Tmima Paintings

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Studio: 516.781.5826

Biography/Awards

Tmima was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, later moving to Israel. At the age of sixteen she attended the Bezalel Academy of Art, in Jerusalem on a full scholarship. The academy focused on teaching the Bauhaus methods.

After graduation, Tmima was granted an American-Israeli Cultural Foundation Scholarship and continued her studies in Italy and Paris. Her early works include drawings and paintings. After moving to New York City she started working on sculptures.

Selected Honors and Awards

  • 2021 The Museum of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County Sculpture and Painting Exhibition Glen Cove, NY
  • 2018 The Heckscher Museum of Art Long Island Biennial Huntington, New York
  • 2018 International Sculpture Centers’ Member Exhibition Zona Maco
  • 2014 The Heckscher Museum of Art Long Island Biennial Huntington, New York
  • 2014 Islip Art Museum Mash Up: Collages in Mixed Media – curated by Stephen Lamia, Ph.D East Islip, NY
  • 2014 Governors Island Transformation, Poetry and Prose New York, NY
  • Fine Art Museum of Long Island - 1st place, Large Sculpture Installation - Hempstead, NY
  • Islip Art Museum - 1st place, 3D Media, Juried Exhibition - East Islip, NY
  • Museum of Fine Arts - 2nd place, Miniature Art Society of Florida - St. Petersburg, FL
  • 12th Annual Juried Exhibition - 1st place - Laramie, WY
  • 11th Annual Juried Exhibition - 2nd place - Laramie, WY
  • Hamilton Gallery - 1st International Naïve Art Exhibition, Represented Russia - London, England
  • 4th Biennial International Exhibition - Young Artist 75, Represented Israel - New York, NY
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Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021-2022 The Museum of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Survivors’ Daughter: Sculptures by Tmima, Glen Cove, NY
  • 2017 The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
  • 2010 National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
  • Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Large Sculpture Installation, Hempstead, NY
  • Islip Art Museum, The Constructed Image, East Islip, New York
  • Safrai Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Gallery Kikhaar, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Gallery Kikhaar, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Gallery 13 ½, Jafa, Israel
  • Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
  • Bayard Gallery Inc., Soho, NY
  • Suydam Gallery Inc., New York, NY
  • Bayard Gallery Inc., Soho, NY
  • Graphic 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel
  • Rosenfeld Gallery Inc., Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • Vendita All’asta, Rome, Italy
  • Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY
  • Herman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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Selected Group Exhibition and Installations

  • 2022 - The Long Island Museum - 9th annual LIMarts members exhibition - Everything Is Possible - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2022 - Parish Art Museum - Insights into the Artistic Process - Southampton, NY
  • 2021 - The Long Island Museum - Fragile - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2021 - The Long Island Museum - 7th annual LIMarts members exhibition - Every Day: Transforming Crisis into Art - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2020 - The Long Island Museum - Anything Goes - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2019 - The Long Island Museum - Holiday Celebration - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2019 - The Long Island Museum - I Sing the Body Electric: Inspired by the Written Word - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2018 - The Long Island Museum - 25th Anniversary Holiday Gala and Silent Auction, Street Theater & Skateboard - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2018 - 5th Annual LIMarts members exhibition - Silver Linings, Artists Search for Meaning - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2018 - International Sculpture Centers’ Member Exhibition - Zona Maco
  • 2018 - The Long Island Museum - 25th Anniversary Exhibition - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2018 - Grounds for Sculpture - Members’ Musings - Hamilton, NJ
  • 2018 - The Long Island Museum - Wanderlust Exhibition - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2017 - International Sculpture Centers’ Chapter Exhibition - Miami
  • 2017 - International Sculpture Centers’ Chapter Exhibition
  • 2017 - The Long Island Museum - Baby, It’s Cold Outside Exhibition - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2017 - International Sculpture Center - EXPO CHICAGO
  • 2016 - The Long Island Museum LIMarts - Inspired By… exhibition - Stony Brook, NY
  • 2016 - Islip Art Museum - Slide Slam 2, Slide Presentation - East Islip, NY
  • 2016 - Islip Art Museum - Private Viewing: For Your Eyes Only, curated by Eileen Palmer - East Islip, NY
  • 2015 - Grounds for Sculpture - Members’ Musings - Hamilton, NJ
  • 2014 - The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island Biennial Gallery - Huntington, NY
  • 2013 - Grounds for Sculpture - Members’ Musings - Hamilton, NJ
  • 2012 - Grounds for Sculpture - Members’ Musings - Juried by Tom Morand – Chief Curator - Hamilton, NJ
  • 2012 - The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island Biennial Gallery - Huntington, NY
  • 2011 - Islip Art Museum - Flag Day - East Islip, NY
  • 2011 - Governors Island - Intersections - New York, NY
  • 2011 - Broadway Gallery - New York, NY
  • 2010 - Islip Art Museum - All in the Family - East Islip, NY
  • 2010 - Governors Island - Encounters - New York, NY
  • 2009 - The Noyes Museum of Art - National Association of Women Artists – 120 Years of Celebrating - NJ
  • 2009 - Islip Art Museum >My Long Island East Islip, NY
  • 2006 - Islip Art Museum Still Life >East Islip, NY
  • 2005 - Parrish Art Museum 39th Juried Exhibition Southampton, NY
  • 2004 - Islip Art Museum Drawing Conclusions East Islip, NY
  • 2003 - Islip Art Museum Noah’s Ark East Islip, NY
  • 2001 - Stamford Art Museum 21st Faber Birren National Color Award Show Stamford, CT
  • Islip Art Museum, Sit on this, New York Times Review, East Islip, NY
  • Stamford Museum of Art, 15th Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, Connecticut
  • Islip Art Museum, 12”x12, East Islip, NY
  • The Heckscher Museum, 39th Juried Exhibition, Huntington, NY
  • Islip Art Museum, Box Art, East Islip, NY
  • Hammond Art Museum, North Salem, NY
  • Museum of Fine Arts, 73rd National Exhibition, Springfield Massachusetts
  • Islip Art Museum, Landscape Transformed, East Islip, NY
  • Parrish Art Museum, 33rd Juried Exhibition, Southampton, NY
  • Schoharie County Arts Council, Nation 92 Small Works Exhibition, New York, NY
  • Islip Art Museum, The Constructed Image, East Islip, NY
  • Holter Museum of Art, Electrum XIX, Helena, Montana
  • Islip Art Museum, Sculpture Show 90, Outdoor Installation, East Islip, NY
  • Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, 5th Annual International Juried Exhibition of MAG, Marietta, GA
  • The Heckscher Museum, 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Huntington, NY
  • National 90 Small Works, Juried Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
  • Hilliard Society of Miniaturists, Juried Members Exhibition, London, England
  • University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
  • Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
  • Parrish Art Museum, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by John Russel, Southampton, NY
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