Elyssa Wortzman
ewortzman@hotmail.com
www.elyssawortzman.com
Recent and Upcoming Shows
Center, September 2012
CONTEXT, Oholiav & Jewish Art Salon, NYC, October/November 2012
Harrison Public Library, May 2012
Recent Commissions/Artist-in-residencies
Co-curator, Spiritual Defense, The Creative Soul/Jewish Artist Salon, Brooklyn, 2014
of North America, Torah Cover
Jewish Community Center of
Harrison, Torah Covers
Jewish Community Center of
Harrison/Zaro Family
Artist-in-residence, Camp
Gan Israel, Greenwich, August 2012
Artist-in-residence, Camp
Ramah, Berkshires, 2010, 2011
Selected shows/Galleries
Katonah Museum &
Stamford Artists Associations, Total
Recall, Stamford, 2012
Harrison Public Library, May 2012
Bet Am Shalom Judaica Show,
2009, 2012
Katonah Museum Artist
Association Exhibition, 2011
Jewish Community Center of
Harrison, 2006 - 2008
Auction, Jewish Community
Center of Harrison, 2008
Koffler Center for the
Arts, Toronto, 2006
Liss Gallery, Toronto, 2005
- 2007
Blue Dot Gallery, V’Ahavta
Exhibition, Toronto, 2005
De Leon White Gallery,
Toronto, 2005
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2003
Wallpower Art, 2003
The 2002 Home & Style Studio Tour and Sale,
2002
Marci J. Kroft Art Consulting, 2002
Law Society of Upper Canada, Museum Room,
Toronto, ON, 2000
Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON, 1996
Thornhill Village Festival, Thornhill, ON, 1995
McGill University Student Art Exhibition,
Montreal,QC, 1992
Education
2011 - 2013 Lev Shomea, Certificate in Jewish Spiritual Direction
2011 Painting from the Source Workshop, Open
Center, NY
2010 Jewish Mediation and Yoga Certificate, Institute for Jewish Spirituality
2002 (Spring) L'Hirondelle Painting Workshop, France
1998 L.L. B, Osgoode Law School
1995 Toronto School of Art, Independent Painting
Workshop (H. Klunder)
1994 (Summer) L'Hirondelle Painting Workshop,
France
1993 Honours B.A., Art History, McGill
University
Professional Experience
Elyssa works as an artist and art teacher,
a program director for non-profit organizations, and a teacher of Jewish
meditation and Kabbalah for women. She has worked as a legal and business
advisor and project director for museums in North America, including the
Guggenheim, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the
National Gallery of Canada. Her
most recent art workshops include: Exploring Your Authentic Self Through Art at
the Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester and (with co-facilitator Rabbi
Aubrey Glazer) Mystical Color Theory & Kabbalah at Suny Purchase College in
March 2012.
Collections
CIBC Mellon, Shibley Righteon LLP, Carreg
Management Consulting, Inc.
Reviews/Press
Harrison Post, May 2012The Harrison Report, December 2, 2011David Fleischer, "Art exhibit highlights colorful French landscapes", North Toronto Post, December 2000 and Village Post