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Andi Arnovitz

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Andi Arnovitz
Born1959
Kansas City, MO
NationalityAmerican-Israeli
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis

Andi LaVine Arnovitz (born 1959) is an American-Israeli printmaker and multimedia artist.

Work

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Arnovitz works in a variety of media, particularly paper.[1] Her work often involves feminism, Jewish themes, or the relationship between Arabs and Jews.[1]

Life

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Arnovitz was born in 1959, in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts.[1]

She is married to David Arnovitz, and they have five children. In 1999, she and her family moved to Jerusalem, Israel. Her work is informed by living in the Middle East.[2] She previously worked at the Jerusalem Print Workshop in Israel .[3]

Exhibitions

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Her work appeared at the Stern Gallery,[4] Shulamit Gallery,[5] and the Jerusalem Biennale.[6]

Her work has appeared in the following museums:

  1. The Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
  2. The Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
  3. The Hermann Struck Museum, Haifa
  4. The Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
  5. Hebrew Union College Dr. Bernard Heller Museum NYC
  6. The Museum of Biblical Art NYC
  7. Yeshiva University Museum NYC
  8. The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel

Her work is in the permanent collections of the United States Library of Congress, the Israel National library. Yale University Library, The Magnes Collection and Yeshiva University Museum The Smithsonian Museum, The Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Andi LaVine Arnovitz". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (21 April 2009). "In Jerusalem, a New Life and Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ Landowne, Morton (23 February 2010). "Unchained". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ^ Prusher, Ilene R. (28 May 2009). "People making a difference: Andi Arnovitz". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Andi Arnovitz". Shulamit Gallery. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
  6. ^ Harman, Danna (15 September 2013). "At first-ever Jerusalem biennale, Jewish art goes from old-world to avant-garde". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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