About the Artist (continued)

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NATHAN BORSKY

(Natan Baruch Ben Yehuda)

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Educational Background:

 

City University of New York - School of Engineering and Architecture

 

SUNY New Paltz - School of Fine Arts -Painting/Sculpture

 

Woodstock School of Art - Drawing and Painting: Nick Buhalis

 

Private Studies - Meyer Lieberman - USA; Haim Arenstam, Itamar Siani, Mishun Ben Nun - Israel

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Works and Exhibits:

 

Exhibitions -

 

New York City - May 1989 - One of nine artists in the U.S. invited to participate in an Exhibit of Rememberance, titled "Shadows of a Lost Childhood". Curated by Jean Rosensaft, curator for the Jewish Museum.

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Queens, N.Y. - June, 1990 - One of four artists invited by the Holocaust Resource Center of Queensboro Community College to display a collection of paintings and sculptures at the QCC Art Gallery.

 

Rockland, N.Y. - January thru April, 1994 - SOLO Exhibition, titled\ "Run For Your Life", at the Art Gallery of the Rockland County Holocaust Resource Center.

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Various Group Shows - 1990-2003 - Woodstock Artists Association, Ulster Arts Alliance, annual "Artists of the Hudson Valley Jewish Community" juried shows and the Yom Hashoah Holocaust Rememberance Art Exhibition, Kingston, N.Y.

 

Artistic Projects -

 

Woodstock, N.Y. - Design and development of a sculpture garden and gallery. Long-term ongoing project currently in progress. Gallery featuring Israeli Artists, opened in Spring of 1996.

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Outdoor Sculptures on display at various locations:

 

"Motion in Space" - 1988 - Campus of SUNY New Paltz - Concrete on steel - 10 Ft. by 3Ft. by 7 Ft. high.

 

"My Fair Lady" - 1989 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Fibercrete on steel - 2.5 Ft. diameter by 5 1/2 Ft. high.

 

"We've Got The Whole World in Our Hands" - 1990 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Painted Steel - 5 Ft. diameter by 10 Ft. high.

 

"GENESIS" - 1991 - Site developed environmental sculpture - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - 30 Ft.  in diameter. - stone, earth, wood.

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"Am Israel Chai" - 1992 - Memorial Sculpture for fallen soldiers of Kiryat Moshe (Rehovot), Israel - Cast and carved concrete, stone and steel. - 12Ft high by 6Ft. dia. on a 20Ft. dia. base of boulders.

 

"In The Library" - 1993 - AYONOT Agricultural Youth Village, Israel - School Courtyard - Cast concrete and Steel - 6 1/2 Ft. by 2 1/2 Ft. by 8 Ft. high.

 

"Livnot U Lehibanot" - 1994 - MANOF Yad Natan Youth Center, Israel. - Painted Steel - 8 Ft. wide by 4 Ft. deep by 9 Ft. high.

 

"En-Compass The Sky" - 1995 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Steel and wood - 8 Ft. by 1 Ft. by 14 Ft.  high.

 

"Torso" -1996 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone - 17" by 9" by 19" high.

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"Raging Bull" - 1997 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden -Carved Stone - 17" by 23" by 15" high.

 

"Indian with Papoose" - 1997 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone -14" by 17" by 19" high.

 

"The Embrace" - 1998 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone - 13" by 20" by 14" high.

 

"Lawn Rider" - 1998 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden -Painted Steel 3 Ft. by 3 Ft. by 4 Ft. high.

 

"Birthstone" - 1998 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone - 13" by 16" by 14" high.

 

"Bike Rider" - 1999 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Painted Steel/Bicycle/Concrete - 6 Ft. by 1 Ft. by 6 Ft. high.

 

"Adam" - 1999 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone - 3 Ft.  by 2 Ft. by 6 Ft. long

 

"The Tree of Knowledge" - 2000 - Beit Sefer Etzion, Kfar Saba, Israel - Concrete and Steel - 3 Ft. by 2 1/2 Ft. by 5 Ft. high.

 

"Eve"- 2000 - Genesis Gallery and Scupture Garden - Carved Stone - 3 Ft.  by 2 Ft. by 5 Ft. long

 

"Celebrating the Woman"  - 2001 - Sculpture Park in Holon, Israel, Jerusalem Marble - 3 Ft. x 3 Ft. x 8 Ft. high - Full size

figurative profiles carved on three sides.

 

"Cubism in Stone a la Picasso" 2002 - Genesis Gallery and Sculpture Garden - Carved Stone - 24" by 16" by 14" high

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Affiliations:

 

     Ulster Arts Alliance

     Woodstock Guild

     Woodstock Artists Association - Active (Juried) member

     Board of Directors - Woodstock Artists Association

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Featured Biographical Articles:

 

     Federation Newsletter, Ulster County, NY, 2001

     Kingston TV - Featured Artist, 2000

     Kol Raanan, Kol Kfar Saba, 2000

     Woodstock Times, 1996, 1997

     Israeli Television, July 1994

     The Times-Herald Record, January 14, 1994

     Rockland Journal-News, January 8, 1994

     The Daily Freeman, January 2, 1994

     Woodstock Times, December 30, 1993

     Kol Hadarom (Israeli Daily), November 6, 1993

     Hadashot (Israeli Daily), Feb 21, 1992

     The Daily Freeman, October 4, 1991

     Woodstock Times, August 15, 1991

     Woodstock Times, April 27, 1989,

     The Daily Freeman, April 27, 1989