
| Mindy Weisel began painting at the age of 14 in order to find her own voice. As the only daughter of Auschwitz survivors, she had been able to put her feelings and experiences, both past and present, into her work. She is involved in the process of creating light out of darkness which she had achieved with her paintings that are beautifully crafted and emotionally evocative. In addition to her art, Ms. Weisel is the author of "Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude," and is the editor of "Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss."
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![]() kiln formed, fused glass, 9x8.5 inches, 2005 |
kiln formed, fused glass, 12x12 inches, 2005 |
![]() kiln formed, fused glass, 8x8 inches, 2005 |
![]() "Anu's Garden," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Temple Bay," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Earth Rise," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Among Flowers," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Of Rituals," kiln formed, fused glass, 12 x 9 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Words on a Journey," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Lili Loved Crystal," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "What Once Was," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() "Of Wonder," kiln formed, fused glass, 16 x 16 inches, 2006 |
![]() Installation view #1 Words on a Journey, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC |
![]() Installation view #1 Words on a Journey, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC |
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EDUCATION
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| 1965-74 | California State University & Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1977 | BFA. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1977-78 | Post-Graduate work at American University, Washington, D.C. |
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AWARDS & NATIONAL COMMISSIONS
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| 2005 | America’s 100 Greatest Jewish Women, World Jewish News Agency |
| 2001-Present | Smithsonian: Archives of American Artists |
| 1997-98 | NASA Art Program Commission, Celebrating Women in Space |
| 1995-Present | Art in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC |
| 1999-Present | Member, Womens Forum of Washington, Washington, DC |
| 1996-98 | Board of Directors, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Washington, DC |
| 1993 | Fellowship, Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1992 | Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA |
| 1991 | Smithsonian Resident Associates Program Commission, Serigraph Flowers for a Country |
| 1998 | Artist-in-Residence, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel Commission, International Human Rights Law Group |
| 1987 | Nomination, Award in the Visual Arts Commission, Amnesty International Poster Commission, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Original Limited Edition Silkscreen |
| 1986 | Rutgers National Works on Paper Award, Stedman Art Gallery |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2006 | Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC |
| 2004 | "All That Is Remembered", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL 25 Years of Painting, Strand on Volta, Washington, DC |
| 2003 | Nine Anniversaries of Blue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2002 | Tikkun HaOlam: Meditations in Blue", Yale University, New Haven, CT Beauty as Consolation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT |
| 2001 | Ella the Muse, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL |
| 1999-2000 | Mindy Weisel, 1979-1999, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL |
| 1999 | In the Presence of Absence, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1997 | A Place for Memory, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC |
| 1995 | Lili, Lets Dance, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC |
| 1993 | Touching Quiet, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC |
| 1992 | A Harmony of Sorts, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC |
| 1990 | Night of the Soul, Daniel Broder Gallery, New York |
| 1989 | Echoes, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC |
| 1986 | Selected Paintings, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1985 | Gypsy, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC Layers of Time, Elise Meyer, New York |
| 1984 | Black Gifts, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1983 | Transitions: Paintings from 1979-1983, Bnai Brith Museum, Washington, DC |
| 1982 | Lili in Blue, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1981 | Recent Paintings, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1980 | Paintings of the Holocaust, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1977 | Works on Paper, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2004-05 | Painting the Town Red, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1999 | Corcoran Hemicycle Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 1998 | Seven Artists, Robert Steele Gallery, New York Celebrating Women in Space, NASA, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC American Prints, Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1996-99 | Art in Celebration, Simthsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service |
| 1996-98 | Artrains Tour |
| 1996-2001 | Witness & Legacy, National Traveling Exhibition, with book by Dr. Stephen Feinstein |
| 1995 | Gifts to Israel Museum, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York Burnt Whole, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| 1994 | Burnt Whole, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC Corcoran Hemicycle Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 1992 | Tactility, American University, Washington, DC |
| 1991 | Lou Stovall: Heroes, Teachers, Friends, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 1989 | Continuing Witness, Bnai Brith Klutznick Musuem, Washington, DC |
| 1988 | The Artists Mother, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC Dennis ONeil and Friends, Gallery K, Washington, DC |
| 1987 | Works on Paper, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1985 | Works on Paper, curated by Donald Kuspit and Cynthia McCabe, Rutgers University, NJ The American Artist-Immigrant Experience, 1930-1985, organized in cooperation with the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA Self Portraits, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC Spiritualism in Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 1984 | Washington Watercolors, Corcoran Art Institute, Washington, DC Women in Expressionism, A.I.R. Gallery, New York |
| 1982 | Jewish Themes/Comtemporary American Artists, Jewish Museum, New York Eight from Washington, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1981 | Five Year Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery 10, Washington, DC Watercolors, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1979 | Works on Paper, Gallery 10, Washington, DC Voices of the Past; Paintings, Goldman Fine Arts Gallery, Rockville, MD |
| 1978 | Works on Paper, Gallery 10, Washington, DC |
| 1976 | Works on Paper, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC |
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC |
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TELEVISION
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| 1997 | April 27, CNN Impact (national and international) 14 minute segment |
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PUBLICATIONS
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| 2003 | Mindy Weisel, The Color Cure, Capital Books, in press Mindy Weisel, The Seven Day Color Diet, Capital Books, New Guide to Health and Beauty |
| 2001 | Mindy Weisel, Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss, Capital Books |
| 2000 | Mindy Weisel, Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude, Capital Books |
| 1982 | Harry Rand and Mindy Weisel, The Beginning of Things, Dryad Press |
| 1980 | Mindy Weisel, The Rainbow Diet, Simon and Schuster |
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BOOK COVERS BY MINDY WEISEL
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| 2000 | Popov and McHugh, Paul Celan: Glottal Stop, 101 Poems, Wesleyan University Press Roy Jacobstein, Blue Numbers, Red Life, The North Carolina Writers Network |
| 1995 | Primo Levi, The Reawakening, Simon and Schuster |
| 1995 | Primo Levi, The Survival of Auschwitz, Simon and Schuster |
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