Mindy Weisel
Mindy Weisel is an American abstract visual artist and author.
Early life and education
[edit]Weisel was born in Bergen-Belsen, Germany.[1] Her parents were survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[2]
Weisel began to paint when she was 14 years old.[3] She attended California State University from 1965 to 1974 and the Otis Art Institute in 1971.[4] She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at George Washington University in 1977[5] and performed post-graduate studies at the American University.[1] She is the cousin of Nobel Prize winner author Elie Wiesel.[6][7]
Career
[edit]Art
[edit]Weisel has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in both Germany and the U.S.[1] including a 2013 show at the Kreeger Museum in Washington DC.[8] Her work is permanently displayed at several American museums including the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art,[9] Baltimore Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum.[5]
Her work can also be seen at the United States Embassy in Berlin, Germany and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.[1]
In 2019 she curated the Of Wonder exhibit in the Jerusalem Biennale which featured artists such as Miriam Mörsel Nathan, Raquel Sanchez and others.[10]
Books
[edit]She is the author of several books including Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude[3] and the editor of Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss.[11]
In 2021 her memoir AFTER: The Obligation of Beauty was published which discusses her experiences growing up the daughter of Holocaust survivors.[12] parents
Selected solo art exhibitions
[edit]- 2017 Mediations of Love, Rosenbach Contemporary, Israel
- 2014–2018 Crossover: Glass Installation, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
- 2013 Not Neutral, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2013 NOT NEUTRAL, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC
- 2011 Visiting Artist Exhibition, Gensler Architects, Washington, DC
- 2010 AFTER: The Survival of Beauty, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2009 Full Circle, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2008 Of Roses and Rasa, Prada Gallery, Washington, DC
- 2006 Words on a Journey, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
- 2005 Out of the Blue, Reed Savage Gallery, Miami, FL
- Cover to Cover, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
- 2004 All That is Remembered, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 25 Years of Painting, Strand on Volta Gallery, Washington, DC
- 2003 Nine Anniversaries of Blue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2002 Translations, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
- Tikkun Ha'Olam: Meditations in Blue, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Beauty as Consolation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- 2001 Ella the Muse, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
- 1999–2000 Mindy Weisel, 1979–1999, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
- 1999 In the Presence of Absence, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1997 A Place for Memory, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC
- 1995 Lili, Let's Dance, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC
- 1993 Touching Quiet, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC
- 1992 A Harmony of Sorts, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC
- 1990 Night of the Soul, Daniel Broder Gallery, New York
- 1989 Echoes, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC
- 1986 Selected Paintings, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1985 Passions and Appearances, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY
- Gypsy, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
- Layers of Time, Elise Meyer, New York
- 1984 Black Gifts, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1983 Transitions: Paintings from 1979-1983, B'nai Brith Museum, Washington, DC
- 1982 Lili in Blue, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1981 Recent Paintings, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1980 Paintings of the Holocaust, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1977 Works on Paper, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC
Awards and national commissions
[edit]- 2012 Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
- 2008 Painting Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
- 2004 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
- 2001–present Smithsonian: Archives of American Artists
- 1997–98 NASA Art Program Commission, Celebrating Women in Space
- 1995–present Art in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC
- 1999–present Member, Women's Forum of Washington, Washington, DC
- 1996–98 Board of Directors, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Washington, DC
- 1993 Fellowship, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel
- 1992 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
- 1991 Commission, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, Serigraph Flowers for a Country
- 1998 Artist-in-Residence, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
- Commission, International Human Rights Law Group
- 1987 Nomination, Award in the Visual Arts
- Commission, Amnesty International Poster
- Commission, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Original Limited Edition Silkscreen
- 1986 Rutgers National Works on Paper Award, Stedman Art Gallery
Personal life
[edit]Weisel is married and has three daughters.[5] She practices Transcendental Meditation.[13][14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Official website. "Mindy Weisel – Bio". Mindy Weisel. Self Published. Retrieved Dec 3, 2014.
- ↑ Hornstein, Shelley; Levitt, Laura; Silberstein, Laurence J., eds. (2003). Impossible Images: Contemporary Art after the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press. p. 265. ISBN 9780814798256. OCLC 51931377.
- 1 2 Staff writer. "Mindy Weisel". Jean Albano Gallery. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Mindy Weisel". Mindy Weisel. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- 1 2 3 Staff writer. "Washington DC Stories". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved Dec 3, 2014.
- ↑ Kirsch, Jonathan (2021-09-04). "The Shoah and the Struggle for Beauty". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ "Mindy Weisel has finally found the light". The Forward. 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ Staff writer (September 30, 2013). "Smithsonian Closed? Here's What To Do Instead". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ↑ American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1991). American Journal of Speech-language Pathology. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. p. 2.
- ↑ "Fusing Israeli art, life and Judaism". The Jerusalem Post. 2019-11-08. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ Staff writer (October 3, 2013). "E-book non-fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Staff, ToI. "Podcast: Born in shadow of Holocaust, artist Mindy Weisel searches for beauty". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ "Award Winning Painter Describes her Experience of Transcendental Meditation". YouTube. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "12 artists who meditate: Deep down, silence becomes creative!". 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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