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Leah Raab is a professional fine artist, who concentrates on painting and drawing. She holds an MFA from the New York Studio School and a BFA with highest honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts (Jerusalem). She has had numerous solo and group showings in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Europe. In addition, Ms. Raab has taught art for over 40 years and has done a significant amount of freelance work.
Education
New York Studio School (2013), New York, MFA
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, graduate-level Fine Art courses
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, BFA with highest honors
• Award for Excellence in Studies (1974)
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Solo Exhibitions
“Cry, The Beloved Country", Two person show, Beit Musa, Raanana (2024)
"Personal Stamp, Past and Present" Beit Sapir, Kfar Saba (2024)
"Exposed and Hidden,” The Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2023)
“ It All Begins at Home”, Musa Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2022)
"The Land and It’s Inhabitants”, Raanana Municipal College, Raanana, Israel (2022)
“Two Person Show- Recent Paintings”, Leonardo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2021)
“2020 Hindsight”, Leonardo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2020-2021)
“Between Two Lands,” Matan Center, Raanana, Israel (2019-2020)
“Between Two Worlds,” Leonardo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2019)
“BeLongings,” Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2018)
“Open Spaces,” Two-person show, University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ (2017)
“Beyond the Surface,” Creative Soul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014-2015)
“Streetscapes of the Lower East Side,” Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, New York, NY (2014)
“Thesis Exhibition,” New York Studio School, New York (2013)
“Journeys,” Association for Americans and Canadians in Israel Gallery, Jerusalem (2011)
“Transformation,” Agam Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2010)
“Breath of the Soul,” Asia House Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2008)
Emunah College Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (2007)
“Impulse,” Bible Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (2006)
“Landscape,” Hebrew University Belgium House Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (2006)
“Soul-Body Dissonance,” Municipal Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (2003)
Hod V’Hadar Synagogue Atrium, Kfar Saba, Israel (2003)
“Arrhythmia,” Mofet Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2001)
“Greener Pastures,” Fairleigh Dickinson University College Art Gallery, Teaneck, NJ (1999)
“Painted Visions,” Central Queens YM & YWHA, Queens, NY (1999)
“Scenes of Israel,” Waltuch Gallery, Tenafly, NJ (1998)
Two-person show, Bellville Public Library, Bellville, NJ (1998)
“My Jerusalem,” Atrium Gallery, Washington Township, NJ (1997)
Cheesecake, Englewood, NJ (1996)
Akiva Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1984)
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (1982)
The Young Gallery, Tel Aviv (1975)
Group Exhibitions
“Artists on Antisemitism II" Hyams Museum, Roslyn Heights, NY (2024)
"Artists on Antisemitism" 81 Leonard Gallery, Tribeca, NYC (2024)
"Do Flowers Grow on the Land in War?" Money Gallery, Kfar Masaryk, Nahariya, Israel (2024)
"Out of the Routine", Yad Lebanim, Raanana, Israel (2024)
"When Every Exhibition Becomes a Memorial" Sviva Art Space, Tel Aviv (2023)
"The Hope”, ND Gallery, Ramat Gan, Israel (2023)
“Order, Chaos and In Between,” Yad Lebanim Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2023)
“Color,” Agam Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2023)
“Spaces of Time and Place”, Agam Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2022)
"Kaleidoscope II" Agam Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2022)
“Evening Hours in Raanana”, Municipal Gallery Yad Lebanim, Raanana, Israel (2022)
“Kaleidoscope" Agam Gallery Raanana Israel (2022)
"Cupid”, Performing Arts Center, Herzeliya, Israel (2022)
“Jewish Authenticity and Identity”, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C. (2021)
“Tzaad Katan”, Musa Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2021)
“Gallery Collection 2020,” Leonardo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2020)
“i.am.an.immigrant.,” Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany (2020)
“Connections,” New York Studio School Europe, Gerald Moore Gallery of Eltham College, London, United Kingdom (2019)
“Summer Group Show,” Leonardo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2019)
“Freedom,” The Marc Chagall Artists House, Haifa, Israel (2019)
“Spinoza: Marrano of Reason,” Amstelkerk, and Plein van Siena, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2019)
“Prince Street Artists,” Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2019)
“Group Show,” Kedem Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2019)
“Annual NAWA Member’s Exhibition,” Chrystie Street South Gallery, New York, NY (2018)
• Liana Moonie Memorial Award for Innovative Abstract Landscape Painting
“Sea and Sky,” Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park NJ (2018)
“Small Works Summer,” NAWA Gallery, New York, NY (2018)
“Carefully Out of Nowhere,” Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2018)
“Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth,” Derfner Judaica Museum, Riverdale, NY (2018)
“Freedom,” The Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ (2018)
“Celebrating Woman During Women’s History Month,” NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2018)
“Ev(e)olution VIII- Migration, New York Public Library Riverside Branch, NY, NY (2018)
“Shelter,” Harlem School of the Arts, NY, NY (2018)
“Winter Small Works,” NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2018)
“Open Horizons,” County College of Morris CCM Art and Design Gallery, Randolph, NJ (2018)
“Five X Seven,” NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2017-2018)
“Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth” Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, Machtarot Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (2017)
“Natural Instincts” Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT (2017)
“The Golem” Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery at CKI, Brooklyn, NY (2018)
“Change” Emerge Gallery and Art Space, Saugerties, NY (2017)
“Art Angels” NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2017)
“NAWA Annual,” Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, NY, NY (2017)
“Small Works Invitational” Blue Mountain Gallery, NY. NY (2017)
“Away” Mulberry Street Library, NY. NY (2017)Exposed
”The Woman Refugee,” B’nai Brith Canada, Toronto, Canada (2017)
“Personal Renaissance,” Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ (2017)
“Ev(e)olution VII- Onward!,” New York Public Library Riverside Branch, NY, NY (2017)
“Small Works,” NAWA Gallery, New York, NY (2017)
“Five Visions,” Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2017)
“Cold,” NAWA Gallery, New York, NY (2017)
“Shelter,” Harlem School of the Arts, NY, NY (2016-17)
“Crossing Boundaries,” The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida (2016)
“Celebration,” Mulberry Street Library, New York, NY (2016)
“NAWA 127th Annual,” Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY (2016)
“Summer Small Works,” NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2016)
“The Creative Muse,” Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory Arts Center, Bethlehem, Pa (2016)
"Home and Away,” Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (2016)
“The Creative Muse,” The Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA (2016)
“8th National Juried Exhibition,” Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2016)
"Ev(e)olution V,” NewYork Public Library Riverside Branch, New York, NY (2015)
“You’ve Got Mail,” Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2015)
“NAWA 126th Annual” Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY (2015)
“Drawing, The Art of Seeing,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2015)
“The Writing on the Wall,” The Painting Center, New York, NY (2015)
“Portraits: Interior and Exterior,” Arts Club of Washington DC (2015)
Small Works Exhibition, NAWA Gallery, New York, NY (2014)
125 Years Women of Vision, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida (2014)
New Members Exhibition, NAWA Gallery, NY, NY (2014)
“The Seed,” Chashama 461, New York, NY (2014)
“4th Annual Celebration of Jewish Creativity,” Creative Soul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014)
NAWA 125th Annual Members Exhibit, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY (2014)
“Who’s Your Mama?” Visions of Our Mentors, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ (2014)
“Spiritual Defense, Creative Soul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014)
Annual Exhibition, Crescent Street Art Collective, Long Island City, NY (2014)
“Everybody Will Be Famous for Twelve Inches,” Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York, NY (2014)
“Off the Grid,” Atlantic Gallery, New York (2014)
“Wish You Were Here,” A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014)
“Generations IX: The Red/Pink Show,” A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2013-2014)
“Ornaments,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, (2013)
“Israel’s Restraint to Bombings,” Response Art Series, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Bronx (2013)
Student exhibitions, New York Studio School, New York (2011-2013)
“Terror: Artists Respond,” Industry City Gallery, Brooklyn (2011)
Raanana Lev Ha’Park Community Center, Raanana, Israel (annually, 2003-2009)
Beit Hatanach (Bible) Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (2005)
“My Jerusalem,” Beit Hatanach (Bible) Museum, Tel Aviv (2004)
Raanana Artist Show, Kfar Sava Police Headquarters, Kfar Sava (2004)
“Similes,” Raanana Lev Ha’Park Community Center, Raanana, Israel (2003)
Ophir Gallery, Tel Aviv (2003)
“House Artists Exhibit,” Mofet Gallery, Raanana, Israel (2003)
Ad Meah V’Esrim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel (2003)
“Affected Environment,” Opera House, Tel Aviv, Israel (2002)
“Jacob’s Ladder in Blue and White,” Alternative Gallery At The Moldovan Center, Herzliya, Israel (2002)
New Members, Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel (2002)
Three-person Show, Ibn Gvirol Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2002)
“Touching The Holocaust,” Mofet Gallery, Raanana Israel (2002)
“Music In Color,” Beit Rishonim, Givatayim, Israel (2001)
Englewood Public Library, Englewood, NJ (2000)
“Women Painting Women,” Presbyterian Church at Franklin Lakes Gallery, NJ (1999)
“Art from the Heart,” Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY (1998-1999)
“High Energy Abstraction,” Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY (1998)
Nanuet Hebrew Center Gallery, New City, NY (1998)
Summer Salon, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY (1998)
Summer Salon, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (1998)
“In/Out Sights,” Agora Gallery, New York, NY (1998)
Salute to Women in the Arts: Biennial Exhibit, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ (1998) Honorable Mention
“Vistas,” Agora Gallery, New York, NY (1998)
“International Salon ’97,” Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY (1997)
“Small Works,” Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ (1997)
“Reigning Cats and Dogs,” Dieu Donné, New York, NY (1996)
“Remedy for Chaos,” Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ (1996)
“Relationships,” Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ (1996)
Teaneck Centennial Exhibition, Teaneck, NJ (1995)
Cheltenham Art Centre, Cheltenham, PA (1981)
Abington Art Centre, Abington, PA (1981)
Group Shows, Batoff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1978-1979)
Young Artists Exhibit, Artists House, Tel Aviv (1976)
Town Hall, Kiryat Ono, Israel (1975)
Bezalel Academy Exhibit, Artists House, Jerusalem (1974)
Art Teaching Experience
Emunah V’Omanut College, Painting and Drawing Instructor, Jerusalem, Israel (2019-present)
Painting and Drawing Adjunct Professor, Touro College, New York, NY (2015-2019)
Evening Studio for Touro College Students at Touro College, New York (2013-2019)
Emunah V’Omanut College, Director of Art Program and Painting and Drawing Instructor, Jerusalem, Israel (2006- 2011)
Nachshon High School, Art Teacher, Beit Shemesh, Israel (2005-2010)
Chorev School, Art Teacher, Raanana, Israel (2003-2006)
Camp Mesora, Art Director, New York (2002-2004)
Private Art Classes, Raanana (1999-2011)
Manhattan Day School, New York, NY (1986-1999)
Moriah School of Englewood, Englewood, NJ (1996-1999)
Solomon Schechter Day School, Englewood, NJ (1985-1986)
Torah Academy High School, Teaneck, NJ (1984-1985)
Beth Jacob Schools, Philadelphia, PA (1983-1984)
Greenstone Hebrew High School, Philadelphia, PA (1983-1984)
Beit Zeirot Mizrachi High School, Tel Aviv (1974-1977)
Talpiot Seminary for Art Teachers, Tel Aviv (1974-1976)
Professional Associations
Member, Musa (Muse) Raanana Artists Association (2020-Present
Member, The Israeli Professional Visual Artists Association (2019-Present)
Member, Prince Street Gallery (2015- present)
Member, Jewish Art Salon (2010-present)
National Association of Women Artists, Exhibition Committee (2014-2018)
Member, Painters & Sculptors Association, Israel (2002-2005)
Member, Shalva La’Oman Artists Association, Israel (2002-2004)
Member, Painter, Sculptor, and Photographer Association, Ramat-Gan, Israel (2001-2011)
Member, Art Center of Northern New Jersey (1986-1999)
Member, Salute to Women in the Arts (1994-1999)