Nili Feferberg
Artist and Curator
@nili_feferberg_art
nili.feferberg@network.rca.ac.uk
Nili Feferberg is an Israeli - British contemporary artist living and working in London. Her multi-media practice embraces painting, photography, video, ceramics, and curating.
Her current sculptural work is fluid, playful and elusive. These layered cast mineral sculptures seemingly relate to everyday objects as a method of challenging and questioning our perception of what we conceive as familiar. She is interested in the intersection of the philosophy of materiality and psychology from a feminist perspective:
“Understanding materiality as ontology - as agents rather than merely as representative, or a reflection of the cultural world, embracing the ontological similarities of humans, objects, and other species could lead to a more equal world”, says Feferberg.
Nili obtained a BFA Cum Laude at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem; MFA at Goldsmiths University, London, and in 2021 gained an MA in Ceramics and Glass at Royal College of Art, London.
She has been awarded various grants and has won prizes. Nili Feferberg participated in an exchange program at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Her work is in public and private collections.
Education
2018 - 2021 MA Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London
2001 - 2002 MFA Goldsmiths College, London
1988 - 1992 BA (Cum Laude), Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1992 Student exchange programme, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1996 - 1997 Anthropology and Jewish Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Prizes and Awards
2021 Shortlisted for the HIGH Prize for Creative Excellence within the School of Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London
1992 Mary Fischer Award for excellence in painting, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Grants
2021 A-N, The Artists Information Company bursary: Time Space Money, UK
2001 Avi Fellowship Foundation grant, UK
Collections
Many of Nili Feferberg's works are in private collections worldwide and in Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Curatorial Exhibitions
2021 Metanoia: Towards New Perspectives, Cromwell Place, London (taking part in the curatorial team of 2021 RCA Ceramics & Glass and Jewellery & Metal graduates show)
2003 Fake Your Face, Neon Gallery, London
Fake Your Face, Exodus Gallery, alongside Los Angeles Biennial Art Invitational, Los Angeles
1998 There Might be a Draft, The Artist House, Tel- Aviv (followed by a bilingual catalogue)
Projects
1997 Shelter, Art Project in Tel-Aviv Bomb Shelters
Station Transformation, Project No 2, art installation in Tel-Aviv bus terminal
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Dinner Table, San Mei Gallery, London
2021 Metanoia: Towards New Perspectives, Cromwell Place, London (2021 RCA Ceramics & Glass and Jewellery & Metal Degree Show)
2021 The Dinner Table (winter fundraiser), San Mei Gallery, London
2021 The Cabinet of Curiosity, Design Museum, London
2021 Sketch, 11 Avenue Studios, London
2021 2021 RCA Online Degree Show
2020 WIP, Royal College of Art, London
2018 NOF, Provender Building, Camden Market, London
2004 Sex with Cars, Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles
Motor City, 27 Spital Square, London
2003 Souvenir, Transition Gallery, London
Exhibit.001, Ols & Co, London
Fake Your Face, Neon Gallery, London
Fake Your Face, Exodus Gallery, alongside Los Angeles Biennial Art Invitational, Los Angeles
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
2002 High Gloss, Transition Gallery, London
Other Pleasure/We Want More, Goldsmiths University, London
2001 New Acquisitions, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv
2000 Drawings, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1999 On the Shelf, Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
1998 There Might be a Draft, The Artist House, Tel-Aviv
1995 With the Back to the Viewer, Museum for Jewish Art, Kibbutz Bar’am
1992 Broken Hearts, The Old Runken Place, Amsterdam
Eleven Young Artists, Konforty Gallery, Tel-Aviv-Yafo
Solo Exhibitions:
1999 New Drawings, TSS Gallery, Colchester, Essex
1998 Small but Perfectly Formed, TSS Gallery, Colchester, Essex
Surfaces, Ziskind Gallery, Jerusalem
1997 Lucy in the Garden, Nahashon Gallery, Kibutz Nahashon, Israel
1995 Between the Lines, Bezalel Art Gallery, Jerusalem
In the Land of the Blind, Gimmel Gallery, Jerusalem