MEMY ISH-SHALOM, SCULPTOR
In Winter, cast resin, 17.5 x 9 x 18 Inches
SCULPTURES
RECOGNITION
GALLERY
AWARDS
Second prize, James King Bonnar Show, Newton, MA. 2020
First prize, Brook Arts and Community Center, Dedham, MA. 2019
Honorable Mention, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA. 2019
GROUPS
Board Member, New England Sculptors Association
Board Member, Newton Art Association
Artist, Newburyport Art Association
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Group Retrospective, Stewart Clifford Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Giving, Juried show, Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Dedham, MA
James Kind Bonnar Show, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell University, MA
Newburyport Art Association Fall Show, Juried show, Newburyport, MA
Old Schwamb Mill Park, Outdoor juried show, Arlington, MA
Newton Art Association Annual Awards Show 2021, Online Exhibition
Memy Ish Shalom - Motion, Movement, Merging, Stewart Clifford Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Newton Art Association Prize Winner Show, Suzuki School of Music, Newton, MA
In All The Bridges We Made, 24th Regional Juried show, Newburyport, MA
Positivity, Juried show, Newburyport, MA
Re-Emergence – A New Hope, Juried show, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
The Dreams, honeyjones, Cambridge, MA
2020
James King Bonnar Show, https://newtonartassociation.com/james-king-bonnar-show-2020/
Autumn Wonders, Stewart Clifford Gallery, Provincetown, MA
NAA The Annual Awards Exhibit, https://newtonartassociation.com/naa-annual-awards-show-2020/
CAA MARY SCHEIN FALL SALON, Kathryn Schultz Gallery & University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Memy Ish Shalom - Father and Son, Stewart Clifford Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Social Justice, Personaland, https://www.personaland.com/hut/exhibition/social-justice
2019
Advocacy Through Art, Juried show, TILL Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA
Transitions, Juried show, Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Dedham, MA
The Annual Awards Exhibit, Newton Free Library, Newton Center, MA
MARY SCHEIN FALL SALON, Kathryn Schultz Gallery & University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
NAA New Members Show, Nordic Hall, Scandinavian Culture Center, West Newton, MA
Still Life, A Look at the Ordinary, Juried show, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
ABOUT
ARTIST STATEMENT
As a sculptor, I strive to capture motion and to express sensual and spiritual experiences as well as to respond to deeply disturbing violations of human rights. I aim to transform these experiences into abstract and figurative static objects. I utilize a wide range of natural and exotic wood, to combine, in a unique way, a variety of colors, patterns and textures of the natural material. I have also been working with clay and bronze.
BIO
Memy Ish-Shalom is a sculptor working primarily in wood and bronze. Born in 1960 and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, he relocated by the company he worked for, to the USA in 2002, and later emigrated and settled in Newton, Massachusetts. It was in 2013, while still pursuing a high-tech career as a CEO of a publicly traded software company, he started sculpting in his free time. His passion to create art grew and evolved significantly. By the end of 2014, he ended a 30 years career in technology, and since then is focusing entirely on his art. In 2019 he began exhibiting his artworks.
