Curatorial CV
Art CV
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.
2013
Y.U. Museum, New York, NY, It’s a Thin Line: The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and Beyond. Curator Zachary Paul Levine.
Brooklyn College Hillel, Brooklyn, NY, Breath / Breadth. Curated by Maria Rand.
Riverside Library, New York, NY, Provocateur. By the Women’s Caucus for Art.
2012
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ. Blessed are the Artists: Spirituality and Religion in Contemporary Art, Curator Yulia Tikhonova.
Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, MI, Silent Witnesses: Synagogues Transformed, Rebuilt or Abandoned.
UJA Federation, New York, NY, The Dura Europos Project II. Curators Joel Silverstein, Richard McBee.
2011
JTS, New York, NY, Ushpizin, Curated by Tobi Kahn.
Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, New York, NY, Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011, Collaboration with Tobi Kahn.
Mizel Museum, Denver, CO, 4000 Year Road Trip, Curator Georgina Kolber.
JCC, Reading PA, 9-11 Memorial Exhibit, Curator Marilyn Fox.
Industry City Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Terror: Artists Respond.
Blank Rome, Philadelphia, PA, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and Holocaust.
JCC of Greater New Haven, New Haven, CT, M’Dor L’Dor.
2010
Flomenhaft Gallery, New York, NY, Generation D: Identity, Curators Elke Reva Sudin & Julian Voloj.
Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT, Seduced by the Sacred, Curators Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee.
Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC, Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and Holocaust.
Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD,Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust.
Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA,Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust.
2009
John Slade Ely House for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Cultural Heritage Artists Project.
Bronfman Center Gallery, New York, NY, Arts on the Move.
CWOW Gallery, Newark, NJ, Wall to Wall.
2007
Educational Alliance, New York, Made in the USA, Curator David Gibson.
Makor Gallery, New York, 10 x 10, Curators Ofri Cnaani & Ayelet Aldouby.
Kraft Center, Columbia University, New York, words within, Curator Laura Kruger.
Rubin Gallery, Boston University, Boston MA, words within
2006
Makor Gallery, New York, NY, Amendicons
Haven Arts, The Bronx, NY, Amendicons
Redhead (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), New York, NY, Speed Limit.
Skirball Center, New York, NY, The Universal and the Particular.
CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY, Nurturing the Edge.
2005
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, Incognito
Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art, Williamsburg, Bklyn, Artists Aid Orleans
Spike Gallery, New York, NYNurturing the New ‘05
Makor Gallery, New York, NY Wandering, Curator Anat Litwin.
2004
Andy Warhol Factory Building, New York, NY The After Light
Streit’s Matzo Factory, New York, NY Shared
2003
Galerie Lelong, New York, NY Postcards from the edge
2001
Russian American Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY, Dumbo Double Deuce, Curator Regina Khidekel.
Consulate General of the Russian Federation, New York, NY Détente
Bodi Modern Art, Newport, R.I. Spring
2000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, Good Business is the Best Art
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
BOOKS & CATALOGS
Matthew Baigell, Heritage -Jewish Artists in America since 1900, Syracuse University Press, 2025
Justin D Sakofs, Visual Mahzor Project 5785, 2024
Joel Silverstein, Richard McBee, Goldie Gross, Abigail Myer, Curators, Genesis - The Beginning of Creativity, Catalog, NYC, 2023
Phyllis Freedman, Curator, One Nation, Catalog, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, 2023
Nancy Heller, Curator, Tzedek Boxes - Justice Shall You Pursue, Catalog, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, 2023
Steven Fine, The Samaritans: A Biblical people, Catalog, Pages: 217–226, 2022
Jean Rosensaft & Ronda Spinak, Curators, Holy Sparks: Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate, Catalog, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, 2022
Matthew Baigell, Identity in American Art: A Golden Age since the 1970s, April 2020
Ori Z. Soltes, Spinoza- Marrano of Reason, Catalog, Amsterdam, 2019
Ori Z. Soltes, Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture, Canal St Press, 2016.
David Sperber & Dvora Liss, New York / New Work, Catalog, September 2015
Ram Ozeri, The Jerusalem Biennale, Catalog, September 2015, Jerusalem, Israel
Samuel Gruber, Ruth Gruber, Aaron Rosen & Others, Cultural Heritage Artists Project II, Catalogue, March 2012, Detroit MI.
Marilyn Fox, Curator, We Remember: 9-11 10th Anniversary, Catalogue, September 2011, Penn State.
Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee, Curators, The Dura Europos Project, Catalogue, December 2010, New York.
Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee, Curators, Seduced by the Sacred, Catalogue, October 2010, New York.
Hasia Diner, Walter Cahn, Hana Iverson, Karen Shiff, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Cultural Heritage Artists Project I, December 2009
Joel Silverstein & Richard McBee, Curators, Tzelem, Exhibition Catalog, November 2009, New York
Laura Kruger, Curator HUC Museum, Words Within, Exhibition Catalog, February 2007, New York
Karen Harris, Director of Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, course entitled "An Issue of Identity: Reconstructing the Self, Images by Women Artists, 1970-the Present," 1994.
Fred Adelson, Con-struc-tures, Catalog, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, 1993
Gail Levin, Curator, Imagination, Catalog, Peconic Gallery, Riverhead NY, 1993
Laura Hoptman, Curator, The Artist in the Marketplace X, Catalogue, Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1990, New York
PRESS
The Forward, One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art, by Simi Horwitz. Oct. 27, 2025.
Images Magazine, Yona Verwer: Art Born of Waters, Leadership Rooted in Spirit - The Mikvah Series, by Matthew Baigell, Sept. 26, ‘25.
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art to Open New Exhibit Focused on Oct. 7, by Andrew Guckes. Sept. 24, ‘25
Reform Judaism, Children of Ruth, by Jean Bloch Rosensaft. Sept. 17, ‘25.
Newsday: Artists on Antisemitism IV Exhibit at Suffolk Y Shows Strength, Nicholas Grasso, Jan. 23, ‘25
MSN, NOAH: A Future Hope - A Confluence of Art, Spirituality and Environmental Action, Kelly, Nov. 20, 2024
Times of Israel, My Long 5th of July Jewish Cultural Crawl in NYC, Van Wallach, August 7, 2024
The Forward, The distressing truth behind an exhibit about antisemitism — it’s always timely, Stav Ziv, July 5, 2024
Jewish Standard, Artists on antisemitism - Local artist’s downtown gallery reacts to our new world, Joanne Palmer, July 3, 2024
Bet Magazine Mosaico, “Artists on Antisemitism”: la mostra collettiva sull’antisemitismo apre a New York, Pietro Baragiola, June 30, 2024
NY Jewish Week / JTA, A Tribeca Gallery is showcasing art about antisemitism, including a Hitler-Kanye West portrait, Julia Gergely, June 24, 2024
The Jewish Press, Jewish Artists Take on Jew-Hate, Richard McBee, June 24, 2024
Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Biennale stays on the map, Heddy Abramowitz, March 2024
Jewish Standard, Jerusalem Biennale comes to NYC, Julia Gergely, Nov. 2023
Lilith Magazine, Behold Feminine Power! Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Nov. 2023
NY Jewish Week, With the Jerusalem Biennale postponed due to war, participating artists mount 3 exhibits in New York, Julia Gergely, Nov. 2023
The Forward, What do Jewish, Christian and Muslim artists talk about when they talk about ‘Genesis’?Simi Horwitz, July 2023
The Forward, How a new Jewish holiday is inspiring a new Jewish ritual, Laura Hodes, April 21, 2023
Images, A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture, Jewish Artists Encounter The Samaritans, Steven Fine and Richard McBee, Brill Press, Fall 2022
CANVAS Compendium, Jewish Art Salon: An International Network of Artists and Scholars, Gordon Haber, August 11, 2022
Hadassah Magazine, Holy Sparks: Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate, Rachel Musleah, 2022
Perspectives Magazine, Association of Jewish Studies, The Jewish Art Salon, Yona Verwer, 2022
Modern Jewish Art, Ori Z Soltes, Brill Press 2018
Omnes Magazine, "Als een pilgrim langs Amsterdam's Kruis Staties", Arnoud Boerwinkel, 2021
Jewish Standard, Art as food for the soul - Two Jewish artists from very different backgrounds collaborate in Montclair and the Jewish Art Salon, Joanne Palmer, Oct. 22, 2020
Mosaic, There's Plenty of Significant Contemporary Jewish Art Hiding in Plain Sight, Richard McBee, May 24, 2019
Art & Theology, Walking the Via Dolorosa through Amsterdam, Victoria Emily Jones, April 9, 2019
Het Parool, Om bij stil te zijn: lijden van deze tijd, Edo Dijksterhuis, March 6, 2019
The Independent, Hope Challenges Hate Speech, Joan Baum, January 22, 2019
NY Jewish Week, Art At The Heart Of Stanton St. Revival, Shira Hanau, January 16, 2019
NY Jewish Week, ‘Echoes’ Of Dutch Anti-Semitism, Then And Now, Sandee Brawarsky, December 26, 2018
NJ Jewish Standard, How to be a vegan Jewish artist, Abigail Klein-Leichman, October 4, 2018,
NY Jewish Week, Leah Finkelshteyn, New Art Exhibit Highlights Increasing Invisibility of Women in Jewish Media, July 11, 2018
NY Jewish Week, Aaron Herman, Jewish Comic Con Comes To Brooklyn, April 27, 2018
NJ Jewish Standard, Joanne Palmer, From Jerusalem to Riverdale, February 2018.
Sh’ma Now, cover, Susan Berrin, Editor, Mezuzot | מזוּזֹת| Reminders, February 2018.
Contact Magazine, Steinhardt Foundation, The Book of Yona - The Art of Yona Verwer, Fall 2017.
Times of Israel, Jessica Steinberg, A ‘watershed’ moment for artists at the Jerusalem Biennale, Oct. 7, 2017.
NJ Jewish Standard, Joanne Palmer, Jewish Art Salon Rockets To Teaneck, June 22, 2017.
NY Jewish Week, Joel Silverstein, Layering History And Spontaneous Expression, September 2016.
Jewish in Seattle, Anca L. Szilagyi, Art After Auschwitz, April / May 2016
Bedford + Bowery, Lindsey Smith, LES Artists ‘Still Looking Quirky and Funky’ at This New Exhibit.February 13, 2015
Huffington Post, S. Brent Plate, Religion Is Alive and Well In Contemporary Art, August 18, 2014
Zeek, Artist Q, Artist A: Yona Verwer Talks to Mirta Kupferminc, May 31, 2014
Sh’ma Journal, The Self and Creativity, Basya Schechter, S. Bear Bergman & Yona Verwer May 2014
Zeek, Artist Q, Artist A: Yona Verwer Talks to Ken Goldman, April 24, 2014
The Jewish Channel TV, Meredith Ganzman, Faith & Form (Week in review), February 21, 2014
NY Jewish Week, Gloria Kestenbaum, Anne Frank and her Disciples, January 16, 2014
Hadassah Magazine, Aaron Rosen, Ph.D., United (Jewish) Artists, December 2013
The NY Jewish Week, Caroline Lagnado, Two Artists Address Difficult Issues in Tribeca Exhibit, October 2013
Tachles, Julian Voloj, Successful Artists Network, June 2013
Lilith Magazine, Our Violent Children, features “Protection Amulet Pewter”, Spring 2013
Skirball Center Catalog features “Orach Chaim Blue” on its cover and “Stanton Shul Amulet”, Spring 2013
Shma Journal Online Gallery, A Jewish Lens on Taxation, featured “In God We Trust”, March 2013
The NY Jewish Week, Gloria Kestenbaum “The Eruv: Staying Within Bounds”, February 26, 2013
The Commentator, Yael Roberts, “A Model for Change: The Eruv as Art”, February 14, 2013
Jewish Press, Richard McBee, It’s a Thin Line - The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and beyond, January 11, 2013
Reform Jewish Quarterly, Ori Z. Soltes, Text and Commentary: Contemporary Jewish Art, Winter 2013
Ars Judaica, Matthew Baigell, Social Concern and Tikkun Olam in Jewish American Art, May 2012
Alpha & Omega Arts, Ernest Disney-Britton, Counting the Omer, with Yona Verwer and Tobi Kahn, May 7
Jewish Exponent, Deborah Hirsch, Hillel Displays Slavery / Holocaust Art, March 19, 2012
Jewish Press, Richard McBee, Terror: Artists Respond, September 2, 2011
Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies, Editors Natalie Davidson & Camelia Serghie, Spring 2011: Orchard Hamsa Amulets and Urim & Tumim: Divine Text Messages.
Zeek, Ori Z. Soltes, February 2010: Slavery and the Holocaust.
Art Criticism, Matthew Baigell, Volume 24, Number 2, ’09: Contemporary Jewish Art: A Short Review.
Zeek, Yona Verwer, December 2009: Temple Talismans.
Jewish Press, Richard McBee, December 31, 2009 The Prayer of the Orchard St Shul.
Sh’ma Magazine, Yona Verwer, November, 2009, The Kabbalah of Bling.
2Life Magazine, Julian Voloj, November 25, 2009, Yona Verwer at C.H.A.P
The Jewish Week, June 5, 2009, Text / Context: Photo: Stanton St Shul Amulet.
Jewish Press, Menachem Wecker, May 30, 2009, The Amulet, the Temple, the Disfigured Book, and the Butterflies.
Pajamasmedia, Phyllis Chesler, May 15, 2009, Consolation in a Time of Madness.
Jewess, Rebecca Honig Friedman, April 27, 2009, Jewessy Arts Events.
Iconia, Menachem Wecker, May 10, 2007, Yona Verwer.
Jewess, Rebecca Honig Friedman, May 8, 2007, Jewess Bling Artist Yona Verwer.
NY Daily News, Clem Richardson, April 16, 2007, Charms of New York in her Art.
Jewish Press, Menachem Wecker, March 23, 2007, Jewish Women Talk about their Work.
The Jewish Week, Carolyn Slutsky, January 12, 2007, Art on the Rise.
The Forward, Sarah Kricheff, July 15, 2005, Modern Amulets.
The New Yorker, Boris Fishman, July 29, 2002, Goings on about Town – Yona Verwer.
The Jewish Week, Julia Goldman, June 18, 2002, The Buzz - Yona Verwer.
The Forward, Zack Berger, Yona Verwer and her paintings of the Urim & Tumim.
Jewish Press, Richard McBee, July 5, 2002, Yona Verwer.
The NY Times, William Zimmer, May ’90, Sculpture Dominates in Annual Show of Emerging Artists.
NRC Handelsblad, Reineke Hollander, July 1990, The Real and the Faux Work of Yona Verwer.
PANELS & LECTURES
2026 Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Global Faith Forum presentation
2025 Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Panel Discussion Fallout Exhibition
2024 Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, CA,ART & ACTIVISM on Antisemitism Today
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.
AWARDS & ART RESIDENCIES
2024 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship Grant
2014 New Museum - with A K International Residency, New York, NY
2007 Makor / Steinhardt Center, New York, NY
2006-07 S.A.R. High School, Bronx, New York
2005 Skirball Center, New York
2005 Makor / Steinhardt Center, New York, NY
1990 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1989-91 PS 122 Studio Program, New York, NY
OTHER ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 - Current: Founder / Director Jewish Art Salon
2009 - Current: Curatorial Projects
2013-2017: Art Consultant COJECO Blueprint Fellowship, NYC
2012 – Current: Art Consultant PJ Library & others
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Executive Board Chair, Jewish Art Salon
Member, New York Artists Circle
Member, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
Affiliated Program Advisor, Day Eight
Advisory Board, Global Jewry
Advisory Board, Havurah
Advisory Board, Observant Artists Community Circle