Michal Alon

Michal Alon, a clay artist who lives and works in Hadar-A'm, a village in Israel, among citrus orchards near the Mediterranean.
Graduated the Industrial and Environmental Design department at “Bezalel” Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem in 1975. Started to work in clay in 1976, under the guidance of her teacher and mentor ever since then, her mother, Hanna Charag-Zuntz.
Archeological influences combined with traditional shapes and forms are incorporated into functional and non-functional body of her work, which is mainly wheel thrown.
Her surroundings inspire her work. Local landscape and rugged rock formations, marked by rain, sun and wind become images and designs for pots and surfaces.
Surface treatment is dictated by the shape and character of the piece. She is in constant search of new glazes, since glaze is not a mere decoration, but an integral part of the overall design.
Curriculum Vitae
1951
Born in Haifa, Israel.
1971-75
 Graduated the Industrial & Environmental Design dept. at “Bezalel” Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel.
1976-79 Studied Ceramics with Hanna Charag-Zuntz in Haifa, Israel.
1979 Studied with Hildegard Storr-Britz in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany (Ceramic surfaces handling).
1980 Started her own studio, mainly wheel-Throwing.
1986 Summer course with Colin Pearson at Haifa University.
1995-2000 Member of Schlush Sloshim cooperative gallery
2000 Started teaching ceramics at Givat-Haviva Arts Center.
2005 Residency in Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

Solo exhibitions
2004 "De Osseberg" gallery, Sint Laurens Grijpskerke, Holland.
2004 Beit Aaron Kahana Museum, Ramat-Gan.
2004 Etienne Dewulf Gallery, Gent, Belgium.
2004 Keunekapel, Koksijde, Belgium.
1998 “Works in Clay” at Schlusch 30 Gallery, Tel-Aviv.

Participated in many group exhibitions in Israel, Europe and U.S.A. among others:
2003 "Invitation" at Yadayim gallery, Beit Yitzhak
2001 Windows to Ceramics Art, at Ramat-Aviv’ Tel-Aviv.
2001 “Yakimono”- Fired ware, at Ein –Hod.
2000 “Clay 2000” The Israeli Biennale for Ceramics at Eretz- Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv.
2000 Vase Movement – at the Holon Design Gallery.
1999 The Bowl – at Schlousch 30 Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
1998 “Potters Set a Table” at Tel-Hai Gallery and Aaron Kahana Museum, Ramat-Gan.
1998 Ways in Clay, Five Decades of Ceramics in Israel, Aaron Kahana Museum, Ramat-Gan.
1998 Twentieth Century International and Israeli Studio Ceramics, at Sotheby’s, Tel-Aviv.
1998 Teapots, at Schlousch 30 Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
1995 Ceramics Israel, at the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
1989 Keramik aus Israel, Kassel, Germany.
1988 Ceramics for the Garden, at the Artists House, Jerusalem.

Works in private collections in Israel, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Australia and U.S.A., Beit Aaron Kahana Museum in Ramat-Gan and in the Eretz-Israel Museum in Tel-Aviv.