About the Artist
ABOUT
Yochi Y. Avin is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in South Florida. Born in Poland and raised in Israel, she studied fine arts in both Israel and Italy, earning her BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.
Avin’s artistic practice spans painting, drawing, fiber-based processes, photography, installation, and most recently, performance and theater. Working at the intersection of material, memory, and identity, she explores the ways personal and collective histories are layered, preserved, and reshaped over time. Through tactile engagement with worn photographs, sheer fabrics, reflective surfaces, and thread—often juxtaposed with industrial or weathered materials such as aluminum—she creates poetic compositions that evoke the fragility and persistence of memory. Her work often incorporates faded or archival imagery, recontextualized through stitching, image transfer, or layering—techniques that echo how memory is reassembled, fragmented, or inherited across generations.
She has been awarded the Broward Innovation Grant 2024 for her project, "Painting Life in Pictures," a collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration of visual art and theater, marking the next step in her artistic evolution. The project received significant recognition, and was featured on NBC6 Live, following three solo exhibitions supported by the Broward County Cultural Division and the Community Foundation of Broward in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions across the United States, including theWausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wisconsin), the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and Salmagundi Art Club (New York), the Lore Degenstein Gallery (Pennsylvania), and B.J. SpokeGallery (New York). In Florida, her exhibitions include the Coral Springs Museum of Art, TheFrank Gallery (Pembroke Pines), Arts Warehouse (Delray Beach), MIFA Gallery (Miami), and theJCC Museum (Boca Raton), among others.
EDUCATION
BFA from The Brera Academy of Fine Art, in Milan, Italy.
Beer-Shiva Visual Arts Center, Israel.
Ein-Hod Art Institute in collaboration with Haifa University, Israel.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Camp Gallery, North Miami, FL, USA
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024- The Broward Innovation Grant 2024
2023- 3rd place award, MDC Hialeah Campus Art Gallery
2022- 2nd place award, WAG 14 annual Juried Exhibition, Weston FL
2022- Artists Support Grant 2022, The Broward County Cultural Division
2021- Third Place Award, Contemporary Art Gallery All Botanical Photography
2021- CIP Grant 2021 - The Broward County Cultural Division
2020- Best In Show, Contemporary Art Gallery Online Figurative/Portrait Exhibition
2020- CIP Grant 2020, The Broward County Cultural Division
2020- Excellence Award, Manhattan Arts International, “The Spirit of Resilience”
2016- Best in show, WITVA Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2015- Honorable Mention, The Glass Gallery, 10th Annual Art Exhibition, Pembroke Pines, FL.
1990- The America-Israel cultural Foundation Award and Scholarship, Israel
1983- Best in Show, San Fedele Gallery, "First Workshop for Young Artists", Milan, Italy
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2026- St. Thomas University, Sardinas Gallery, 'Loose Ends and Other Repairs', Miami Gardens, FL
2026- InterContinental Miami, Gallery 100, 'The Space she Holds', Miami, FL
2025- Miami-Dade Hialeah College Art Gallery, a sight specific installation, Haileah, FL
2024- The Arts Warehouse, 'Painting Life in Pictures', Delray Beach, FL
2024- The Frank C. Ortis Gallery, 'Painting Life in Pictures', Pembroke Pines, FL
2024- Judi & Allan Schuman Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2022- Fort Lauderdale City Hall Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2022- Sunrise Civic Center Art Gallery, "The Memory Catcher" Exhibition and Installation
2021- Gallery Six, Broward County Main Library, "A Personal Note", Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020- The Frank Gallery, “In Between”, Bi-Level Solo Exhibition, Pembroke Pines, FL
2019- SFSO Headquarters, Wilton Manors, FL
2018- Claudia Castillo Art Gallery, Guest artist, Wilton Manors, FL
1993- The Artists Association Gallery, "Secretive" Personal Exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026- Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, ‘We Walk Apart, We Move As One, Dominik Amboise Solo Exhibition, FL
1998- Artists Pavilion Gallery, ‘Flourishing’, Group Exhibition, Rishon LeZion, Israel
1992- Artists Pavilion Gallery, ‘After the Harvest’, Group Exhibit, Rishon LeZion, Israel
UPCOMING, CURRENT & RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
07/26- MadArts, 'What The Hands Remember', Dania Beach, FL
2026- InterContinental Hotel gallery 100, CollaborARTive Artist in Residence, Miami, FL
2026- Hollywood Art Center, Center Salon exhibition and fundraiser, Hollywood, FL
2026- Judi & Allan Schuman Museum Gallery, Celebrating Women's Life in Art, Boca Raton, FL
2026- Marilyn Rodman Performing Art, Painting Life In Pictures, Foxboro, MA
2025- Studio 18 Art Complex, 'Collective Matter, Pembroke P. FL
2025- Coral Springs Museum, Sobra Collective, 'Transitions', Coral Springs, FL
2025- Camp Gallery, Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, 'Don't Be Absurd', N. Miami, FL
2025- South Florida Surface Design Associaton, 'Uncommon Threads', Stuart, FL
2025- Coral Springs Museum of Art, FAMA, 'Ancestral Lines', Coral Springs, FL
2025- NSU, Alvin Sherman Library gallery, 'Mirrored Realities', Fort Lauderdale, FL
2025- Zhou B Art Foundation Art Center, 'A whisper 2 A Scream', Chicago, IL
2025- SOBRA Collective, 'Figure/Ground', Studio18 Art Complex, P.P. FL
2025- Berkeley Art Center, Round Table Collaboration, Berkeley Commonplace, CA
2025- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Modern Portrait, Lake Worth, FL
2025- Gato Gordo Gallery, Black History Month, Miami, FL
2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, 'Bodies of Water', Lake Worth, FL
2024- The Arts Warehouse, "A Certain Thread', Delray Beach, FL
2024- Allied Artists of America 2024, Associate juried online show
2023- MIFA Gallery in collaboration with FAMA, "American Denim", Miami, FL
2023- B.J.Spoke Gallery, "Paper Works 2023", Juried Exhibition, N.Y.C
2023- Miami-Dade Hialeah College Art Gallery, "The Art of Leaving a Mark" Irreversible Project, FL
2023- Miami International Fine Arts (MIFA), "Stages of Motherhood", Juried Exhibition, Miami, FL
2023- The Box Gallery, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", Juried Exhibition, WPB, FL
2022- Coral Springs Museum, "Pines and Palms" juried exhibition, FL
2022- WAG 14 Annual Juried Exhibition, Weston Library, FL
2022- "The Thread That Connects Us", Studio 18 Art Complex Gallery Juried Exhibition, FL
2022- WMOCA Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Salon des Refuses exhibition, Wisconsin
2022- Coral Springs Museum of Art, WAG members, Coral Springs, FL
2022- The 13th Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition, Punta Gorda, FL
2021- The Box Gallery, 2nd Annual Artists Showcase, WPB, FL
2021- Lore Degenstien Gallery, 12th Annual Figurative Painting Juried Exhibition, PA
2021- Catharine Lorillard Wolf Art Club 2nd Associates Juried Exhibition, NYC
2021- Kunsthaus RoZig Gallery, Licht remote juried exhibition, Leipzig Germany - LA USA
2021- Allied Artists of America, 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Art Club, NYC
2021- Camelback Gallery, Artist Choice Visual Art, online juried group exhibition
2021- Coral Springs Art Museum, Diaspora Juried exhibition, Coral Springs, FL
2021- Contemporary Art Gallery, All Women, online Juried Exhibition
2021- Manhattan Arts International, Her Story, Juried Exhibition
2020- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 1st Associates Online Juried Exhibition
2020- Contemporary Art Gallery, Figurative/Portrait Online Juried Exhibition
2020- Manhattan Arts International, The spirit of Resilience Juried Exhibition
2020- Allied Artist Of America, Associate 2020 Online Exhibition
2020- Artelibre Gallery, "Your Best Painting" Virtual Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
2020- BaCA Gallery, The Space Between Us Juried Exhibition, Pompano Beach, FL
PREVIOUS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2019 & EARLIER)
2019- Arts Warehouse, Blanco+Uno Juried Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL
2019- Bailey Hall Broward College, Fifty Shades of Gray, WAG, Davie, FL
2019- Figuratively Speaking Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, N.Y.C
2019- Coral Springs Museum of Art, Inspired By Juried Exhibition, Coral Springs, FL
2018- Spectrum Miami- Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
2018- 52nd Founders Juried Exhibition, Naples Art Association, Naples, FL
2017- Lore Degenstein Art Gallery, 9th Annual Figurative Painting Juried Exhibition, Selinsgrove, PA
2017- The Box Gallery, Abstraction Juried Exhibition, WPB, FL
2016- The Armory Art Center, Artful Spirits Juried Exhibition, WITVA, WPB, FL.
2016- The Box Gallery, Florida Flora and Fauna Juried Exhibition, WPB, FL.
2016- The Coral Spring Museum of Art, Artistic Adventures Juried Exhibition, FL.
2015- Rossetti Fine Art Gallery, Summer Heat, Wilton Manor, FL.
2005- Art Center Gallery, "Peace Greetings", Givaat Haviva, Israel
1995- Stone Public Art Project, "Man and Stone", Rishon Lezion, Israel
1993- The Artists Association Gallery, "Secretive" Personal Exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel
1992- The Artists Pavilion Gallery, "Home" exhibition, Rishon Lezion, Israel
1992- Artists Association Gallery, Collective exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
1991- The Memorial Center, "Post War" exhibit, Rishon lezion, Israel
1991- Haifa Museum, The American-Israeli Cultural Fund Award Winners Exhibition, Hiafa, Israel
1990- D'Ars Gallery, "Oscar for Young Artists", Milan Italy-Paris France.
1989- Cafiso Gallery, "Salon Primo", Milan, Italy
1988- San Fedele Gallery, "Primo Laboratorio", Milan, Italy
1988- Rotonda della Besana, site specific installation during "Arte Poesia", Milan, Italy
1986- Museum of Udine, "Matrimonio nella Torre", International Art Exhibition, Udine, Italy
1986- Expo Art, Bari, Italy
1985- Marconi Gallery, Exhibition / site specific installation, the Brown Bovary Factory, Milan, Italy
1983- San Fedele Gallery, "First Workshop for Young Artists" Juried Exhibition, Milan, Italy
RESIDENCIES
2026 – Artist-in-Residence, The Space She Holds, CollaboARTive / InterContinental Miami, Miami, FL
2023 – Remote Artist Residency, Photo Trouvée Magazine
PUBLICATIONS
2026- Loose Ends and Other Repairs. Exhibition catalog. Published by Sardinas Gallery, Saint Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL.
2026- The Grandparents Project book, published by Photo Trouvee magazine, page 119-120
2025- Studio Visit, volume 53, page 7
2024- BAJA, Visual Arts, Long-Lost Sisters present Painting Life in Pictures
https://www.artscalendar.com/author/madelainekboyer/
2024- Photo Trouvee Residency Artists, Exhibition Catalog
2023 - Arts to Hearts magazine, issue #4, page 149-152
2023 - Visionary Art Collective magazine interview
https://www.visionaryartcollective.com/interviews/yochi-yakir-avin
2023 - Photo Trouvee Magazine, issue #10, pages 34-38
2023 - Bold Journey Magazine interview
https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-yochi-yakir-avin/
2022 - Leonardo Guide 2022, Galleria Artelibre, Spain, ModPortrait, page 241
2020 - Artist Portfolio Magazine 10th Anniversary Issue and volume 4, page 35
2020 - Artelibre Gallery in collaboration with MEAM Museum, ‘Your Best Painting II', Barcelona, Spain
https://artelibre.net/obras/29541
https://artelibre.net/autor/28704
2020 - Unique perspective, Shoutout Miami and Voyage Group Magazine
https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-yochi-yakir-avin-visual-artist/
MEMBERSHIPS
Allied Artist of America, Associated Member
Catharine Lorillard Wolf Art Club (CLWAC), Associated Member
Portrait Society of America, Associated Member
Oil Painters of America (OPA), Associated Member
SOBRA Collective
Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA)
Photo Trouvee Member
WAG of South Florida, Vice President
