SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
ZaHaVa
Sherez
UNITED STATES
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"Each sculpture is both no one and everyone—and exemplifies my message that we are, in fact, all one."
ZaHaVa Sherez comes from a long lineage of immigrants and refugees who fled continents for survival. In her blood, she carries pieces of many cultures: their languages, foods, humor, and stories in Russian, Yiddish, Spanish, Quechua, Hebrew, Arabic, and English. While the cultures she has been exposed to have taught her the magnificent differences between them, the most important thing she has learned is how profoundly alike we, as humans, are.
"This piece is from the series InBodied Light."
While she knows her story is uniquely hers, she also knows that it is an amalgam of the collective. The energy field that unites us all affects us as one. We are much more than meets the eye. It is on these truths that she focuses her art.
"This piece is from the series InBodied Light."
While the idea itself dictates the materials she uses, e.g., to emphasize the concept that we are flesh, bones, and beyond, she uses bronze to represent the solidity of the body, combined with highly texturized and reflective resin polymer to represent the light and energy bodies.
"The sculptures I’m making are loosely figurative, faceless, and ageless, allowing them to resonate with all of humanity."
Trained as a figurative and realistic sculptor, she created her first bronze in 1993, a sculpture called "Flower Arrangement" from her series, "I Am So Many!" This sculpture was the gate opener for this ongoing journey she has been on—using her art to raise consciousness about "the other," the immigrant, and the refugee.
“The backstory behind my work is as important as the art itself, as I strive to depict a narrative on humanity.”
In 2017–18, ZaHaVa moved from focusing on "the other" to addressing all of humanity as one race, thus becoming a strong voice in the call for equity, equality, and justice for all with her project "InBodied Light."
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
"To translate these ideas and emotions into art using shapes and colors requires guidance; I find it in my meditation."
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
This is a sculptural project that, when completed in 2023, will be an installation of 30 larger-than-life sculptures plus another 20 sculptures ranging from 2–7 ft. in height, for a total of 50 pieces. These sculptures are made of resin, mixed media, pigments, bronze, and light.
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface, light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculpture, creating glowing beings."
She taught stone carving, sculpting with clay, mixed media, clay prints, and the business of art for 25 years, including stone carving classes to Pixar employees and students at Pixar University.
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface, light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculpture, creating glowing beings."
To keep the project “InBodied Light” financially viable, she moved part-time to Mexico, and began working with a foundry in Zapopan, Guadalajara.
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface, light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculpture, creating glowing beings."
"I retired in 2019 to devote my entire time to my art."
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface, light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculpture, creating glowing beings."
She finds the quality of the work to be excellent while allowing her dollars to stretch much farther, as the cost of living, molding, and casting in Mexico is extremely low compared to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she maintains a second studio and home.
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface, light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculpture, creating glowing beings."
Her work appears in private and corporate collections in the US, Israel, the Netherlands, Australia, Corsica, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England, and Mexico. She is the recipient of numerous awards and has shown her work in fine art galleries and museums on both coasts of the US, in such venues as The Discovery Museum, CT; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY; The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NY; SculptureSite Gallery, CA; St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, CA; and many more. Internationally, she has exhibited in Paris, Corsica, Mexico, China, and Artsy.net.
This piece is from the series InBodied Light.
These sculptures are about the human race and the energy that connects us all as one.
I peel away any aspects that would invite stereotyping by shaping human bodies into stylized abstracted beings faceless and genderless, this way each piece is no one and everyone as We Are One. "By creating a highly texturized surface light bounces off the surface and at the same time travels through each sculptures creating glowing beings."