June 2009, The Jewish House

Paintings of Home

NOA SHAY

Bedside oil on canvas 20” x 26”

Bucket

oil on canvas

Kitchen towel oil on canvas 30” x 14”

Noa Shay, born on a kibbutz in Israel in 1975, earned a BA in Computer Science at Hebrew University, studied painting in Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Studio School, and has a Masters in painting from Brooklyn College. She has exhibited in group shows in Israel and the U.S., and is having her second solo show at Artspace Gallery in Jerusalem this fall.

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