JSS IN CIVITA FALL 2024 GUEST OF HONOR IS JERUSALEM STUDIO SCHOOL DIRECTOR (JSS JERUSALEM) – YEDIDYA HERSHBERG

 

Yedidya Hershberg, Shira, 2021, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 60.8 x 47.4 cm

BIOGRAPHY

Yedidya Hershberg was born on August 4, 1988 in Jerusalem, Israel, to painters Israel Hershberg and Yael Scalia.

At age 14, Hershberg began joining the Jerusalem Studio School summer programs in Italy, and by the age of 18, he joined the Jerusalem Studio School’s full-time Master Class program. After completing his studies, he moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he lived and worked for 3 years. 

In 2014, Hershberg went on to attain his MFA from the University of New Hampshire. Lacking identification with the prospect of professorship in academia, Yedidya resolved to return to Israel and reestablish the Jerusalem Studio School.

Yedidya presently resides in Jerusalem, Israel, and is the director of the Jerusalem Studio School.

 

Yedidya Hershberg, Justin Bradshaw, 2019, oil on canvas mounted on wood,        55 x 45.1 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, The Great Departure, 2018, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 106 x 130 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, From the Garden (Afternoon), 2016, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 28.5 x 31.4

Yedidya Hershberg, Deborah Arlette, 2021, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 70 x 50 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, Civita Castellana, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 31.4 x 34.4 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, A man, 2015, oil on canvas mounted on board, 79.4 x 61 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, Talia, 2020, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 70 x 50 cm

Yedidya Hershberg, Mika 2021, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 70 x 50 cm

CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2022 All Thought Becomes an Image, Sugarlift, New York, NY

2019 At The Still Point, There The Dance Is, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2017 More Image Than A Shade, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Keeping at Distance, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva
2017 Clare Henry’s Critic’s Choice, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of Art – UNH, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

2016 Art at Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA
2009 The Unbelievable is Right Here, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv

GRANTS & AWARDS:

2019 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2016 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

EDUCATION:

2016 MFA, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

2010 Full-Time Master Class Program, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem​​

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