Ahiam
Bronze, Bluestone.
33 x 60 x 36 inches. Ed. of 5 + 1 A.P.
2001
#67
Amasya
Bronze, Bluestone.
25.5 x 16 x 11.25 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1992
#6
Avishay
Bronze, Bluestone, Boulder.
14.5 x 29 x 21 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1997
Aviyya
Bronze, Bluestone.
20 x 23 x 23 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1997
#37
Ba'al-aevuv
Bronze, Bluestone.
44 x 35 x 35 inches. Ed. of 5 + 1 A.P.
1999
#60
Binyamin
Bronze, Bluestone & Boulder
22.75 x 16 x 11 inches Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
2003
#75
Ge'u'el & Binyamin
Bronze, Bluestone & Boulder
22.5 x 28 x 28 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
2002
#73
Hanna & Elqana
Bronze, Bluestone
18.75 x 16 x 10 inches Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
2003
#76
Hanna & Shemuel
Bronze, Bluestone.
26 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1988
#5
Zur
Bronze, Bluestone, Boulder
49 x 35 x 19 inches.
Ed. of 5 + 1 A.P.
1989
#3
Mahli
Bronze, Bluestone, Boulder.
11 x 20 x 17 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1999
#53
Mahlon
Bronze, Bluestone.
12 x 10 x 10 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1999
#54
Milka
Bronze, Bluestone.
11 x 9 x 6.5 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1999
#59
SSara & Rivqa
Bronze, Bluestone.
12.5 x 10 x 5 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
2002
#72
SShimiri
Slate, Bluestone, Boulder
31"x14"x14"
1998
Yigal & Amarya
Bronze, Bluestone, Boulder.
26 x 34 x 27 inches. Ed. of 7 + 2 A.P.
1999
#57
Leisa
Slate
10.75 x 11 x 8.25 inches.
2002
Born: November 13, 1951; Israel ,
Resides: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Education: Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY, 1976-77
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1975-76
Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1967-71
Grants/Fellowships/Awards:
1992 Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum Award, Japan
1988 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1986 Ariana Foundation For the Arts, NY, grant
1985 Committee for the Visual Arts, Artists Space, New York, NY, grant
1977 America the Beautiful Fund, Palisades Interstate Park NY; grant and residency
1977-76 Beeckman Scholarship, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1976-75 America Israel Cultural Foundation Grant
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2003 Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2003 Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2002 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2001 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997 Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Fla.
1995 Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 O.K. Harris Works of Art, NY, NY
1993 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1992 O.K. Harris Works of Art, NY,NY
1991 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1990 O.K. Harris Works of Art, Birmingham, MI
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago Illinois
1989-88 Sculpture Court Installation, The Jewish Museum, New York,
New York 1988 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Helander Gallery, sculpture David Haggit & Adoniyya, public private partnership
between Arlington County and La Salle partners, sited at 1300 N.
17th Street, Rosslyn, Virginia; sculpture commissioned by La
Salle Partners through an invited competition with a selection
panel consisting of Arlington County officials, developers, art
professionals, and a landscape architect
1988 Carnegie Park Building, 200 E. 94th St, New York, New York,
permanent installation of outdoor sculpture, Omri & Ah_av, in
the park of a residential apartment building, New York City, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 _Art of the 20 century_ NY, Lillian Heidenberg
Imago Gallery,Palm Desert,California
_From Stone to Foam_ Nohra Haime Gallery, NY
2001 Vered Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2000 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1999 Imago Gallery,Palm Desert,California
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Miami , Elaine Baker Gallery
Art Palm Beach_, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery
1998 Milestones Israeli Sculptures 1948-1998_, The Open Museum,
Tefen, Israel
_ Art Miami _98_, Elaine Baker Gallery
_ Art International New York_, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery
1997 Taipei Art Fair, Taiwan, Buscheln Mowatt Gallery
The International Fine Art and Antiques Fair for America,
Washington, D.C., Buschlen Mowatt Gallery
1997-96 Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida
1996 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
1995 The White House, First Lady_s Sculpture Garden, 20th
Century Sculpture,Southern Region
Imago Gallery,Palm Desert,California
1994 Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
Open Museum at Tefen, Israel
1993 F.I.A C. in Paris, France
Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, New York
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Fla.
1992 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, Georgia.
4th Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition,
Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan
1991 Centerpieces, Norton Center, Center College, Danville, KY
Art at Gateway Center, Second Annual Sculpture Exhibition,
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
1990 Figurative Abstraction, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
Hofstra Museum Outdoor Sculpture
Installation, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
A Bite of the Big Apple!; The 79th Annual Exhibition, Maier
Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman_s College,
Lynchburg, VA
Sculpture: Soft and Hard, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbor
Islands, FL.
Pygmalion, Phyllis Rothman Gallery
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison NJ
1989 Best of Season, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1987-86 Origins , Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY
Other Gods: Containers of Belief, ( touring to: ) Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY;
Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC;
Wallace/Wentworth Gallery, Washington D.C;
The Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA with The
Craft and Folk Museum
The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1986 Unaffiliated IV, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island
University, NY
Contemporary Primitivism, Gallery of Contemporary Art , Colorado
Springs, CO
Outdoor Exhibition, CW Post Center for Public Art, Long Island
University, Greenvale, N.Y.
1986-85 Contemporary Pedestal Sculpture,
The Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Al;
University Galleries, University of South Florida,Tampa
FL; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
1985 Spiritual Climates, Thorpe Intermedia gallery, Sparkill, NY
Hebrew Union College Gallery, New York, NY
Sculptors Turn to Stone, Arch at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Art
Palace, Brooklyn NY
1984 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, NY
1983 A.I.R. Gallery, New York
Equitable Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture R_3, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
1984-82 A.R.E.A. Ward_s Island, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, NY
1983-82 Sacred Artifacts, Objects of Devotion, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1982 The Monument Redefined, Gowanus Annual I ,New York, NY
1981 Vrije University of Brussels, Belgium
O.I.A. Ward_s Island, Manhattan ,Psychiatric Center,New York, NY
1980 Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilei, Israel
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
A.I.R. R_1 Rockland Center for the Arts, NY
Discovery, Rediscovery, Sculpture Center Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York,NY
Totems, Fetishes & Devotional Objects, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Osuna Gallery, Washington DC
1979 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Outgrowth, Battery Park, New York, NY
International Exhibition, U .N. General Assembly Building, New York, NY
Bonnie Benedeck sculpture Garden, East Hampton, NY
1980-79 Outside the City Limits, circulated by the Gallery
Association of New York, ( touring to: ) State
university of New York at Oswego, NY;
Niagara Community College, NY; Roberson Center, NY;
Rochester Business Committee, NY; Alfred University, NY
1978-77 Outside the City Limits, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery,
Sparkill, NY
1977 Artists-in-Residence, Bear Mountain Inn, NY
Harkness House Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Youdfat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1974 Yad-Labanim Museum, Petah-Tiqva, Israel
1973 City Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Selected Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Japan
Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
Norton Gallery of Art, W. Palm Beach, Florida
Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Israel
Open Museum at Tefen, Israel
Paine Webber Inc., Puerto Rico
Mazda Great Lakes, MI
Elton John, Atlanta, Georgia
Best Products Inc., VA
Cargill Inc., MN
La Salle Partners, Rosslyn, VA
The Related Companies, Carnegie Park Building, N Y
Lufthansa Airlines NY
Susan & Dixon Butler
Richard Brown Baker, NY
Ashley & Harriet Hoffman, New York, Palm Beach
Grace Hokin, Florida
Mr. & Mrs. Johnson, Wisconsin
Cargill Macmillan, Palm Springs California
Herb Goldsmith, Fla.
Leanne Hull, Canada
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kahn, NY
The Manney Collection, NY
Martin Z. Margulies, Fl.
Eric P. Meyer, Switzerland
Edward J. Minskoff, NY
Dr. & Mrs. Sackler, Conn.
Barry Sacks, Bel Air, California ( Chorus Line, Inc. )
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Tuttleman, Penn.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Zimmerman, TN
Mr. & Mrs. Redstone, California
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.
Media Coverage:
1995 CNN Headline News, _ Zur with Dog_ sculpture at White House
broadcast nationally NY Channel 1, interview and studio visit ( May 22, l995 )
Israel Sunday, TV interview
1993 West Palm Beach Television News Coverage, Avram with Dog & Ten Sheep
1980 Out of Rock, 30 minute documentary film
by J. Keydel and A,. Bernstein of Boaz Vaadia & work.
1979 Boaz Vaadia: An Interview, 30 minute film by D. Shai for Manhattan Cable T.V.
Selected Bibliography: Newspaper
Smith, Janet, _Westender_, _Art Attack_, August 6, 1998
_The Vancouver Sun_, Editorial, July 28, 1998
_Westender_, _Amateur Aficionados Give Sculpture Show Thumbs Up_, August
13, 1998, Brunst, Stanley Scott, Michael, _The Vancouver Sun_, _ What is Art? What is Not?_, July 22, 1998
Roslyn News _Bezalel Retrospective at Temple Beth_, September 14, 1995
Armitage, Diane _Critical Reflections_, THE Santa Fe Monthly p. 58 June 1995
Naples Daily News, _Collectors Corner_, February 1997
Nahshon, Gad _From Gat Rimon to the White House_, The Jewish Post, February 1996
Cooper, Michael _ As Jade is to China, Rubble is to Williamsburg R_ The New York Times, NY,NY July 9,l995 p.10 ill. Abatt, Corinne. _ Art Guru Visits the Midwest_ Birmingham Eccentric, Birmingham MI. October 11, 1990. ill. Artner, Alan G. _ At the Galleries: Winn_s Rural Visions Evolve Poetic Grace Chicago Tribune, Chicago Il. March 23, 1989.p. 13C ill. Gamarekian, Barbara. _ Primitive Visions in Group Art Show_ New York Times, New York, NY. June 8, 1986.ill Ligocki, Gordon. _ Ancient Forms of Natural Stone Stir Strange Feelings The Times, Hammond, IN. April 14, l989.p. D3 ill.
Hurlburt, Roger._ When Worlds Collided_ Sun Sentinel, October 11. l992.
ill. Raynor, Vivien. _ Works with Shadings of Pygmalion_ The New York Times,
New Jersey Edition. January 28, 1990.p. 16. Rabi, Yitzahaq. _ Vaadia in a dialogue with stone _ , Maariv in America, July 23, l993, p. 16 Schwan, Gary . _ Dogs, lambs head downtown _, The Palm Beach Post, October 2, l992. ill.
Shaked, Shlomit. _ Back to the Stone Age_ Maariv, Israel. February 15,
l989. ill. Sjostrom, Jan. _10-ton sculpture unveiled in WPB_ Palm Beach Daily
News, Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 3, l993
Sjostrom, Jan._ Sculptor R_raws_ from earth_ Palm Beach Daily News,Palm
Beach , Florida, January 3, 1993 Sozanski, Edward J. _ The Arts:
The Smallest Presentation Steals the Show at Fleisher_
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA .January 29, l987. p. 4D ill.
Weinstein, Ann. _ Big Apple Serves Up an Exciting Slice of Modern Art_
Roanoke Times & World News, Roanoke VA. April 1, l990.p.6
Yellin, Deena, _Down to Earth_, The Jewish Week p. 16-17, August 18,
1995 n.a. _ Israeli sculptor, Boaz Vaadia Exhibits in Soho Gallery_ Israel
Shelanu, New York December 12, 1986. ill.
Selected Bibliography: Books/Catalogues:
Barzel,Amnon. Art in Israel, Milan, Italy: Giancarlo Politi Editore,1988
Collischan, Judy. Boaz Vaadia, Stone Sculpture, New York, NY:
OK Harris Works of Art, Helander Gallery, Hokin Kaufman Gallery, 1992
Crumlish, Rebecca Kelley. Other Gods: Containers of Belief, Syracuse, NY:
Everson Museum of Art, 1986. Kingsley,April. Boaz Vaadia, Five Years, New York, NY: Elise Meyer Inc.1981
Van Wagner, Judy Collischan. Public Art Program 1985-1988, Brookville, NY:
Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. .Post Campus, l988.
Van Wagner, Judy Collischan. Unaffiliated Iv, Greenvale, NY: Hillwood
Art Gallery, Long Island University, 1986.
n.a. Art at Gateway Center, Second Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Newark, NJ:
Prudential Art Program, 1991 n.a. Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago IL, 1990.p.192,193. n.a. Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago IL, 1989.p.200,201.
n.a. The Fine Art Index, l992 North American Edition, International Art
Reference Inc., Chicago, IL, l991 n.a. The Jewish Museum 1987-1990, New York, NY: The Jewish Museum, l991.p.50 n.a. Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House:Exhibition II, 1995
Selected Bibliography: Periodicals
McDaniel, Lynda _Raising the Roof for Art_, American Style, Summer 1998,
cover, p. 46. ill.,p.52
Palm Springs Life _Gallery Scene_,p.65 February 1997
Palm Springs Life _Gallery Scene_, p. 72 May 1996
Palm Springs Life Annual Desert Living Issue _Gallery Scene_, p.197.
1995/96
Dykstra, Jean. _ Art That Stacks Up _ Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
November 1996.p.27,28.ill.
Adrian Dennis. _ Chi Town_s Tenth_ Art & Auction, New York, NY May
1989.p. 118. ill.
Halbreich, Tatiana. _ The Eternal Present of Boaz Vaadia_ Hadoar, New
York, NY June 2 1987.p.20 ill.
Keydel, Julia. _ Boaz Vaadia_ Arts Magazine, New York, NY November
1979.p....12.ill.
Lipsey, Roger. _Just the Mind at Work_,Parabola, Spring 1997 p.74
Rass, Rebecca. _ Boaz Vaadia: Stone People _ Studio Magazine, Israel.
December 1989. p..43 ill.
Stern, Fred. _ Boaz Vaadia_ Mizue, Japan. Spring 1989 ill.
Talpir, G. _ Boaz Vaadia_ Gazith Art & Literacy Journal #357-360,
Israel. December 1973- March 1974. p.76. ill.
Zalmon, Yigal. _ Boaz Vaadia: Combinations_ Mussag- An Art and Culture
Monthly, #9, Israel.
February 1976.p. 76-77. ill.
n.a. _ Events_ Sculpture Magazine, Washington, D.C. September/October
12988.p. 98. ill.
n.a. _ Soho, the Birthplace of Modern Arts_ Monthly Art Magazine
International, Japan. Feb. 1990 ill