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Ophrah Shemesh

Artist

Educated at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and the New York Studio School. One-person exhibitions include Philippe Daverio Gallery, Milan; Gallery Sales, Rome; Mario Diacono, MA; Stephen Wirtz, CA and Freight + Volume, NY. Teaching experience includes the International School of Art, Italy.

2021-2022 nonteaching faculty member

Snapshots From NYSS

TODAY, June 8 at 12pm ET on Instagram Live join Al

TODAY, June 8 at 12pm ET on Instagram Live join Alum Jack Albrittain (MFA 2020) @jack_albrittain from Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY, as he demonstrates his process painting the environment from direct observation and approaches he has learned from Dean Graham Nickson.

Jack will also share information about the upcoming Painting Marathon – IN-PERSON: Arbor Vitae Revisited with Graham Nickson, Sam Levy & Guests, that he will be TAing.

Enroll in Summer 2023 Marathons directly via the link in bio!

#jackalbrttain #pleinairpainting #paintingmarathon #grahamnickson #newyorkstudioschool

Gallery talk during the book launch of Susanna Hel

Gallery talk during the book launch of Susanna Heller, Beyond Pain: The Last Drawings (Amsterdam: Studio Dumas, 2023), which features texts by Liane Heller, Suzanne Styhler, Jetteke Bolten-Rempt, Marlene Dumas, Jan Andriesse, Susanna Heller, and Matthew Teitelbaum.

Join us this evening, Wednesday, June 7 from 6-8pm

Join us this evening, Wednesday, June 7 from 6-8pm, for the book launch of Susanna Heller, Beyond Pain: The Last Drawings (Amsterdam: Studio Dumas, 2023), which features texts by Liane Heller, Suzanne Styhler, Jetteke Bolten-Rempt, Marlene Dumas, Jan Andriesse, Susanna Heller, and Matthew Teitelbaum.

At 6:30pm, a gallery talk with remarks by various friends and fellow artists will be livestreamed on Instagram Live.

Susanna Heller, Beyond Pain: The Last Drawings can be purchased through our website via the link in bio.

We look forward to celebrating this important publication with you!

#SusannaHeller #drawing #newyorkstudioschool

Today's Instagram Live has been postponed until to

Today's Instagram Live has been postponed until tomorrow, June 8 at 12pm ET due to weather conditions. Tune in tomorrow to see Alum Jack Albrittain (MFA 2020) @jack_albrittain paint en plein air at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY, and discuss his process and the upcoming Painting Marathon – IN-PERSON: Arbor Vitae Revisited with Graham Nickson, Sam Levy & Guests, that he will be TAing. Learn more about Summer Marathons and enroll via the link in bio!

#jackalbrttain #pleinairpainting #paintingmarathon #grahamnickson #newyorkstudioschool

Congratulations to Alum Becky Yazdan (MFA 2005) @b

Congratulations to Alum Becky Yazdan (MFA 2005) @beckyyazdan on her solo exhibition at Frosch & Company @frosch.and.co, currently on view through July 9!

Read a recent review by Mario Naves in the New York Sun in bio:

"Ms. Yazdan’s pictures are more concrete — statements rather than suppositions. As a painter, she can be gruff with her surfaces, scraping away layers of paint with a palette knife or obliterating previous states of an image with declamatory strokes of color. Getting down to brass tacks is this artist’s m.o.

A tight-lipped humor filters its way through Ms. Yazdan’s art." - Mario Naves

#marionaves #beckyyazdan #froschandco #painting #lesgallery #newyorkstudioschool

“Fran renewed approaches and concepts that I as

“Fran renewed approaches and concepts that I as an artist-educator was able to immediately apply to the classes I teach, as well as in my studio work. I am newly devoted to varying the intensity of edges, and to making a wide range of marks to depict surfaces and spaces. My use of ink and brush was bolstered; collage is the unsung hero of drawing; red and blue pencils to define spatial protrusions and recessions are brilliant; and, of course, charcoal is everywhere!” - Dorothy Frey

Read more about Artist and Educator Dorothy Frey's @freydorothy experience studying virtual drawing with NYSS Instructor Fran O'Neill @narf1771 through the NYSS Journal link in bio.

Drawing Marathon – VIRTUAL: Pathways to Abstraction with Fran O’Neill begins in two weeks! Enroll today via the link in bio.
June 19 - 30, 2023
9am - 6pm ET

#DorothyFrey #FranONeill #drawing #drawingmarathon #newyorkstudioschool

This Wednesday, June 7 at 12pm ET on Instagram Liv

This Wednesday, June 7 at 12pm ET on Instagram Live, join Alum Jack Albrittain (MFA 2020) @jack_albrittain as he demonstrates plein air painting in Prospect Park and discusses his development over years under the direction of Dean Graham Nickson. He will also share information about the long awaited return of Painting Marathon – IN-PERSON: Arbor Vitae Revisited with Graham Nickson, Sam Levy & Guests, which Jack with be assisting.

Image credit: Andrew Seng @Andrewseng

#jackalbrttain #pleinairpainting #paintingmarathon #grahamnickson #newyorkstudioschool

Join us this week for two events celebrating the o

Join us this week for two events celebrating the opening of "Eyes on the City: Drawings by Susanna Heller and Karlis Rekevics" in our Main Gallery:
🔹Book Launch of "Susanna Heller, Beyond Pain: The Last Drawings": Wednesday, June 7, 6-8pm ET
🔹Opening Reception: Thursday, June 8, 6-8pm ET
We hope to see you there!

Image 1: Susanna Heller, "Untitled #30," 2009, mixed media on paper, 7 x 5 inches

Image 2: Karlis Rekevics, "Broad Ordinary Occasions #18," 2022, charcoal and gesso on paper, 51 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches @_._.karlisrek._

Image 3: Book cover of "Susanna Heller: Beyond Pain, The Last Drawings," available for purchase via the link in bio.

#SusannaHeller #KarlisRekevics #drawing #newyorkstudioschool

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