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.
Abstract painting featuring a woman submerging in water, surrounded by swirling patterns, colors, and two figures in a sphere.
Abstract painting with a large orange cocktail with a straw in the center, surrounded by stylized figures and objects, including a person with a drum and a person with a guitar, on a red background.
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.
A surreal painting depicting a bird with a human face and a lion with a bird's tail, positioned around a round image of the Earth, set against a blue and dark background with abstract patterns.
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

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

  • HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Proverbs, October 16, 2025 – June 24, 2026.

UPCOMING

  • Heller Museum, NYC, Heritage, 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, Chicago, Noah-A Future Hope, Illinois, Dec. 2026 through Febr. 2027

Semi-Abstract figure paintings on a white gallery wall.
Yona Verwer standing next to her paintings in an art gallery.

‍ ‍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.

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Videos

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

Immersions: Traditions Undressed

Urim & Tumim: Heavenly Texts

Four people at an art gallery, with two men and two women, observing and taking photos of artwork on the wall.

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