Josephinne Yaroshevich
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Josephine Yaroshevich (1946, Kharkov, USSR - ) is a painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and pioneer
Pioneer
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 in the field of Computer Art
Computer art
Computer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation...

.

Biography

Josephine Yaroshevich was born in Kharkov, USSR to a Jewish family, and grown up in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

, USSR. She studied art in Odessa with well-known painters Lev Mejberg and Zoy Ivnitzkaia; and she studied in the Moscow Art Academy under guidance of professor Volia Nikolatvich Liahov. She taught at the Stroganoff Academy
Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry
Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry informally named Stroganovka is one of the oldest Russian schools for the industrial, monumental and decorative art and design. The University is named after its founder, baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov.-History:The school was founded in...

 and Polygraphists Institute, and worked at the famous Taganka Theater, both in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, USSR. There she was associated also with Nonconformists Group. The origins of her art stem from the Russian Avant-garde. Kandinsky, Malevich, El Lissitzky and Scriabin influenced her spiritual and aesthetic development.

She reside in Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, since 1973 Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...

. Here she taught at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and worked at the Israel Museum
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Bible Lands Museum, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....

, the Rockefeller Museum
Rockefeller Museum
The Rockefeller Museum, formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum, is an archaeological museum located in East Jerusalem that houses a large collection of artifacts unearthed in the excavations conducted in Ottoman Palestine beginning in the late 19th century.The museum is under the management...

, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Josephine’s paintings have a vibrant and changing quality. Artist is constantly in search for new expression and media. Her creativity is free from standard and cliché. She uses traditional oil painting as well as the utmost new digital media. Her works are distinguished by high level of visual culture and colorist excellence. She is constantly looking for new ways and methods of artistic expression, using the traditional painting along with ultra modern by digital means.

She deals with computer since 1975, when she began working at the Art and Science Department at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem with Vladimir Bonachech. Then, for the first time, a huge colored digital board, connected to a computer, was exhibited at the National Museum in Jerusalem.

She has manifold education: PhD in Art History, MA in Geophysics and BA in Judaism. She also studied music for 8 years (piano).

Josephine exhibits all over the world - in Israel, United States
United States
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Russia
Russia
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, England
England
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, France
France
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Japan
Japan
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 and China
China
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. Her works are in museums in Jersey City, Haifa and Montgeron, as well as in the collections of Senator Henry Jackson, Dan Hamilton, famous collector Alexander Glaser and many others. In 2010 it "Music in Color" was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

List of J. Yaroshevich Solo exhibitions

  • 2010, February - “Music in Color”. Israel Museum. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2007 - September–October - Art House of Quality, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2006, December - Gallery of the Palace of the Nations, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2006 - June - Back Center, Hi-Tech Cultural Center. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2002 – Shonka Gallery. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2000 – University Gallery. Beit Belgia. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1999 – Interamerican House. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1997 – City Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

  • 1995 – Intellectuals club. Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , Ukraine
  • 1992 – Srudborove. Warsaw
    Warsaw
    Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

    . Poland
    Poland
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  • 1987 – Azorean Gallery. Emek Israel, Israel
  • 1979 – Hutzot ha Yozer, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1974 – Genia Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

List of J. Yaroshevich Group exhibitions

  • 2009.12 - 2010.1 - МОМА (Museum of Modern Art) Animamix, Shanghai, China
  • 2008, June, July – Jubilee 60 year Israel, 40 Year United Jerusalem. Israel
  • 2005 - Quanyin – Goddess of Mercy & Compassion. Toronto
    Toronto
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    . Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 2005 - Zwischen himmel und erde. Spaltenstein. Germany
  • 2004 - C.A.S.E. Museum of Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
  • 1996 – Lit museum. Odessa, Ukraine
  • 1989 – Rockefeller Museum. Studio. Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1986 – Christian feast, Palace of the Nations, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1983 - Grosvenor Gallery, London, England
  • 1982-83 - C.A.S.E. Museum of Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, New Jersey
  • 1978 - Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron
    Montgeron
    Montgeron is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Montgeron are known as Montgeronnais.-Transport:Montgeron is served by Montgeron – Crosne station on Paris RER line D....

    , France
  • 1977- In favor of the children of the soviet political prisoners. Parkway Focus Gallery, London, England; Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron
    Montgeron
    Montgeron is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Montgeron are known as Montgeronnais.-Transport:Montgeron is served by Montgeron – Crosne station on Paris RER line D....

    , Paris, France. Munich
    Munich
    Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

    , Germany
  • 1976 -Russian Nonconformist Artists. Saulgau, Germany
  • 1975 – Rothschild center Haifa
    Haifa
    Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

    , Israel
  • 1975 –The Newcomers, WIZO, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1974 – The Young Israel, Old Jaffa
    Jaffa
    Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

    , Israel
  • 1974 - Sderot Hen, Independence, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Literature

  • Daniel Fuch. We moeten open zijn naar de anderen, de nien-joden toe". Christians for Israel 4.6.1986. Holland.
  • Григорий Островский «Свет далёких эвезд». 11.7.2004. «Вести», (раздел культуры). Израиль.
  • М. Гамбурд, «Потусторонние города». 2000. Окна. (Новости Недели).
  • הציירת שרצתה להיות בתוך עמו".דבורה — «למתחיל» 16 בספטמבר 1974" ישראל.

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