Born 1954, arrived in Australia 1990

Solo Exhibitions
2009
Origins - Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Terra Anima - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2009/10
Deep Earth - Touring exhibition to Regional Galleries
2008
Terra Intima - Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Avital Sheffer; New Work, Thomas R. Riley, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2007
Avital Sheffer: New Work - Salmon Galleries, Sydney
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2006
Unearthed II - Salmon Galleries, Sydney
Lismore Regional Gallery
2005
Unearthed I - Beaver Galleries, Canberra

Two person exhibitions
2004
Under the Dome -Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
Avital Sheffer & Margaurite Josephson - Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney

Selected group exhibitions
2009/10
The 58th Touring Blake Prize Exhibition
2009
Egyptian Treasures: Arts of the Pharaohs - The Australian Museum, Sydney
Friends of Bezalel Art Exhibition - Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
Heated Words - Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
White Heat - The Australian Ceramics Association’s Biennial Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Sculpture 21 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Brisbane Grammar School Art Show
NCECA Special Exhibition: Clay - Cervini Hass Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
Here/Now - Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Our Most Easterly Edge - Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
Palm Beach 3, Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2008
SOFA Chicago - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sculpture 20 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Ceramicos - Waywood gallery, Byron Bay
Palm Beach 3, Presented by Thomas Riley Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
COLLECT- Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB, Presented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
2007
Palm Beach 3 - Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Art London - Presented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney
SOFA Chicago, Presented by Thomas Riley galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
2006
SOFA New York, USA - Presented by Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
SOFA Chicago, USA - Presented by Beaver Galleries
Chrysalis - Lismore Regional Art Gallery
ConVerge - Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane and touring to Regional Galleries to 2008
Hand Made - J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
2005
SOFA Chicago - Presented by Beaver Galleries
FEHVA Art Exhibition & Auction
2004
Fusions Graduate Award Exhibition, Brisbane
Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award
Graduating Students Award Exhibition - Inner City Clayworks Sydney

Competitions and awards
2009
Elected for membership of the International Academy of Ceramics
Finalist - The Blake Prize
Finalist - Manning Art Prize
Finalist - IV International Biennial of Ceramics, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
Finalist - Prometheus Visual Arts Award
Highly commended - Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Finalist - Burnie Print Prize
2008
Winner - Border Art Prize
Awarded - Australia Council for the Arts, New Work grant (established artists)
Finalist - The Sidney Myer International Ceramic Award
2006
Awarded - Australia Council for the Arts, New Work grant (emerging artists)
Finalist - Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award
2005
Awarded - Honorary mention, The 3rd International Competition, World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
Awarded - The Josephine Ulrich Award for Excellence, Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award
2004
Finalist - Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
2003
Finalist - Gold-Coast International Ceramic Award
1999
Awarded - Special Mention, Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show, Ballina NSW

Collections
2009 National Gallery of Australia
2009 Art Gallery of Ballarat
2007 Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2006 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2006 The Russell Berrie Foundation, USA
2006 The Charles Bronfman collection, USA
2005 Gold Coast City Art gallery
Various corporate and private collections

Selected publications

The Journal of Australian Ceramics, issue no. 48#2 2009 - White Heat: The Australian Ceramics Association Biennial exhibition
Ceramics Monthly October 2009 - exhibitions: Avital Sheffer
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, issue no. 48#1 2009 - Avital Sheffer Body of work, by Ann McMahon
Deep Earth catalogue 2009 - A present past/ a continuous present, by Louise Martin Chew
Craft Arts International, issue no. 72, 2008 - New works by Avital Sheffer, by Pollyanna Sutton
Art London 2007 catalogue
Ceramics Art and Perception, issue no. 67, 2007 - ConVerge: The Strength of a Region, by Grace Cochrane
SOFA Chicago 2006 catalogue
Craft Arts International, issue no. 66, 2006 - 24th Gold Coast International ceramic award, by Gordon Foulds
ConVerge Catalogue, 2006 - Northern Rivers Touring Ceramic Exhibition
Chrysalis Catalogue, 2006 - The Emergence of Northern Rivers Artists, by Louise Martin Chew
Craft Arts International, issue no. 64, 2005 - Tradition to Modernity, by Gordon Foulds
Ceramics Art and Perception - issue no. 60, 2005 - New Vessels, ancient Voices, by Steven Giese
The Journal of Australian Ceramics 43#2 2004 - images
The Journal of Australian Ceramics 43#3 2004 - images