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

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Newark Museum The Newark Museum of Art, formerly known as the Newark Museum, in Newark, New Jersey is the state's largest museum. It holds major collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia (including a large collection of T ...

, 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 openi ...

in Washington DC.

Early life and education

Beck-Friedman holds a BA in Fine Arts from

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

and an MFA from

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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 is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the ...

of Art in Tokyo.

Career

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

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, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, Sculpture Biennale in

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, 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:

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, 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;

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; 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, namely the American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute New York, Yeshiva Univ ...

, 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, United States, which opened in 1901 in the main branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library. It relocated to a new building in 2001, but due to financial difficulti ...

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

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, 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 a ...

, 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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