Joyce Steinfeld

Joyce Steinfeld is best known for her sculpture and artwork, that empowers people to connect with their best self and live an aspiring and inspirational life, with healing love and happiness.
 
I was born and raised in New York City. I can remember knowing in the first grade that I would be an artist. Art was my passion and I excelled in it in a way that I did not in my other school work. I attended the High School of Music and Art. It was a great honor to go to this school and I traveled on a  bus and train for 3 hours round trip each day to attend school. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts. College is what brought me to live in California.
 
My mature work started when I realized I could combine my spiritual interests with my artistic creations, and I started to understand the magic and power of the shapes that I made. Humans communicate in many ways, and my shape creations became a language of its own to me. I started to use words in my art and sculpture. An early project was to design a style for the Hebrew Alphabet. I taught myself the alphabet by looking at different versions of a letter, and then designing my own letter style. I also learned the spiritual meanings connected with each letter as taught in the Kabbalah traditio...

Continuing Education: San Francisco State College, De Anza College and West Valley College
• 3D Drawing in Solidworks,
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
• Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO.
• High School of Music and Art, New York City, N.Y.

Open Studio Exhibition
2018

Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show
Fabricated Steel Outdoor Sculptures
Walnut Creek, California
Group Show
2018

The Garden of Hebrew and Arabic Letters
Collection of 6 Fabricated Steel Sculptures of Hebrew and Arabic Words, such as Peace, Love, Wisdom, Hope and One. A book created to accompany the Exhibition, was translated into English, Hebrew and Arabic and can be downloaded for Free from: www.wordgarden.me
Mamilla Alrov Shopping Maull, Outdoor location
between Jaffa Gate and the Old City
Jerusalem, Israel
Group Show
2015

Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show
Fabricated Steel Outdoor Sculptures
Walnut Creek, California
Group Show
2018

Open Studio Exhibition
2008 to 2015 yearly

Solo Exhibition
The Sacred Word: A Sculptural Exploration of Hebrew and Chinese Characters
Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, California
2012

Galleries Exhibition
Coda Gallery • Palm Desert, CA.
73-151 El Paseo
Palm Desert, Ca. 92260
2011-2013

Solo Show
In the Beginning: An Exploration of the Hebrew Alphabet
Los Gatos Jewish Community Center, Los Gatos, California
2010