Embroidery is an ancient craft that was always used as a platform for storytelling. As a self-taught artist, he uses this international language to tell new stories: personal and global, cultural and emotional. For a decade Yehiel explored different continents and countries and was always fascinated by the local and traditional crafts. His three-dimensional embroideries lean on a craft that has been used for thousands of years. Yet he aspires to release it from the two-dimensional fabric and give it volume. He is interested in exploring contradictions and paradoxes. The tension between realism and illusion, organic and artificial, temporary and eternal are all part of his artistic expression. Those come to life through objects from nature. Just like embroidery, nature is a global language. It relates to all individuals and cultures and he uses its vast variety of objects, colors, shapes, and textures.
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Itamar Yehiel is a self-taught artist living in Berlin. In 2022 he was a finalist in The Creative Crafts State Prize Berlin. In the same year he had two solo exhibitions, first at KUNSTinRAUM gallery Berlin and second at Klötze und Schinken Cafe-Gallery, also in Berlin. In April 2023 he attended the group exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts.
