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Itamar Yehiel (b. 1984, Jerusalem, Israel) is a Berlin-based sculptor who works entirely in thread. He has developed a technique of his own: three-dimensional embroidery, built without armature or mould.

Nature is his primary vocabulary. Pebbles, leaves, and branches, forms shaped by weather and time, become carriers of human experience. His recent works reach into memory, crisis, the beauty of imperfection, and the ways our experiences shape us. Thread by thread, silk, cotton, nylon, polyester, and gold are embroidered into works that hold these stories in place.

One of Yehiel's key works, Hope, draws on the olive branch, a universal symbol of peace, and on Kintsugi, the Japanese art of golden repair, which treats breakage as part of an object's history rather than a flaw to be hidden. Repair is possible. What is mended can become more beautiful than what was whole.

His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Germany and internationally, including group exhibitions at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Museum Villa Rot (Eine Reise in den Garten), and ARTHUS Gallery (Aus Fäden geschmiedet, alongside Bruno Feger). Solo presentations include Floating Pebbles at MAX54 Gallery in Augsburg and a one-artist show at ARTHUS Gallery, Art Karlsruhe.

Collaboration

The artistic practice is a collaboration between Itamar Yehiel and his life and art partner, Shir Koren.
Itamar creates the sculptural artworks, developing new techniques and focusing on the conceptual and emotional voice of each piece. Shir curates the studio. Her creative input, production assistance, and administrative skills seamlessly unite all aspects of the practice.

Unique Works & Editions

Every artwork is a unique, handcrafted original. Whilst I do work with similar themes and motifs, no two pieces are identical. They are much like leaves of a tree: they share a common shape and form, however, each one possesses its own distinct details and imperfections that make it special. 

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Every artwork has a systematic number inscribed on the reverse. This is also found on the certificate of authenticity and compares to my personal work index.

Photo of the sculptural embroidery artist Itamar Yehiel and his partner Shir Koren, photo Jonas Ruhs

Itamar Yehiel (right) and Shir Koren (left). Photo: Jonas Ruhs

2026

Exhibitions (solo and group)

  • VERWANDLUNGEN, MariArt Gallery (alongside Walter Pancheri and Christel Andrea Steier), Wiesbaden, Germany

  • FRAGILITÄT, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus (alongside Steffen Lang and Gabi Wagner), Saarbrücken, Germany

  • One artist show, ARTHUS Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Winter Group Exhibition, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York NY, USA

Art Fairs

  •  Affordable Art Fair, represented by Ronen Art Gallery: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, and Stockholm

  • Discovery Art Fair, Cologne and Frankfurt

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