page_title: Tova Beck-Friedman
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Tova Beck-Friedman / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Beerševa, Staré Město, Gan Remez, Keramické bienále 1997, Tova Beck-Friedman (USA) English: Beersheba, Old City, Gan Remez, Ceramics Biennale 1997 עברית: באר שבע, גן רמז,הביאנלה לקרמיקה 1997
context_page_description: Tova Beck-Friedman is an American artist, sculptor, writer and filmmaker based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Australia, Israel, Europe, and Japan. Her work is in the collection of Grounds For Sculpture, Yeshiva University Museum, Newark Museum, Sculpture Garden, the Shoah Film Collection and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC.
context_section_description: Beck-Friedman holds a BA in Fine Arts from Purdue University and an MFA from Goddard College in Vermont. In 1982 she pursued a graduate student research studies at the Tama University of Art in Tokyo.
caption: Beersheba, Staré Město (Old Town), Gan Remez, Keramické bienále 1997, by Beck-Friedman
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