Dina Yakerson

Dina Semenovna Yakerson
Dina Yakerson (2019) at the opening of the exhibition in St. Petersburg
Born	(1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 Saint Petersburg
Alma mater	Zurich University of the Arts
Known for	Painting

Dina Yakerson (Russian: Ди́на Семёновна Якерсо́н, born 1983) is an Israeli art historian and artist. She is the daughter of Shimon Iakerson.

Biography

She was born in Saint Petersburg (1983) and immigrated to Israel (1990).

Studied fine art at Hamidrasha School of Art — Beit Berl College, at Metafora — International Workshop, Barcelona, Spain. She also studied at the International Curatorial Program, CCA and the Kibuzim-Seminar, Tel Aviv, as well as completing her master's degree at the ZHDK – Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland.

Currently, she lives and works in Jaffa. She has exhibited her works at various art spaces and galleries in Israel, Spain and Russia.

Israeli artist and curator Yakerson explores diverse works by migrant artists that focus on the themes of migration and displacement.

Selected exhibitions

• 2008 «Figurativo», personal exhibition, Belchica Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
• 2008 «Terra de Ningu», group exhibition, Polidor Center, San Adrián, Spain
• 2008 «Fridolf Doesn’t Weld», group exhibition, International workshop Metafor, Barcelona, Spain
• 2008 «Whiter Shades of Pale», group exhibition, International workshop Metafor, Barcelona, Spain
• 2010 «Salon de Refuses», group exhibition, Amiad Center, Jaffa, Israel
• 2010 «Grobman», group exhibition, Kishon Gallery, group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2011 «Moledet | Rodina», group exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art Pyramida, Haifa, Israel
• 2014 «Spring Salon», group exhibition, Jaffa Salon Art Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
• 2015 «Bread & Roses», group exhibition, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan, Israel
• 2016 «Miklat 209 — Performance Art Platform», group exhibition, Miklat 209, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2016 Artemisia Art Gallery, group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2016 «Painting Camp 2016», group exhibition, Negev Museum of Art, Beersheba, Israel
• 2018 «Minotaur & the Fish», personal exhibition, House of Artists, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2018 «Lubok», personal exhibition, Gallery 4, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2019 «Shesh-Besh», personal exhibition, DiDi Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia

• Examples of the work of Dina Yakerson
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  Feast (2014)
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  Shesh-Besh (2016)
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  Jaffa fish (2016)
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  Classroom (2017)
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  Bench (2017)

External links

• "Israeli artist and curator Dina Yakerson". New York Jewishweek, March 29. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
• "An exhibition of Israeli artists opened in St. Petersburg". Rosbalt (in Russian). 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
• Dina Yakerson (2014-06-02). "Exhibition of June: "Do not make yourself an idol"". Sobaka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
• "Popular Israeli artist presented in St. Petersburg "The game of backgammon"". Rosbalt (in Russian). 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
• "Exhibition "Do not make yourself an idol"". Consulate General of Israel in Petersburg (in Russian). 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2019-07-11.