Last updated: 26 October 2026
Ronit Baranga is the Israeli sculptor whose cups, plates and cakes grow human mouths and fingers. Here you will find our take on her work, where it is on show, and where to buy an original.
Our take on Ronit Baranga
Baranga takes ordinary tableware and gives it a body. “I sculpted human mouths and fingers emerging from tableware. The blurred border between the living and the still in these works is intriguing,” she writes on her own site. The objects refuse to sit still: “It decides on its own how to behave in the situation.”
Her cake pieces push the joke further. Of All Things Sweet and Painful (2020) she asks: “Who eats whom?”
UK visitors may have met her work in 2015, when Banksy included her in Dismaland at Weston-super-Mare. There is no UK gallery selling her work now, so originals come through her galleries in Tel Aviv, Denmark, Munich and Melbourne.
Ronit Baranga: the essentials
- Born in Israel in 1973, where she lives and works, according to her About page.
- Studied psychology and Hebrew literature at Haifa University, art history at Tel Aviv University, and art at HaMidrasha, Beit Berl College (2000 to 2004).
- Works in clay, glaze, acrylic paint and lacquer, turning cups, plates, cakes and dolls into figures with mouths and fingers.
- Won the Israeli Ministry of Culture Award in 2016.
- Represented by Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, with KIRK Gallery (Denmark), Gallery Stephan Stumpf (Munich) and Beinart Gallery (Melbourne).
- In collections including the Eretz Israel Museum and the National Museum of Slovenia.
Ronit Baranga exhibitions
- On now: The Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design 2026: Works and Days, MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 20 April to 7 November 2026, with her work Call to the Muses (2025).
- Preliminary Signs, solo show, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 10 April to 5 June 2025.
- The Soul of Things, solo show, Gallery Stephan Stumpf, Munich, from 7 September 2024.
- Dismaland, Banksy’s “Bemusement Park”, Weston-super-Mare, 2015.
Where to buy a Ronit Baranga sculpture
We found no UK seller and no prints. The nearest listed prices are at Beinart Gallery in Melbourne, in Australian dollars. Every piece is unique, and UK shipping costs are not published:
- The Intimate Series (2023) #4, AUD 4,510: clay, glaze, acrylic paint and lacquer, 9 x 19 x 20 cm (3.5 x 7.5 x 7.9 in), from Beinart Gallery.
- Embraced in Frame (2023), from AUD 7,150: clay pieces set in wooden frames, from Beinart Gallery.
- Braverman Gallery, KIRK Gallery and Gallery Stephan Stumpf also handle her work, with prices on request.
Ronit Baranga FAQs
What does Ronit Baranga make?
Ceramic sculptures of tableware, cakes and other everyday objects that sprout human mouths and fingers.
Was Ronit Baranga in Dismaland?
Yes. Banksy included her work in Dismaland at Weston-super-Mare in 2015.
Can I buy Ronit Baranga’s work in the UK?
Not from a UK seller. Her galleries are in Tel Aviv, Denmark, Munich and Melbourne, and every piece is unique.
Where can I see Ronit Baranga’s work now?
At the Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design at MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, until 7 November 2026.
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Main image: Ronit Baranga, 2017. Photo: Carmellabaranga via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates and prices last checked: 26 October 2026.
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