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Dina Yakerson

Dina Yakerson is an Israeli artist, art historian and curator whose work deals with migration, displacement and cultural identity.

born 1983Art on migration and displacementCurating work by migrant artistsDrawing as a primary medium

Occupation: painter
Education: Zurich University of the Arts

Dina Yakerson was born in 1983 in Saint Petersburg

Dina Yakerson was born in 1983 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg. She immigrated to Israel with her family in 1990. She is the daughter of Shimon Iakerson, a scholar of Hebrew manuscripts.

She studied art at Hamidrasha School of Art at Beit Berl College and at Metafora International Workshop in Barcelona. She also took curatorial studies at the CCA in Tel Aviv and at the Kibbutzim Seminar. She earned a master's degree at Zurich University of the Arts.

Her paintings draw on daily life in Jaffa, childhood memories of Saint Petersburg and her travels. She has shown work in Israel, Spain and Russia, including solo shows in Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Saint Petersburg and Jerusalem. Drawing is her main medium.

As a curator she focuses on migrant artists and on migration in Israeli contemporary art. She has served as chief curator for the Atlas art hotels and at the Agripas 12 gallery in Jerusalem. She lives and works in Jaffa.