YOCHI YAKIR-AVIN Miami Beach Artist

 

Lobby Art Gallery
City Hall Fort Lauderdale


YOCHI YAKIR-AVIN Miami Beach Artist

I have been exploring and expanding my artistic practice by moving from figurative painting to include and incorporate contemporary object-making and installations. This is an exciting shift, as it opens new possibilities for expression and experimentation.

As a multidisciplinary artist, I explore different materials, techniques, and concepts.

Object-making and installations often require a different set of skills than figurative painting, such as sculpture, installation, and conceptual art. It's important to me to stay open and challenge myself, pushing my artistic boundaries, but also to stay true to my own vision and style. 

Incorporating memories into my artistic practice is a powerful way to explore my own experiences, connect with the audience, and evoke energies to mend fragmented parts of one’s self.

Yochi Yakir-Avin is a multidisciplinary artist with a passion for exploring the topic of representation.

Born in Poland and raised in Israel, she now resides in South Florida where she works as a resident artist, instructor, and mentor at Studio 18 Art Complex in Broward County.

Yakir-Avin's academic background includes the study of fine art in both Israel and Italy, where she earned her BFA from the esteemed Brera Academy of Arts in Milan. Her artwork is characterized by a deep interest in the themes of time and memory, particularly in the ways that our personal and collective memories can be shaped and reshaped over time.

As an artist, Yakir-Avin employs a variety of mediums, including installations and 2D works, with innovative use of materials, space, and scale. 

Her work invites viewers to engage with memory, exploring the complexities of how we remember and what we choose to forget, challenging us to question our assumptions about the past and present, and to embrace the fluidity of memory.