DOV LEDERBERG
grew up in the Philadelphia area (graduate of Central
H.S.) and began his involvement in the arts at Haverford College (BA
1963) and the Columbia University School of Fine Arts. During the
Sixties he became one of the active filmmakers within the New American
Underground and the N.Y. Filmmakers' Co-op. One of his works, entitled
"Eargogh", an interpretation of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, starring
Jack Smith and Marie Menken, was widely screened at the time.
Between 1967 and
1994 he was an independent film director, mainly for
Israel TV, making documentary and educational films, as well as
creating various video art works.
Since 1995 Dov has been deeply
involved in using new art mediums and techniques to express and render
the subtle ideas of Jewish mystical teachings and meditation. He has
created many original acrylic paintings and video art compositions
inspired by the Hebrew
letters in
the scribal
style. His current work is involved with
kabbalah
mandalas, cosmic
contemplations,
visual paradigms for dialogue , triptych
trips and wax
congealings
within the abstract illusionist genre, essentially
creating an evocative "gestalt' which invites the viewer's active
interaction and interpretation. His paintings and video art are
exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Israel.
Dov, a recent widower from his wife, the artist,
Yael Avi-Yonah,
lives in Jerusalem.
SELECTED SOLO
AND DUO EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS:
Yakar Gallery, Edgware,
London 1995
"Mystical Art", Mount Eden Retreat,
Washington NJ, 1997
“Art Inspired by Kabbalah and Science”,
Artcenet Gallery, Philadelphia, 2002
“Holocaust Day”, Museum of Tolerance, LA
2003
“Kabbalah Art”, Gallery JCC-Marin,
California, 2003
“Art Inspired by Kabbalah and Science”,
Gallery JCC West Orange NJ, 2004
Southampton Jewish Center, Long
Island 2004
Ezair Gallery on Madison Avenue,
NYC, 2005
“Kabbalah Art”, Backstage Studio
Gallery, Kingston NY, 2005
“Mystical Art”, Park Avenue Gallery,
Toronto ON, 2005
The Creative Edge Gallery, Roselyn
Heights NY 2006
Kanvas Gallery, Chelsea NYC, 2007
“Transcendental Visions”, Touro College,
Manhattan, 2007
J.Klyneberg Gallery, Chelsea
Manhattan NY 2008
"New Visions" The 9th Street
Artist's Salon, Park Slope, Brooklyn NY 2011
"3-D
Phenomena" Great Neck Arts Center, Long Island 2011
"3-D Art Inspired by Kabbalah Teachings", AACI
Center, Jerusalem 2011
SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS:
Avi-Yonah Gallery, Jerusalem 1995-2002
Nurture Arts Gala, Spike Gallery, Chelsea NY
2005
Gallery 181, Lawrence MA 2006
“Celebration of the Arts”, JCC Gallery,
Fairfax VA, 2006-7
Pool Art Fair NYC 2010
Contrast Art Happening, 320 Studio, Chelsea
NYC 2011
"Scroll Bowl" 10/11
Gallery, Lower East Side, NY 2011
"Artists Against Terror", Dershowitz
Center, Dumbo (Brooklyn) 2011
SPECIAL
SCREENINGS OF VIDEO ART COMPOSITIONS:
Jerusalem Cinemateque August 1984
Israel Artists Assoc. Gallery, Jerusalem 1984
Locarno Video Festival, Switzerland l987
The Jewish Museum, NYC l988
Artists House, Jerusalem 2007
The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem 2007
Haichal Schlomo, Jerusalem 2010
Great Neck Arts Center, Long Island NY
2011
SELECTED
COLLECTIONS:
Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
The Jewish Theological Seminary Library, NYC
The Rockefeller University, NYC
Haichal Schlomo, Jerusalem
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
Israel Film and TV Directors Guild
Israel Association of Artists and Sculptors
(Jerusalem)
SELECTED REVIEWS
NY Times 2011: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/nyregion/0320spotli.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=3-d&st=cse
The Jewish Press : http://www.art.net/TheGallery/Vision/JewishPress01.html