Yakira Ament
Born 1994, New York; lives and works in Haifa.
A multidisciplinary artist, engaged in drawing, sculpture, painting, and movement. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (2020, 2022). In 2019, she participated in a student exchange program at HGB Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany, focusing on integrative drawing and printmaking.
She is a recipient of the Eileen Cooper Award of Excellence, Bezalel (2020); an Outstanding Excellence Award from the America-Israel Foundation (2020); a past participant of the Edmond de Rothschild Center’s Professional Development Program in the field of Art (2021); an academic excellence award from the Bezalel’s MFA Program (2021); a Michael & Pauline Lockman Foundation scholarship (2022); project support from the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality (2022), support for the production of a new work from Mifal Hapayis Council for the Culture and Arts (2024).
Solo exhibitions
Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios gallery, Tel Aviv
Group exhibitions
Neve Schechter Gallery, Tel Aviv
Alma Art Parlor, Tel Aviv
Edmond de Rothschild Center Gallery, Tel Aviv
Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
Resident Artist, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem
Old Jaffa Street Gallery, Old Jaffa
Koresh Gallery, Jerusalem
Noga Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Kandinof House, Jaffa
Her works are included in private collections in Israel and abroad, as well as in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection.
