Bio
Linda Lieff Altabef was born and raised in the United States and immigrated to Israel in 2009. Her career has been rich and varied. She has degrees from Pratt Institute and Hartford Art School and studied with Roman Vishniac and Daniel Maloney. Early on, Linda designed textiles for companies such as Anne Klein under the direction of Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein. She has exhibited her paintings, drawings, and sculptures in galleries and Museums in Israel, NYC, Los Angeles, and Texas such as U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Koresh 14 Gallery, Tova Osman Art Gallery, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, Tibor De Nagy Gallery, The Katonah Museum of Art, and The Brooklyn Museum; designed a performance set for the poet Allen Ginsberg; written for magazines such as Heresies about projects promoting Women Artists; and designed stained glass windows for synagogues in New York. Her work is in many private collections in the USA, Europe, and Israel.
Photo: Yaal Herman
Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY – MFA Painting 1984, Studied with Roman Vishniac
Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT – BFA Art Education and Studio Art 1978
Art Students League, NYC. Studied with Daniel Maloney, 1978-81
Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. Textile Design Program, 1977
Exhibitions
U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem Biennale, 2024, Threading, Curator: Emily D. Bilski
Jewish Art Salon, New York City, Riverside Church, 2023, Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity
In Print Art Book Fair, Hansen House, Jerusalem, 2023, Hebrew alphabet book, Carved Out of the Hills: Alef to Tav
Kol HaOt Gallery, Jerusalem, 2022, Carved Out of the Hills: Alef to Tav, Linocut Prints, Solo Exhibit, Curator: Emily D. Bilski
Rosh Pina Gallery, האכסניא,2022, Duet דואט , Paintings and Drawings and Prints
Jerusalem Biennale 2021, Dalet Amot: Squaring the Circle, Mixed media Installation
Kol HaOt Gallery, Jerusalem, 2021, 48: Creative Quarantine, Interpretations of the 48 ways to receive the Torah
Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2021 & 2020, Mirror Mirror, International Women’s Day
Jerusalem Municipal Art Gallery, 2020, Journey מסע, Solo Exhibition, Curated: Nomi Bruckmann
Koresh 14 Gallery, Jerusalem 2020, Pesach Haggadah הגדה של פסח, Memorial exhibit for Pesach Slabosky
Jerusalem Biennale 2019, Shalo
Studio of Her Own, Jerusalem, 2018, Echoing, Painting Installation at Etz Chaim Building
Machanayim Gallery, Israel, 2018, Calling קריאה, Solo Exhibition, Curator: Nomi Bruckmann
Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2017, Dwellings-בית משכן, Solo Exhibition
ORT Braude College,Karmiel, Israel, 2013, The Lady Roslyn Lyons Gallery, From There to Here, Sound Sculpture
Rosh Pina, Israel, 2012, The Wind Says, Interactive Wind Installation
Rosh Pina, Israel, 2012, All about Wine, Sculpture and paintings
Rosh Pina, Israel, 2011, Tziporim-Bird Exhibition, In conjunction with Society of the Protection of Nature in Israel
Stamford Downtown District, CT, 2004, Celebrating Women’s Art in Public Places
Chappaqua Library Gallery, Chappaqua, NY, 2002, The Muses (Review, NY Times, 8/4/02, by D. Dominick Lombardi, The Muses)
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 2001, Breaking the Rules: Art, 2001
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2001, Art of the Northeast
The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY, 2001, 3 Installations
Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT, 1999, Off the Wall (Review, NY Times, 6/20/99, by William Zimmer, Off the Wall)
Mount Kisco Public Library, NY, 1998, Solo Exhibit, The Language of Letters, Solo Exhibition
Katonah Museum of Art, NY, 1997, Like a Rolling Stone, Interactive Sculpture
The Railroad Station Gallery, New Milford, CT, 1996, Like Father Like Daughter
Westchester Land Trust, Katonah, NY 1994, Water Works, Juried Show
Westchester Land Trust, Katonah, NY, 1993, Art and the Environment, Juried Show
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC, 1990, Season’s Best
Springs Art Gallery, East Hampton, NY, 1990, Memory and Artifact
The Arsenal, Central Park, NYC, 1990, Unnatural Causes
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC, 1989, Landscape
Brooklyn Underground Studio Gallery, NY, 1989, Images of Brooklyn
Sewall Art Gallery, Rice U., Houston, TX, 1988, Contemporary Interpretative Landscapes
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, NYC, 1988, Invitational Show
Kraine Club Gallery, NYC, 1985, Group Show (Review, ArtSpeak, 9/1/85, An Education as to the Uses of Color)
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1985, Juried Exhibition
Bronx River Art Gallery, NYC, 1987, Art in Unestablished Channels
Milton Weill Gallery, 92nd St., YMHA, NYC, 1987 and 1988, Faculty Art Show
SPARC Gallery, Venice, CA 1986, Art for AIDS, Juried Show
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, 1984, Ornaments Show
Design
Rosh Pina Stone Benches, Israel, 2017, designed stone benches for central plaza
4PlayTM Music Box , Israel, 2015, an interactive educational instrument
Temple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford, NY, 2008, Designed stained glass windows-Shir Hashirim
Mt. Kisco Hebrew Congregation, NY, 2002 & 2005, Designed stained glass windows
Brooklyn College, NY, 1996, Stage set design for poet Allen Ginsberg (TV Video)
Calvin Klein, 1985, Designed fabrics for Junior and Jeans Division
Anne Klein, 1980-81, Designed scarf and home furnishings collection
Publications and Grants
Artists Grant for New Immigrants in Israel, 2013-14
Artists Grant, 1990, Artists Space, NYC
Heresies 22, Fall 1987, The Post Card Project: Celebrating Heroines
Women Artists News, Fall 1983, The Martines