CV
Born
1946 New York City
Education
1963 High School of Music and Art, NYC (Studied with May Stephens)
1963-1965 City College of NY, Major Art
1965-1967 New School for Social Research, NYC (Studied with Ralph Humphry and Mary Frank)
1967-1968 Pratt graphics, NY
Exhibitions
One & Two Person Shows
2019
Main Street Gallery, Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT.
2018
Rosalind & Alfred Lippman Gallery, Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, Short Hills, NJ, Art and Soul
2017
Transformations Gallery, Metuchan, NJ
2016
Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair NJ
2015
Brassworks on Grove, The Brassworks Gallery, Montclair NJ (two person show)
2014
Congregation Beth el-Kesser Israel, New Haven, Ct
2011
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Program, New Brunswick, NJ
Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ, installation Ezrat Nashim
2009
Created Be The Tenth, interactive website, http://bethetenth.com
The Interchurch Center, Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY, Kishkes
Fairlleigh Dickenson University, Teaneck, NJ, Kishkes
2007
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, installation Ezrat Nashim
2004
SMI Gallery at the Clark House, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
2003
Haworth Municipal Library, Haworth, NJ
2001
Westchester Gallery, State University of NY, Peekskill, NY
New Jersey Council for the Arts, NJ artist of the month (Jan.), website:www.jerseyarts.com
1998
New York University Bronfman Center, New York, NY
The Artist House, Jerusalem, Israel, Time Out
1997
The Nature Center for Environmental Activities, Westport, Ct., Out of Eden
1995
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, And She Took A Veil And Covered Herself
Exhibitions
Selected Group Shows and Juried Competitions
2019
Plein van Siena, Spinoza: Marrano of Reason, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Curators: Janet Heit, Billha Zussman
Stusdio Montclair, State of the Art 2019, Montclair, NJ
2018
The Outside In Gallery, Piermont, NY, Inside Small
2018 Interfaith Biennial Exhibition at Dominican University, Love and Truth: an expression of Interfaith Diversity, River Forest, IL
Mikhail Zakin Gallery, The Art School at Old Church, Toys, Demarest, NJ, Curator: Asha Ganpat
Detour Gallery, The Invisible Jew, Red Bank, NJ, Curator: Goldie Gross (Jewish Art Salon)
Studio Montclair Gallery, Discovery in the Detail, Montclair, NJ, Curator: Nette Forne Thomas
Derfner Judaica Museum, Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth, Riverdale, NY
The Academy Square Building, State of the Art 2018, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutger University, Transitions,Newark, NJ, Curators:Adrienne Wheeler & Gladys Grauer
2017
Jerusalem Biennale, Jewish Art Salon, Between Heaven and Earth, Jerusalem, Israel, Curator: Ori Z. Soltes
Hamilton Street Gallery, Lather, Rinse, Repeat, Bound Brook, NJ
Knockdown Center,Nasty Women, Maspeth, NY
Riker Hill Art Park, Curious Creatures, Livingston, NJ
2016
Hillel at USC,Dimensions of Spirituality: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Los Angeles, Ca
Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Passover and the Consequences of Freedom, Brooklyn, NY
Nails in the Wall, Gallery at St. Lukes Church, Sacred Spaces, Metuchen, NJ
The Boyle Family Gallery, Lindenwood J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts, St. Charles, Mo, Freedom Imagined; Freedom Lived, Curator: Naomi Fishman
Alfa Art Gallery, Art Salon 2016, New Brunswick, NJ
2015
Art Center of Northern NJ, Salute to Women in the Arts, Home, New Milford, NJ
2014
Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Home, Curated by Virginia Fabbri Butera, Morristown, NJ
Westchester Community College, 20thAnniversary Retrospective Part I,Peekskill, NY
Pierro Gallery of South Orange, Friends and Neighbors, Curated by Jeremy Moss, South Orange, NJ
2013
Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Transformation,Pearl River, NY
Studio Montclair, Photo Surrealism, Academy Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Museum of Imajewnation, Freedom Imagined, Freedom Lived: An Artistic Review of the Passover Promise,JCC of St Louis, MO
Morris Arts, Rites of Spring,Morristown, NJ
2012
73 See Gallery, Off The Wall, Montclair, NJ
Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, Columbia/Barnard College, Context, New York, NY
Nails in the Wall Gallery @ St. Lukes, One Stream, Many Wells, Metuchen, NJ
Printmaking Council of NJ, Legacy, Branchburg, NJ
Arts Council of the Morris Area, Dis-Connected,Morristown, NJ
Holocaust Memorial Center, Silent Witnesses, Farmington Hills, MI
2011
S.H.E. Gallery, Shequality, Boonton, NJ
The Noyes Museum of Art, Gleanings, Oceanville, NJ
Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Juror: Rocio Avanda-Alvarado
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, The Dura Europos Project, Philadelphia, Pa.
2010
Association of NJ Environmental Commissions, Printmaking Council of NJ, AReverence for Water, Somerville, NJ, Juror: Candace McKee Ashmun
The Charter Oak Cultural Center, Seduced by the Sacred, Hartford,Ct., curated by Richard Mcbee and Joel Silverstein
Printmaking Council of NJ, Myths & Marks: Archetypes Throughout the Ages, Somerville, NJ, curated by Sally Spofford
Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Who We Are: Comtemporary portraits, Morristown, NJ, curated by Dr. Ginny Butera
Watchung Arts Center, Contemporary Alternate-Process Photography Exhibit, Watchung, NJ, Juror: Nancy Ori
Printmaking Council of NJ, Where Have We Been, traveling show, New Jersey
Publications
2016
Miriam Stern, Artist Book, Essay by Sharon Butler, Interview by Sandee Brawarsky, 89 full color plates
2015
The Freedom Imagined;Freedom Lived Passover Haggadah, A Project of the Museum of Imajewnation, reproduction of Israel Museum I,p. 41
2013
HaLapid, The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, Fall/Winter Issues 5&6, Cover art and several reproductions
2012
Sh’ma, A Journal of Jewish Ideas, online exhibition The Jewish Workplace: Inside the Box, Nov. 1, 2012
2010
Yeshiva University Museum: The First 35 Years, 2010, p. 195 photo and description of Ezrat Nashim, p. 245 listing of 1995 exhibition
The Jewish Week, Text/Context, Oct. 22, 2010, p.9,10, reproduction of On the Porch and Bea and Miriam
2009
Israeli Journal written in Hebrew, Sacred Occasions: The Festivals of Israel in Contemporary Jewish Art, edited by David Sperber, article written by Shira Friedman, P.76, photograph of painted chair and text
Cover art, reproduction of painting Harim, A Great Voice that Did Not Cease by Michael Chernick, HUC Press
2007
Lilith Magazine, Winter 2006- 07, p. 17, reproduction of monprint, Shiksa Arml
2004
JOFA Journal: Spring 2004, Volume 5, Issue 1, p.4, photograph of painted “Miriam” chair
2002
Na”amat Woman: Fall 2002, p. 5, photograph of painted “Miriam” chair
Selected Awards and Grants
2016
Honerable Mention for oil on canvas, Huangluo Yao,New Brunswick Art Salon 2016, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler, Senior Curater Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
2006
Grant for Ezrat Nashim installation, Puffin Foundation, Ltd., Teaneck, NJ
2004
Third Prize Award, Studio Montclair, Let’s Face It: What is a Protrait?, Gaelen Gallery, Whippany, NJ,Juror: Olya Shevchenko
Purchase Award, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, American Impressions, Juror: Judith Brodsky