Mindy Weisel

Mindy Weisel is an American abstract visual artist and author.

Weisel was born in Bergen-Belsen, Germany. Her parents were survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Weisel began to paint when she was 14 years old. She attended California State University from 1965 to 1974 and the Otis Art Institute in 1971. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at George Washington University in 1977 and performed post graduate studies at the American University.

Weisel has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in both Germany and the U.S. including a 2013 show at the Kreeger Museum in Washington DC. Her work is permanently displayed at several American museums including the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum. Her work can also be seen at the United States Embassy in Berlin, Germany and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.She is the author of several books including Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude.Weisel is the editor of the Holocaust survivor book, Daughters of Absence.

2017Mediations of Love, Rosenbach Contemporary, Israel

2014-2018Crossover: Glass Installation, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

2013Not Neutral, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2013NOT NEUTRAL, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

2011Visiting Artist Exhibition, Gensler Architects, Washington, DC

2010AFTER: The Survival of Beauty, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009Full Circle, Lorch & Seidel Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2008Of Roses and Rasa, Prada Gallery, Washington, DC

2006Words on a Journey, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC

2005Out of the Blue, Reed Savage Gallery, Miami, FL

Cover to Cover, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2004All That is Remembered, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

25 Years of Painting, Strand on Volta Gallery, Washington, DC

2003Nine Anniversaries of Blue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002Translations, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC

Tikkun Ha'Olam: Meditations in Blue, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Beauty as Consolation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

2001Ella the Muse, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL

1999-2000Mindy Weisel, 1979-1999, Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago, IL

1999In the Presence of Absence, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC

1997A Place for Memory, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC

1995Lili, Let's Dance, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington, DC

1993Touching Quiet, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC

1992A Harmony of Sorts, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC

1990Night of the Soul, Daniel Broder Gallery, New York

1989Echoes, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC

1986Selected Paintings, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC

1985Passions and Appearances, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY

Gypsy, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC

Layers of Time, Elise Meyer, New York

1984Black Gifts, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC

1983Transitions: Paintings from 1979-1983, B'nai Brith Museum, Washington, DC

1982Lili in Blue, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC

1981Recent Paintings, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC

1980Paintings of the Holocaust, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC

1977Works on Paper, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC

2012Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel

2008Painting Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

2004Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

2001–PresentSmithsonian: Archives of American Artists

1997-98NASA Art Program Commission, Celebrating Women in Space

1995–PresentArt in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC

1999–PresentMember, Women's Forum of Washington, Washington, DC

1996-98Board of Directors, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Washington, DC

1993Fellowship, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel

1992Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

1991Commission, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, Serigraph Flowers for a Country

1998Artist-in-Residence, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

Commission, International Human Rights Law Group

1987Nomination, Award in the Visual Arts

Commission, Amnesty International Poster

Commission, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Original Limited Edition Silkscreen

1986Rutgers National Works on Paper Award, Stedman Art Gallery

Weisel is married and has three daughters. She practices Transcendental Meditation.