Lea Weinberg
Israeli-American Sculptor and Installation Artist, based in NY; has shown extensively in Israel, Europe and the US in galleries and museums, receiving awards. Her work is at Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, private collections and public space.
Public Art commission 2016: Memory Tree sculpture, a centerpiece at Garden of Remembrance Oceanside, LI, NY.
SOLO and Two Artists' Exhibitions
2021 Solo : Installation HANGERS' OBSESSION - CONTEMPORARY MEMORIES at artist’s studio, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 Solo : CONTEMPORARY MEMORIES inspired by my Mother-Survivor, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, NY
2018 Solo : MOTHER-SURVIVOR: Personal History, Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
2016 2Woman : SHE@ WPPL, White Plains Public Library gallery, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
2014 Solo : MOTHER-SURVIVOR in Memory of my mother and many others,
at the Kanner- Kurzon MUSEUM Beth El synagogue center, New Rochelle, NY
2010 2Woman : Imaginary Implications N.A.W.A. Gallery, 80 Fifth Ave., New York, NY
2009 2Woman : Art to the Avenue Sunglass Hut, Greenwich, CT
2008 Solo : Art to the Avenue Michel Gold+ Bob Williams, Greenwich, CT
2007,2006 Solo: Faces to Facets Westchester Art Workshop Gallery, White Plains, NY
2005 Solo : Annual Holiday Party Exhibit One City Place at City Center, White Plains, NY
2005 Solo : Feminine Expression Eshkol Gallery, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2004 Solo : Faces to Facets Amalia Arbel Gallery, Tel Aviv Port, Israel
Selected Group, Juried & Invitational Exhibits
2021 Women on the Edge of Time virtual Exhibition at Taller Boricua Gallery by the NYSWA
Notice - Heart to Art virtual Exhibit for International Women’s Day
The Resilience of Grief Online Juried Exhibit by the National Association of Women Artists
Memory Online Exhibit by the New York Society of Women Artists
2020 Hope in the face of Hardship Online Exhibit by Women’s Caucus for Art NYC Chapter
Female Gender Identity and Equality by the New York Society of Women Artists
Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College Arts Center, New Rochelle, NY
2019 Big Action in Small Spaces III, Lord & Andra Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Visual Biography: Women's Narrative, Grand Central Library, NYPL
Personal Best, the Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
What You Take with You, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2018 KindaBlue, Blue Door Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Big Action in Small Spaces, Lord and Andra Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Daydreaming, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
National Association of Women Artists 129 Annual Show, Chrystie Street South Gallery, Lower East side, NYC, NY
ThreadWorks, Blue Door Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Art&Soul, Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
Freedom, the Belskie Museum of Art & Science, INC., Closter, NJ
To the next 100 Years- American Society of Contemporary Artists, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2017 Art as Sanctuary, the Living Room Gallery, Saint Peter’s Church, Lexington Ave., NYC, NY
A Brown Folder- Homage to Felix Bloch, Ghetto Museum, Terezin, Czech Republic
A Brown Folder- Homage to Felix Bloch, Judica Museum, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Personal Renaissance, the Belskie Museum of art & Science, INC., Closter, NJ
2016 The Primacy of Color by the New York Society of Women Artists, George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Color-ful, Mooney Center Gallery, the College of New Rochelle, NY
Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women and Work, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plains,IL
Brown Folder, Tribute to Felix Bloch of Theresienstadt, The Water Institute-City Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
Freedom Imagined-Freedom Lived, Boyle Family Gallery, Linwood Uni. St.Charles, Missouri
Best of ASCA, American Society of Contemporary Artists’ 98th annual exhibition, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
2015 Feminism Across the Generations, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
Women Do It, Postcards show promoting gender equality & woman’s rights, at the UN, NY
Speaking volumes…and voids, by Sculptors Alliance, INC. Governors Island, Nolan Park, NYC, NY
The Heart-Center of Life, by New York Society of Women Artists, Weil Cornell Medical college, Samuel J. Wood Library, NY, NY
The Wheels Keep Turning, Water Tower Gallery, Naharyia, Israel
50 ArtsWestchester Years, Blue Door Art Center Showcase, Gallery9, White Plains, NY
Jewish Life Cycles - Rites of Passage & Milestones, The Belskie Museum of Art &Science, Closter, NJ
Memory of the Holocaust and the Heroism, Tel Aviv University Sourasky Central Library, Israel
2014 Who’s Your Mama? Visions of our mentors, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Art in the Shadows of War - Iron dome &Tear, FusionArts Museum - Space Womb Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC, NY;
On the Edge, ASCA 97 Annual Exhibition, The High Line Loft Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Iron Dom and tear-Art in the Shadow of War, Windows Gallery Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
FiberArt Celebration, Lazarus Gallery at United Hebrew, New Rochelle, NY
Sculptural Visions in 3D, National Association of Women Artists’ Online, Juried exhibition
Lest We Forget: Holocaust in Art, ARTSW Gallery9, White Plains, NY, Sponsored by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, NY with the Cooperation of ArtsWestchester
Scene and Unseen, NYSWA, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
Connected, contemporary art by Israeli artists, 44 Degrees Online Art Magazine
2013 Divine Intersection: Religious Crossroads, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery Iona College Arts Center, New Rochelle, NY;
Alternative Avenues, American Society of Contemporary Artists Annual Exhibition, The High Line Loft Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
124 Annual Members Exhibit, NAWA, Sylvia Wald-Po Kim Gallery, Noho, NYC, NY
Thank You Volunteers, N.A.W.A Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Diaspora, New Century Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY: Juror Laura Kruger, catalog
Monmouth Museum’s 34 Annual Juried Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Your Face Squared, Self-Portrait Project, Bruce Museum Greenwich, CT
Small Works, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
MAMA-Motherhood around the globe, International Museum of Women, Online Juried show
2012 American Society of Contemporary Artists’ 95 Annual Show, High Line Loft Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
National Association of Women Artists' Annual Show, Sylvia Wald - Po Kim Gallery, Noho, NYC, NY
Art and the Human Form, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Eye to I by the NY Society of Women Artists, Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Wire mesh Sculptures at David Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2011 Eclectic Aesthetic, the best of ASCA, American Society of Contemporary Artists Annual Show, NOHO Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Together, New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Counterpoints, NYSWA, Broom Street Gallery, Soho, NYC, NY
The Supper Party, Archetype Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Heart of the Artist, Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Bronze sculptures, Marion Royale Gallery, Beacon, NY
Attleboro Museum Annual Art Show, Attleboro Arts MUSEUM, Attleboro, MA
2010 Earth Visions, Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, FL
What’s New, ASCA 93rd Annual Exhibition, Broom Street Gallery, Soho, NYC, NY
The Meaning of the Line, Broom Street Gallery, Soho, NYC, NY
The World of Artists, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
The Heart-Center of life, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery, new Brunswick, NJ
N.A.W.A 121st Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
Woman, ASCA and the Society of Philippine-American Artists, The Philippine Center, 556 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Spiritual Horizons in Art, Synagogue for the Arts, Tribeca NYC, NY
Uncommon Sense, featuring 3 exceptional artists, Marion Royale Gallery, Beacon, NY
2009 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club113 Annual Open Juried Exhibition, , National Arts Club, NYC, NY
Annual Juried Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Art Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Password Art’s Secret Symbols, Broom Street Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
The N.A.W.A 2009 New Members’ Exhibition, N.A.W.A Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC, NY
National Small Works Exhibition, NAWA Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC, NY
Members Exhibitions, Mamaroneck Artists Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY (2009-2006)
Greenwich Art Society Annual Juried Show, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2008 The KMAA at the Sculpture Barn, Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Members’ Juried Exhibition, New Fairfield, CT
Human Matters, Blue door Artist Association, Hiram Halle Library, Pound Ridge, NY
Far Out and Up Close, the NY Society of Women Artists, Broom Street Gallery, Soho, NYC, NY
Not Junk -recycled materials & found objects sculpture, Westchester Gallery, Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY
Joseph Thomas Galleries, White Plains, NY / Gallery Representation (2008, 2007)
2007 Beaux Arts Final, Invitational Award Exhibition, Westchester County Katonah, NY
Wrap It Up, Juried exhibit, Westchester Arts Council, Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY
Mamaroneck Artists Guild at The Museum Gallery at WP Public Library, White Plains, NY
September Song, Mamaroneck Artists Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Flat Iron Gallery, So Division St. Peekskill, NY / Gallery Representation (2007, 2006)
2006 Members Exhibition, Mamaroneck Artists Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Art Dealers Event at Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY
2005 Artists’ Personal Sight, Theatre Gallery, Givatayim, Israel, catalog
Life Drawing Exhibition, Artists’ Society, Tel Aviv, Israel (2005-2003)
2002 The Witch ‘s Spell, Puppet Theatre Art Museum, Holon, Israel
2001 Fairy Tales’ Dolls, Hunkin Design Gallery, Holon, Israel
2000 Spirit of the Masks, Culture and Art Center, Holon, Israel
Thousand Nights, Steinberg Art Center, Holon, Israel
Sculpture in Wire Mesh, The Municipal Building Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Selected Awards
2019 The College of New Rochelle Personal Best- a Juried Exhibit at Mooney Gallery -Best in Exhibit - 3rd Place Award
2018 National Association of Women Artists at Lord & Andra Gallery -First Place Certificate of Merit
2018 The Belskie Museum of Art, Closter, NJ Honorable Mention -Freedom Artistic Interpretation
2017 The Artist Table International Juried Online Exhibit, Curator Tali's Award
2016 Mooney Center Gallery, Color-ful juried exhibition, New Rochelle, NYBest in Show 2nd Place
2016 The American Society of Contemporary Artists Honorable Mention Award for Sculpture 2015
2012 The Women’s Caucus for Art, Top Five Winners Best of 2012, USA
2012 Manhattan Arts International Top 3 Featured Artists, online gallery competition
2012 Woman’s club of White Plains,, Annual Art Show, WP, NY First Place in Sculpture
2010 Manhattan Arts International , online gallery Best in Sculpture (awards for 2 of her sculptures)
2009 Woman’s club of White Plains, Annual Art Show, WP, NY First Place in Sculpture,
2007 Westchester Beaux Arts Finale, Katonah, NY First Place in Sculpture
2007 Sculptural Pursuit magazine, Annual Sculpture Only Competition, USA Industry Award
2007 Mamaroneck Artists Guild , Larchmont, NYAnnual Active Members’ Juried Show First Place
2006 The Woman’s club of White Plains, NY First Place in Sculpture
2006 Mamaroneck Artists Guild, Larchmont, NY First Place in Sculpture
Selected Bibliography and Publications
2019 National Women's Caucus for Art, WCA Featured Artist March 2019
2018 The Healing Power of Art Blog by Rene Phillips,USA
2018 Yediot America newspaper "In the Mother's Name" by Journalist Carie Rubinstein
2015 Daily Herald, review “Woman’s art exhibition celebrate Feminism”, Chicago
2015 Chicago Tribune Skokie Review “New Koehnline Museum show traces history of feminism”
2014 The Bulletin Magazine, Beth El Synagogue Center, New Rochelle NY
2014 Exhibit Book: Lest We Forget-Holocaust in Art, sponsored by HUREC, NY
2014 Yediot America newspaper “About the Shoah and Optimism” by Journalist Tali Liberman
2013 Gallery & Studio Magazine, New York, NY
2013 Magazine Professional Artist, USA
2013 Exhibit Book: The National Juried Exhibition: Stories We Tell, sponsored by Women’s Caucus for Art, USA
2013 Exhibit Book: National Juried Exhibition “Diaspora” Presented by Jewish Women’s Art Network, WCA
2012 Book: Honoring ASCA - American Society of Contemporary Artists members, USA
2012 The Artrepreneur Coach Blog by Rene Phillips,USA
2011 Gallery & Studio Magazine, New York, NY
2011 Gallery & Studio Magazine, New York, NY
2008 Greenwich Post Journal, Greenwich, CT
2007 Sculptural Pursuit Magazine, USA
2005 Artist, Internet cover story, Israel / Hasharon Junction Local newspaper, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2004 Tel Aviv Local Newspaper, Tel Aviv, Israel (Oct. 2004) / The Israeli Television, Israel (October, 2004)
Selected Life Experience and Art Studies:
1974-1977 Graphic Design, Tech Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1985-1987 Visual Arts, Puppet Theater, Art Academy, Ramat- Hasharon, Israel
1987-1990 Creative education, Drama, Theatre, Kibbutzim College, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1986-1998 a professional Puppeteer & a Story Teller -One Woman Theatre: PuppeTell, Israel and New York
An active member of Puppeteers of America, Puppeteers’ Guild of Manhattan,
Puppeteers’ Guild of Long Island and UNIMA Israel
1993-1996 First relocation in the USA. Clay sculpture and acrylic painting at Harriet Belag studio, Riverdale, NY
1997 Back to Israel, Art studio: Shulamit Hartal- wire mesh and concrete sculpture , Elena Kunin Collectible art dolls,
Harold Rubin - life drawing, Tel Aviv, Israel / an active member of Ramat - Gan - Givatayim Artists’ Association
2005 Back to the USA, Art Studio: Contemporary sculpture, life drawing and life sculpture at WAW, White Plains, NY,
Bronze casting, SUNY Purchase, NY
Professional Organizations
The New York Society of Women Artists (Juror of Sculpture) National Association of Women Artists Inc., American Society of Contemporary Artists, Katonah Museum Artists’ Association, Women’s Caucus for Art (NGO-UN) and Jewish Art Salon