About

Anat Weiss

Anat Weiss was born in 1964, and lives and works in Zichron Yaakov. She specialized in glass sculpting and glass polishing in the Czech Republic under the artist Petr Stacho (2016), and studied sculpting under the Czech artist Ivana Sramkova at Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem (2014).

Weiss creates glass sculptures whose main motif is a unique glass texture. The small-scale sculptures (30-50 cm) are created in fusing and glass casting techniques. Her works are the manifestation of an internal turmoil, expressions of motherhood, career, and couplehood. The three-dimensional, characterized by many details and a prominent texture, explore her private, inner, world and carry a personal and gender charge. Like man, the glass sculptures give out a feeling of strength and durability, yet on the inside they are delicate and brittle and therefore require special care. The transition from strength to fragility is rapid and often irreversible. This subject also has a symbolic significance within the works themselves.

Weiss has exhibited in group shows in various galleries in Israel, including “Creative Desires” at Space Gallery, Gan Hair Tel Aviv (2016); “The Magic of Glass 3,” Beit Nagler in Kiryat Haim (2016), “Through the Glass – Full Transparency Show,” Ben Ami Gallery, Tel Aviv (2016).