Helen Berman (; born 6 April 1936) is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Germany and the Netherlands. She created modern and postmodern art and has engaged in realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism.
Biography Helen Berman was born in Amsterdam and as a young girl survived The Holocaust. She was trained as a textile designer at the Design Academy Eindhoven. While at the academy, she took extracurricular coursework in the free arts with Kees Bol and Jan Gregoor. After her graduation in 1960, Helen Berman designed textiles for several companies. Some of her designs were awarded prizes and publications in professional magazines.
During the seventies, Berman studied painting and drawing with Thierry Veltman, graduating with a teaching degree. In 1978, she immigrated to Israel, where she continued to refine her style. During a decade-long residence in Jaffa, she became part of the local artists' community and a member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association. Since 1998, she has been painting and exhibiting from her studio in Tel Mond.
Exhibitions
Participation Solo Group 1970s 1972 – De Schoof, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands 1979 – Youth Art Center, Beer Sheva, Israel 1980s 1983 – Itzik's Gallery, Beer Sheva, Israel 1983 – Technology, City Hall, Beer Sheva, Israel 1989 – Animals, Gallery 13½, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel 1990s 1990 – Gallery Amalia Arbel, Rishon Lezion, Israel 1996 – Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel 1997 – Schwing Residence, Old Jaffa Artists Quarter, Israel 1990 – New Faces, Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel 1998 – Festive Fruits, Cultural Center, Tel Mond, Israel 2000s 2000 – Elah Center, Pninat Ayalon, Tel Aviv, Israel 2003 – Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel 2004 – Gallery Re-Lai-S, Baden-Baden, Germany 2006 – Residenz Bären, Baden-Baden, Germany 2008 – Elah Center, Pninat Ayalon, Tel Aviv, Israel 2009 – Sharon Landscapes, Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel 2003 – Genesis, Culture Hall, Or Akiva, IsraelGenesis (Catalogue). Jerusalem: Israel Association of Community Centers, 2003, page 28. 2004 – Dutch Days, Castra Art Center, Haifa, Israel 2007 – Open Park, Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel 2010s 2012 – Sharon Landscapes, Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 2017 – Arrived without purpose, Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 2015 – 10 Years Gallery Re-Lai-S, Residenz Bären, Baden-Baden, Germany
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