Helen Berman

Helen Berman (Hebrew: הלן ברמן‎; 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.[1]

Helen Berman
Grey Sun, 1997
Born	Hélène Julia Cohen 6 April 1936 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education	Kees Bol, Jan Gregoor, Thierry Veltman
Alma mater	Design Academy Eindhoven
Known for	painting, drawing, textile design
Style	Modern art, Postmodern art
Movement	Abstract expressionism, Lyrical abstraction
Awards	Van Dissel textile design awards

Biography

Helen Berman was born in Amsterdam and as a young girl survived the Holocaust.[2][3][4][5] She was trained as a textile designer at the Design Academy Eindhoven.[6] While at the academy, she took extracurricular coursework in the free arts with Kees Bol and Jan Gregoor.[1] 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,[7] 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

Figure, 1995

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[7][8][9][10]	1983 – Technology, City Hall, Beer Sheva, Israel 1989 – Animals, Gallery 13½, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990s	1990 – Gallery Amalia Arbel, Rishon Lezion, Israel[11][12] 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[13] 2003 – Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel[1][14][15] 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[16][17][18]	2003 – Genesis, Culture Hall, Or Akiva, Israel[19] 2004 – Dutch Days, Castra Art Center, Haifa, Israel 2007 – Open Park, Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel[20][21][22][23]
2010s	2012 – Sharon Landscapes, Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel[24] 2017 – Arrived without purpose, Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel	2015 – 10 Years Gallery Re-Lai-S, Residenz Bären, Baden-Baden, Germany

References

1. Geldman, Mordechai (2009). Helen Berman: Sharon Landscapes. Israel.
2. Berman, Thijs (1993). Op zoek naar George Fles (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Van Gennep. p. 27. ISBN 90-6012-992-X. Hélène, een aangetrouwde tante die zelf de oorlog tenauwernood overleefde...
3. Berman, Helen (2002). "An Enchanted Dream Came True". Báiki (24): 22.
4. "Yahudi kurtaranlara ödül". Şalom (in Turkish). 18 June 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
5. "Ernst, Elisabeth & Helene Cohen". Bevrijdingsportretten. Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork.
6. "Helen Berman", Israeli Art Center (in Hebrew), Jerusalem: Israel Museum, archived from the original on 18 December 2012, retrieved 28 June 2008
7. Sneh, Nachum (27 May 1983). "View to the Past and Future in the Exhibition of a Painter Who Immigrated from the Netherlands". Kol Hanegev (in Hebrew). Yediot Ahronot.
8. "Landscape of Beer Sheva in a Solo Exhibition by Helen Berman" (in Hebrew) (603). Sheva. 20 May 1983.
9. "The Paintings of Helen Berman". Kol Bi (in Hebrew) (202). 20 May 1983. p. 64.
10. "Netherlands and Israel in an Exhibition". Maariv Hanegev (in Hebrew). Maariv. 20 May 1983.
11. Argov, H (16 November 1990). "Navon and Berman in the Gallery". Arim (in Hebrew) (205). Haaretz.
12. Frumer, Shula (16 November 1990). "An Optimistic Wink". Bamakom (in Hebrew).
13. Peiper, Chen (2000). "Exhibition by Helen Berman". Infocus (in Dutch). Elah.
14. De Vries, Avraham (April 2003). "Helen Berman Exhibits Lyrical-Abstract Expressionism". Aleh (in Dutch). 60 (1). Irgoen Olei Holland. p. 50.
15. Goldfine, G (21 February 2003). "In the Frame". The Jerusalem Post.
16. Geldman, Mordechai (April 2009). הלן ברמן / נופי השרון [Helen Berman / Sharon Landscapes]. Tel Aviv City (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
17. Geldman, Mordechai (April 2009). תערוכות בבית האמנים ע"ש זריצקי - מאי [Exhibitions at the Zaritisky Artists' House, May]. Achbar Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2009.
18. Armon Azulay, Eli; Sa'ar, Yuval (30 April 2009). "New Exhibitions". Haaretz / Walla! (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
19. Genesis (Catalogue). Jerusalem: Israel Association of Community Centers, 2003, page 28. (in Hebrew)
20. Peleg-Rotem, Hagit (19 June 2007). רב-שיח [Symposium]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 15 November 2008.
21. Gilerman, Dana (6 June 2007). דיוקן של כובש [Portrait of an occupation]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 August 2014.
22. גן העצמאות לכולם - תערוכה קבוצתית [Independence Park for Everyone - Group Exhibition] (in Hebrew). Akhbar Ha'ir. 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
23. "Must See Park" (in Hebrew). Marmalade Tel Aviv. 18 June 2007.
24. הלן ברמן ומרדכי גלדמן – נופי השרון - תערוכות - מדור אמנות - עכבר העיר [Helen Berman and Mordechai Geldman – Sharon landscapes – Exhibitions – Art Department – City Mouse] (in Hebrew). Mouse.co.il. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2014.