Ariel Duckler Levy
Instagram @arielducklerlevy
EMAIL: arielducklerlevy@gmail.com
My imagination comes to life during daily walks in my neighborhood. I am inspired by the materiality of an urban landscape that is full of concrete buildings, asphalt roads, greenery of parks and playgrounds and piles of rubbish left on the curb. The garbage especially interests me because it is like discovering valuable treasures and archeological remains that tell stories and reveal history. I salvage Styrofoam packaging, cardboard cartons, plastic bubble wrap, weathered furniture, broken toys, abandoned construction materials and outdated appliances. These marginalized rejects become the starting material for new work in my studio, where I use glue, clay, dough, charcoal, pencil, cosmetics, shoe polish, ink and textiles to convert these modern fossils into art.
Education
Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Studio of Revital Ben-Asher Peretz)
Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York (Prof. Bill Shillalies, Art Dept.)
Long Island University Ceramics Dept., C.W. Post, Brookville, New York (Prof. Frank Olt, Art Dept.)
Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
University of California, Santa Cruz, Dept. of Politics, B.A.
Exhibitions and Installations
Dec 2025 "Gvul Dak" BY5 Gallery, Stoneware Platters, Tel Aviv, Israel
Sept 2025 “O’lot Komah,” Tel Aviv Artists House, Multi-media installation, Tel Aviv, Israel
May 2025 “Kir Malacha” Homage to Genia Berger, Relief tiles, K. HaMalacha, Tel Aviv
May 2024 "5 Houses," Kikar Bialik, Relief tile, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv
Feb 2024 "Vases,' BY5 Gallery, Ceramic Vases, Tel Aviv, Israel
Nov 2023 "Toolbox," BY5 Gallery, Ceramic tile installation, Tel Aviv, Israel
June 2023 “Elite Unit,” Tel Aviv Artists House, Paintings on Styrofoam, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018-2023 “Israeli Musicians,” “Dganit” Auditorium, Ceramic tile installation, Ono College, Israel
2018-2021 “Israeli Jazzists,” Bikurim Arts Village, Ceramic tile installation, Eshkol, Israel
2017-2018 “Iconic Jazz Musicians,” Beit HaAmudim, Ceramic tile installation, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel