Biography

Born 1952, London

1971-72 Lived and worked in Paris
1974-78 Archivist, Impressionist & Contemporary Art Department, Sotheby’s, London
1978-79 Impressionist & Contemporary Art Department, Sotheby’s, New York
1980-83 University College, London, History of Art BA Hons.
1985-86 Chelsea School of Art, Foundation Diploma
1986-89 Wimbledon School of Art, Fine Art BA Hons.
1992-95 Chair of Exhibitions Committee, Ben Uri Gallery/Museum London
1995-99 Lived and worked in Jerusalem
1999- Lives and works in London and also Jerusalem until 2023

One Person Exhibitions

1995 ‘Shamanic Heads’ Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1996 ‘Recent paintings and works on paper’ Artist’s House, Jerusalem
1997 ‘Mystery of Meeting’ Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2001 ’In the Midst of the Garden’ Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2005 ‘Song of the Sea’ Artspace, Jerusalem
2007 ‘Red Sea Paintings’ Ben Uri Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

1995 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
1995-6 Critic’s Choice, Linda Talbot, Gallery ‘K’, London
1996-7 ‘Rubies and Rebels’ Barbican Concourse Gallery and Tour; Leeds University Gallery; Hove University Gallery, Curated by Monica Bohm-Duchen
2001 The Ben Uri Story – From Art Society to Museum; Phillips, 101 New Bond Street W1
2001 Biennale Internazionale, Firenze
2009 Marrache Fine Art, Jerusalem
2010 Shoham Gallery, Tel Aviv, Three Artists , curated by Nurit David.
2015 Jewish Museum, London, Your Jewish Museum: Love , curated by Joanna Rosenthal and Aaron Rosen.
2015 Jewish Museum, London, Journeys, curated by Aaron Rosen.

Selected Bibliography

1994 Jeremy Reed ‘As many Eyes as the Leopard has Spots’ Shamanic Heads, Rebecca Hossack Gallery
1994 Sue Hubbard ‘Donning the Skin’ Rebecca Hossack Gallery Catalogue
1995 John Russell Taylor The Times, 21 February
Tania Guha Time Out, February
Linda Talbot ‘Dissecting Dreams (and Frogs)’ Ham ad High, September
1996 Meir Ronnen ‘Icons and Shamans’ Jerusalem Post 7 June
1996 Monica Bohm-Duchen ‘Rebellious Rubies, Precious Rebels’ ‘Rubies and Rebels’ Lund Humphries Barbican Exhibition Catalogue
1997 The Sciences, New York September/October The Promise and Peril of Cloning
John McEwan Sunday Telegraph, November 23 Critic’s Choice
2001 John McEwan Sunday Telegraph, April Critic’s Choice
2001 The Ben Uri Story Exhibition Catalogue, Bonham’s, New Bond Street
2001 Bienalle Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Firenze Catalogue
2001 Resurgence March/April Cover Illustration
2001 Resurgence July/August Tree of Life, Jeremy Reed
2005 ‘Spiritual Androgyny in the Art of Michael Sgan-Cohen and Carole Berman,’ Judith Margolis, Nashim, Brandeis
2010 ‘Three Artists’ Exhibition Curator, Nurit David, Shoham Gallery
2019 Brushes With Faith, Reflections and Conversations on Contemporary Art, Aaron Rosen, Cascade Books
2019 A Passion For Giving, Michael Kennedy Leigh’ Legacy. Carole Berman. Printed by Keter Publishing House Ltd., published by Orchard Books, London
2024 Thou Shalt Paint, A Love Poem to Jerusalem, recently completed book about my work. Carole Berman.

Collections

British Museum
Israel Museum
Ben Uri Museum of Art

Private Collections

CDS Gallery, New York
John and Judith Oppenheimer, New York
Sterling Standard, New York
Lori Solondz, Paris
Ruth Cummings, Jerusalem