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'''Elke Reva Sudin''' (born 1987) is an American Artist and Illustrator. In 2010 her "Hipsters and Hassids" painting series premiered in ], calming tensions between ] ] and ] culture.
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'''Elke Reva Sudin''' (born 1987) is an American painter, illustrator, fashion designer, and lecturer. In 2010, her ''Hipsters and Hassids'' painting series premiered in ], comparing and contrasting the ] and ] Brooklyn cultures. She founded the live sketching company Drawing Booth in 2014, and is also a founder of Jewish Art Now. In 2023, she launched a collection of luxury scarves with her own custom designs.
==Biography==
Elke Reva Sudin was born in ]. In 2005 she attended ] where she earned a B.F.A in ]. After graduating in 2009 she pursued a fine art career and soon gained recognition for her portraits of ] super welterweight champion boxer ] and her “Hipsters and Hassids” painting series. These boxing portraits were shown at the ] “Art Under the Bridge Festival” in 2009 at the world famous boxing establishment, ]. Sudin's “Hipsters and Hassids” series depicts similarities between the disparate cultural groups in ] best known for feuding over the ] ].


==Early life and education==
⚫ Sudin lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Saul Sudin.
Sudin was born in ], and raised in nearby ].<ref name="adickter">Adam Dickter, ''The Jewish Week'', May 9, 2011.</ref><ref name="sdunne">Susan Dunne, '']'', January 11, 2012.</ref> She attended ] in ], earning a BFA in Illustration in 2009.<ref name="sschmerler">Sarah Schmerler, ''Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts'', October 14, 2011.</ref>


==Career==
==Notable Exhibitions==
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* 2009 ''Gleason's Gym Boxing Exhibition'', DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY
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===''Hipsters and Hassids''===
* 2009 ''A Book About Death'', Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, NY, NY; ], LA, CA; The ] Gallery, Boston, MA
Sudin's 2010 ''Hipsters and Hassids'' series depicts the parallel lives of the disparate cultural groups in ], known for feuding over a variety of issues, such as whether or not there should be bicycle lanes down the ] stretch of ]. Sudin's colorful paintings examine the similarities and differences of north Williamsburg's hipster residents with south Williamsburg's Satmar Hasidic Jews, such as ''2 am'', with side-by-side paintings showing a group of partying community members, one of hipsters, one of Hasids.<ref>Jenny Merkin, '']'', April 20, 2010.</ref><ref name="uzaviv">Uri Zer Aviv, '']'', December 18, 2012.</ref><ref>Beth Stebner, '']'', December 11, 2013.</ref> To create the series, Sudin interviewed neighborhood residents in Williamsburg and made a drawing of them in her sketchbook with a felt-tip pen. She would later make acrylic paintings based on the drawings.<ref name="sschmerler"/> The series was originally produced as part of her senior BFA thesis at the Pratt Institute.<ref name="sschmerler"/> It premiered in 2010 in New York City.<ref name="sdunne"/>


In the 2012 documentary '']'' (dir. ]), Sudin is profiled and presents paintings from ''Hipsters and Hassids''.<ref name="uzaviv"/><ref name="jleland">], '']'', March 9, 2013.</ref>
* 2010 ''Transcending History: Moving Beyond Slavery and the Holocaust'', Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA


===Drawing Booth===
* 2010 ''Hipsters and Hassids'', ], New York, NY - Solo show
In 2014, Sudin founded Drawing Booth, an event service in which a team of artists circulate among the guests and offer to create quick, realistic hand-drawn digital portraits using an ] and ]. The portraits can be emailed, live-tweeted, projected at the event, or printed on-site and made available on archival-quality paper as 4" by 6" portraits.<ref name="lklug">Lisa Klug, '']'', January 23, 2016.</ref><ref>Dan Johnson, Smart Meetings, May 2, 2016.</ref> Past clients include ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and '']'' magazine.<ref name="lklug"/><ref>Claire Stern, '']'', September 10, 2015.</ref>


===Scarves===
* 2010 ''Hipsters and Hassids'', ], New York, NY - Solo show
In 2023, at an event put on by the Jewish art collective Havurah, Sudin launched ''The Crown Collection'', a series of silk head scarves. It is her first foray into fashion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gergely |first1=Julia |title=A fashion show in Tribeca attempts to capture 'The Jewish Uniform' |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/05/16/ny/a-jewish-fashion-show-in-tribeca-attempts-to-capture-the-jewish-uniform |website=jta.org |date=16 May 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> She views the collection as a statement of pride and a way to bring attention towards the tradition of hair covering as a married Orthodox Jewish woman, and of head covering in a religious context in general.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Elke Reva Sudin |url=https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-elke-reva-sudin-artist-entrepreneur/ |website=shoutoutcolorado.com |date=25 July 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> Some of the headscarf designs align with pressure points on the wearer's head, which Sudin learned about while studying ] in India.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prince |first1=Cathryn J. |title=An artist is celebrating her Judaism with a line of luxurious headscarves for women |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-artist-is-celebrating-her-judaism-with-a-line-of-luxurious-headscarves-for-women/ |website=timesofisrael.com |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>


===Other work===
* 2010 ''Hipsters and Hassids'', Le Salon d'Art, New York, NY – Solo show
Sudin has gained recognition for her 2009 series of portraits of ] super welterweight champion boxer ], which were exhibited as part of the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival in 2009 at ] in Brooklyn.<ref name="adickter"/>


In 2010, Sudin and her husband Saul Sudin founded the group Jewish Art Now, a website focused on contemporary Jewish art and culture.<ref name="jleland"/><ref>Mordechai Shinefield, '']'', January 19, 2012.</ref><ref name="artsprinter"> Art Sprinter, May 7, 2015.</ref> They also founded ''SUDIN'' magazine, which explored similar topics and was later incorporated into Jewish Art Now.<ref name="adickter"/> She also served as artistic director of ''PresenTense'' magazine from 2011 to 2013.<ref> '']'', July 20, 2011.</ref>
==Museum Collections==
*2009 ''A Book About Death'', The ], NY, NY compiled by Deven Marriner


Her 2013 series ''We Are Patriarchs'' is a series of portraits reimagining Biblical figures as contemporary Jews living in modern-day Brooklyn. The 12 oil paintings debuted at the Hadas Gallery in Brooklyn in 2013.<ref>Richard McBee, '']'', February 15, 2013.</ref> A painting from the series, ''Joseph in Exile'', was included in the 2016 exhibit ''Brooklyn: Juxtaposition'' at Repair the World in Brooklyn.<ref name="jbernstein">Jesse Bernstein, ''Tablet'', July 1, 2016.</ref> "An exceptionally large and well executed piece" that portrays ] and his Egyptian wife ] as Jews of color,<ref>Jonathan Greenstein, '']'', July 5, 2016.</ref> it was cited as the standout of the exhibit by '']'' magazine.<ref name="jbernstein"/>
==Museum Exhibitions==
* 2009 ''A Book About Death'', ], Queens, NY


==Articles== ==Style==
Sudin draws and paints portraits, urban landscapes and abstract conceptual landscapes, often with Jewish themes. She works on paper with watercolor and ink, on canvas with acrylics or oils, and also creates drawings using the iPad Pro.<ref> Art Sprinter, June 17, 2015.</ref><ref>Annelisa Stephan, The Iris, May 7, 2015.</ref>
* Galloway, Jordan. NY Press (13 February 2010)


==Personal life==
* Merkin, Jenny. Tablet Magazine (20 April 2010)
⚫ Sudin lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, filmmaker Saul Sudin.<ref name="adickter"/>


==Honors and awards==
* Soltes, Ori Z. Zeek (1 March 2010)
* '']'' 36 Under 36, 2011<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012014455/http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/36-under-36/36-under-36-2011-new-re-engineers |date=2016-10-12 }} ''The Jewish Week'', May 9, 2011.</ref>
* ''PresenTense'' Fellow, 2013<ref name="artsprinter"/>
* Art Sprinter Emerging Jewish Artist Award finalist, 2015<ref name="artsprinter"/>
* ''Forbes'' Councils member, 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Elke Sudin |url=https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Elke-Sudin-Founder-CEO-Drawing-Booth/caf1032e-b075-4f04-8315-0533b0a43868 |website=forbes.com |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>


==References==
* Weichselbaum, Lehman. "Painting Bridges in Williamsburg" The Jewish Week, p.3 (12 February 2010)
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==See also==
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==External links== ==External links==
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American artist
Elke Reva Sudin
BornElke Engelson
1987 (age 37–38)
Springfield, MA
NationalityAmerican
EducationPratt Institute (BFA, 2009)
Known forPainting, illustration, fashion design
Spouse Saul Sudin ​(m. 2007)​
Websiteelkerevasudin.com

Elke Reva Sudin (born 1987) is an American painter, illustrator, fashion designer, and lecturer. In 2010, her Hipsters and Hassids painting series premiered in New York City, comparing and contrasting the Hasidic Jewish and hipster Brooklyn cultures. She founded the live sketching company Drawing Booth in 2014, and is also a founder of Jewish Art Now. In 2023, she launched a collection of luxury scarves with her own custom designs.

Early life and education

Sudin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Longmeadow. She attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, earning a BFA in Illustration in 2009.

Career

Broadway the Divide
Gauche, ink, digital, 13" x 19", 2009
Yael
Oil on wood panel, 24" x 36", 2012

Hipsters and Hassids

Sudin's 2010 Hipsters and Hassids series depicts the parallel lives of the disparate cultural groups in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, known for feuding over a variety of issues, such as whether or not there should be bicycle lanes down the Satmar stretch of Bedford Avenue. Sudin's colorful paintings examine the similarities and differences of north Williamsburg's hipster residents with south Williamsburg's Satmar Hasidic Jews, such as 2 am, with side-by-side paintings showing a group of partying community members, one of hipsters, one of Hasids. To create the series, Sudin interviewed neighborhood residents in Williamsburg and made a drawing of them in her sketchbook with a felt-tip pen. She would later make acrylic paintings based on the drawings. The series was originally produced as part of her senior BFA thesis at the Pratt Institute. It premiered in 2010 in New York City.

In the 2012 documentary Punk Jews (dir. Jesse Zook Mann), Sudin is profiled and presents paintings from Hipsters and Hassids.

Drawing Booth

In 2014, Sudin founded Drawing Booth, an event service in which a team of artists circulate among the guests and offer to create quick, realistic hand-drawn digital portraits using an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. The portraits can be emailed, live-tweeted, projected at the event, or printed on-site and made available on archival-quality paper as 4" by 6" portraits. Past clients include L'Oreal, IBM, Disney, ESPN, Marriott Hotels, Bain Capital, Godiva and InStyle magazine.

Scarves

In 2023, at an event put on by the Jewish art collective Havurah, Sudin launched The Crown Collection, a series of silk head scarves. It is her first foray into fashion. She views the collection as a statement of pride and a way to bring attention towards the tradition of hair covering as a married Orthodox Jewish woman, and of head covering in a religious context in general. Some of the headscarf designs align with pressure points on the wearer's head, which Sudin learned about while studying reiki in India.

Other work

Sudin has gained recognition for her 2009 series of portraits of World Boxing Association super welterweight champion boxer Yuri Foreman, which were exhibited as part of the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival in 2009 at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.

In 2010, Sudin and her husband Saul Sudin founded the group Jewish Art Now, a website focused on contemporary Jewish art and culture. They also founded SUDIN magazine, which explored similar topics and was later incorporated into Jewish Art Now. She also served as artistic director of PresenTense magazine from 2011 to 2013.

Her 2013 series We Are Patriarchs is a series of portraits reimagining Biblical figures as contemporary Jews living in modern-day Brooklyn. The 12 oil paintings debuted at the Hadas Gallery in Brooklyn in 2013. A painting from the series, Joseph in Exile, was included in the 2016 exhibit Brooklyn: Juxtaposition at Repair the World in Brooklyn. "An exceptionally large and well executed piece" that portrays Joseph and his Egyptian wife Osnat as Jews of color, it was cited as the standout of the exhibit by Tablet magazine.

Style

Sudin draws and paints portraits, urban landscapes and abstract conceptual landscapes, often with Jewish themes. She works on paper with watercolor and ink, on canvas with acrylics or oils, and also creates drawings using the iPad Pro.

Personal life

Sudin lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, filmmaker Saul Sudin.

Honors and awards

  • The Jewish Week 36 Under 36, 2011
  • PresenTense Fellow, 2013
  • Art Sprinter Emerging Jewish Artist Award finalist, 2015
  • Forbes Councils member, 2023

References

  1. Leah Hakimian, "How Saul met Elke," The Jewish Week, October 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Adam Dickter, "Elke Reva Sudin, 23," The Jewish Week, May 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Susan Dunne, "'Hipsters and Hassids' At Mandell JCC," Hartford Courant, January 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Sarah Schmerler, "Hipsters & Hassids - how one woman's sketchbook started a movement," Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, October 14, 2011.
  5. Jenny Merkin, "'Hipsters and Hasids' Finds Parallels Between Two Worlds," Tablet, April 20, 2010.
  6. ^ Uri Zer Aviv, "Brooklyn's Hipster Hasidim Try on a New Fringe," Haaretz, December 18, 2012.
  7. Beth Stebner, "Old-meets-new for Modern Orthodox artist fresh off exhibiting work in Miami," New York Daily News, December 11, 2013.
  8. ^ John Leland, "The Orthodox Fringe," The New York Times, March 9, 2013.
  9. ^ Lisa Klug, "When artists meet technology, digital party favors follow," The Times of Israel, January 23, 2016.
  10. Dan Johnson, "A Sketchy Idea for Your Next Event," Smart Meetings, May 2, 2016.
  11. Claire Stern, "InStyle's Ariel Foxman, Diane von Furstenberg, and More Toast StyleWatch Editor-in-Chief Lisa Arbetter," InStyle, September 10, 2015.
  12. Gergely, Julia (16 May 2023). "A fashion show in Tribeca attempts to capture 'The Jewish Uniform'". jta.org. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. "Meet Elke Reva Sudin". shoutoutcolorado.com. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. Prince, Cathryn J. "An artist is celebrating her Judaism with a line of luxurious headscarves for women". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. Mordechai Shinefield, "South Philly Synagogue Opens Doors to Cutting-Edge Contemporary Art," The Jewish Exponent, January 19, 2012.
  16. ^ "Week #10 Finalist: Elke Reva Sudin," Art Sprinter, May 7, 2015.
  17. "Eye on Jewish art: Former HHNE student named one of '36 Under 36'," Connecticut Jewish Ledger, July 20, 2011.
  18. Richard McBee, "We Are Patriarchs: Paintings by Elke Reva Sudin," The Jewish Press, February 15, 2013.
  19. ^ Jesse Bernstein, "Celebrating the Diversity of Brooklyn's Crown Heights Neighborhood Through Art," Tablet, July 1, 2016.
  20. Jonathan Greenstein, "Jewish and Multiethnic Art Comes to Crown Heights," Algemeiner Journal, July 5, 2016.
  21. "Elke Reva Sudin: 'I Found My Connection to Judaism Through Art'," Art Sprinter, June 17, 2015.
  22. Annelisa Stephan, "J. M. W. Turner, Now for iPad," The Iris, May 7, 2015.
  23. "36 Under 36 2011," Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine The Jewish Week, May 9, 2011.
  24. "Elke Sudin". forbes.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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