Joel Silverstein

I am a figurative expressionist painter who uses both observation and imagination. I craft portraits and scenes to tell both psychological and mythological narratives reflecting states of mind. Although my work is derived from 20th Century masters like Van Gogh, Soutine and Munch, i personalize it to reflect the current state of living now and the theme of the hero.

Joel Silverstein

1 Mary Court

Mahwah NJ, 07430

Email: joelartcrit@aol.com

Cell: 973 5346554

Joel Silverstein was born in Brooklyn NY in 1957 and attended Pratt Institute BFA in Painting,1979, MPS in Art Therapy 1981 and Brooklyn College MFA in Painting 1992.

He has shown nationally and internationally at JADA, Miami Art Basel, the Van Leer Institute, The Mishkan Le'Omanut Museum, The Bronfman Center, the Derfner Museum of Judaica, the Amstelkirk Gallery in Holland and the Jerusalem Biennial, 2015 and 17. The artist/ critic is a Founding and Executive Member of the Jewish Art Salon and has curated nine Salon exhibitions including: Through Compassionate Eyes; Artists Call for Animal Rights at the Charter Oak Center, Hartford Ct., POW!!! for Jewish Comic Con, The Dura Europos Project, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art and UJA NY. Recent exhibitions include The Beth Sholom Judaica Museum, Roslyn NY, The Clemente Center, NY BEKI, New Haven CT, the Pratt Hadas Gallery Rohr Center, The Columbia/ Barnard Kraft Center. He has presented at The Conney Conference of Jewish Art at the 92nd Street Y, The Kenissa Conference and the Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference in 2019. His work and curated exhibitions are cited in Ori Z. Soltes? Tradition and Transformation; Three Millennium of Jewish Art & Architecture and the upcoming Jewish Identity in American Art, a Golden Age Since the 1970s by Matthew Baigell. His current exhibition, Rand/ McBee/ Silverstein is currently showing at the Rabbi Ario S. and Tess Hyams Judaica Museum, Temple Beth Sholom Rosl