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Ariel Lavian

Ariel Lavian
Nof Arim 85, Mevaseret Tzyion, Israel
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Ariel Lavian - Short biography
Ariel Lavian, born in 1983, Israel. Graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, in 2012 (B.F.A, Fashion and Jewelry Department), followed by a Master's Degree in conceptual design, 2016, at Bezalel. Since 2017, Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Lavian has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. His designs have been acquired internationally, both by private collectors as well as by selected museums, including the SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, United States, and the Design Museum, Holon, Israel. Since 2018, Lavian has been appointed Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) Ambassador for Israel. In 2019, Lavian received the Design Award from the Ministry of Culture, Israel. In 2020, Lavian won second place in Venice's Design Week in the jewelry selection and the galleries award and was nominated for both the prestigious Friedrich-Becker Award and KOGEI award. In 2021, Lavian won the Milano jewelry week award.
Solo exhibition
2021 - "Depths of Heaven 2.0", Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, Israel
2021 - "Depths of Heaven", Periscope Design & Neo Craft Gallery, TLV, Israel
2018/9 - "Material World", Geological Museum, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2018 - "Gathering", Mydaybyday Gallery, Rome, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 - "Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition", Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Beijing, China
2021 - "RING REDUX”, SCAD museum, Savannah, Georgia, United States
2021 - "Between a break and a breakdown- Jewelry as a mirror of our times", Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (curator (
2021 - "Intimate Relationships, Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition", Beijing, China
2021 - " Romanian Jewelry Week", Bucharest, Romania
2021 - " Local boundaries", Geological Museum, Ramat Hasharon, Israel (curator (
2021 - International KOGEI Award in Toyama 2020, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
2021 - " Noise makers", Hansen house, Jerusalem, Israel
2021 - " Far but close", Florence Contemporary Gallery, Florence, Italy
2020 - " Era UNTACT Craft & design International Design Exhibition", Kookmin, Korea
2020 - " Venice Design Week", Vencia, Italy
2020 - " Romanian Jewelry Week", Bucharest, Romania
2020 - " In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message, Regional Museum, Konin, Poland
2020 - " The observation tower and the case of artificial selection", Eretz Israel Museum, TLV, Israel
2020 - " The first Craft & Design biennial ", Eretz Israel Museum, TLV, Israel
2020 - " Japan Jewellery Competition", Tokyo, Japan
2020 - " International Paper Triennial", Musée Charmey, Charmey, Switzerland
2020 - " Friedrich Becker Prize ", Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2020 - " Friedrich Becker Prize ", Düsseldorf City Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020 - "Disrupt", CCBC Gallery, Vancouver, Canda
2020 - "Rash Rash Rash", the Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2020 - "Materialness", Parsol Projects Gallery, New York, United States (curator (
2019 - "In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message, Museum of Contemporary Jewelery, Warsaw, Poland
2019 - "Jewelry and anatomy", Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
2019 - "In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message, City Museum in Zabrze, Poland
2019 - "LIE-E-S”, Institut français, Barcelona, Spain
2019 - “In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message ", Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
2019 - "Hamsa, hamsa, hamsa", Ein Dor Museum, Israel
2019 - "In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message, Regional Museum in Sandomierz, Poland
2019 - "Reimagining Otherness”, Pratt institute, Design Gallery, New York, United States
2019 - "RENEWAL”, Dock Street Studios, Dundee, Scotland
2019 - "In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message, JUBINALE Fair, Kraków, Poland
2019 - "LIE-E-S”, Galerie Art'Course, Strasbourg, France
2019 - "Gioielli in Fermento, Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy
2019 - "Jewelry Making: Past & Present, the Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, Israel
2019 - "Gioielli in Fermento, Villa Braghieri, Castel San Giovanni, Italy
2019 - "Metamorphosis Paramorphsis", Koniaren, Slovakia
2019 - "In My Opinion…Jewellery with a Message ",galerie YES, Poznan, Poland
2019 - "Metamorphosis Paramorphsis", Galeria Caraffova vaznica, Presov , Slovakia
2019 - "Hammer My Jewel ", Galerie beyond, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 - "Rencontres bijoux France - Israel", Institut national des Metiers d’Art, Paris, France
2018 - " Sibush", Vitrina Gallery, Holon, Israel
2018 - "The second biennale for contemporary jewelry", Galería de Arte Portable, Bogotá, Colombia
2018 - "Jewelry and Technology ", Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
2018 - "Triple parade, Biennale for contemporary Jewellry", How art museum, Shanghai, China
2018 - "Joya Barcelona", Barcelona, Spain
2018 - "PLASTIC", Rome, Italy
2018 - "BCN Joya", Barcelona, Spain
2018 - "MadridJoya", Madrid, Spain
2018 - "Collectiva Meeting", Collectiva Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2018 - "The second biennale for contemporary jewelry", MAJA museum, Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia
2018 - "The second biennale for contemporary jewelry", Juan del Corral museum, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
2018 - "Rencontres bijoux France - Israel", Institute & bijouterie, Saumur, France
2018 - "Hamsa, hamsa, hamsa", The Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, Israel
2018 - "Dandelion fluff’s flight through the universe", Putti Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 - Legnica Jewelry Festival (SILVER), Legnica, Poland
2018 - "Gestures of Locality", Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 - "Short Stories", Putti Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2017 - "Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial", Beijing, China
2017 - "Illustrator and designer walk into a bar", Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 - "The Jerusalem Biennale", Jerusalem, Israel
2017 - "The autarky Studio", Design Week, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 - "Secrets", Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 - Legnica Jewelry Festival (SILVER), Legnica, Poland
2017 - " Platforma", Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2016 - " over view", Design Museum, Holon, Israel
2016 - " Elements” Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2016 - " Judaica Now! Goblets and Kiddush Cups", Rishon Le-Zion Museum, Israel
2016 - " About the place- Israeli improvisation", Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 - " Creativity roughness - Contemporary Israeli Design ", Taipei, Taiwan
2016 - "Not contagious", Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2016 - "State of DESIGN", Design Week, Berlin, Germany
2016 - Legnica Jewelry Festival (SILVER), Legnica, Poland
2016 - "Chairs Game", WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education, Israel
2015 - "De-Tech - in praise of Slowness", Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
2015 - "Street View", city Hall, Acco, Israel
2015 - Legnica Jewelry Festival (SILVER), Legnica, Poland
2015 - "Layers", contemporary Jewelry exhibition - Old Jaffa Museum, Jaffa, Israel
2014 - Legnica Jewelry Festival (SILVER), Legnica, Poland
2013 - "Footnotes - Notes on Shoes" - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2013 - "Light and Matter" Jewelry Exhibition, Alon Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2012 - "Eco fashion" - exhibition of ecologist flowerpots, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 - Final Exhibition - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Ariel Lavian - Short biography
Ariel Lavian, born in 1983, Israel. Graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, in 2012 (B.F.A, Fashion and Jewelry Department), followed by a Master's Degree in conceptual design, 2016, at Bezalel. Since 2017, Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Lavian has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. His designs have been acquired internationally, both by private collectors as well as by selected museums, including the SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, United States, and the Design Museum, Holon, Israel. Since 2018, Lavian has been appointed Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) Ambassador for Israel. In 2019, Lavian received the Design Award from the Ministry of Culture, Israel. In 2020, Lavian won second place in Venice's Design Week in the jewelry selection and the galleries award and was nominated for both the prestigious Friedrich-Becker Award and KOGEI award. In 2021, Lavian won the Milano jewelry week award.
Image 1
Ring. Materials: Copper, sterling silver, enamel, epoxy Size: 86x64x57 mm 2020
Image 2
Brooch. Materials: Copper, stainless steel. Size: 39x60x84 mm 2020
Image 3
Neck Object. Materials: Copper. Size: 285x254x28 mm 2021