Yael David-Cohen - Curriculum Vitae

Born in Jerusalem, Israel
Lives and works in London, England

Education

1962-1966       Tel Aviv Art School, Israel
1963-1966       University of Tel Aviv, Israel (BA in Philosophy and Hebrew Literature)
1968-1969       St Martin’s School of Art, London (Postgraduate Degree in Printmaking)

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2011 Museum der VG Eich, Gimbsheim
2011 The Coningsby Gallery, London
2011 bookartbookshop, London
2008 bookartbookshop, London
2008 The Coningsby Gallery, London
2007 Galerie Le Cocon, Hamburg
2006 University College Hospital Arts, London
2004 The Coningsby Gallery, London
2000 The Coningsby Gallery, London
1995 Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem
1995 Conway Hall, London
1992 Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem
1990 Kulturzentrum, Graz, Austria
1990 Institute of Education, London

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2012 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition, London
2011 3rd Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize
2001 High Fiber under 5, San Jose Museum of Quilt & Textiles
2011 La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, USA
2011 "Missing / Missed", Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
2011 A Sense of Direction, Sightlines, Houston, Chicago and Long Beach, USA
2010 No Place to Call Home, touring exhibition, various venues, USA
2010 Wide Horizons II, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
2010 Art Quilt 2010, Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania, USA
2009 2nd Sheffield Artists' Book Prize, Sheffield, England
2009 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition, London
2008 Galerie Le Cocon, Hamburg, Germany
2006 Lilla Europa, Biennial of Small-scale Printmaking, Sweden
2006 5th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo
2005 Artaid, Royal College of Art, London
2004 Lilla Europa, Biennial of Small-Scale Printmaking, Sweden
2004 Art Quilts from around the World, American Textile Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
2003 4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo
2002 Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
2002 Lilla Europa, Biennial of Small-scale Printmaking, Sweden
2000 Lilla Europa, Biennial of Small-scale Printmaking, Sweden
2000 International Small Engraving Salon, Florean Museum, Romania
2000 'Beyond The Surface', Gallery Westland Place, London
1999 International Biennial of Drawing & Graphic Art, Gyor, Hungary
1998 The Contemporary Print Show (PMC), Barbican, London
1996 PMC exhibition, Musee Adzak, Paris
1996 Textiles Exhibition, Drumcroon Education Art Centre, Wigan
1995 'Salon Des Graphiques', Curwen Gallery, London
1994 Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1993 Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1994 Estampes D'Outre-Manche, Musee Adzak, Paris
1994 Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, England
1993 Anglo-German Print Exhibition, Ladau, Germany & Lyric Theatre, London
1993 Paintings and Prints, Printmakers Council Exhibition, Barbican, London
1993 Curwen Gallery, London
1993 Printmakers Council 'Making a Print' Travelling Exhibition
1992 Printmakers Council 'Making a Print' Travelling Exhibition
1991 The Craft Centre, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1985 The Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Haifa
1983 The Triennial of Israeli Graphic Art, Haifa

Collections include:

Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
Department of Prints and Drawings, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Museum of Arts and Design, New York
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Textile Collection, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Yale University Library, New Haven, USA
Private collections in the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel

Prizes

2002 Prize for illustrations to poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, Jerusalem, Israel
1994 Awarded prize at the Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle

Membership of Professional Organisations

SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates)
SDA (Surface Design Association)
Axis
Quilt Art