Dov Lederberg

Short Biography

Dov Lederberg grew up in the Philadelphia area (Central HS 211)

and began his involvement in the arts at Haverford College

and the Columbia University Graduate School of Fine Arts,

concentrating on the experimental film and became an active film-

maker within The New American Underground.

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.

In the late Sixties Dov studied in yeshivasin NYC and Israel.

Between 1970 and 1994 he worked as an independent film director,

mainly for Israel Television, making documentary and educational films.

Since 1983 Dov has been deeply involved in using new art mediums and techniques to

express the subtle ideas of Jewish mystical teachings and meditation.

His current work is involved with kabbalah mandalas and visual paradigms for dialogue ,

triptychs and wax congealings,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.

Artist's Manifesto

I am engaged in the converging vectors of art and science, but receive added inspiration from

kabbalah teachings & meditation and try to create visual forms (in paintings on canvas but also

video art) conducive to mystical experience and self-transformation.

Various curators have termed my work as abstract illusionist or mystical abstract expressionist.

I like to regard myself as an "emerging" artist creating art with many layers and meanings

that "emerge" before the viewer,

an evocative gestalt that invites the viewer's interaction and discovery.

This effect is enhanced by viewing the work with avatar-type 3-D glasses

(which of course is difficult to achieve in this web context)

or turning the painting on its different sides.

Exhibition in Jerusalem - November & December 2011

Exhibitions in USA - March 2011
Exhibitions.html


Recent TV interview with Dov on YouTube:
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6m08AOmlFc
          and
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uipu7j6j_Vs

Videoart: Meditation on a Point
https://vimeo.com/38381213

Slideshow: 3-D Triptych Trips

https://vimeo.com/38601184

Slideshow:Turnarounds (Hebrew/English)
http://vimeo.com/38384733

Slideshow: 3-D Congealings
http://youtu.be/DBN0S9dqXUI

Slideshow: Dialogues
https://vimeo.com/38601183

Slideshow:Mystic Turn-arounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOPgWRe9b2Q&feature=youtu.be

Slideshow:Techno-Fire:
http://youtu.be/0Z7k9xUmhag

We welcome your comments and questions.