Ofra Friedland

Ofra Friedland is among Israel’s more internationally established artists. Described as a lyricist in color, her art is rooted in Jewish tradition and Israel, with Jerusalem, where she lives and works, her constant inspiration. The walls of its Old City are visible from her studio, and its unique light is a recurring motif of her work. Friedland was born in Jaffa in 1959 to European immigrants in the young State of Israel. Her surroundings and her heritage — the Bible, Jewish history and literature, Israeli life, landscapes and the people within them - thrill her and inform her art. Nature, people, faith and land, the past, present and future and their integration are her creative themes and her inspirational wellspring.

Ramat Gan College of Art
Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv

2007 Friends of the IDF, Waldorf Astoria Hotel 2005 Friends of the IDF, Miami Chapter, Fountainebleau Hotel — donor pin 2005 American Friends of Bar Ilan University, Miami, FL 2005 Belz Museum of Judaic and Asian Art, Memphis, TN 2004 Riverdale Jewish Center, Riverdale, NY 2002-4 WIZO South Florida Chapter, Miami Beach, FL 2001 Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL (Shaarei Zedek Medical Center benefit) 1999 Congregation Beth Shalom, Pittsburg, PA 1995 Club Hebraica Jewish Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2006 Lido Beach Synagogue, Congregation, Etz Chaim, Long Island, NY 2002-10 Belz Museum, Peabody Place, Memphis, TN — paintings, wood- and silverwork 2001 Sephardic Torah Center, Dallas, TX — ark, wood- and silverwork 2001 Belz Enterprises, Memphis, TN, corporate HQ — paintings 2000 Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center, Beer Yaakov, EMR lobby — oil paintings 2000 White Hall, Or Yehuda — murals, bronze reliefs, wood- and artwork 2000 Bank Mizrachi-Tefahot Ltd., Tel Aviv, executive offices — paintings, ceramics 1999-2001 Hasharon Banqueting Hall, Kfar Saba — murals, ceramics 1999 Adanim Mortgage Bank, Ltd. Tel Aviv, corporate HQ — paintings, tapestries 1999 Adanim Mortgage Bank, Ltd., Jerusalem — paintings, tapestries 1998 Tel Aviv Diamond Exchang...