Tova Beck-Friedman

Tova Beck-Friedman
Born
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityAmerican
EducationPurdue University
Goddard College
Tama Art University
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Sculptor
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • Film editor
  • Cinematographer
  • Editor
Known forArt, sculpture, documentary film
Websitetbfstudio.com

Tova Beck-Friedman is an American artist, sculptor, writer and filmmaker[1][2] based in New York City.[3] Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Australia, Israel, Europe, and Japan. Her work is in the collection of Grounds For Sculpture, Yeshiva University Museum, Newark Museum, Sculpture Garden, the Shoah Film Collection and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC.[4][5][6][7]

Early life and education

Beersheba, Staré Město (Old Town), Gan Remez, Keramické bienále 1997, by Beck-Friedman

Beck-Friedman holds a BA in Fine Arts from Purdue University and an MFA from Goddard College in Vermont. In 1982 she pursued a graduate student research studies at the Tama University of Art in Tokyo.

Career

Beck-Friedman's work has been exhibited and shown at The International Artists' Museum for the 50th Venice Biennale, New Jersey State Museum, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, Sculpture Biennale in Beersheba, Israel, The Newark Museum and Boleslawiec International Symposium, Poland. Her artwork has been installed and is part of Grounds For Sculpture, the Yeshiva University Museum, Newark Museum and Sculpture Garden.[8][9][10]

Among her fellowships and awards are: Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; USA/ Jerom Artist Grant; Accessibility at Sumter, South Carolina; Boleslawiec International Symposium, Poland; Gulgong Symposium, Australia; Environmental[11] Sculpture Symposium, MuJu, Korea; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; The Center for Visual Arts, Be'er Sheva, Israel; New Jersey State Museum at Drew University; International Biennial in Beersheba, Israel.[12]

Beck-Friedman's oeuvre ranges from sculpture to photographs to videos and documentaries. Her work is represented in major public collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, the Center for Jewish History, New York, NY, Newark Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, Jersey City Museum, NJ, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, and Český Krumlov Castle, Czech Republic.[13][14]

In 2016, Beck-Friedman founded an online art portal called The Pythians, showcasing older women artists' work.

Notable works

Installations

Exhibitions

  • 2015, Puffin Cultural Center, Teaneck, NJ
  • 2005, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY
  • 2005, The Jerusalem Cinematheque, Israel
  • 2005, Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
  • 2004, Clark Hall Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • 2003, Photo-graphic Galley, New York, NY
  • 2002, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001, Phoenix Project Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1999, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson college, NJ
  • 1998, The Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
  • 1998, Visual Arts Gallery, College of Morris, NJ
  • 1997, Bergen Museum of Art, Paramus, NJ
  • 1996, Lisa Parker Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1996, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
  • 1993, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1992, Quietude Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ
  • 1992, Schering-Plough Gallery, Madison, NJ
  • 1991, The Newark Museum, NJ
  • 1991, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1990, Herzliya Museum, Israel
  • 1990, Visual Arts School Gallery, Be'er Sheva, Israel
  • 1989, Michaelson & Orient Gallery, London, UK
  • 1988, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1985, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1984, Gallery Q, Tokyo, JapanTokyo American Cultural Center, Japan

Filmography

Year Film Description
2016 Gaia Regards Her Children A film made to a poem by Alicia Ostriker
2015 On the Other Side A poetic musing on aging, based on a poem by Natalie H. Rogers
2014 Red Father[1][16][17][18] The story of Bernard Ades, a Communist Jewish lawyer who in the 1930s fought for civil rights at home and against fascism in Spain
2011 Medusa's Head[19] A woman is slowly dancing in a columned underground cistern to the narration of Ovid's Metamorphoses
2011 Lot's Wife An homage to the biblical Lot's wife
2010 Her World[19] A poor beautiful woman infatuated with movie star glamor – a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe arrives in West Virginia on the eve of the Great Depression
2008 Don't Ask A docu-poem on language and identity
2007 A portrait of The Artist as an old Woman[20][21] Three octogenarian women artists share their insights into the creative energy and vitality that is not hampered by age
2005 At the Altar of Her Memories Through a mix of puppetry and storytelling Bracha Ghilai, who spent her adolescent years in concentration camps, unlocks chapters from her painful past
2004 Passages[19] Filmed at the historic Lafayette cemetery in New Orleans, the video is set to investigate the psychology of memory
2005 Reflections Fairy tail; parable; magic; myth; reflections; musing on the absurdities of social ideals
2004 Shadow Walk Investigating the history and memory through dance movements
2002 Andromeda The collaboration with dancer Dana Brewer-Plazinic, creating choreographed and improvised movement, responding to the Andromeda sculpture installation

Awards/recognition

  • Puffin Foundation grant for Red Father Documentary (2014)
  • TGD9 Art Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, artist participant (2011)
  • 2010 Athens, GA Jewish Film Festival Shorts Competition—2nd prize.
  • Winner, Reel 13, New York
  • Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA (2004) / visiting artist in residence
  • TGD4 symposium; Tambacounda – Gèneve – Dakar, Senegal, artist participant
  • Boleslawiec International Ceramic Symposium, Poland, artist participant (1996 & 2003)
  • Geumgang International Nature Art Biennale, Korea (2003)
  • Accessibility symposium – From the Outside In, Sumter, SC, artist participant (2003)
  • Mishkenot Ha'omanim, Hezeliya, Israel, artist residence (200)
  • Franconia Sculpture park, MN / Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program (1998)
  • International Biennial, Be'er Sheva, Israel, artist participant (1995 & 1997)
  • Clay/Sculpt Gulgong Symposium, Australia, artist participant (1995)
  • Environmental Sculpture Symposium, MuJu, Korea, visiting artist (1994)
  • Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY / visiting artist (1990)
  • The Center for Visual Arts, Be'er Sheva, Israel / visiting artist (1990)
  • New Jersey Museum of Archaeology, Drew University, NJ, artist in residence (1998)

Further reading

  • "Sculpture". Sculpture. 17. Washington, D.C.: International Sculpture Center. 1998. ISSN 0889-728X. OCLC 14039712.
  • Scheller, William (1991). New Jersey Off the Beaten Path, 8th. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-76275-228-7.
  • Scheller, Bill; Scheller, Kay (2011). New Jersey Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places (9 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-76276-915-5.
  • Art Now Gallery Guide: National & international. Vol. 20. Art Now. 2001. pp. 40, 130, 133.
  • "New Art Examiner". New Art Examiner. 14 (1–6). New Art Associations: 38. 1986. ISSN 0886-8115.
  • "Ceramic Review" (157–162). Craftsmen Potters Association of Great Britain. 1996: 30, 31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Gimbutas, Marija; Marler, Joan (1997). From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas. Knowledge, Ideas & Trends. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-87919-825-8.

References

  1. ^ a b Botz, Dan La (June 24, 2014). "Red Father Seen Through the Eyes of His Daughter". New Politics.
  2. ^ Stone, Amy (January 7, 2015). "A Daughter's Take on Her Red Father". Lilith.
  3. ^ Rovner, Ruth (August 2, 2015). "Sculpture parks and gardens: A delight for travelers". Delaware County Daily Times.
  4. ^ G. Collins, Jane (October 1, 2003). "10 installation artists involve, celebrate community". The Item.
  5. ^ Zimmer, William (April 28, 2002). "ART REVIEW; Themes Are Universal in Artworks By Women". New York Times.
  6. ^ "Tova Beck-Friedman". Shoah Film Collection. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  7. ^ SCHWABSKY, BARRY (August 3, 1997). "Sculpture With an Aura of Ritual and Myth". NY Times.
  8. ^ Grounds for Sculpture
  9. ^ "Memory Imprints: A Sculptural Installation by Tova Beck-Friedman". Yumuseum.org. Yeshiva University Museum. June 12, 2005.
  10. ^ "Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities". Cwah.rutgers.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  11. ^ Sheffield, Margaret. "Rhythme and metaphor: Tova Beck-Friedman". Sculpture. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "Review of exhibitions". Art in America (October 1993). New York City.
  13. ^ "SCULPTOR TOVA BECK-FRIEDMAN EXPLORES PRIMAL IMAGES IN ONE-PERSON SHOW". Wayne, New Jersey: William Paterson University. March 2, 1999.
  14. ^ "Tova Beck-Friedman, USA". The World's Women On-Line. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  15. ^ Schwabasky, Barry (May 26, 1996). "ART;Indoors and Outdoors, Sculpture in Bloom". New York Times.
  16. ^ Laurier, Joanne (June 23, 2014). "Entre Nos (Between US) and Red Father: Aspects of US life and history". World Socialist Web Site.
  17. ^ "Abraham Lincoln Brigades Archive 2014 Human Rights Documentary Film Festival". Louis Proyect. October 1, 2014.
  18. ^ "Red Father: Directed by Tova Beck-Friedman at Soho Film Fest 5/16". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  19. ^ a b c "Tova Beck-Friedman's Filmography". IMDb. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  20. ^ Calik, Gulsen (May–June 2006). "At the Altar of Her Memories, Directed by Tova Beck-Friedman" (PDF). NYArts. 11 (5/6).
  21. ^ Cohen, Mark Daniel. "The Redemption of Innocence: Tova Beck-Friedman's "At the Altar of Her Memories"" (PDF). All About Jewish Theatre.

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