Zemer Peled is acclaimed for her unconventional relation to porcelain, as well as for themes that examines the beauty and brutality of the natural world. The works are formed of ceramic shards, made from sheets of clay, which are fired and thensmashed into pieces with a hammer. Peled’s work builds on the contrast between the delicate and airy character of the object on the one hand and the hard and sharp materiality on the other.
Connections have been made between Peled’s porcelain pieces and the floraldesigns on Japanese Igezara wares. In Peled’s work the painted floral decoration is blossoming into a sculptural object in its own right.
Zemer Peled (b. 1983) was born and raised in a Kibbutz in the northern part of Israel. After completing her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem), she earned her MA at the Royal College of Art (UK). In recent years, her work has been exhibited internationally, including such venues as Sotheby's and Saatchi Gallery (London), Eretz Israel Museum (Tel Aviv), and the Orangerie du Senate (Paris), among others. In 2014, Peled was highly commended at the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize and in 2016 Peled began a visiting artist residency at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where she is currently based. Zemer Peled previously was a Long Term Resident at The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, USA (2013–2015). In 2015, conducted she also completed a short-term residency at the Marble House Project, Dorset, VT, USA.