Artist: Yael Braha
Yael Braha, Pennsylvania
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BIO
In 2025, she was selected as an Emerging Artist by the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and received an Honorable Mention at the Cheongju Craft Biennale in Korea. In 2024, she was named a Finalist and received an Honorable Mention at the 13th Mino International Ceramic Triennale in Japan and was recognized as an Emerging Artist by the American Craft Council.
Yael has held solo exhibitions internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Shigaraki, Japan, and has participated in numerous group shows, such as at the Lancaster Museum of Art and the Plains Art Museum in the U.S. Her work is included in permanent collections at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (USA) and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Japan).
She has been invited to several international residencies as both a Studio and Guest Artist, and her work has been featured in publications such as CREATE! Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, and Maake Magazine.
Yael holds a BA from the European Institute of Design (Rome, Italy) and an MFA from San Francisco State University.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Cinema, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, Usa
Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design, European Institute of Design, Rome, Italy
TWO-PERSON SHOW
September 19 – October 21, 2023 "MOTION CAPTURE | Yael Braha and Bridget Conn" Focus Gallery, Penland, North Carolina, Usa
SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS/INSTALLATIONS
July 2023 "Salad Days", Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa
Summer 2023 "17th annual Yunomi Invitational", Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa,, Usa
May 5-27 2023 "Resisting: Form and Surface", Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, Usa
April 13 - May 27 2023 "IX Dirty South National Competition", Juried by Gwendolyn Yoppolo, River Oaks Square Art Center, Louisiana, Usa
April 8-22 2023 "SIP", Juried by Sarah Pike, Savannah Clay community, Savannah, Georgia, Usa
April 29 - June 25, 2023 "Small Favors", The Clay Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Usa
March 10 - April 10, 2023 "LAST CALL VIII: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Juried by Chanakarn Semachai, Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa
March 7-June 6, 2023 "7th Annual Black & White Art Exhibition", Fusion Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Usa
March 16 2023 "ABC pop-up exhibition", Deeper Roots, Cincinnati, Ohio, Usa
March 12-18 2023 "ABC Voice and Vision", Above Board Ceramics
February 14th – March 4th, 2023 "Tenuous Threads", Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Usa
January 30- March 3, 2023 "21tst Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition", Blain Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa
January 1-31, 2023 "Annual Winter Warmers", Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Washington, Usa
December 20-March 21, 2023 "Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition", African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Usa
December 1-24, 2022 "Annual Cup Show", Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, Massachussets, Usa
November 4-December 23, 2022 "It's only clay", Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, Usa
October 26, 2022 – April 2023, "Arts in the Airport", Knoxville Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa
November 4-26, 2022 "Old Growth", The Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa
October 24-January 9 2023 "Collaborative New Canons", Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa
October 7-November 4, 2022 "Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII" Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, Usa
September 4 2022 "First Friday Group Show", Able Trade Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, Usa
August 16-September 11 2022 "MEGA MEGA MEGA", Greensboro Project Space Gallery, Greensboro, North Caroilina, Usa
July 9, 2022 "Salad Days", Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa
June-July 2022 "2022-2023 Artists-in-Residence" Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Usa
March 2022 "LAST CALL VII: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa
February 11 - March 26, 2022 “NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition”, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California, Usa
February 1 - March, 2022 “Onward”, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Washington, Usa
November 2021 “The Things We Carry: Vessels and rituals”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Usa
June 2021 “Women of Woodfire”, Organized with Lindsay Oesterritter and Careen Stoll, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Usa
March 2021 "LAST CALL VI: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations", Companion Gallery, Tennessee, Usa
June 2015 Event: Bay Area Book Festival. Berkeley, California, Usa Exhibition: “A Flock of Books”
May 2015 Event: Maker Faire. San Mateo, CA, Exhibition: “Tree of Changes”
April 2015 Event: Market Street Prototyping Festival. San Francisco, CA, Exhibition: “Tree of Changes”
June 2014 Location: Minnesota Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Usa,Exhibition: “/ärtifakts/ in motion”
June 2014 Location: Minnesota Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Usa, Exhibition: “Musika!”
February 2013 Location: A Temporary Offering Gallery, San Francisco, Usa, Exhibition: “I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”
March 2013 Location: Autodesk Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Exhibition: “I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”
October 2012 Location: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Usa, Exhibition: “Animal Race”
October 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Event: Urban Prototyping Festival, Exhibition:“I Just Wanna Hold your Hand”
October 2012 Location: Lake Merritt Botanical Garden, Oakland, Usa, Event: Autumn Lights Festival Exhibition: “The Tree Book”
September 2012 Location: Compound Gallery, Oakland, Usa, Event: Group Show
March 2012 Location: Pajaro Valley Arts Council, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, Usa, Event: Contemporary Encaustic Work
October 2011 Location: Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, Usa, Show: Fresh Bait
September 2010 and 2009 Location: Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Usa, Show: Civic Center Art Exhibition
SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & NOMINATIONS
2022 Bipoc Award "The Cup Show", National juried competition, Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts, Usa
2022 Third Place Award "It's Only Clay", National juried competition, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, Usa
2022 Kiln God Fellowship Award Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine, Usa
2021 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Award Awarded to ceramic artists of traditionally underrepresented cultural backgrounds to expand awareness and deepen knowledge in the ceramic arts through learning, intellectual inquiry, and creative research.