A PROPOS – ABOUT
La créatrice :
Artiste Bijoutière, j’explore, je questionne, je crée, dans mon atelier boutique à deux pas de l’Abbaye Royal de Fontevraud, dans la Vallée de la Loire, depuis 2005.
Je travaille et façonne des matériaux dont l’origine est authentique. À travers chaque pièce je raconte, une histoire : mon histoire.
La réalité de la matière m’offre un dialogue solide. Lorsque je m’appuie totalement sur une matière, la prise de risque est réelle et essentielle dans mon processus de création. Je puise dans les notions de mouvement, de fluidité, de rythme, de l’imperfection, de l’asymétrie, de volume, d’air, de la lumière et de vide. J’aime travailler le fil d’argent fin que j’achète en bobine et au poids.
Avec le fil, je crée des bijoux/structures imposants et volumineux tout en étant légers, souples et transparents. Je suis fascinée par la capacité du fil à capter le vide, à se transformer en formes fluides et durs à la fois. C’est un acte viscéral pour moi. Essentiel. Je suis profondément touchée par ce fil, son caractère, sa résistance. Ce fil me relie à une histoire lointaine : Mes origines.
Je me nourris des rencontres, des visages, des traditions, de mon intimité, de l’indéfini, du poids de la matière, de son irrégularité et du caractère de ma matière première : pierre de lave, pierres fines, perles de culture…
The designer :
Born in Israel, Lives in France, Loire Valley
Jewellery artist, exhibitions curator, contemporary jewellery teacher teaching a variety classes and workshops. Participating in leading art and jewellery exhibitions.
I create most of my work with pure silver, and it is the material that fits my intuition and instinct. The thread connects me to the element of time and offers me a new dimension of space. The more I work with it, the more I am able to « touch » and « be » more at the fascinating intersection that drains the past, the present, and the unknown future into it. The perforated texture I create through the thread captures the air, the emptiness, the lightness and the gravity together, and allows me to build a whole life and tell a personal story that is also a universal story.
Einav Benzano creations are handmade and one of a kind, with passion and attention to detail. Each piece has its own personality, with quality materials, original design and fine craftsmanship.
In the past theatre actress, theatre director and theatre teacher in France and in Israel.
curriculum vitae
2019 Group exhibition – Jewelry Making: Past & Present, curated by Iris Fishof, Museum of Islamic art Jerusalem, Israel
2019 Group exhibition – LETTRE aimée – Les écritures du monde, curated by Jean Yves Le Mignot, AGDE
2019 Curator of ECHO – an artistic event gathering jewelry, art, music, wine and contemporary dance, Fontevraud l’Abbaye
2018 Lead a body jewelry workshop at the Jewelry Institute of Saumur
2018 Co lead workshop at the Ecole BOULE, Paris
2018 Exhibition PARURE- Parcours de la bijouterie, Part of the Journées Européennes de Patrimoine, castle de la Perrière, Angers
2018 Group exhibition during the France-Israel season, curated by Jean Yves Le Mignot, Castle of Saumur and at the Art Institute Paris
2018 Organized an exhibition in my Atelier with the artiste Sophie Puls.
2018 Part of a jury for submitting a final project at the Jewelry institute of Saumur
2018 Lead a contemporary jewelry workshop at the Jewelry Institute of Saumur
2017 Organized an exhibition in my Atelier with the artiste Sophie Touret
2017 Organized an exhibition with the ceramist artist Charles Haire
2017 Selected for the group exhibition -7 days 7Artiste at the Myday Byday Gallery, Rome, Italy
2017 My jewelry, small edition is presented at Boutique Ateliers d’Art de France- La Maison des Métiers, D’Art à Pézenas
2017 Concept Store-Saumur
2016 Member of the Atelier d’Art of France
2016 As part of the European Art Days, conceived, organized and exhibited in Women’s Stories : 6 artists 6 women 6 stories in the priory of Fontevraud l’Abbaye, along with three independent women winemakers
2014 Curator of the exhibit “Women’s Stories” along with the artist Niki Nakamura in my atelier
2011 Solo exhibition – Raanana, Israel
2010 My creations are on sale in the Art shop of the Museum of Modern Art in Tel Aviv, Israel.
2010 Participated in a group of fashion designers in a concept store, RAZILI, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2009 Group exhibition – Artists House Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 T MODE, a fashion fair, in the Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris
2007 Solo exhibition in Rablay sur Layon at the Village Métiers d’Art, Maine et Loire
2005 Created my own Atelier/Boutique; Einav BENZANO Jewelry Artist in Fontevraud l’Abbaye
2003-2005 Experimented with various techniques and diverse materials in search of what was right for my art
2002-2003 Professional training at the Institute for the Arts, HASTUDIO, recognized by the Israeli Minister of Education and Culture. Specialties: Silverwork, jewelry creation
1986-1989 Member of the first street theater companies in Israel
1982-1986 Talma Yalin School of Arts, Diploma in drama