Sivan Sternbach

My ceramics are the purest expression of how I live my life. I use everything I see, touch and taste as inspiration.
In their playful and tactile qualities, my balloons reflect my natural appetite for freedom and connection to the present moment.

I began experimenting with clay 10 years ago, with the same delight and curiosity as I began to experiment with cakes.
As a professional pastry chef, trained and certified by the FCI in New York City, I feel a strong connection between making pastry and shaping clay. Both are naturally similar and endlessly satisfying processes.

I studied ceramics for 6 years in private studios in Israel. Since 2012 I work in my own studio in Tel - Aviv.

Red balloon, group exhibition, Serbia. 2011

Black Raku re-fired balloon at the house of the American ambassador in Israel.2010-2015

"Salon 2012" - exhibition of contemporary Israeli art in London.

"After Party" a 23 balloon installation at a Group exhibition in the Ceramic Center of Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv. 2013

"After Party" the same installation at the "okashi" museum in Akko, Iarael. 2013

"Salon" 2013 - an exhibition and sale event of contemporary Israeli artists. 11/2013

"After Party 2" an installation of 20 Balloons at the lobby of the new Ritz-Carlton hotel in Israel. 2013-

"Brush of Fire" an art exhibition at the Holon `Center of Art, artists work as an expression of poems by Rony Somek (a well known Israeli poet). 10-12/2014

"Birthday Party" an installation at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, celebrating 50 years of the museum 5/2015 - 12/2015

My balloons can be found in many private collections worldwide.