Dina Yakerson

Dina Yakerson (; born 1983) is an Israeli art historian and artist. She is the daughter of Shimon Iakerson.

Biography Yakerson was born in Leningrad in 1983 and immigrated to Israel in 1990.

Yakerson 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.

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

Artistic work Yakerson has exhibited her work in Israel and internationally in group exhibitions and curated projects. Her drawings and illustrations have appeared in cultural publications and exhibition catalogues, and she has collaborated with cultural institutions and independent publishers.

Curators have noted the intimate scale of her works and their focus on corporeality and inner states, as well as the use of drawing as a primary medium rather than a preparatory tool.

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