Exhibitions
and more
Solo Exhibitions
1961 – Atelier 97 Gallery, Tel Aviv
1966 – Bat Sheva Art Company, Tel Aviv
1972 – Museum Haaretz, Tel Aviv
1983 – Alef Gallery, Tel Aviv
1984 – Beit Abba Hushi, Haifa
1987 – Artisan’s House, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem
1990 – One-One Ceramics Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 – Jean Mayer – Retrospective, Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea
2001 – Jean Mayer – Retrospective, Mane-Katz Museum, Haifa
2002 – Jean Mayer – Retrospective, Beit Aharon Kahana Museum Ramat Gan
2013 – In Jean’s studio – Gallery of Ceramic and Glass Design Depertment, Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem
Selected Group Exhibitions
1952 – General Exhibition of the Kibbutz Haartzi artists
1957 – Artists of Megiddo Region, Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea
1958 – Traveling Exhbision by the Israeli Design Institute (Technion Haifa) to fourteen destinations in the U.S.A
1958 – The Kibbutz Fair, Israel Trade Fair Convention Centre, Tel Aviv
1959 – Haifa Museum of Modern Art
1970 – First National Ceramics Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum
1971 – Second National Ceramics Exhibition, Artists House, Jerusalem
1972 – International Ceramics 1972, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (catalogue)
1976 – Contemporary Pottery from Henry Rothschild’s Collection, Bristol, Newcastle and Bradford, England (catalogue)
1984 – Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea
1984 – World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1988 – Reflections & Elements from Nature in Art and Craft, Jerusalem Theatre (catalogue)
1990 – Crafts from Israel, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, traveling exhibition to Paris, Brussels and Lisbon (catalogue)
1990 – Israeli Art, Barbican Center, London
1991 – The Beginnings of Israeli Ceramics, Artists House, Jerusalem (catalogue)
1991 – Artists from Megiddo Region, traveling exhibition to Zawerland Museum and other venues in Germany (catalogue)
1992 – Ancient and Contemporary Ceramics, University of Haifa Art Gallery (catalogue)
1992 – Art Academy of Istanbul (catalogue)
1992 – Sculpture at the Migdal (Tower), Tel Aviv
1994 – Israeli Contemporary Crafts, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (catalogue)
1994 – Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea
1994 – Center for Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv
1998 – Twentieth Century International and Israeli Studio Ceramics, Exhibition and Auction, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv (catalogue)
1998 – Way in Clay, 5 Decades of Israeli Ceramics, Beit Aharon Kahana Museum, Ramat Gan (catalogue)
1998 – “My Dove in the Clefts of the Rock”, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
1999 – “Smoke”, Beit Aharon Kahana Museum, Ramat Gan (catalogue)
2000 – The Ceramics Biennial, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2015 – ״The White Clay – Contemporary Porcelain Sculptures״, Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea
Symposiums
1966 – Symposium of Architectural Ceramics, Ein Hod, Israel
1967 – Symposium of Architectural Ceramics, Gemunden, Austria
1984 – World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1993 – International Biennial of Ceramic Art, Be’er Sheva
Professional Affiliation
From 1968 – Member of the Ceramic Artists Association of Israel
From 1971 – Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (UNESCO, Geneva)
Member of the Painters and Sculptors Association of The Kibbutz Ha’artzi Movement
Publications
1959 – Vrienden van de nederlandse ceramiek Mededelingenblad No. 20, Amsterdam, Holland
1983 – Kaddarut (Pottery), Bulletin No. 9, Ceramists Artists Association of Israel, Tel Aviv
1984 – Keramik der Welt, Gottfried Boermann
1985 – Potters in Israel, Ceramic Artists Association of Israel, Tel Aviv
1992 – The Complete Pottery Course, Susan Peterson
1992 – Ariel, A Review of Art and Literature in Israel, No. 90, Jerusalem
Works in Public Spaces
1964 – Fish Sculpture (Slide and fountain) for the children’s swimming pool, Ein Hashofet
1969 – Outdoor Totems, sculptures for The Kibbutz Ha’artzi Building, Tel Aviv
1969 – Wall relief for The Kibbutz Ha’artzi Building, Tel Aviv
1983 – Memorial wall relief, Members’ Lounge, Ein Hashofet
1984 – Wall relief for the Library of Megiddo Regional High School (Harei-Efraim)
1985 – Wall relief in Makor Building, in memory of Avraham Fein, Givat Haviva Kibbutz College
1987 – Wall relief for the Pediatric Oncology Ward, Ha’Emek Hospital, Afula
1997 – Sculpture in memory of Dov Vardi, educator and member of Ein Hashofet, near the Kibbutz Archive
Prizes and Awards
1973 – Product Design Award, Israeli Design Institute
1984 – Honorary Mention, the World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Yugoslavia