Yael Avi-Yonah,
OBM
Short Biography
- Yael Avi-Yonah was born in Jerusalem,
- a graduate of
Bezalel Academy of Art.
- Her father was the distinguished
- archaeologist and historian,
- Michael Avi-Yonah, who provided her
- with the rich background
- in
art, archeology and bible,
- which emanates from her works.
- Thousands of
her prints and serigraphs on
- Jerusalem
landscapes
and biblical subjects
- have been sold throughout the world.
- Her series
of oil portraits of
- 15 great contemporary
- Israeli authors was exhibited
at the
- Jerusalem International Book Fair
- in 1984 and abroad.
- In 1987
she
completed a series of paintings
- on the 12 Tribes for the Yad
L'Mordechai
- synagogue in Jerusalem.
- Since 1988 she worked on a series of
works
- in oil and mixed media on canvas and wood
- in a new and original style of anaglyfic art.
- Her
themes were inspired by
- Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah
- and include
- The Angels
of the Divine Chariot ,
- The Four
Supernal
Worlds,
- The New City
- Hologramic Energies.
- Her works were on display
- in the Jewish
Museum in London,
- as well as galleries in Israel and abroad.
- Until her demise
on October
24th, 2012,
- she lived
in Jerusalem
- with her husband, the artist, Dov
Lederberg
- .
SELECTED SOLO
AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
Rina Gallery, Jerusalem, 1966
"Portraits of Contemporary Israeli Writers",
Writers' House, Tel Aviv, 1985
International Book Fair, Jerusalem, 1985
Municipal Gallery, Jerusalem, 1985
"Systematic Mysticism", Greater Washington D.C.
Jewish Center, 1986
"The Twelve Tribes": Paintings, Yad L'Mordechai
synagogue, Jerusalem, 1987
"Mediterranean Light", Heather Edelman Gallery,
Soho, NYC, 1997
"Mystical Art", Mount Eden Retreat, Washington NJ,
1997
"The Marriage of Art and Science", Avi-Yonah
Gallery, 1999
“Art Inspired by Kabbalah and Science” Artcenet
Gallery, Philadelphia, 2002
“Kabbalah Art”, Gallery JCC-Marin, California, 2003
“Art Inspired by Kabbalah and Science” Gallery JCC
West Orange NJ, 2004
Southampton Jewish Center, Long Island 2004
"Kabbalah Art” Backstage Studio Gallery, Kingston
NY, 2005
“Mystical Art” Park Avenue Gallery, Toronto ON, 2005
The Creative Edge Gallery, Roselyn Heights NY
2006
Touro College, NYC, 2007
J.Klyneberg Gallery, Chelsea Manhattan
NY 2008
"New Visions" The 9th Street Artist's Salon, Park
Slope, Brooklyn NY 2011
"3-D Phenomena" Great
Neck Arts Center, Long Island 2011
"3-D
Art Inspired by Kabbalah Teachings", AACI
Center, Jerusalem 2011
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS (PARTIAL LIST)
Exhibition of Prints, Maskit, Tel Aviv, 1981
"500 Years of Art Prints", Artum Gallery, Germany, 1981
"Jerusalem as a Symbol", Jewish Art Society, 1983
"Jerusalem Artists Paint Their City", Artists' House,
Jerusalem, 1984
“Visionary Art", Sixth Judaica Fair, Jerusalem, 1996
"Anaglyphic Art in the Era of the Third
Temple", Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, 1996
“The Art of the Imagination” The Gallery on Cork Street,
London, England, 2002
“On
Drawing” Studio Montclair Salon, Montclair Public
Library Gallery, NJ, 2005
“Women Celebrate the Lively Arts” Makeready Press Gallery,
Montclair NJ 2006
Gallery 181, Lawrence MA , 2006
“Celebration of the Arts” JCC Gallery, Fairfax VA, 2006-7
Gallery
Marrache,
Jerusalem, 2012
"Havdalah", Bar Ilan University Gallery, 2013
New Jewish Art - Jerusalem Bienalle - Haichal Shlomo 2013
LECTURES
(PARTIAL LIST):
"Anaglyphic Painting of Jerusalem in the Era of the Third
Temple",
The Fifth International
Seminar on Jewish Art, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, 1996
“On
Anaglyphic Art”, Monart Museum, Ashdod, 2004
“Artists Interpret Their Art”, Makeready Press Gallery,
Montclair NJ, 2006
“Anaglyphic Art” Gallery, Fairfax VA, 2007
COLLECTIONS
(PARTIAL LIST):
Aegis Verlag, Ulm, German
Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem
Donna Salama, Madrid
Eliezer Fishman, Tel Aviv
Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem
Ingersoll & Bloch, Washington, DC
State Historical Society of Madison, Wisconsin
The
Jewish Museum, London, England
Yad
V'shem Institute, Jerusalem
David Justin, Great Neck, NY
Ronald E. M. Goodman, Washington DC
Judge Jeremy Orbach, Chicago
Judge Dalia Dorner, Supreme Court Israel
Prof Michael Aizenman, Princeton, NJ
Prof Pramed Srivastana, Hartford, Conn
SELECTED
COMMISSIONS:
Illustrations on Bible Topics, Fluent Biblical &
Modern Hebrew, 1979
"The Twelve Tribes": Paintings, Yad L'Mordechai synagogue,
Jerusalem, 1987
13
Illustrations on Jerusalem for Calendar, Scotiabank,
Toronto CA, 2007-8
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:
Who's Who in Israel 1985-2002
Monitin, April 1985, “Speaking Faces” 4 page article by
Stella Corin-Liber
Maariv Weekend Literary Supplement, April 1985, “Portraits
in Oils”, 4 page article by Michal Kapra
Hadassah Magazine, February 1986, “Yael Avi-Yonah:
Literary Landscaper”,
Cover pix and 4 page article by Gloria
Goldreich
Jewish Week, Washington DC, November 1986, “Avi-Yonah
Captures Israeli Writers on Canvas”,
article by Nancy
Edelman
Yideot Achronot, July 1987, “Who will buy an Angel”, 2
page article by Avishai Tzumber
Jerusalem Post, In Jerusalem, October 9, 1987, “She
decorated the synagogue”, article by Carol Ungar
Hatzope Literary Supplement, May 1997, “Yael Avi-Yonah and
the Anaglypic Angels”
2 page article by Yaffa Goldstein
Etrog, October 2000, “They are creating Jewish
Meditation”” 4 page article by Livna Mooshon
Israel21C (ezine) April 2003, “Selling Peace of
Mind”
The
Jewish State (New Jersey) May 20, 2005, “Kabbalah:The
real thing in artwork”,
2 page article by Debra Rubin
Mishpacha, May 2005, “Maaseh Aman” 4 page article by T.
Brosh
NY
Times 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/nyregion/0320spotli.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=3-d&st=cse
The Jewish Press : JewishPress01.html
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
Israel Association of Artists and Sculptors
Chairman Israel branch of K.A.O. (Kinetic Art Organization)
Studio Montclair Artists, USA
You or anyone you know
are invited to Dov's studio/gallery at
107 Alorzorov Street
Tzfat (Safed) Israel 1322480
Telephone in Israel:
mobile: 052-662-7620
(972-52-662-7620)
USA telephone: 1-720-477-6433
email: dovlederberg@gmail.com
