Mindy Weisel

Mindy Weisel is an American abstract visual artist and author.

Early life and education
Weisel was born in Bergen-Belsen, Germany. Her parents were survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Weisel began to paint when she was 14 years old. She attended California State University from 1965 to 1974 and the Otis Art Institute in 1971. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at George Washington University in 1977 and performed post-graduate studies at the American University.

Career
Weisel has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in both Germany and the U.S. including a 2013 show at the Kreeger Museum in Washington DC. Her work is permanently displayed at several American museums including the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum. Her work can also be seen at the United States Embassy in Berlin, Germany and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. She is the author of several books including Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude. Weisel is the editor of the Holocaust survivor book, Daughters of Absence.

Selected solo exhibitions
2017                         Mediations of Love, Rosenbach Contemporary, Israel

2014–2018               Crossover: Glass Installation, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

2013                         Not Neutral, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2013                         NOT NEUTRAL, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

2011                         Visiting Artist Exhibition, Gensler Architects, Washington, DC

2010                         AFTER: The Survival of Beauty, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009                         Full Circle, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2008                         Of Roses and Rasa, Prada Gallery, Washington, DC

2006                         Words on a Journey, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC

2005                         Out of the Blue, Reed Savage Gallery, Miami, FL

Cover to Cover, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2004                         All That is Remembered, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

25 Years of Painting, Strand on Volta Gallery, Washington, DC

2003                         Nine Anniversaries of Blue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002                        Translations, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC

Tikkun Ha'Olam: 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, Let's 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                         Passions and Appearances, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY

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, B'nai 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

Awards and national commissions
2012                         Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel

2008                         Painting Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

2004                         Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

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, Women's Forum of Washington, Washington, DC

1996–98                   Board of Directors, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Washington, DC

1993                         Fellowship, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel

1992                         Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

1991                         Commission, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, 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

Personal life
Weisel is married and has three daughters. She practices Transcendental Meditation.