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SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026 Turning the Tide: Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, Treasure Gallery, Interchurch Center, New York, NY

2026 Turning the Tide: Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, Hartford International University, Hartford, CT.

2019   Art Stations of the Cross, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Curators Marleen Hengelaar, Anikó Ouweneel. with assistance from Alon Nechushtan, Dan Schwartz. 

2018   Echoes: European Anti-Semitism Then and Now, Y.U. Museum - Education Showcase, New York, NY.; 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

2026

Dadian Gallery, Washington, D.C., Noah-A Future Hope, Febr. 12 - April 3

Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY, In-Security, Febr. 7-April 30

NOMAA Gallery, New York, NY, Women in the Heights: Shade, Feb. 24-April 21

Hartford International University, 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

Treasure Gallery, Interchurch Center, New York, NY, Noah-A Future Hope, July-August

Westminster Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Noah-A Future Hope, Mid September

Garrett Seminary, Evanston (Chicago), Illinois, Noah-A Future Hope, Dec. 2026 through Febr. 2027:

2025

Judisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria, G*tt. Über die grossen Fragen zwischen Himmel und Erde, Curators Daniela Schmid & Domagoj Akrap

Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Fallout, Curators Richard McBee, Joel Silverstein, Yona Verwer

Margolis Gallery, Beth Israel, Houston, TX, Noah - A Future Hope, Curator Paul G. Chandler

HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Proverbs, Adages and Maxims, Curator Phyllis Freedman.

Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA, Fallout.

HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Children of Ruth - Artists Choosing Judaism, Curators Nancy Mantell and Susan Picker.

Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, CA, Artists on Antisemitism III

Peninsula JCC, Foster City, CA, Artists on Antisemitism III

Suffolk Y JCC, Commack, NY, Artists on Antisemitism IV

The Braid Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. 

2024

Hyams Museum, Roslyn Heights, NY: Artists on Antisemitism II, Curators Judith Joseph, Nancy Pantirer

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, CA: Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. 

2023

HUC Heller Museum, NYC: 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.

HUC 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, Beth Israel, Houston TX: Holy Sparks: 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. 

HUC 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.

HUC 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

HUC 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. 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. Curator Yvonne Simons.

Exhibitions Pre- 2014

PANELS & LECTURES

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, 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 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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