Photo: Courtesy of Beverley-Jane Stewart Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I trained as a teacher and have an art and education degree from London University. Art has always been my passion from a very early age. My mother was an antique dealer, and my father was a fashion designer and […]
Tag: Visual Artist
Meet the Artist: Amy Gelfman of Gelfman Studios
Photo: Courtesy of Amy Gelfman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I have always thrived on creativity and imagination. As a child I used to draw whimsical characters, ladies with larger-than-life eyes and lots of swirly whirly patterns. I remember feeling discouraged because I could never draw realistically, so eventually I stopped and decided […]
Meet the Artist: Elena Ruth Eremin
Image: Courtesy of Elena Ruth Eremin Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Elena Ruth Eremin. I am 45 years old and have been drawing since childhood. What inspired you to become an artist? Nature. What is your speciality? I am an art instructor. Where do you take your […]
Meet the Artist: Chomi Groman
Image: שיחת חולין – Courtesy of Chomi Groman Tell us a little bit About yourself and your background. My name is Chomi Groman, contemporary figurative artist and painter. I was born to an ultra-orthodox family blessed with children and grew up in one of the old allies in Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. I was […]
Meet the Artist: Misha Shteyman
Image: Courtesy of Misha Shteyman Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Misha Shteyman and I was born and grew up in Lvov, in the former USSR, a city in present-day Ukraine. I finished School, Technicon and University there in Electrical Engineering. Growing up in the USSR, practising Judaism was […]
Meet the Artist: Beth Shapiro
Image: Courtesy of Beth Shapiro Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in New York and am currently living in Austin, Texas with my husband of 31 years. We have two children (three when you count our son-in-law!) and have had three beautiful collie dogs over the years. Judaism […]
Meet the Artist: Henya (Gutnick) Chein
Photo: Courtesy of Henya (Gutnick) Chein Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Henya (Gutnick) Chein I’m married with two kids living in NY. I’m from Los Angeles, I lived there most of my life, and am now in midst of moving to Florida. Art gives me the creative […]
Meet the Artist: Rami Mordoch
Photo: Courtesy of Rami Mordoch Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a multidisciplinary artist. born and raised in Israel. I’ve majored in visual communications studies at ‘Minshar for art college’ in Tel Aviv and had a user interface course at ‘Netcraft academy’. I’ve worked for several years in a […]
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: 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 […]