Joel Silverstein
 1 Mary Court, Mahwah, NJ 07430
 201- 818 2723
 973-534 6554
 Artist’s Website:joelsilversteinart.com
 E-mail-joelartcrit@aol.com

Selected Resume: Artist, Art Writer, Curator, Teacher

ARTIST: SELECTED ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2021-The Tanach Series, The HUC Bernard Heller Museum, NY,NY
Personaland curated by Stuart Wilson.https://www.personaland.com/hut/artist/joel-silverstein
2018- The Hebrew Bible; Real & Imagined. Beth El Keser Israel, (BEKI) New Haven Ct.
2017-Faces of Transformation; New Works by Joel Silverstein & Tine Kindermann. Abrazo Interno
Gallery, The Clemente Center NY 2014- JO-EL/JORE-EL; Superheroes, Autobiography and Religion. Pratt Institute, Rohr Center, Hadas
Gallery Bklyn, NY 2012- Fractured Epics; History Paintings and Imaginary Portraits. The Kraft Center, Columbia/Barnard
University Center for Jewish Student Life, NY, NY.
1999 – Partners; 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY
1996 - Locus of Memory, the Painting Center, NY, NY
1994 - Recent Works, Teatro Tiempo Gallery
1992 – Unstill Life, Westbeth Gallery I, NY, NY
1991 -Recent Work, Tower Gallery Porchester, NY
1987 - Central Academy of Art and Design – Beijing, China

ARTIST: SELECTED GROUP SHOWS AND RESIDENCIES

2023-Genesis The Beginning of Creativity. Curated by me, and Richard McBee, Goldie Gross. The Interchurch Center, The Jewish Theological Seminary Hope Out of the Darkness Belsky Museum of Art & Science, curated by Sheryl Intractor Urman
2022- Hope/Hopeless, Yiddish NY, HUC Heller Museum.
Together Again, Stanton Street Projects, The Stanton Street Synagogue. NY, NY. Les Gardins du Meta-Royaume, The Gardens of the Metaverse, Curated by Jonathan Schurdevin JADA, Paris Art Week More Art of Coney Island, curated by Alicia Degener, BWAC Brooklyn NY Magical Thinking, Bernard Heller Museum, Nancy Mantell, Curator.
It is Good: A Festival of Arts and faith. Rosa, Bklyn NY, Curated by Briar Turner and Grace Bydalek.
Pause: Jewish heritage Month/Ways of Being, Curated by Goldie Gross and Hannah Rothbard, 81 Leonard Gallery, NY Contemporary Jewish Artists Encounter Samaritan Culture, YUM Museum, NY Directed by Steven Fine 2022- One Nation, HUC Bernard Heller Museum, Nancy Mantell, Curator Permeable Boundaries: Works by Alan Falk, Julie Seidman, and Joel Silverstein at Greenkill, Kingston NY
2021- Favorites, Personaland.com. Curated by Stuart Wilson Ecoscapes, Personaland.com. Curated by Stuart Wilson Dreams, Personaland.com. Curated by Stuart Wilson Jewish Authenticity and Identity, Curated by Ori Z. Soltes, Cong Adas Israel Cong., Washington DC. Three: The work of Tine Kindermann, Miguel Trelles and Joel Silverstein. Green Kill Exhibition and Performance Space, Kingston NY.
2020-Democracy Now, Personaland.com. Curated by Stuart Wilson
2019- Rand/McBee /Silverstein; Modern Jewish Narratives. Rabbi Ario S. and Tess Hyams Judaica Museum, Roslyn Heights, NY JADA Art Basel, Miami, Curated by Jonatas Chimen and Diana Blickensderfer Eshet Hayil (Women of Valor) HUC-JIR, LA Curated by Anne Hromadka Utopia, Curated by Deborah Ugoretz and Tine Kindermann. Yiddish NY- Stanton Street Shul
2019- BWAC Fall Exhibition, Fall In/Fall Out, showing Creation: The Ginzberg Variations. 33 panels plus two larger works. Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. BWAC Red Hook Summer Pop Up Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY Archie Rand/ Richard McBee/ Joel Silverstein Modern Jewish Narratives. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, NY Spinoza, Marrano of Reason. Curated by Janet Heit and Bilha Zussman. Amstelkirk and the Plein van Sienna Galleries. Amsterdam, Holland.
2018-The Stanton 11. Curated by David Wander. Stanton Street Synagogue NY On the Consequences of Hate Speech. Curated by Nancy Current, Rachel Kantor and Robin Atlas, the Manny Canter center, Educational Alliance Building NY Convivio; Jews, Hispanics and the Comics, Repair the World, curated by Joel Silverstein, Ray Felix and Goldie Gross, Brooklyn NY TCE, Through Compassionate Eyes; Artist Call for Animal Rights. Curated by Julie Seidman, Joel Silverstein, and Aimee Rubinsteen. Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford Ct. POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence at Jewish Comic Con, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Bklyn, NY. The Invisible Jew, curated by Goldie Gross. Detour Gallery , Red Bank NJ. Freedom, an Artistic Interpretation, curated by Sheryl Intrator Urman and Fred Spinowitz. The Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter NJ. Jerusalem between Heaven and Earth, curated by Ori Z. Soltes. The Derfner Judaica , Riverdale NY.
2017- Natural Instincts, curated by Goldie Gross and Yona Verwer, The Charter Oak Foundation, Hartford, CT. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery at CKI, The Golem, An Artist’s View, curated by Shoshannah Brombacher The Jewish Art Salon's "Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth” curated by Ori Z. Soltes for the Jerusalem Biennale 2017. Personal Renaissance, curated by Sheryl Intrator Urman and others. Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Closter NJ.
2016-Trees of Light and Evil Eyes, A Contemporary take of Superstition, Symbols & Mysticism. curated by Deborah Ugoretz, Tine Kinderman. Abrazzo Interno Gallery, CSV Cultural Center, NY Comic Art; Fantasy and Imagination curated by Virginia Walsh. Anne Street Gallery Safe Harbors, Newburgh NY. Passover and the Consequences of Freedom, curated by Richard McBee. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Bklyn NY.
2015- The Jew as Other, curated by Deborah Ugoretz, Tine Kinderman , Yona Verwer. Abrazzo Interno Gallery, CSV Cultural Center, NY The Jerusalem Biennial, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and The Mishkan Le'Omanut Museum, David Sperber, Devora Liss Curators. JOMIX; Jewish Comics-Art & Derivation UJA NY, The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art.
2013- Breath/Breadth. Brooklyn College Hillel curated by Jewish Art Now (Elke Reva Sudin, Saul Sudin) and Maria Rand.
2012- The Dura Europos Project. UJA (United Jewish Appeal) NY.
2011- The Dura Europos Project. The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Philadelphia, PA.
Artist’s Choice, Artist’s Equity Fund, NY.
2010- Seduced by the Sacred- The Charter Oak Foundation, Hartford Ct. and the Joyce and Andrew C. Mandell JCC of West Hartford.
2009- Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art. The Stanton Street Synagogue NY, NY Artist’s Choice, Artist’s Equity Fund NY Inaugural Multimedia Exhibition, the Bronfman Center, NY.
2007- Home, Curated by Lois Stafsky, the Bronfman Center New York University, NY.
2005- Bamidbar- Paintings of the Wilderness Narratives, Curated by John Bradford, 55 Mercer Gallery NY.
2003- Artist’s Choice: Soho 20 Chelsea Gallery Broome Street Gallery Artist’s Invitational Drawing Conclusions: An Exhibition of Artist/Critics. New York Arts Gallery NY, NY.
2002- 2001 Artist’s Equity Holiday Invitational. Broome Street Gallery NY, NY Artists Pick Artists, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
1999 – Volte/Face: Portraits – 450 Gallery, NY, NY.
1998 - Green Mountain Gallery Small Works Invitational – NY, NY.
Bowery Gallery National Competition – New York, NY. – Curated by John Walker Magic Realism Landscape- Cheryl Pelevin Fine Art NY.
1997 - CSV Cultural Center Open Studios – New York, NY.
1996 - Stuff 2000 - Curcio/Spector Gallery – New York, NY.
15th Annual Metro Show - City Without Walls Gallery. Curated by Vivien Raynor. Chosen for 10 stop tour including Monmouth Museum. Newark, NJ The Graven Image -The Jewish Center NY. Curated by Richard McBee and Sharon Lieberman-Mintz, Jewish Theological Seminary, NY, NY Open Studios - CSV Cultural Center, Small Works Show -New York University Gallery, NY, NY. Honorable Mention, curated by Edward Thorpe CSV Cultural Center Open Studios – NY, NY.
1995 -The Metro Show - City Without Walls Gallery. Curated by Stephan Haller Chosen for 10-stop tour including Monmouth Museum. Open Studios - 45 Artists from 18 Countries – CSV Cultural Center NY, NY Emerging From New York .K and E Gallery, Soho Presents at the Klienert James Arts Center – Woodstock, NY.
1994 - Brooklyn College Graduate Alumni Show. Curated by Lois Dodd. Laguardia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Mass Exposure -Organization of Independent Artists – NY, NY.
1993 - Watchung Art Center Group Show: “The Seven Deadly Sins” – Watchung, NJ. 1993, 1991 - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. Work Scholarship and Exhibitions Wall to Wall - Tribecca Gallery 148, NY, NY.
1988 -Figure and Metaphor Edward Hopper House – Nyack, NY. NY Law School – NY, NY

CURATOR:

2023- Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity in partnership with The Jewish Art Salon and CARAVAN. The Interchurch Center, NY, Riverside Church NY, and the Jewish Theological Seminary , a three-venue event featuring 125 artists.
2022- The Samaritans, A Biblical People. Exhibition entitled Contemporary Jewish Artists Encounter Samaritan Culture, Directed by Steven Fine, Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University. Curators of Contemporary Art curated by Richard McBee, Yona Verwer and me. Museum of the Bible, Washington DC, Museum of the Bible Frankfurt, Germany. Genesis, The Beginning of Creativity, Curated with Richard McBee. The Interfaith Center, NY, 73 artists of all religions and beliefs explore the first five verses of Genesis.
2018- Convivio; Jews, Hispanics and the Comics, Repair the World, curated by Joel Silverstein, Ray Felix and Goldie Gross, Brooklyn NY. Through Compassionate Eyes; A Call for Animal Rights. Curated by Julie Seidman, Joel Silverstein and Aimee Rubensteen. Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford CT. POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence at Jewish Comic Con, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Bklyn, NY.
2016-JOMIX-Jewish Comics; Art & Derivation, The Sid Jacobson JCC in Roslyn, NY Also curated by Richard McBee and Aimee Rubensteen.
2015- JOMIX-Jewish Comics; Art & Derivation. UJA NY and the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art (PMJA).
2012- The Dura Europos Project, UJA (United Jewish Appeal) NY, NY.
2010-11: The Dura Europos Project, the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, Penn. Co-Curated with Richard McBee Seduced by the Sacred, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford Ct. and the Joyce D. and Andrew Mandell J.C.C.in West Hartford Ct. Co-curated with Richard McBee.
2009-Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art co-curated with Richard McBee at the Stanton Street Synagogue, NY, NY in conjunction with LABA (Laboratory for Contemporary Jewish Culture) the LABA Festival, the Jewish Art Salon and the 14th Street Y. This exhibition featured 30 artists including Archie Rand, Tobi Kahn and Siona Benjamin.
2002-4- Guest Curator and Advisor to the Yeshiva University Museum, NY, NY with Richard McBee and Reba Wulkin 2000- Figurative Painting Now, 50 Artists In conjunction with Salander O’Reilly Gallery and the Center for Figurative Painting. Co-curated with David Woodell and John Bradford.55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY. This exhibition documented the relation of Hans Hofmann and his figurative followers. It Featured Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Charles Cajori, Barbara Grossman, Paul Georges and others.
2000 - Signal to Noise: Internal Narrative, Internal Form. 55 Mercer Gallery, NY
1998 - Trace II. Synagogue for the Arts NY, NY.
1998 - Terra Personae – Landscapes of Mind. The Painting Center, NY, NY
1997 - Trace: Painting the Self after Postmodernism. 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY
1994 - “Permeable Boundaries” by Art Initiatives. Tribeca Gallery 148 NY, NY.

ART WRITING

2023 Genesis; The Beginning of Creativity Catalog. Curated with Richard McBee, Professor Steven Fine and others.
2022 Pascual, Cantos Insanitas, The Paintings of Jose Pasqual Hijuelos
2020 Ori Z. Soltes, The Ontology of Light; The Art of Alex Kohav. Canal Street Studios, NY. I wrote a critical paragraph. 2018- Catalog, Through Compassionate Eyes; Artists Call for Animal Rights. Written with Julie Seidman, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT.
2015- Catalog, JOMIX-Jewish Comics; Art & Derivation. UJA NY, The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art
2014-JO-EL/JORE-EL; Superheroes, Autobiography and Religion. Pratt Institute, Rohr Center, Hadas Gallery Bklyn, NY Catalog Pasqual Hijuelos; Pragmatic Mystic. Scott Foresman Gallery, Mexico
2013- Catalog, Joseph Leo Messina, Jr.; Recent Work
2010- Catalogue, The Dura Europos Project. The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Catalog, Seduced by the Sacred. Curated and written with Richard McBee Charter Oak Foundation, The Mandell JCC, Hartford Ct.
2009- Catalogue, Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art co-curated with Richard McBee, Brochure-Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art.
The Jewish Press article, Tzelem; Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art posted May 6, Catalog for George Rada; A Painter’s Journey. Eighty Pages, published by the Estate of George Rada, President of Artist talk on Art. Advisor to the Estate of George Rada.
2008-Review of David Stern Exhibition at Yeshiva University Museum, Artcritical.Com 2004- Catalogue for Young He Choi- Martin, Nabi Gallery
2003- Catalogue for Bill Weiss, Elizabeth Harris Gallery Reviews of the Hyman Bloom Retrospective, Towards a Jewish Art and Paul Georges for Artcritical.Com
2002- Catalogue for Julian Hatton, Elizabeth Harris Gallery The Shiviti Paintings of Jill Nathanson for Gallery Bill Magazine The Sculptures of Irene Gennaro, Sculpture Magazine
2001- Reviews of Elements 2000, Devorah Sperber and Jane Allen Ingram, Sculpture Magazine NY Arts: Interview with Julie Heffernan, Essay for Figurative Painting Now reproduced. Exhibition review of Pat Passlof. Exhibition essay for Cathy Diamond
1998 - 2000 - Art Critic for Review Magazine. Reviewed: Whitney Biennial (April, 2000) Chuck Connelly, Ingres; Portraits at the Metropolitan, Elemental Sources at the Makor Center, Leslie Lerner, Pat Steir, Richmond Burton, Valentina Dubasky, UnrePRESSED at Atelier A/E, Women Painters: Gender Identity and the Integration of Paint into Feminism, Elements 2000 at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Alan Hart, a retrospective, Tony Scherman, Fairfield Porter, a Retrospective, Steve Mumford, Esteban Vicente, Critic’s Battle ground, an editorial, Chris Costan, Louise Fishman , three critical comments, Robert Colescott, Steve Harvey, Julie Heffernan, Milton Resnick, Julian Hatton , Terry Winters, Self-made Men at D.C. Moore, Josh Dorman.
1997 - 1998 - Art Critic for Cover Magazine. Interviewed: Rackstraw Downes, Louise Fishman, Julie Heffernan Reviews of Lyle Starr, Brenda Goodman, Chris Costan, Charles Yuen, David Kapp and the Soutine retrospective.
1997 - Catalogue, “Trace: How Painting Defines the Self.” Catalogue essay.

ART ORGANIZATIONS

2016- Present; Executive Board Member, JAE, Jewish Art Education, Myrna Teck, Director
2008- Present; Exhibitions Director, Executive Board, a Founding Member of the Jewish Art Salon NY, NY. Yona Verwer, President.
The Jewish Art Salon is an artist and arts professional organization with over 300 members, world-wide. Its goal is the creation, promotion and dissemination of Jewish Art. Responsibilities include creating new exhibitions, panel discussions and lectures, contacting Jewish organizations, writing statements, compiling and curating J-Pegs and other visual material on artists.
2000-2002- Panel Organizer and Moderator for the organization, Artists Talk on Art (ATOA) at the Phoenix Gallery NY, NY.
1997-Present- Professional Member, American Art Therapy Association

PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA ON MY ART OR CURATING

2023- Haredi Artists Join Multifaith exhibition, Shtetel Magazine, by Talia Schechet.
What do Jewish, Christian, and Muslim artists talk about, when they talk about ‘Genesis’ The Forward, July 18, 2023, by Simi Horwitz
Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein On the Universality of Creation and the Art It Inspires. The Observer, July 17, 2023, by Hannah Rothbard
Genesis ;The Beginning of Creativity catalog . Curated with Richard McBee, Goldie Gross. The Riverside Church, The Interchurch Center, The Jewish Theological Seminary, 125 artists in three venues and online
2022- The Samaritans: A Biblical People. Edited by Steven Fine. Brill Press, Leiden, Boston, 2022
Contemporary Jewish Artists Encounter Samaritan Culture, 2020–2022: Artists’ Perspectives by Richard McBee. Images Magazine Brill Press, Oct. 2022
The Canvas Compendium, Jewish Art Salon: An International Network of Artists and Scholars by Gordon Haber. The JAS at the 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jewish Discourse on Contemporary Art chaired by David Sperber and presented by Dorit Jordon Dotan. The topic was my curated exhibitions, especially Genesis: The Beginning of creativity and my painting, New Genesis, 2022. The Jewish Standard, Lead Story, Brushes with the Bible by Joanna Palmer. YU Newsletter Review of Samaritans; A Biblical People, Curated by Steven Fine, Richard McBee, Yona Verwer and me. Article featuring the exhibition and my painting. The Conney Conference of Jewish Art, Madison WI. Matthew Baigell, Contemporary Jewish Art Catalog, Contemporary Jewish Artis Encounter Samaritan Culture, written by Steven Fine and Richard McBee
2021- Images Magazine. The Ginzberg Variations, The Seven Days of Creation, by Matthew Baigell. Fall 2021 The Jewish Standard, History and Art Unpacked by Joanne Palmer. The Art of Alexander Raymond Katz. I am interviewed. Catalog, Jewish Authenticity, and Identity, written by Curator Ori Z. Soltes. Baltimore Jewish Life, A Year Late Jewish Art Exhibition Opens by Sharon Altshul The Jerusalem Post, The Authenticity of Jewish Art to be Celebrated, by Hagey HaCohen. Review of Ori. Z. Soltes curated exhibition in Washington. Christian Century, Feb. 2021. Review by Aaron Rosen on my work, Ten Commandments and a Question.
Moment Magazine, Art Moments by Diane M. Bolz, Jerusalem, Between Heaven and Hell, Charter Oak Center, Hartford Ct.
2020- Zoom Presentation Democracy and the 2020 Elections, Curated by Stuart Wilson Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth", the 3rd Jerusalem Biennale, and the Derfner Museum. Curated by Ori Z. Soltes and hosted by Charter Oak. The Jewish Art Salon, You Tube Channel: Rand/McBee/Silverstein; Modern Jewish Narratives. Aired live April 2020, permanently posted August. The Ginzberg Variations, Exhibition at BWAC JOMIX and the History of Jewish Comic Book Art Passover and the Consequences of Freedom POW!!! The Confluence of Jewish Identity, Comics and Fine Art On Postmodernism Superman Sees Superman and the Jewish Messiah The Dura Europos Project, curated with Richard McBee Parts 1 & 2 Are We Living in a Jewish Artistic Renaissance? Blog by Menachem Wecker, Rough Sketch, August 8:https://mwecker.substack.comJewish Identity in American Art A Golden Age since the 1970s by Matthew Baigell. Syracuse University Press, New York 2020. An entire chapter devoted to my work.
2019-HAARETZ At Art Basel in Miami, a Tale of Jewish Immigration and Redemption by Danielle Ziri ARTDEX Website Newsletter. Featured Artist of the week, Oct. 2, 2019. Chosen by Director, Jenny Park Adam. The Jewish Standard/ The Times of Israel. 9/26/19. Lead article and review of Creation: The Ginzberg Variations by Joanne Palmer. Link:https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-ginzberg-variations/?fbclid=IwAR1i5MOJ3t_t5B0zvlobCpEwUe8d6zzL_h4LGK-WY35AhAZhqkHPLPvtwuoYouTube Video: Joel Silverstein’s Creation The Ginzberg Variations. Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE90uNvQhaQ&t=19sBRP, Modern Jewish Art, by Ori Z. Soltes, BRP Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and the Arts. Brill Publishers, Leiden, Boston Plein van Siena Gallery Program, Amsterdam. Spinoza, Marrano of Reason Art at The Heart Of Stanton St. Revival by Shira Hanau. Review of Stanton 11, Jewish Week, Jan23. My Plague of Frogs Triptych 2017 was used in the film, We are the Sea directed by Liz Taub. Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/330472421
2018- The Brooklyn Daily Eagle blog. Review of Convivio, Jews and Hispanics in the Comics. ‘Convivio’ Exhibit Explores Jewish and Hispanic Influences on the Comics. Oct 25. The Artist Argument for Veganism at Charter Oak. Review of Through Compassionate Eyes by Susan Dunne. The Hartford Courier, Oct 11. How to be a Vegan Jewish Artist. Through Compassionate Eyes; Artists Call for Animal Rights. Review by Abigail Klein Leichman The Jewish Standard. Oct.4 Reading Clothing, by Joanne Palmer, June 23. The Jerusalem Standard and The Times of Israel. The Jerusalem Biennial, 2017 Catalog; Jerusalem Between Heaven and Hell, catalog by Ori Z. Soltes, Israel. BEKI Ushers in Spring with Inspired Art. Shalom New Haven. Spring, 2018 Jewish Comic Con Celebrates 2nd Event Alongside Art Exhibition. Bleeding Cool Jason Borelli, April 30, 2018 Jewish Comic Con Comes to Brooklyn by Aaron Rosen. Video Blog, The New York Jewish Week, April 30, 2018. The Riverdale Press. Jewish Art at a Watershed Moment by Tiffany Moustakas. 3/23/18. The Jewish Standard, 3/6/18. From Jerusalem to Riverdale; Jewish Art Salon on Display in Riverdale by Joanne Palmer. Jerusalem Between Heaven and Hell, catalog by Ori Z. Soltes and Susan Chevlow. The Derfner Judaica Museum of Art, Riverdale NY.
2017- Wise Guy Artists by Ben Schachter, The Jewish Art Salon Website:https://jewishartsalon.org/2017/11/13/wise-guy-artists-by-ben-schachter/Art Catalog: Jewish Folk Tales Retold, Artist as Maggid. The San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum, Focus Golem. https://folktales.thecjm.org/focus-golem Faces of Transformation; New Works by Joel Silverstein and Tine Kindermann., Jewish Week, The Times of Israel Blog, review by Richard McBee Reprinted in Alpha Omega Arts, Disney Britton’s Art of Religious Imagination Artcritical, The List, This Week’s Picks review by David Cohen, Editor. Contact, a Publication of the Steinhardt Foundation, July (Summer Edition). From Pulp to Paradise, by Eli Valley. The Jewish Standard, June 22 issue,http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/jewish-art-salon-rockets-to-teaneck/The Jewish Art Salon Rockets to Teaneck by Joanne Palmer. Interview plus three-color illustrations and cover.
2016- Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture by Ori Z. Soltes, 630 pages, MaKoM Publications 2015. Essay on my painting and curated exhibition The Dura Europos Project”.
2015- Sacred and Sequential (Website) August Art Culture and Events. JOMIX: The New Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Exhibition on Jewish Comics. The Jerusalem Biennial for Contemporary Art. Directed by Ram Ozeri, curated by David Liss and Devorah Sperber, catalog by both, Painting reviewed and displayed on Israeli National Television, Channel 10 news, Date: 13/10/15, 26 min: 17 seconds. Visual Midrash- The Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Center Vancouver, Canada. Nancy Current, author and Presenting Artist.
2014-Silverstein’s Heroes, March. The Jewish Press, Richard McBee
2013-J Space Featured: The Jewish Art Salon, 5/23/13. Four paintings featured. Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter Issue. Inspiration & Opportunity: The Arts and Jewish Life. Numbers/B’midbar: Challenge and Perspective. Text and Commentary: Contemporary Jewish Art, Ori Z. Soltes, Pg. 135.
2013- Catalog Fractured Epics, History Paintings and Imaginary Portraits by Joel Silverstein. Interview by Richard McBee. The Jewish Press- The Art of Joel Silverstein. Review of the exhibition Fractured Epics by Richard McBee. Vimeo video and Jewishartnow.com - Fractured Epics, The Art of Joel Silverstein (5 minutes) directed by Saul Sudin and Elke Reva Sudin. Numbers/B’midbar: Challenge and Perspective. Text and Commentary: Contemporary Jewish Art by Ori Z. Soltes. The Reform Jewish Quarterly,Winter, 2013.
2012- The Jewish Press- The Art of Joel Silverstein. Review of the Fractured Epics exhibition by Richard McBee. Vimeo video and Jewishartnow.com - Fractured Epics, The Art of Joel Silverstein (5 minutes) directed by Saul Sudin and Elke Reva Sudin.
2011- Vimeo video and Jewishartnow.com. Bridging the Institutional Gap; the Jewish Art Salon at the CAJM Conference by Elke Riva Sudin. The Jewish Daily Forwards- Images of Ben-Gurion and Ahmadinejad Update Ancient Frescos. Review of the Dura Europos Project by Aubrey Whelan.
2009- The Jewish Press- Joel Silverstein: Brighton Beach Bible. Article by Richard McBee.
2009- The Jewish Press- The Amulet, the Temple, the Disfigured Book and the Butterflies: The Art of Yona Verver, Robert Kirschbaum, David Friedman, and Joel Silverstein by Menachem Wecker.
JEWESS, a publication of Feminist Jewish Culture- Review of “Tzelem.” The Jewish Week – Review of Yona Verver and the Exhibition “Tzelem.” 2004- d’ART International, Canada. Drawing Conclusions by Gae Savannah, with a reproduction of artwork and a sample of writing.
2000- New York Arts review of Figurative Painting Now
1999 - Cover Magazine, Rachel Youens’ review of “Partners”
1997 - Brooklyn Waterfront Week (Vol. 7/14) – Susan Hamburger review of the show “Trace: Painting the Self After Postmodernism.”
1996 - The 15th Annual Metro Show, Newark NJ Catalogue. Painting reproduced. NYU Small Works Show; catalogue award announcement.

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Matthew Baigell Professor Emeritus Art History, Rutgers University. Steven Fine, Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University, Director Israel Institute NYC DOE Community School District 4 Hadas Gallery, Rohr Center Pratt Institute, Collection of Rabbi Simcha Weinstein. Malka- Lubelski Foundation, NY, Collection Abraham Lubelski.

LECTURES , PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

2023-HUC at The JCC in Scarsdale NY. Discussion of Magical Thinking. Superstitions and Other Persistent Notions Hope Out of the Darkness, Presentation to Hadassah The Belskie Museum of Art & Science
2022: Temple Beth Abraham Zoom Presentation, Tarrytown NY: Joel Silverstein, The Tanach Series and Recent Work. It is Good; An Exhibition of Art & Faith curated by Grace Bydalek, and Briar Turner:
Presentation the Tanach Series, HUC Dr Bernard Heller Museum. Two presentations on opening night and to the Rabbinic students. 2021: Congregation Brith Shalom Adult Education: Contemporary Jewish Artists and Visual Midrash curated by Rona Lesser United Brothers Synagogue, Bristol, RI, Cantor Joel Gluck. Zoom Presentation on my painting, Ten Commandments and a Question. Personaland interviewed by Stuart Wilson.https://www.personaland.com/hut/artist/joel-silverstein
2020: The Jewish Art Salon Open Studios Zoom Presentation, Oct 20th. Creativity in an Uncertain Time; Outliers in the Picture Work Presented with Leah Raab and Phillip Schwartz Promotional panel discussion for Matthew Baigell’s Jewish Identity in American Art; a Golden Age since the 1970s with Richard McBee. Moderated by Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. The Hampton Synagogue, Westhampton NY. The Jewish Art Salon Open Studios Zoom Presentation, Modern Jewish narratives. Presented with Archie Rand and Richard McBee.
2019- Temple Sharaay Tefillah, NY Presentation on my work. AJS ( The Association for Jewish Studies) Contemporary Jewish Art Organizations, a Modern Dynamic. Chaired by Richard McBee, Ruth Weisberg, Yona Verwer , Doug Rosenberg Kenissa Conference Cross Training, Reisterstown, Maryland The Conney Conference of Jewish Art, 92nd Street “Y” NY. Rand/McBee/Silverstein Modern Jewish Narratives. Moderated by Matthew Baigell
2018- Moderated Panel Discussion: Convivio; Jews Hispanics and the Comics. Repair the World, Brooklyn. Ray Felix, Betty Palmer, Miguel Trelles, Sara Wooley, Escobar. Through Compassionate Eyes; Artists Call for Animal Rights. Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT. Moderator, POW!!! Jewish Comic Art & Influence. The Confluence of Jewish Comics and Art. Jewish Comic Con. Panelists: Goldie Gross, Joshua H. Stulman, Archie Rand, Julian Voloj, Rabbi Simcha Weinstein. Moderator, Jewish Comic Con Collectors Panel. Panelists: Michael Lustig, Dr. Martin Brady
2016 - Lecture; Contemporary Jewish Art. Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, Mahwah NJ Podcast including my work and an interview: Trees of Life and Evil Eyes. Mitch Mernick, interviewer. Ourvoices.net Comic Art; Fantasy and Imagination Curated by Virginia Walsh. Podcast Interview, Hudson River Arts and Cultural association
2015-6 JOMIX-Jewish Comics; Art and Derivation; UJA NY, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art. Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, Mahwah NJ, Sixth Street Synagogue, NY, Jacobson JCC Greenvale, NY. Joel Silverstein Talks about JOMIX. 30 minute speech given at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art on Youtube.
2014- Jo-El/Jore-El. Exhibition Presentation lecture. Rohr Center Hadas Gallery, Pratt Institute, Bklyn NY Superheroes and Their Jewish Creators. Synagogue Beth Havarim Shir Shalom Mahwah NJ, Pratt Institute, Rohr Center, Hadas
2012- Jewish Narrative; a Panel in Conjunction with Fractured Epics. The Columbia /Barnard Kraft Center NY. Eden Morris, Joel Silverstein, Elke Reva Sudin, Yona Verwer and moderated by Richard McBee. The Dura Europos Project. UJA, NY
2011- Trinity College School of Fine Art- The Art of Joel Silverstein The Dura Europas Project, A discussion of Biblical Subjects. Panel Discussion Yeshiva University, Stern College; Steven Fine, Richard McBee Ori Z. Soltes and myself as Chair. Forming Partnerships- American Jewish Artists and Institutions. The Committee of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) conference choice, The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art: Richard McBee Cynthia Beth Rubin, Ori Z. Soltes and myself as Moderator
2010- The Dura Europas Project and Contemporary Jewish Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art The Art of Richard McBee, The Trials of Sarah: Panel discussion with Archie Rand , Tobi Kahn, Janet Schaffner, myself as moderator. JCC NY The Murals of Dura Europas: Yeshiva University Museum, NY The Art of Joel Silverstein, the Brandeis Graduate Center, NY
2009- Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art April 26-May 3, 2009 at the Stanton Street Synagogue, NY, NY: Panel; Towards a Jewish Art with Archie Rand, Matthew Baigell, Laura Kruger. Women and Jewish Art; Ori Z. Soltes, Gail Levin, Siona Benjamin and others. Jewish Book Arts; Mark Podwal, David Wander and David Friedman. Progressive Jewish Culture; 14th Street Y with Tobi Kahn, Richard McBee and Yona Verwer Brighton Beach Bible; A presentation and lecture about my work.
2002-Expressionism II: Robert C. Morgan, Gregory Ammenoff, Chuck Connolly, and Julian Hatton Narrative: Stories and Their Fragments: Dominique Nahas, David Humphrey, Steve Mumford and Margaret Evangeline Realism II: Lance Esplund, Philip Pearlstein, Steven Harvey and Elizabeth O’Reilly Woman & Expressionism: Louise Fishman, Brenda Goodman, Pat Paslof and Joan Snyder held in conjunction with Painting: A Passionate Response. Curated by Michael Walls at the Painting Center Realism I: Julie Heffernan, David Cohen William Beckman, Vincent Desiderio Consultant and critic for Katharine T. Carter Associates. Artist’s development weekend seminar held at the Algonquin hotel in NY. Appeared with William Zimmer of the New York Times and Gerrit Henry of Art in America. Topic; On Artist /Critic relations Saint Joseph’s College. Presentation on the craft of Art Criticism.
2000 -Pratt Institute Bklyn, NY- Presentation to Graduate Painters about the exhibition, Figurative Painting Now. Panel discussion for Figurative Painting Now. Participants included Steve Harvey, author Lynne Munsen, Barbara Grossman, Stanley Lewis and others, 55 Mercer Gallery
2000- Guest Critic for the NYC Fire Department. Burn Unit Art Auction NY, NY Guest Critic for Katherine T. Carter & Assoc. The Algonquin Hotel
1996 - Hofstra University Art Dept. 1996 The Graven Image The Jewish Center. Richard McBee and Sharon Lieberman-Mintz – The Jewish Theological Seminary
1996, 1995, 1994 - St. Joseph’s College. Presentations at the Art History Dept.
1992, 1991, 1987 - Brooklyn College, Graduate Art Dept.
1991-Project Rembrandt - Disabled Artists Association. New York City Board of Education Art Fair at Columbia University.
1990 - Presentation on Chinese Painting, Art Appreciation, Staff Development for the Board of Education
1988 - Art Educator’s Workshop Long Island University, Education Dept.
1986 - Western Art lecture series, Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China.
John Jay High School – Adult Education, Basic Drawing.

EDUCATION

1992 - Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting (M.F.A.) Brooklyn College – 48 credits President’s List
1984 -24 credits taken at various institutions in Special Education
1982 - Master’s Degree in Art Therapy, Creativity Development (M.P.S.) Pratt Institute – 52 credits President’s List.
1979 - Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art (B.F.A.) Pratt Institute Program of Excellence Scholarship in Painting, Illustration and Graphic Design

LICENSES & CERTIFICATION:

New York State Fine Arts License, appointed 2005 Retired, license not renewed, 2020
New York State Licensed Special Education Teacher, appointed 1983 , Retired, license not renewed, 2020
Board Certified and Registered Art Therapist, American Art Therapy Association A.T.R. – B.C. Concentration in Art Diagnosis, 1997, Retired, 2020

Educational Grants and Awards

2022- The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Art Grant for excellence and achievement in Jewish culture. Cash award for the completion of my book project, The Brighton Beach Bible .
2019- Guest Judge the American Guild of Judaic Art (AGJA) Annual Grant Competition
2014- UJA COJECO: 2014-Superheroes and Their Jewish Creators.
2010- Guest Scholar for the month of December, Brandeis University, Discussion of my work
1986- Teachers College Columbia University Very Special Arts Festival Video Award: King Kong City