food Culture on the Timeline, Museum of Philistine Culture, Ashdod, Israel
2023 Conscious Form, Charles Burnand Gallery, UK
2023 Collect art fair, Somerset House, 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, Private Collection View in Chelsea, 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, 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 Solo Show, Before Me In This World, HaMizgaga Museum of Archaeology and Glass, Nahsholim, Israel
2016 Solo Show, Lenses, The Incubator Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2016 Graduation Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2012 Ceramic Nature, Rubin Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Awards & Achievements
2023 shortlisted for the MIC 62nd Faenza Prize
2023 shortlisted 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
Residency
2022 Guest artist at The Israeli Ceramic Symposium, Givat Haviva, israel
2021 Residency at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skælskør, Denmark
Press and Publications
Artist profile, Ceramic Now Magazine, November 2022
"Charles Burnand Gallery to unlock the potential of glass at LDF 2022", STIRpad, September 2022
Saar, Yuval, "RCA 2022", Portfolio Magazine, July 2021
Sheffi, Smadar, "Fresh Paint 2021", The Window, October 2021
V&A History of Design and Ceramics and Glass MA1, "In Dialogue with History", Royal College of Art, London, May 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
Professional Experience
2018-present Founder of Ceramic in Frishman Studio, Israel
2022 Guest Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2022 Writer and Member of the editorial board at Textura Magazine for Material Culture, supported by Beit Binyamini, The Israeli Ceramic
Center, Israel
2020 Guest Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2020-2022 MA student representative, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Writing
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