Yael Harnik (b. 1986) is a textile artist based in Tel-Aviv, to which she returned after six years of living and working in Japan. Yael's practice focuses on textile and print, through which she explores concepts of time and space. In her works, she alternates between images and sensations as well as between visual and tangible. In 2012 Yael graduated from the Department of Textile Design at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Israel. After receiving the prestigious Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education in 2016, she began her studies at Tama Art University, Tokyo, where she earned her MFA and completed her PhD (art) studies. Her works have been featured in solo exhibitions in Japan and Israel as well as in group exhibitions in Israel, Japan, US, South Korea, France, and Netherlands.​

"Textile is a form of grid or net through which I explore systems of order and rhythm. My work with textile combines traditional production processes, modern perspective, and contemporary sensibilities.
I am especially interested in the amount of time required for completing processes, as if practicing craft is a way of producing a sense of time. My visual language is formed by ongoing contemplation on repetition and cyclicality. Through the practice of repetition, my works reflect a sense of longing and explore the notion of displacement and belonging."

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yaelharnik@gmail.com
+972544864383
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