Current
Exhibitions
CURRENT:
HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Proverbs, October 16, 2025 – June 24, 2026.
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Fallout, November 20, 2025 - March 15, 2026
HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Children of Ruth, September 18. - February 22, 2026.
UPCOMING:
Dadian Gallery, Washington, D.C., Noah -A Future Hope, Febr. 12 - April 3, 2026.
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Hartford, CT, Noah -A Future Hope, April 12 - May 15, 2026.
RECENT PRESS:
The Forward, One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art, by Simi Horwitz.
Images, Yona Verwer: Art Born of Waters, Leadership Rooted in Spirit - The Mikvah Series, by Matthew Baigell.
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art to Open New Exhibit Focused on Oct. 7, by Andrew Guckes.
Reform Judaism, Children of Ruth, by Jean Bloch Rosensaft.
Culturium, NOAH: A Future Hope, Paula Marvelly.
Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist and curator based in New York City. Her work delves into themes of heritage, immigration, ecology, and spirituality, offering an exploration of cultural identity and the interconnectedness of the human experience.
Her current series-in-progress are:
Wampum and Windmills: Shared Shores, exploring the complex interactions between early 17th-century Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam and the Lenape (indigenous inhabitants of the region).
Turning the Tide: Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, visual exploration of plastic pollution in the oceans, inspired by Jewish ecological thought.
If Not Now, When? Jewish Beginnings in Nieuw Amsterdam, about the earliest Jews in New York City.
Verwer’s art has been showcased in over 30 museum exhibitions worldwide, including venues such as the Jerusalem Biennale, Vienna Jewish Museum, Heller Museum, Reginald Lewis Museum of African-American Art, Yeshiva University Museum, Ein Harod Museum, the Bronx Museum, Mizel Museum, and the Holocaust Memorial Center.
Her work has garnered attention in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Criticism, Ars Judaica, The Huffington Post, among others.
Verwer holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands.
Visitors viewing augmented reality videos at the “Troubled Waters” installation in Amsterdam, 2019
Holy Waters / Hella War at the Jerusalem Biennale, 2024