Born in Israel, Zahava came to Canada at the age of three. For over thirty years, Zahava has created ritual objects for museums, private collectors and institutions in Canada, the United States and Europe.

Zahava is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design. She has continued to study her craft both in Canada and abroad and has taught goldsmithing and silversmithing in Ontario and Quebec since the 1980’s.

Exhibitions

Jewish Arts Festival    2011
Myerson Centre, Dallas , Texas
Kelly Library

St. Michaels’s College    2011
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Menorah Show    2011
Winner of the People’s Choice Award
Burquest Community Centre
Burquest, British Columbia

Woodlawn Show and Sale    2010
Gladstone Hotel
Toronto Ontario

Cultural Expressions    2010
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

A Celebration of Wine    2010
Purchased by the Museum
Beth Tzedec
Toronto,Ontario

Ceremonial Objects for the Jewish Home    2009
Winner of Best in Show Award
Congregation Or Shalom
London, Ontario

Vessel    2009
Rail’s End Gallery
Haliburton, Ontario

Spoonbashers    2006
Metalurge Gallery
Toronto, Ontario

Bowling    2005
*New* Gallery
Toronto, Ontario

Tzedaka Box Project    2005
Koffler Loggia Gallery
Toronto, Ontario

Personal Adornment Competition    1987
Finalist
Royal Ontario Museum

New Holloware    1986
Craft Gallery

The Precious Legacy    1985
Royal Ontario Museum

The Jewish Life Cycle    1984
Koffler Logia Gallery

Rail’s End Gallery    1984

Judaica Invitational    1984
Winner of Best in Show

Inn on the Park    1977

Ontario Craft Show, CNE    1976
Andrew Dickinson Gallery
Packenham,Ontario

Nancy Poole Gallery    1976

Art Show and Sale    1975

Hudson’s Bay Gallery    1974

Shaw Rimmington Gallery    1974

Royal Ontario Museum   1974
Winner of Best in Show

Canadian Guild of Crafts Bienniale    1974

Craft Gallery    1973

Art Gallery of Ontario   1973

Canadian Guild of Crafts Gallery    1972

Publications

Included in the following:

New Directions in Metal Clay    2011

500 Judaica    2010

Precious Metal Clay    2009

MAGazine    2008

FUSION    2008

New Directions in Metal Clay    2007

Ornament and Object: Canadian Metalwork and Jewellery    2005

Handmade IN Ontario    1990

US World And News Report    1985

Gold un Zilber, Uhren and Shmuck    1985