Kaplan's work is rooted in the symbolic language of material and is fascinated by how cultures embed meaning into matter. She works across sculpture, installation, and archival strategies, often drawing from overlooked local histories and traditional craft. She has developed an archive of patterns from mid-century Israeli ceramics that serves as a generative engine for sculptural forms.
Liora Kaplan (1974, Herzliya; lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo) studied at Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv and at the Faculty of Arts – Hamidrasha at Beit Berl College.
Kaplan's had solo exhibitions at the KMAC Museum, Kentucky, USA (2023), CCA Tel Aviv Yafo (2022), Rozin Center Tel Aviv (2017) and Ferrate Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Sotheby's, New York, USA (2021), Ramat Hasharon Gallery (2020), Beit Ha'ir, Tel Aviv (2020), CCA Tel Aviv Yafo (2020), Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (2019), Red House Gallery, Tel Aviv (2017), Hanut Gallery, Tel Aviv (2016), and Tiroche Auction House, Herzliya (2014), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv (2014), Lilienblum 23, Tel Aviv (2014), Salon 96, Tel Aviv (2014), SCOPE Art Fair, Miami (2013), See.me Gallery, New York (2013).
Her work is in the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Israel), ST-ART (Israel), Galila Barzilai (Belgium) and in private collections around the world. It has been featured in magazines such as Document Journal, Whitewall, Haaretz, La Repubblica, Textura Magazine, Time Out, Portfolio and Blackbook.