Pamela Silver

Pamela Silver is an internationally acclaimed artist with a career spanning over five decades. Working in a village near Jerusalem, her art reflects a deeply intuitive process, serving as a vivid diary of dreams, emotions, and daily life. Known for her masterful use of watercolor, Pamela’s work captures the immediacy of life with vibrant colors, fluid movement, and a profound connection to nature. Beyond watercolor, she has created an extensive body of work in monotypes, etchings and oil paintings, demonstrating remarkable versatility across mediums.

Born in South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe, Pamela’s art is rooted in the bold landscapes of her childhood, sunsets, savannahs, and wildlife instilling a lifelong love of nature. Her 50 years in Jerusalem have further shaped her practice, inspired by the city’s spiritual energy, intense light, and contrasts. Living in Jerusalem, with all the intensity, complexity, and challenges of life in this unique country, deeply impacts her creativity, infusing her work with both the emotions and the profound inspiration of her environment.
Her art is held in prestigious collections worldwide, including the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Ben Uri Gallery and Mueum in London, and the Muse...

1969 - BA in History, University of Cape Town, South Africa
1971 - Post-graduate certificate of education, Goldsmith's College, University of London
1982/83 - Studied at Art Students' League, New York
1992 – Studied with Sidon Rotenberg at the Jerusalem Print Workshop
1995 - Studied Monotypes at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
1995 – 2010 Created weekly at the Jerusalem Print Workshop

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1984 - "Faces from New York," Alon Gallery, Jerusalem
1988 – “My Garden” The Artists' House, Jerusalem
1988 – “My Garden” Ben Uri, The London Jewish Museum of Art
1989 - "Watercolors," Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv (two-person exhibition)
1991 - "Faces in Nature," Alon Gallery, Boston (two-person exhibition)
1992 - "Childhood Memories," Nora Art Gallery, Jerusalem
1993 - "The Sea," Jerusalem Theatre Gallery, Jerusalem
1995 - "A Journey Home to Zimbabwe," Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue)
1995 - "A Journey Home to Zimbabwe," The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; The National Gallery in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
1997 - "Falling from the Stars," The Artists' House, Jerusalem
1998 - "In Every Color there is Light," Municipal Gallery, Jerusalem
1999 - "Magic Earth," Leighton House Museum, London
1999 - "A Watercolor Diary," The Art Gallery, Beit Gabriel on the Kinneret, Israel
2000 - "A Watercolor Diary," Saka Gallery, Tokyo
2002 - "Magical Dreams" Galleri Sct. Gertrud, Copenhagen
2003 - "Images Fleeting Past," The Khan Museum, Ashkelon, Israel (Catalogue)
2004 - "Circles in the Sand," The Artists' House, Jerusalem
2004 - "Circles in the Sand," Galerie am Park, Vienna
2004 - "Circles of My Soul," Museu Da Á...