Current
Exhibitions
CURRENT
HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Proverbs, October 16, 2025 – June 24, 2026.
HUC Heller Museum, NYC, Children of Ruth, September 18. - February 26, 2026.
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Fallout, November 20, 2025 - March 15, 2026
Dadian Gallery, Washington, D.C., Noah -A Future Hope, Febr. 7 - 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
Upcoming
SOLO Exhibition, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Hartford, CT, Turning the Tide: Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, April 12-May 15
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, 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
SOLO Exhibition, Treasure Gallery, The Interchurch Center, NYC, Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, July - August
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Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born, New York-based multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores themes of identity, ecology, heritage, and transformation. Her practice spans painting, installation, video, and new media, often combining traditional techniques with contemporary narratives.
Her current series-in-progress are:
Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist and curator based in New York City. Her work delves into themes of heritage, immigration, ecology, and spirituality, offering an exploration of cultural identity and the interconnectedness of the human experience.
Her current series-in-progress are:
Shells and Sails: Dutch–Lenape Relations in New Netherlands, exploring the complex interactions between early 17th-century Dutch settlers in New York and the Lenape (indigenous inhabitants of the region).
Turning the Tide: Art in the Wake of Plastic and Possibility, visual exploration of plastic pollution in the oceans, inspired by ancient ecological texts.
If Not Now, When? Jewish Beginnings in Nieuw Amsterdam, about the earliest Jews in New York City.
Verwer holds an MFA from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Her work has been featured in over 30 museum exhibitions and numerous galleries across the United States and internationally, including the Andy Warhol Factory, the Heller Museum, Reginald Lewis Museum of African-American Art,, the Bronx Museum, Jerusalem Biennale, and the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art.
Her artwork is included in the forthcoming book Heritage: Artists in America Since 1900 (Syracuse University Press, 2025) and she has been published and reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Criticism, The Huffington Post, NRC Handelsblad, and Newsday.
In addition to her studio practice, Verwer is active in the arts community as the founding director of the Jewish Art Salon, a global organization supporting contemporary artists exploring cultural and spiritual themes.
She is the recipient of the 2024 Fellowship Grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.
Visitors viewing Augmented Reality videos at the “Troubled Waters” installation in Amsterdam, 2019
Augmented Reality videos embedded in “Lower East Side 2, a collaboration with artist Cynthia Beth Rubin