Selected Works
Boaz Vaadia (1951 -2017) was an Israeli–American artist and sculptor who worked primarily in stone and subsequently by casting in bronze. Based in New York City since 1975, his studio is located in Brooklyn. The power of natural materials and the relation of human beings to that power determine the content of Vaadia’s sculpture. Vaadia said of his work, “I work with nature as an equal partner. The strongest thing I address is that primal connection of man to earth. It’s in the materials I use, the environments I make, and the way I work.”
Numerous public and private collectors from around the world have acquired Vaadia’s works for their collections. They include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan, and Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Boaz Vaadia (1951 -2017)
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2019 The Open Museum Tefen, Tefen, Israel
2018 Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, FL – Organized by Sponder Gallery
Connaught Brown, London, England.
2017 Jim Kempner, New York, NY
2016 Grounds for Sculpture , Hamilton, NJ
Jim Kempner Fine Art Sculpture Garden, New York, NY.
2015 Vered Gallery , East Hampton, NY
2014 Connaught Brown, London, England.
Jim Kempner Fine Art Sculpture Garden, New York, NY.
2013 Jim Kempner Fine Art Sculpture Garden, New York, NY.
2012 Baker Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
2011 Connaught Brown, London, England.
Jim Kempner Fine Art Sculpture Garden, New York, NY.
2010 Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT.
2008 Connaught Brown, London, England.
2006 Eckert Fine Art, Naples, FL.
Galerie Terminus, Munchen, Germany.
Connaught Brown, London, England.
2005 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Courcoux & Courcoux Gallery, Hampshire, England.
2004 Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, Canada.
2003 Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago , Illinois.
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert , California.
2002 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
2001 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2000 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
1997 Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California.
Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1996 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
1995 Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1994 O.K.. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.
1993 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
1992 O.K.. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.
1991 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
1990 Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
O.K.. Harris Works of Art, Birmingham, MI.
1989 O.K.. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Sculpture Court Installation,
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
1988 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
O.K.. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY./
1987 Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia PA.
1986 O.K.. Harris Works of Art New York, NY.
1985 Broadway Windows, New York University, New York, NY.
1984 Julie M. Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
1982 Farthing Gallery of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY.
1980 Julie M. Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1979 Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY.
1978 Sculpture Court, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
1976 Hundred Acres Gallery, New York, NY.
1972 Yad-Labanim Museum, Petah-Tiqva, Israel.
Outdoor Installations/Public Art:
2017 Point Leo Sculpture Park, Victoria, Australia. Permanent installation of : “Ma’aseyahu”, and“Haziel”
2016 Main Street Square, Houston, TX. Permanent installation of : “Asa & Yehoshafat with Dog”
2015 Rockford Public Installation, Rockford, IL. Long-term installation of : “Ah’av”, “Asa & Yehoshafat”, “Ba’al & Yizhaq”, and “Yo’ah with Dog”, on loan from Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition – Sculpture for New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. Long-term installation of: “David” on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
2014 University Medical Center of Princeton,, Plainsboro. NJ. Permanent installation of :“Amaryahu with Cat”
Sculpture Walk, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Permanent installation of: “Family with Dog” and long term installation of “Ah’av” on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
2013-2014 “Season of Sculpture: Season VII”, Sarasota, FL. Long-term installation of: “Ah’av”,“Maakha & Rehavam”, “Family with Dog”, “David”, “Assa & Yehoshafat with Dog”, and “ZAMIR
on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
2013 Downtown Abstractions, Art in Public Places – Stamford Downtown, Stamford, CT. Long-term installation of two sculptures: “Ba’al with Cat” and “Yizhaq with Cat” on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
Waterfront Promenade, Yonkers, NY. Long-term installation of two sculptures: “Ba’al” and “Ammi’el”on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection.
2011-2013 Aviator Park in Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA, Long-term installation of three sculptures: “Family with Dog”, “Gilalay & Ginnetoy”, and “Yo’ah with Dog” on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection, through Moore College of Art & Design.
2011-2013 Village Green, Summit, NJ. Temporary installation of Ammi’el & Amaryahu on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection. Courtesy of Jim Kempner Fine Art, NYC
2011-2014 Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, NY, Long-term installation of three sculptures:“REBECCA”, “SARA”, and “MEIR” on loan from the artist.
2010-2012 Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. Long-term installation of Asa & Yehoshafat, on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2010-2012 Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY. Long-term installation of Daniyyel with Dog and Asa with Dog, on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2010 Boca Raton Resort, Boca Raton, FL. Temporary installation of The Family on display with Elaine Baker Gallery
2009 Independence Park, Tel Aviv, Israel. Permanent installation of Asa & Yehoshafat to commemorate the Tel Aviv Centenial
2008-2010 The El Paseo Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA. Temporary installation of Ba’al & Yizhaq on loan from Imago Galleries
2007-2011 Roam Around, Stamford, CT. Temporary installation of Yo’ah with Dog, Asa with Dog, and Daniyyel with Dog on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2008 Carol Franc Buck Sculpture Garden, Reno, NV. Permanent installation of Ginnetoy 2nd
2008 City Hall, Yonkers, NY. Temporary installation of Ammi’el & Amaryahu on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection, organized by The Blue Door Artist Association
2008 The Village Green, Cashiers, NC. Temporary installation of Ba’al & Yizhaq on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2007 Boaz Vaadia Sculpture in New York City, New York City, NY. Permanent and temporary installation of 11 Boaz Vaadia sculptures throughout the city. Temporary works on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2006 The Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, NY. Permanent installation of Yo’ah with Dog.
2005 deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. Long term installation of Ammi’el and Ba’al on loan from the Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection
2004 Time Warner Center – South Tower Entrance, New York, NY. Permanent installation of Asaf and Yo’ah.
2003-2005 Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor, NY. Long term installation of Shaul and Rahel and Binyamin on loan from private collector
1998 Chicago Symphony Sculpture Garden at Ravinia, Chicago IL – permanent installation of David and Yonatan.
1997 Philharmonic Center For the Arts, Naples, Florida Permanent installation of Meshullemet and Menashshe.
1995 The White House, First Lady’s Sculpture Garden, 20th Century Sculpture, Southern Region, exhibition featuring Zur With Dog, on loan from the Norton Museum.
1995 Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Japan, permanent installation of Piltay & Pashhur.
1993 The Monterey, 175 E. 96th St. permanent installation of outdoor sculpture,Yakhin, in front of residential apartment building, New York City, NY.
1992 Hakone Open Air Museum, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan, permanent installation of outdoor sculpture, Moriyya, outdoor sculpture garden, Japan.
1992 West Palm Beach Art in Public Places, in cooperation with The Norton Gallery of Art, installation of Avram with Dog an 10 Lambs, West Palm Beach, Florida.
1992 Arlington County Beautification Program, permanent installation of sculpture David Haggit & Adoniyya, public private partnership between Arlington County and La Salle partners, sited at 1300 N. 17th Street, Rosslyn, Virginia ; sculpture commissioned by La Salle Partners through an invited competition with a selection panel consisting of Arlington County officials, developers, art professionals , and a landscape architect.
1988 Carnegie Park Building, 200 E. 94th St, New York, New York, permanent installation of outdoor sculpture, Omri & Ah’av, in the park of a residential apartment building, New York City, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2016 Connaught Brown, London, England
Casterline Goodman Gallery, Aspen, CO
“Art New York”, New York, NY, Sponder Gallery
2015 “Summer Group Show” Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Small Works”, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
“Rubber, Metal, Stone”, Sarasota Sculpture Center at Alfstad & Contemporary,
Sarasota, FL
2014 “THE SALON: Art + Design”, Connaught Brown, New York, NY
2013-2014 “Season of Sculpture, Season VII: Shared Grounds”,
Sarasota, FL.
2011 “London Art Fair”, Connaught Brown, London, UK
2010 “Fine Art Asia – Hong Kong International Art & Antiques Fair”,
Caldwell Snyder, Wanchai, Hong Kong
“Art Singapore”, Caldwell Snyder, Singapore, China
“London Art Fair”, Connaught Brown, London, UK
“Onward”, Beshart Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 “London Art Fair”, Connaught Brown, London, UK
“The Art Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair”,
Eckert Fine Art and Connaught Brown, Palm Beach FL
2008 “Art I Love”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 “Our Artists”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“ARTSEASONS”, Galerie Terminus, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 “Palm Beach” Palm Beach, FL, Eckert Fine Art
“Sculpture from Calder to Bolla” Nohra Haime Gallery, NY
2005 Eckert Fine Art, Naples FL
“Chicago Contemporary & Classic” Chicago, IL
Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“ART London” England, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art
“Palm Beach 3” Florida, Eckert Fine Art
2004 Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CA
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
“ART Chicago” IL Belloc Lowndes Fine Art
“SOFA” Chicago, IL Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“Toy Show” Chicago, IL Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“Los Angeles Art Show” CA Eckert Fine Art
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2003 “Art of the 20th Century”, NY, Lilian Heidenberg
“Brooklyn on 57th Street” Nohra Haime Gallery, NY
“ART London” England, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art
“ART Miami” FL, Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“Art Forms” West Palm Beach, FL, Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“SOFA” Chicago, IL Kraft Lieberman Gallery
“The Armory Show” NY, Fay Gold Gallery
2002 “Art of the 20th Century”, NY, Lilian Heidenberg
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
“From Stone to Foam”, Nohra Haime Gallery, NY
2001 “Sesquicentennial Sculpture Exhibition”, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL.
Kirkland International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kirkland, WA.
“Art Palm Beach”, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery.
2000 “Sculpture for the Outdoors IV”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
“Art Miami 2000”, Elaine Baker Gallery.
Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
“Art Palm Beach”, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery.
“San Francisco International art Exposition 2000”,
Fay Gold Gallery.
1999 Imago Gallery,Palm Desert,California.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
“Art Miami 99”, Elaine Baker Gallery.
“Art Palm Beach”, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery.
“San Francisco International art Exposition 99”,
Fay Gold Gallery.
1998 “Milestones Israeli Sculptures 1948-1998”,
The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel.
“Art Miami 98”, Elaine Baker Gallery.
Vancouver International Sculpture Project,
Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
“Art International New York”, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery.
1997 Taipei Art Fair, Taiwan, Buscheln Mowatt Gallery.
The International Fine Art and Antiques Fair for America,
Washington, D.C., Buschlen Mowatt Gallery.
1997-96 Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida.
1996 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
1995 The White House, First Lady’s Sculpture Garden,
20th Century Sculpture, Southern Region.
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California.
1994 Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan.
Open Museum at Tefen, Israel.
1993 F.I.A C. in Paris, France.
Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
1992 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, Georgia.
4th Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition,
Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan.
1991 Centerpieces, Norton Center, Center College, Danville, KY.
Art at Gateway Center, Second Annual Sculpture Exhibition.
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ.
1990 Figurative Abstraction, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
Hofstra Museum Outdoor Sculpture Installation,
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
A Bite of the Big Apple!; The 79th Annual Exhibition,
Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Lynchburg, VA.
Sculpture: Soft and Hard, Margulies Taplin Gallery,
Bay Harbor Islands, FL.
Pygmalion, Phyllis Rothman Gallery. Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Madison NJ.
1989 Best of Season, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
1987-86 Origins , Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY.
Other Gods: Containers of Belief, touring to:
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY.
Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC.
Wallace/Wentworth Gallery, Washington D.C.
The Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA with
The Craft and Folk Museum.
The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA.
1986 Unaffiliated IV, Hillwood Art Gallery,
Long Island University, Greenvale NY.
Contemporary Primitivism, Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Colorado Springs, CO.
Outdoor Exhibition, CW Post Center for Public Art,
Long Island University, Greenvale, NY.
1986-85 Contemporary Pedestal Sculpture, touring to:
The Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, AL.
University Galleries, University of South Florida,Tampa FL.
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
1985 Spiritual Climates, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY.
Hebrew Union College Gallery, New York, NY.
Sculptors Turn to Stone, Arch at Grand Army Plaza,
Brooklyn Art Palace, Brooklyn NY.
1984 Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, NY.
1983 A.I.R. Gallery, New York Equitable Gallery, New York, NY.
Sculpture ’83, Beaver College, Glenside, PA.
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
1984-82 A.R.E.A. Ward’s Island, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, NY.
1983-82 Sacred Artifacts, Objects of Devotion,
Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
1982 The Monument Redefined, Gowanus Annual I, New York, NY.
1981 Vrije University of Brussels, Belgium.
O.I.A. Ward’s Island, Manhattan, Psychiatric Center,
New York, NY.
1980 Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilei, Israel.
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
A.I.R. ’81 Rockland Center for the Arts, NY.
Discovery, Rediscovery, Sculpture Center Gallery,
New York, NY.
1980 80 Washington Square East Galleries,
New York University, New York, NY.
Totems, Fetishes & Devotional Objects,
Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
Osuna Gallery, Washington DC.
1979 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Outgrowth, Battery Park, New York, NY.
International Exhibition,
U .N. General Assembly Building, New York, NY.
Bonnie Benedeck Sculpture Garden, East Hampton, NY.
1980-79 Outside the City Limits, circulated by the
Gallery Association of New York, touring to:
State University of New York at Oswego, NY.
Niagara Community College, NY.
Roberson Center, NY.
Rochester Business Committee, NY.
Alfred University, NY.
1978-77 Outside the City Limits, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery,
Sparkill, NY.
1977 Artists-in Residence, Bear Mountain Inn, NY.
Harkness House Gallery, New York, NY.
1975 Youdfat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1974 Yad-Labanim Museum, Petah-Tiqva, Israel.
1973 City Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Selected Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
Norton Museum of Art, W. Palm Beach, FL
Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Japan
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Israel
Open Museum at Tefen, Israel
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
Flint Institute of Arts, MI
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, WI
Paine Webber Inc., Puerto Rico
Elton John, GA
Best Products Inc., VA
Cargill Inc., MN
La Salle Partners, VA
The Related Companies, NY
Lufthansa Airlines, NY
Richard Brown Baker, NY
Martin Z. Margulies, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zimmerman, TN
Larry and Lisa Wilens, NY
Ambassador Kathryn Hall and Craig Hall, CA
Joan C. Sall, PA
Rand Hoch, FL
Patty and Jay Baker, FL
Kogan Family Trust, CO
Gad and Suzan Shaanan, CA
Mitchell Draizin, NY
Philippe Brugere-Trelat
Pauline and John Gandel, Australia
Lois Kohn-Claar and Gary Claar, NY
Dana and Andrew Stone, NY
Scott and Simone Lutgert, FL
Eric P. Meyer, Switzerland
Edward J. Minskoff, NY
Jorge M. Perez, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tober, NY
Dr. Beth Sackler, NY
Dr. Arthur and Anita Kahn, NY
Stephen M. Ross, NY
The Manney Collection, New York, NY
Elyce and Mark Metzner, IL
Edna and Stanley Tuttleman, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Liff, TN
David Klein, MI
Howard Brown, MD
Larry Belger, MO
Bob and Polina Schlott, NE
The Home of Bob and Terry Edwards, FL
Dr. Bob Shillman, CA
Marcia Riklis, NY
Laura Lemle Ph.D., NY
Richard Nicotra, NY
Samuel and Barbara Masket, CA
Avram Gray, FL
Richard Gelfond, NY
And many other private collections throughout the world.
Grants/Fellowships/Awards:
2014 12th Annual Russian Heritage Month Honoree,
Russian American Foundation, New York, NY.
2012 Aviv Award, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation,
New York, NY
1992 Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum Award, Japan.
1988 National Endowment for the Arts Grant.
1986 Ariana Foundation For the Arts, NY, grant.
1985 Committee for the Visual Arts,
Artists Space, New York, NY, grant.
1977 America the Beautiful Fund,
Palisades Interstate Park NY; grant and residency.
1977-76 Beeckman Scholarship,
Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY.
1976-75 America Israel Cultural Foundation Grant.