Born 1954, arrived in Australia 1990

Solo Exhibitions
2011
New Ceramic Sculptures – Beaux Arts Bath, Bath UK
Terra Memoria – Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Mother Tongues – Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2010
Peregrinations – Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
Continuum - Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, QLD
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
2011
Fairyland – Grafton Regional Gallery
Sculpture 23 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show –Presented by Cavin Morris Gallery NY
30 to Collect – ArtHouse Gallery, Sydney
Confined Excitement – Pleasures of the Void– Cavin-Morris Gallery, New-York
2010
Time+Place - Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW
Art Event – Jewish Museum of Australia – NVG International, Melbourne
Down Memory Lane – Framed Gallery, Darwin
9th Festival in Ceramics - Demonstrators Exhibition - University of Ballarat Post Office Gallery
The Space Between - Aptos Cruz Gallery, Adelaide
44th General Assembly - International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition – Cite de la Ceramique, Sevres, France
On Paper, in time and in others' minds - Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
Sculpture 22 - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
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
2011
Highly commended - Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Finalist - Travelling Scholarship Prize - Noosa Regional Gallery
Finalist - Prometheus Visual Arts Award Finalist - Burnie Print Prize
2010
Finalist - Ergon Energy CQ Ceramic Award
Artist residency – SODA Fremantle WA
Acquisition Award - Stanthorpe Art Festival
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
National Gallery of Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Jewish Museum of Australia Atelier d'Art de France, Paris
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Southern Downs Regional Art collection, Stanthorpe
Gold Coast City Art gallery
Shepparton Art Gallery
Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
Tweed River Art Gallery
Ceramics Victoria Permanent Collection
Brisbane Grammar School Art Collection
The Russell Berrie Foundation, USA
The Charles Bronfman collection, USA
Various corporate and private collections Australia, USA, UK

Selected publications
Ceramics Monthly, June July August 2011, Exposure
Australian Yoga Journal Issue 11 2011 - Creative release, by Sascha wyness
Canberra Times 17 Feb 2011 – Fusing Form and decoration, exhibition review by Kerry-Anne Cousins
Ceramics Art and Perception issue no. 80, 2010 – Of the Temporal and the Spiritual, Works By Avital Sheffer, by Inga Walton
Ceramic Review, UK issue no. 243, 2010 - Deep Earth - A present past/ a continuous present, by Louise Martin Chew
The Age 12/11/2009 Visual Art by Dylan Rainforth
Ceramic Review issue 240, Gallery review
The Australian Jewish News 10 November 2009 Exhibition review, by Dalia Sable.
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