Helen Berman
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Helen Berman (April 6, 1936) is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist with an artistic style that varies between realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism. She has exhibited in Israel, Germany and the Netherlands.
Helen Berman was born in Amsterdam and as a young girl survived the Holocaust. She was trained as a textile designer at the Eindhoven Academy of Industrial Design. While at the academy, she took extra-curricular coursework in the free arts. After her graduation in 1960, Helen Berman designed textiles for several factories. Some of her designs were awarded prizes and publications in professional magazines.
During the seventies, Berman studied painting and drawing with Thierry Veltman. In 1978, she immigrated to Israel, where she continued to refine her style. During a decade-long residence in Jaffa, she became part of the local artists' community and a member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association (IPSA). Since 1998, she has been painting and exhibiting from her studio in Tel Mond.
[edit] Solo Exhibitions
- 1983 Itzik's Gallery, Beer Sheva, Israel
- 1990 Gallery Amalia Arbel, Rishon Lezion, Israel
- 1996 Artists House (IPSA), Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1997 Schwing Residence, Old Jaffa Artists Quarter, Israel
- 2000 Elah Center, Pninat Ayalon, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2003 Artists House (IPSA), Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2004 Gallery Re-Lai-S, Baden-Baden, Germany
[edit] Group Exhibitions
- 1972 De Schoof, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
- 1979 Youth Art Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
- 1983 Technology, City Hall, Beer Sheva, Israel
- 1989 Animals, Gallery 13 1/2, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1990 New Faces, Artists House (IPSA), Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1998 Festive Fruits, Cultural Center, Tel Mond, Israel
- 2003 Genesis, Cultural Center, Or Yehuda, Israel
- 2004 Dutch Days, Castra Art Center, Haifa, Israel [1]
- 2006 Residenz Bären, Baden-Baden, Germany
[edit] Bibliography
- Helen Berman, An Enchanted Dream Came True, Báiki issue 24, 2002
- Mordechai Geldman, The Aleph and the Tav, written for the solo exhibition in Tel Aviv, 2003
- Anonymous, A short biography, written for the solo exhibition in Baden-Baden, Germany, 2004
- Helen Berman at the Israel Museum website