Tova Beck-Friedman is an American artist, sculptor, writer and filmmaker based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Australia, Israel, Europe, and Japan. Her work is in the collection of

Grounds For Sculpture Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton, New Jersey. It is located on the former site of Trenton Speedway. Founded in 1992 by John Seward Johnson II, the venue is dedicated to promoting an understanding of ...

Yeshiva University Museum The Yeshiva University Museum is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Along with the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and the YIVO Institute for Jewish ...

Newark Museum The Newark Museum of Art (formerly known as the Newark Museum), in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, is the state's largest museum. It holds major collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia, Af ...

, Sculpture Garden, the Shoah Film Collection and the

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

in Washington DC.

Early life and education

Beck-Friedman holds a BA in Fine Arts from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

and an MFA from

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...

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. In 1982 she pursued a graduate student research studies at the

Tama University is a private university in Tama, Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, ...

of Art in Tokyo.

Career

Beck-Friedman's work has been exhibited and shown at The International Artists' Museum for the 50th

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

New Jersey State Museum The New Jersey State Museum is located at 195-205 West State Street in Trenton, New Jersey. It serves a broad region between New York City and Philadelphia. The museum's collections include natural history specimens, archaeological and ethnograph ...

, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, Sculpture Biennale in

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

, Israel, The

and Boleslawiec International Symposium, Poland. Her artwork has been installed and is part of

, the

, Newark Museum and Sculpture Garden. Among her fellowships and awards are:

Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia Sculpture Park is an outdoor sculpture park in Franconia, Minnesota, United States, that offers a 50-acre outdoor museum, active artist residency program, and a depth and breadth of community arts programming for a diverse and engaged p ...

, MN; USA/ Jerom Artist Grant; Accessibility at Sumter, South Carolina; Boleslawiec International Symposium, Poland; Gulgong Symposium, Australia; Environmental Sculpture Symposium, MuJu, Korea; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; The Center for Visual Arts, Be'er Sheva, Israel;

Drew University Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three scho ...

; International Biennial in Beersheba, Israel. Beck-Friedman's oeuvre ranges from sculpture to photographs to videos and documentaries. Her work is represented in major public collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, the

Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History is a partnership of five Jewish history, scholarship, and art organizations in New York City: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute New York, Yeshiva University Museum, ...

, New York, NY,

, NJ,

, Trenton, NJ,

, New York, NY,

Jersey City Museum The Jersey City Museum was a municipal art museum in Jersey City, New Jersey. The establishment opened in 1901 and was housed in the main branch of the Jersey City Public Library. It relocated to a new building in 2001, but due to financial dif ...

, NJ, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, and

Český Krumlov Castle Český Krumlov Castle is a castle in Český Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It dates back to 1240 when the first castle was built by the Vítkovci family, the main branch of the powerful Bohemian family Rosenberg. ...

, Czech Republic. In 2016, Beck-Friedman founded an online art portal called The Pythians, showcasing older women artists' work.

Notable works

Installations

* "Excerpts of a Lost Forest: Homage to Ashera", at

* "Memory Imprints", at the

* "Primordial Quintet", at the Newark Museum Sculpture Garden * "Triple Stelae", at Gan Remez, Be'er Sheva, Israel * "Contemplation Pit",

, Minnesota. * "Drawing Down the Moon", Gulfong, NSW, Australia. * "Chrysalis", an environmental site specific-sculpture', Sumter, SC * "Shadow",

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is best known for its annual "Birds in Art" exhibition, which exhibits contemporary artistic representations of birds. The annual exhibition has been held beginning the week af ...

, Wasau, WI

Exhibitions

* 2015, Puffin Cultural Center, Teaneck, NJ * 2005, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY * 2005, The Jerusalem Cinematheque, Israel * 2005, Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada * 2004, Clark Hall Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University * 2003, Photo-graphic Galley, New York, NY * 2002, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY * 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY * 2001, Phoenix Project Gallery, New York, NY * 1999, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson college, NJ * 1998, The Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL * 1998, Visual Arts Gallery, College of Morris, NJ * 1997, Bergen Museum of Art, Paramus, NJ * 1996, Lisa Parker Gallery, New York, NY * 1996, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ * 1993, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY * 1992, Quietude Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ * 1992, Schering-Plough Gallery, Madison, NJ * 1991, The Newark Museum, NJ * 1991, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY * 1990, Herzliya Museum, Israel * 1990, Visual Arts School Gallery, Be'er Sheva, Israel * 1989, Michaelson & Orient Gallery, London, UK * 1988, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY * 1985, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY * 1984, Gallery Q, Tokyo, JapanTokyo American Cultural Center, Japan

Filmography

Awards/recognition

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grant for Red Father Documentary (2014) *TGD9 Art Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, artist participant (2011) *2010 Athens, GA Jewish Film Festival Shorts Competition—2nd prize. *Winner, Reel 13, New York *Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA (2004) / visiting artist in residence *TGD4 symposium; Tambacounda – Gèneve – Dakar, Senegal, artist participant * Boleslawiec International Ceramic Symposium, Poland, artist participant (1996 & 2003) *Geumgang International Nature Art Biennale, Korea (2003) *Accessibility symposium – From the Outside In, Sumter, SC, artist participant (2003) *Mishkenot Ha'omanim, Hezeliya, Israel, artist residence (200) *Franconia Sculpture park, MN / Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program (1998) *International Biennial, Be'er Sheva, Israel, artist participant (1995 & 1997) *Clay/Sculpt Gulgong Symposium, Australia, artist participant (1995) *Environmental Sculpture Symposium, MuJu, Korea, visiting artist (1994) *Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY / visiting artist (1990) *The Center for Visual Arts, Be'er Sheva, Israel / visiting artist (1990) *New Jersey Museum of Archaeology, Drew University, NJ, artist in residence (1998)

References

External links

Official website
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at the

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