Nirit Levav Packer – artist and creator, was born on 1963, married and a mother of 4 boys. In 1987 she graduated her fashion studies at the Parsons School of Design in New-York, which after she developed a fashion design career, focused on wedding gowns. In the year 2000 she began to create art in parallel to her other occupation and extended her knowledge in goldsmith art, ceramics, and iron sculpture.
Nirit acquired most of her training as an artist at a stage decoration workshop that belonged to her Father's, Tzvi Levav of blessed memory – that was considered a leader in his field. Nirit used to help her father on holidays, when she learned from him how to weld and work with varied materials and, most of all, not to hesitate to try, experiment and learn. The rest of her knowledge was brought by her mother – an arts and crafts teacher, and a sewer.
The diverse materials and arts Nirit was exposed to since her early childhood until her young adult life made a great impact on her today as an artist and on her love for recycling. She calls herself a compulsive collector of "junk", a variety of materials that she collects out of curiosity and interest, and once there is enough of it she begins to create with it.
