Art gallery at the Vienna Jewish Museum, with blue walls, a framed abstract painting by RJ Kitaj on the left and a sculpted painting by Yona Verwer on the right.
Yona_Verwer_Immersion_8_web.jpeg
4_Verwer_Care_for_all_Species.jpeg
A painting featuring a whale, a woman immersing in water and three figures dressed in black against a colorful background.
A multi-paneled wall art piece with colorful abstract paintings featuring red, blue, gold, and earthy tones, mounted on a wall with a wooden frame at the top.
A graffiti-style art piece titled Urim & Tumim, featuring a semi-automatic handgun, with a background of colorful abstract brushstrokes and a faint image of a person in blue, with additional elements.
A painting titled Urim & Tumim featuring overlapping strips of silhouettes of people, illustrations of guns, and abstract shapes in various colors and shades.
1_Verwer_Ezekiels_Vision_web.jpeg
A painting depicting a gold and bronze coin with a chain, inscribed with the phrase 'IN GOD WE TRUST'.
A circular abstract painting titled "Stanton St Amulet" with symbols, animals, and vibrant colors, including the Statue of Liberty, elephants, horses, and a star of David.
A triangular metal plaque hanging from a chain, featuring a painted revolver in the center on a black background.

Exhibitions

CURRENT

UPCOMING

  • The Chase Family Gallery at the Mandell JCC, Hartford, CT, Noah-A Future Hope, May 20-June 30

  • Heller Museum, NYC, Panel Discussion with art historian Matthew Baigell, June 2

  • SOLO Exhibition, The Interchurch Center, NYC, Turning the Tide for a Living Sea, July 9 - August 26

  • Westminster Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Noah-A Future Hope, Sept. 14 – Nov. 30

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

‍ ‍PAINTINGS

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 heritage, identity, ecology, spirituality, often connecting historical narratives with contemporary issues like ocean pollution and cultural intersections.

Videos

All the birds have made their nest, except for you and me

Immersions: Tradition Transformed

Urim & Tumim: Text Messages from Above

Visitors viewing Augmented Reality videos at the “Troubled Waters” installation in Amsterdam, 2019

Augmented Reality video embedded in “Lower East Side 2”, a collaboration with artist Cynthia Beth Rubin