Vienna Jewish Museum gallery with two paintings on a dark blue wall, the left by R. Kitaj, the right painting by Yona Verwer; wooden benches, and a small stand with an informational plaque.
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A colorful painting of a blue whale with a realistic-looking baby whale inside an oval frame, surrounded by abstract shapes and vibrant colors.
A surreal painting featuring a large woman's face in the sky, with a bridge below illuminated by string lights. There is a large floating potato with a rocket engine emitting flames, and a small boat with a person in the water.
A surreal collage featuring a whale, a woman with her eyes closed, and two people, all in a blue and dark color palette with abstract elements.
Colorful multi-panel artwork with abstract patterns and a central painted scene of a piece of furniture with gold accents.
Abstract painting featuring a semi-automatic pistol at the center, with vibrant splashes of orange, blue, yellow, and green colors, and a faint image of a person in the background.
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Mixed media artwork with layered images of people walking and guns, blended with abstract shapes and colors.
Three framed displays, the left and right showing images of people, and the middle displaying three colorful, patterned objects.
A circular object resembling a large, decorated button or medallion with an American flag design and the words 'IN GOD WE TRUST' etched on it, hanging from a metal chain against a black background.
Metal wall hanging with a painted revolver and abstract background, suspended by a chain against a black background.
Colorful abstract painting featuring zodiac signs, elephants, a Star of David symbol, and celestial motifs.

Current

Exhibitions

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

  • HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Proverbs, October 16– June 24

  • Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Fallout, November 20 - March 15

  • Dadian Gallery, Washington, D.C., Noah -A Future Hope, Febr. 7 - April 3

  • NOMAA Gallery, New York, NY, Shade, Feb. 24-April 21

  • Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY, In-Security, Febr. 7 - May 7

Upcoming

  • Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Hartford, CT, Noah -A Future Hope, April 12 - May 15

  • The Chase Family Gallery at the Mandell JCC, Hartford, CT, Noah-A Future Hope, May 15-June 30

  • SOLO Exhibition, The Interchurch Center, NYC, Turning the Tide: Paintings for a Living Sea, July - August.

Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist and curator based in New York City.

Her current series-in-progress are:

From Wampum to Wheat Fields; it documents the rise of New Amsterdam from fur exchanges with the Iroquois Confederacy to a grain-growing colony built on Atlantic trade and enslaved labor under the Dutch West India Company.

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.

More

Visitors experiencing augmented reality in Yona Verwer's Troubled Waters installation, Amsterdam 2019

Visitors viewing augmented reality videos at the “Troubled Waters” installation in Amsterdam, 2019

Holy Waters paintings on view at the Jerusalem Biennale 2024

Holy Waters / Hella War at the Jerusalem Biennale, 2024