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 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.
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

Exhibition NOAH: A Future Hope

  • Westminster Gallery, Minneapolis.

  • Opening event October 29

Upcoming:

Fluid Futures, at the Hyams Museum, Opening October 18.

NOAH: A Future Hope, at the Westminster Gallery, Minneapolis, Opening October 29.

Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist based in New York City. She holds an MFA from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and creates across painting and installation.

Her work explores themes of Jewish identity, ecology, spirituality, often connecting historical narratives with contemporary issues like ocean pollution and cultural intersections.

Paintings

Turning the Tide for a Living Sea

All the birds have made their nests except for you and me

Videos

Over 30 museum exhibitions
internationally

Exhibition

Immersions: Tradition Undressed

Urim & Tumim: Heavenly Texts

Featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Criticism, Images Journal; and 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

“Turtle Eats Plastic” at the Heller Museum, NYC, 2026