Yonatan Hopp

Yonatan Hopp is an industrial designer who works predominantly in ceramics, with a hands-on research-through-making approach. His practice brings together methods and modes of work from industrial design and craft to investigate new possibilities for production of objects. Yonatan earned his BFA in Industrial Design from RISD and an MDes from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.  A 2022 recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in the category of Design and Architecture, he has worked on commissions and projects for clients such as Paul Smith (London), The Tel-Aviv municipality and the Kastiel furniture company. Yonatan has exhibited his work in venues such as the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), the Gardiner Museum (Toronto), the Museum of Art and Design (NYC) and the Yingge Museum (Taipei). His work resides in public and private collections such as the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), the Museum of Art and Design (NYC), the Israeli parliament collection (Jerusalem) and the Jewish Museum (NYC).