Photo: Courtesy of Bat Sarah Press Photographer: Katalina Berbari Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m from the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in a household with a strong Jewish identity. My Hebrew day school had a wonderful art teacher, Mrs. Woloshin, and she directed many different art projects, […]
Category: Artist Interviews
Meet the Artist: Shully Ratzon
Photo: Courtesy of Shully Ratzon Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. In the first years of my career, I worked as a graphic designer and practiced painting in as a secondary occupation. Later on, I realized my yearning for art and that it needs to occupy a more central place in […]
Meet the Artist: Eial Ovin of Healing Mezuzah
Photo: Courtesy of Eial Ovin Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Eial Ovin and I’m a young artist from Israel. I live in a small Kibbutz in the Galilee. What inspired you to become an artist? After my military service as a combat soldier, I found myself dealing […]
Meet the Artist: Ilan Schiff
Photo: Courtesy of Ilan Schiff Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am Ilan Schiff, 36 years old, married and a father of three, living in Kibbutz Ma’ayan Zvi, an art teacher in schools, teaching classes and workshops. What inspired you to become an artist? My entire life I have been […]
Meet the Artist: Sophia Proença
Photo: Courtesy of Sophia Proença Sophia Proença is an artist, growing up between France and Portugal, showing the influence of both cultures. There have been exhibitions of her art work in Portugal, France, Italy, and the United States in New York City and Dallas, Texas. She has been represented by: Matt Abramowitz Gallery in Dallas, […]
Meet the Artist: Claudia Trewik
Photo: Courtesy of Claudia Trewik Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Santiago, Chile in a traditional Jewish family. I attended a non-religious Jewish school. I´m a dentist by profession with a post graduate specialty in Oral Rehabilitation. I´ve been married for 20 years now and have 3 […]
Meet the Artist: Julianne Mahler
Photo: Courtesy of Julianne Mahler Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. This artistic phase of my life is a second re-invention of myself. My first career was 32 years as a geologist in the oil and gas industry. I retired earlier than I expected as a result of COVID and have […]
Meet the Artist: Mike Wirth
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Wirth Mike Wirth is a visual artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, best known for his thoughtful murals and large public art installations that focus on major social justice issues and his identity as a Southern, Jewish-American. Mike earned his MFA in design and technology from Parsons School of Design in 2003 […]
Meet the Artist: Daniel of Daniel Wood Art
Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Wood Art Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Daniel. I am a 30 year old paramedic and the owner of Daniel Wood Art. About three years ago, I opened an art studio specialising in wood combined with epoxy, producing unique mezuzah cases and Judaica […]
Meet the Artist: Ketzia Schoneberg
Photo: Courtesy of Ketzia Schoneberg Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background.I grew up in San Francisco, the daughter of two artists and a 4th generation artist on my father’s side. I learned in the last few years that my great-grandfather had been a painter for the Romanian royal family’s carriages, before […]