Yocheved Weinfeld

Who is Yocheved Weinfeld?

Yocheved Weinfeld is an artist, museum educator and developer of interactive exhibitions for children. She studied at the Tel Aviv University and the State Art Teacher's College; at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; and at the Michaelis School of Art at the University of Cape Town.

Weinfeld taught art at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the State Art Teacher's College, the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and at the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town. She also developed and designed educational exhibitions for children at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Jewish Museum in New York, and at the Jewish Children’s Learning Lab in New York which she co-founded in 1995.

Weinfeld is considered one of the first Israeli artists to explore her heritage as a Jewish woman using contemporary means. She exhibited her work in numerous one-woman shows in Israel since the 1970s. She also participated in many international group exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.

Her works are included in the collections of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Hamburg Kunsthalle, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Haifa Museum, and in various private collections around the world. Weinfeld lives and works in New York City.