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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 New York City, calming tensions between Hassidic Jewish and Hipster culture.

Biography

Elke Reva Sudin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 2005 she attended Pratt Institute where she earned a B.F.A in Illustration. After graduating in 2009 she pursued a fine art career gaining recognition for her portraits of World Boxing Association super welterweight champion boxer Yuri Foreman and her “Hipsters and Hassids” painting series. These boxing portraits were shown at the DUMBO “Art Under the Bridge Festival” in 2009 at world famous boxing establishment, Gleason's Gym. Sudin's “Hipsters and Hassids” series depicts similarities between the disparate cultural groups in Williamsburg, Brooklyn best known for feuding over the Bedford Avenue bike lanes.

Notable Exhibitions

• 2009 Gleason's Gym Boxing Exhibition, DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY

• 2009 A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, NY, NY; Otis College of Art and Design, LA, CA; The Mobius Artists Group Gallery, Boston, MA

• 2010 Transcending History: Moving Beyond Slavery and the Holocaust, Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA

• 2010 Hipsters and Hassids, The Workmen's Circle, New York, NY - Solo show

• 2010 Hipsters and Hassids, Aish Hatorah, New York, NY - Solo show

• 2010 Hipsters and Hassids, Le Salon d'Art, New York, NY – Solo show

Museum Collections

• 2009 A Book About Death, The Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY compiled by Deven Marriner

Museum Exhibitions

• 2009 A Book About Death, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

Articles

• Galloway, Jordan. "Williamsburg War Spills Onto Canvas" NY Press (13 February 2010)

• Merkin, Jenny. "‘Hipsters and Hasids’ Finds Parallels Between Two Worlds" Tablet Magazine (20 April 2010)

• Soltes, Ori Z. "Slavery and the Holocaust" Zeek (1 March 2010)

See also

• Williamsburg, Brooklyn

External links

• "The Art of Elke Reva Sudin" Elke Reva Sudin's official website

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