About The Artist

Tel. +97225332290 Cell +972507457735  email: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com https://esther-newmancohen.pixels.com Esther Newman-Cohen is a highly creative Israeli-based artist. She engages in a wide range of artistic activity, including drawing, painting and woodcarving. Her subjects range from abstract to realistic portraits and landscapes of Israel, done in a variety of media – pencil, ink, aquarelle, soft and oil pastels, acrylic and oil. Her style ranges from impressionist to expressionist to realistic to abstract, depending on the artist's interpretation of the subject. Esther Newman-Cohen grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds five academic degrees. She graduated from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York where she also attended the Art Students' League. After moving to Israel, she graduated from the Hebrew University with a BA in law and a doctorate in International Relations. While raising her family and teaching law, she attended art classes at the Israel Museum (with Rori Allweiss and Tami Bezaleli) and the Popular University (with Eli Niago and Chava Epstein). In the past four years she has studied wood sculpturing with Jack Goodman of Moshav Neve Ilan. She is currently a member of the Mevaseret Zion Artist Association and participates weeky in the Motsa group of artists. Solo Exhibitions Jan.1989 L'Alliance Française, Jerusalem, "The Women of Jerusalem" April-May 1992 Gerard Behar Theater, Jerusalem, "Flowers and Landscapes of Jerusalem" Feb. 2008 Botanical Garden, Jerusalem, "Flowers: A Love Story" June 2013 Israeli Opera House, Tel Aviv, "My Flower Garden" Nov. 2014 Jerusalem Theater, "The Symphony of Flowers" Collective Exhibitions Nov. 1984 Laromme Hotel, Jerusalem May 1988 The Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem May-June 1989 The Jerusalem Festival at the Jerusalem Theater July 2013 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Moshav Neve Ilan July 2014 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion July 2015 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion July 2016 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion August 2014 "Mus[e]ic" at the Jerusalem Theater October 2014 "Changes" at the Green House, Tel Aviv University August 2016 "Mus[e]ic" at the Jerusalem Theater Esther's artwork can be viewed at the following website: Esther-newmancohen.pixels.com