Orna Feinstein

Houston Artist, Orna Feinstein, First Ever Art Exhibitions on Snow Hill Island, Antarctica and the Arctic Circle. Orna Feinstein’s “The Presence of Absence” conceived only 2 days prior her expedition to Antarctica. HOUSTON, July 29, 2023 – Orna Feinstein, a mixed media artist specializing in printmaking and sculpture, has shown her art on Snow Hill Island, Antarctica on January 2023, and at the Arctic circle on July 2023. Her exhibition titled The Presence of Absence included 10 collages of monoprints that were created on board the ship on the way to the Antarctic peninsula. This record makes Feinstein the only artist to show artworks on both poles within 6 months. [ Full review - PDF]

The Houston Chronicle featured an art review by Molly Glentzer on the Other Side of the Forest exhibition at Anya Tish Gallery. Her article,  “Dendro Beton #11” a walk in an abstract forest" was published on April 23, 2019. "Orna Feinstein has made art about trees for more than a decade without depicting leaves or branches. While she sometimes creates paper installations from rolled up, recycled printed materials that resemble floral kaleidoscopes, much of her work of recent years has an abstract, minimalistic, geometric sensibility. Her prints on layers of plexiglass even verge on cool and near-colorless." [ Full review - PDF]

Aaron Howard interviewed Orna for the "Treetopia" exhibition at the Deutser Art Gallery. His article, Trees' Influence Takes Root In Artist's Heart appeared in the Nov 1st issue of the Jewish Herald-Voice. "By printing on plexiglass and layering the plexiglass sheets, Feinstein creates the illusion of a kinetic object as the viewer moves around the image... Certainly, most viewers, seeing this series for the first time and not knowing the artist, would not have a clue the work was inspired by trees". [ Full review - PDF]

A preview of the "Grids, Layers and Lines" show at Craighead Green Gallery by Michael Granberry appeared in the Dallas Morning News on March 24, 2017. "The result is printmaking that combines three-dimensional elements and feeds her soul as much as it underscores her rich talent as an artist."[ Full review - PDF]

"Asherah", Orna Feinstein's sixth solo at Anya Tish Gallery, was reviewed on Texas Life Style Magazine by Helen Jones on March 20, 2017. "The tree ring pattern has always been a point of interest for humanity. It’s exciting to witness an artist like Feinstein seize that fascination and interpret it through dedicated and intricate artwork, and the origin of her journey and her passion for the tree ring is just as interesting as her artwork."[ Full review - PDF]

For each exhibition at the Women And Their Work art organization,  a writer commissioned by the W&TW examines the work on exhibit and writes a critical essay. Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Senior Curator of the Contemporary Art Museum Houston wrote an essay entitled "Orna Feinstein: In Full Bloom" to accompany PAPELLIBRIUM.

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin's review of  PAPELLIBRIUM entitled "Orna Feinstein uses 50,000 exhibit invites in her a faux flower field" was published on April 7, 2016 in the Austin American-Statesman.  "...With the gallery walls painted a matte battleship grey — and with the gallery devoid of natural light — the immediate whimsy of Feinstein’s fake flower field is nicely tempered. If anything, there’s a slightly — yet nicely — claustrophobic feel to the rather large installation that just enhances its artificiality". [ Full review - PDF]

Writer and art critic H.C. Arnold described  PAPELLIBRIUM as: "...Overall, it’s staggering. Beyond the sheer number of invitations she’s used, the amount of time taken to bend each one and stitch them together must have been immense. Then, there is their careful installation. She had to simultaneously cover the floor working from the back corners forward while at the same time making sure to diversify the various combinations of invitations in order to ensure an aesthetic variety. Larger oblong cards sit next to concentrically circled ones. Taller cards peek out over their neighbors. And their different colors dot the landscape making interesting and subtle patterns." For a full review, please see "Perspective is everything: Orna Feinstein's Papellibrium", published on March 18, 2016 at the Art and Arnold blog. [ Full review - PDF]

Todd Camplin published a detailed review of this show on his June 2015  Todd Camplin Weekly...  column at the ModernDallas.net online magazine.  He wrote: "....Orna Feinstein is reason enough to go out of your way, because her work engages the eye like no other artist. Well, I say that, but she comes out of a rich tradition of artists that have played with the eye. Op artists Yaacov Agam and Victor Vasarely have great influence on her work, but I think Feinstein takes this mode of visual experimentation and furthers the conversation by layering, cutting, sewing, and working on Plexiglas...". [ Full review - PDF]

A preview by Michael Granberry titled Artist Orna Feinstein Traces the Change in her Work to Texas appeared on March 21, 2015 at the Dallas Morning News.  [ Full review - PDF]

Prior to the  "Slice by Slice" solo exhibition at Anya Tish Gallery in Houston, an interview with the artist  by Casey Gregory of Arts + Culture was published on Feb 05, 2015.  [ Full review - PDF]

A review of the"BREAKUP - Pixels, Particles, Fragments", a group exhibition at James Gallery in Pittsburgh by Kurt Shaw appeared on October 15, 2014 at the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

Rich Lopez, of the Midland Reporter-Telegram  wrote: "...With her ultra-cool printmaking techniques, Feinstein's work in 'Now and Zen: 15 Years of Printmaking' is not only art on display, but it's also a magical trip where he works appear and disappear in front of your eyes". The article includes tips and special insight to Feinstein's work by Brian Lee Whisenhunt, the director of the Museum of the Southwest, and by the curator Wendy Earle.   [ Full review - PDF]

In the Jewish Herald-Voice "Orna Feinstein Retrospective tours Texas", Aaron Howard wrote: "...Approximately 30 Feinstein pieces will tour in her retrospective exhibition “Now and Zen – Fifteen Years of Contemporary Printmaking.” The exhibition includes earlier prints on paper from the Rings Series as well as newer prints on fabric and plexiglass, sculptures and installations. The exhibition will travel to several museums in Texas from fall 2014 until spring 2016."

In the October 2012 HoustonPress article "Translucent 3-D Magic at Anya Tish Gallery", Meredith Deliso wrote: "...Feinstein creates an almost "Magic Eye" effect with her Tree Dynamics series -- layered pieces of fabric, paper and monoprint on plexi that radiate orbs meant to represent the concentric circles of tree rings." [ Full review - PDF]

Senior editor Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle reviewed the Multi-Librium exhibition at Box13 ArtSpace on July 21, 2012. The article "Seed of an idea grew into Multi-Librium" was published in the Saturday STAR section of the paper.   [ Full review - PDF]