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SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Living Waters, Suffolk Y JCC, Commack, NY (expected)
2025 Living Waters, Hyams Museum at Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn Heights, NY (expected)
2019 Art Stations of the Cross, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, . Curators Marleen Hengelaar, Anikó Ouweneel. two-person, with assistance from Alon Nechushtan, Dan Schwartz.
2018 Echoes: European Anti-Semitism Then and Now, Y.U. Museum - Education Showcase, New York, NY. two-person; sound by Dan Schwarz & Alon Nechushtan.
2016 ARt, ARchitecture & AR, AK Artist Residency, Governors Island, NY. two-person
2016 Meditations on Place, Koslowe Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY, curated by Amy Levine-Kennedy. two-person.
2015 Hidden Links: Exploring Jewish Identity, The Temple, Denver, CO, curated by Georgina Kolber / the Mizel Museum, Denver.
2015 Hidden Links: Exploring Jewish Identity, The Work of Yona Verwer and Cynthia Beth Rubin”, Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen CO, in conjunction with the Mizel Museum, Denver, CO.
2013 City Charms, Tribeca Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY
2012 Yona Verwer, Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor, NY
2012 Temple Talismans, Center for Jewish Arts & Literacy, New York, NY
2002 Urim & Tumim, Russian American Cultural Center, New York, NY
1999 Yona Verwer, De Drye Swaentjes, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
1998 Gallerie De Lachende Koe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
81 Leonard Gallery, NYC: Artists on Antisemitism, Curators Hannah Rothbardt, Ronit Levin Delgado
Jerusalem Biennale: ACTIVATE: A New York Women’s Perspective, Curator Hadas Glazer.
Hillel Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles: Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate.
2023
Bernard Heller Museum, NYC: Selections from ACTIVATE: A New York Women’s Perspective, Curator Hadas Glazer.
JTS, NYC, Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity, Curators; Joel Silverstein, Richard McBee, Abigail Myers, Goldie Gross, Susan Maishlish.
Bernard Heller Museum, NYC. One Nation, Curator Phyllis Freedman.
Goodman Family Museum, West Bloomfield, MI: Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate.
Margolis Gallery, Congr. Beth Israel, Houston TX: Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate.
Bernard Heller Museum, NYC. Tzedek Boxes: Justice Shall You Pursue, Curator Nancy Mantell.
2022
Stanton Street Projects, NYC, Together Again, Curators David Wander and Yona Verwer
Miami Beach JCC, Jada Art Fair, Curators Jonatas Chimen and Dana Blickensdorfer
Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC., Samaritans: A Biblical People, Curator Steven Fine, Assistant Curators Jesse Abelman and David Selis.
81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY, PAUSE: Jewish Heritage Month-Ways of Being, Curators Hannah Rothbard and Goldie Gross.
Y.U. Museum, NYC. Jewish Artists Encounter Samaritan Culture, Curator Steven Fine.
Bernard Heller Museum, NYC, Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate.
Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate.
Koslowe Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY, Mayim Chaiyim: A Watershed, Curator Amy Levine-Kennedy
2021
Bernard Heller Museum, NYC, Relative Relations.
2020
DAC ACM SIGGRAPH Origins + Journeys Online Exhibition - juried by ACM SIGGRAPH DAC
Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany, i am. an immigrant. Curator Dorit Jordan Dotan.
2019
JADA Art Fair, Miami, FL. Curated by Jonatas Chimen and Dana Blickensderfer..
Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Spinoza: Marrano of Reason. Curators Billha Zussman, Goldie Gross and Janet Heit.
Repair The World, Brooklyn, NY, Celebrating Jewish Women. Curated by Julian Voloj.
Stanton St Shul, New York, NY, The Stanton 11. Curated by David Wander.
Space X, New York, NY, The NY Boring Company. Curated by Adrian Wilson and Anna-Mikalea Ekstrand.
2018
Manny Cantor Center, New York, NY, On The Consequences of Hate Speech. Curator Rachel Kanter.
Detour Gallery, Red Bank, NJ, The Invisible Jew. Curator Goldie Gross.
Derfner Museum, Riverdale, NY, Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth. Curator Ori Z. Soltes. Organized by Susan Chevlowe.
2017
Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth. Curator Ori Z. Soltes.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT. Natural Instincts. Curator Goldie Gross.
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Far From The Front Lines. Curator Dorit Jordan Dotan.
Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ. Personal Renaissance. Curator Sheryl Intrator.
Rio II Gallery, NYC. Women in the Heights - Disruption. Curator Andrea Arroyo.
2016
Abrazo Interno Gallery, Clemente Cultural Center, NYC. Trees of Life and Evil Eyes. Curators Tine Kindermann and Deborah Ugoretz.
USC - Hillel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Dimensions of Spirituality – Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Curators Richard McBee and Aimee Rubensteen.
Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel. New York / New Work: Contemporary Art From NYC. Curators Dvora Liss and David Sperber.
2015
Jerusalem Biennale, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. New York / New Work: Contemporary Art From NYC. Curators Dvora Liss and David Sperber.
Art Kibbutz NY, Governor’s Island, NY. Shmita ArtFest. Curator Leah Caroline.
Manny Cantor Center, New York, NY. ALL | TOGETHER | DIFFERENT. Curator Linda Griggs, Yona Verwer
NOMAA Gallery, New York, NY. Women in the Heights: The Human Essence. Curator Andrea Arroyo.
2014
The New Museum, New York, NY. Draftsmen’s Congress. Residency Project by AK Residency. Project by Pawel Althamer.
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH. Sacred Voices. Curator Michele Waalkes.
Anne Frank Center USA, New York, NY. Faith & Form: Addressing Intolerance & Anti-Semitism. Curator Yvonne Simons.
2013
Y.U. Museum, New York, NY, It’s a Thin Line: The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and Beyond. Curator Zachary Paul Levine.
Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY, Touched by the Holocaust. Curator Ellen D. Newman.
Brooklyn College Hillel, Brooklyn, NY, Breath / Breadth. Curated by Maria Rand and Jewish Art Now.
Riverside Library, New York, NY, Provocateur. By the Women’s Caucus for Art.
2012
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ. Blessed are the Artists: Spirituality and Religion in Contemporary Art, Curator Yulia Tikhonova.
Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, MI, Silent Witnesses: Synagogues Transformed, Rebuilt or Abandoned.
UJA Federation, New York, NY, The Dura Europos Project II. Curators Joel Silverstein, Richard McBee.
Temple University / Hillel, Philadelphia, PA, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and Holocaust.
Ramath Orah, New York, NY, Kadosh. Curated by Tobi Kahn.
2011
JTS, New York, NY, Ushpizin, Curated by Tobi Kahn.
Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, New York, NY, Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011, Collaboration with Tobi Kahn.
Mizel Museum, Denver, CO, 4000 Year Road Trip: Gathering Sparks, Curator Georgina Kolber.
JCC, Reading PA, 9-11 Memorial Exhibit, Curator Marilyn Fox.
Industry City Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Terror: Artists Respond.
Blank Rome, Philadelphia, PA, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and Holocaust.
JCC of Greater New Haven, New Haven, CT, M’Dor L’Dor.
2010
Flomenhaft Gallery, New York, NY, Generation D: Identity, Curators Elke Reva Sudin & Julian Voloj.
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA, Dura Europos Project, Curators Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT, Seduced by the Sacred, Curators Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee.
Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and Holocaust.
Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD,Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust.
Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA,Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust.
Educational Alliance, New York, NY, Faculty Exhibit.
2009
John Slade Ely House for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Cultural Heritage Artists Project.
Bronfman Center Gallery, New York, NY, Arts on the Move.
CWOW Gallery, Newark, NJ, Wall to Wall.
Stanton Street Shul, New York, NY, Tzelem, Curators Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee.
2007
Educational Alliance, New York, Made in the USA, Curator David Gibson.
Makor Gallery, New York, 10 x 10, Curators Ofri Cnaani & Ayelet Aldouby.
Kraft Center, Columbia University, New York, words within, Curator Laura Kruger.
Rubin Gallery, Boston University, Boston MA, words within
2006
Makor Gallery, New York, NY, Amendicons
Haven Arts, The Bronx, NY, Amendicons
Redhead (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), New York, NY, Speed Limit.
Skirball Center, New York, NY, The Universal and the Particular.
CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY, Nurturing the Edge.
2005
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, Incognito
Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art, Williamsburg, Bklyn, Artists Aid Orleans
Spike Gallery, New York, NYNurturing the New ‘05
Makor Gallery, New York, NY Wandering, Curator Anat Litwin.
2004
Andy Warhol Factory Building, New York, NY The After Light
Streit’s Matzo Factory, New York, NY Shared
2003
Galerie Lelong, New York, NY Postcards from the edge
2001
Russian American Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY, Dumbo Double Deuce, Curator Regina Khidekel.
Consulate General of the Russian Federation, New York, NY Détente
Bodi Modern Art, Newport, R.I. Spring
2000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, Good Business is the Best Art
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Center for Jewish History, NYC, The Sephardic Woman
Monster Meubel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Dyke Synagogue
1998
Landon Gallery, New York, NY Portraits
1997
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Peconic Gallery, Riverhead, NY, Imagination, Juror Gail Levin.
59 Franklin Street, New York, NY, OIA Salon Show
Venue Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Collector’s Parlor
1992
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Con-struc-tures
Carolyn Roy Gallery, New York, NY, Inaugural Exhibition
1991
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY, Portrait Show
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Inaugural Exhibition
1990
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, The Artist in the Marketplace, Curator Laura Hoptman.
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY, Duality
PANELS & TALKS
2023 The Interchurch Center, NYC, The Role of the Feminine in the Secular and the Sacred. Moderator Yona Verwer. Panelists Siona Benjamin, Grace Bydalik, Afarin Rachmanifar, Shilpi Chandra..
2022 Jewish Art Salon, Holy Sparks – 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. Curators Dorit Jordan Dotan and Judith Joseph.
2021 Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Museum Moment - Tu B’Shevat, with Cynthia Beth Rubin. Moderator Molly Dubin, Curator, JMM.
2021 Jewish Art Salon, NYC, Blood, Fire and Pillars of Smoke, with Mark Podwal and Cynthia Beth Rubin.
2020 Jewish Art Salon Open Studios, moderated 10 virtual art presentations with artists and curators.
2019 92 St Y, New York, NY, Spinoza in our Time (Conney Conference). Moderator Ori Z. Soltes.
2019 92 St Y, New York, NY, Anti-Semitism and Jewish Art (Conney Conference). Moderator Ruth Weisberg.
2019 Suffolk Y JCC, Commack, NY, Today’s Jewish Art: How Contemporary Jewish Artists are Revolutionizing the Art World.
2018 Riverside Church, NYC, Interfaith Discussion at Stations of the Cross Exhibit. Moderator Dr. Carolyn Rosen, Panelists Siona Benjamin and Dua Abbas. Hosted by Rev. Ellen Robinson. Introduction by Yona Verwer.
2016 Koslowe Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY, Artist Talk with Cynthia Beth Rubin.
2015 The American Sephardi Federation, NYC, Blue Like Me. Panelists Siona Benjamin and Ryan Arey. Moderator Yona Verwer.
2015 The Jerusalem Biennale, Van Leer Institute / Polonsky Academy, New York / New Work. Panelists Richard McBee, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Yona Verwer, David Wander. Moderator Dvora Liss
2014 The Equity Project Charter School, NYC, Artist in Residence
2013 Y.U. Museum, NYC, Curator’s Talk with Zachary Paul Levine.
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT, Revolutionizing the Jewish Art Community.
2013 Y.U. Museum, NYC, It’s a Thin Line. Panelists: Ben Schachter and Yona Verwer. Moderator Ilana Benson.
2012 Columbia / Barnard Kraft Center, NYC, Jewish Narrative Art. Panelists: Eden Morris, Joel Silverstein, Elke Reva Sudin, Yona Verwer. Moderator Richard McBee. December 17.
2012 Limmud NY, Radical Jewish Art and Community. Panelists: Patricia Eszter Margit of Art Kibbutz, Rabbi Greg Wall of the 6th St Shul, Yona Verwer of the Jewish Art Salon. Moderator Marc Michael Epstein. January 15.
2011 The Jewish Museum, NYC, Dutch Jewish Art Today. November 7.
2011 JCC Manhattan, NYC, Jewish Diversity in Art, with Prof. Matthew Baigell, Siona Benjamin, and Lacey Schwartz. Moderated by Yona Verwer. June 27
2011 Y.U. Museum, NYC, Panel Discussion Dura Europos: Then and Now - Contemporary Appropriations of Biblical Themes. With Stephen Fine, Ori Z. Soltes, Richard McBee & Joel Silverstein. March 14.
2011 Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art - Conference of the Council of American Jewish Museums. A new creative spirit: How contemporary Jewish artists are forming partnerships with American Jewish museums, synagogues and institutions. With Ori Z. Soltes, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Richard McBee & Joel Silverstein. February 28.
2010 Brandeis House, NYC, Women’s Council Speaker Series
2010 Congregation Mt. Sinai, NYC, Artists at Mt Sinai.
2009 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, NYC, November 15th.
2009 14 Street Y, NYC, Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art, with Tobi Kahn, Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee. May 10th. (LABA Festival).
2009 Stanton Street Synagogue, NYC, Women & Jewish Art, with Gail Levin, Siona Benjamin, Rachel Kanter & Janet Shafner. Moderated by Ori Z. Soltes. May 3rd.
2009 Stanton Street Synagogue, NYC, Mima’amakim. April 28th
2009 14 Street Y, NYC, Jewish Art Salon. March 29th
2009 Stanton Street Synagogue, NYC, Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art, with Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee. March 16th.
2007 Educational Alliance, NYC, Made in the USA, moderated David Gibson.
2005 Makor / Steinhardt Center, NYC, Wandering, moderated by Dominique Nahas.
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ART RESIDENCIES
2014 New Museum - with A K International Residency, New York, NY
2007 Makor / Steinhardt Center, New York, NY
2006-07 S.A.R. High School, Bronx, New York
2005 Skirball Center, New York
2005 Makor / Steinhardt Center, New York, NY
1990 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1989-91 PS 122 Studio Program, New York, NY
OTHER ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-Current: Founder / Director Jewish Art Salon
2009- Current: Curatorial Projects
2015-2019: Art Educator at the JCC Manhattan Jewish Journeys,
2013-2017: Art Consultant COJECO Blueprint Fellowship, NYC
2012 – Current: Art Consultant and Art Juror for various organizations
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the New York Artists Circle.
Affiliated Program Advisor Day Eight
Advisory Board Global Jewry