Tova Beck-Friedman

Tova Beck-Friedman is an American artist, sculptor, writer and filmmaker based in New York City. 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.

Early life and education

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

Notable works

Installations

"Excerpts of a Lost Forest: Homage to Ashera", at Grounds For Sculpture
"Memory Imprints", at the Yeshiva University Museum
"Primordial Quintet", at the Newark Museum Sculpture Garden
"Triple Stelae", at Gan Remez, Be'er Sheva, Israel
"Contemplation Pit", Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota.
"Drawing Down the Moon", Gulfong, NSW, Australia.
"Chrysalis", an environmental site specific-sculpture', Sumter, SC
"Shadow", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI

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

Awards/recognition

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