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Biography

Dr. Naomi Geller Lipsky

Naomi Geller Lipsky received her PhD in Biochemistry from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, and enjoyed a satisfying career in research for many years. At the same time, she continued to develop her skills in the fine and decorative arts. When these latter interests finally became more compelling, she made the decision to retire from science and become a full-time decorative artist. She presently serves as President of the Society of Gilders.

She is best known for her work with quilling, an antique art in which paper strips are shaped and applied as ornaments, but she works in other media as well. Many of her pieces incorporate gold leaf. Her main body of work consists of Judaic ritual art and liturgical illustrations. She creates originals as well as limited edition lithographs, and she completes her artistic vision by doing all of her own matting and framing. Naomi has earned her accreditation from the Quilling Guild, and is a member of that organization. Her award-winning work has been exhibited in museums and galleries, and featured in books and other publications.

Naomi is a long-term member of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, and founded its first Baltimore chapter. She also belongs to the American Guild of Judaic Art, and the North American Quilling Guild. In addition to creating artwork, Naomi is a graduate of the Master Seamstress Program at the University of Rhode Island.

Divorced 2016? Lives in West Warwick, RI

Featured in the March 16, 2012 issue of the “Jewish Voice and Herald”, which serves the Jewish communities of Rhode Island and SE Massechusetts.

Education

University of Rhode Island Certificate Master Seamstress Level II 2011 – 2017

University of Rhode Island Certificate Master Seamstress 2009 – 2010

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine PhD, Biochemistry, cellular & molecular biology 1975 – 1981

The Maryland Institute College of Art 1986 – 1988

University of Pennsylvania BA Biology 1971 – 1975

Career

2013-2018 President, Society of Gilders

Instructor Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Sep 1985 – May 1987

Carnegie Institute of Embryology Post Doctoral Fellow Carnegie Institute of Embryology 1981 – 1984

Publications

Interview published in the Jewish Voice and Herald, March 2012

Shows and exhibits

Providence Dwares Jewish Community Center from October -November, 2014 Creative Hands Art Show and Sale, Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI, November 2017 July 2017 three pieces of artwork in the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, OK.

Teaching

West Coast Art & Frame Show, January 2017

Commissioned work: Entry marker for East Passage Estates in Jamestown, RI

Creates customized commemorative art pieces for life events (new baby, b'nah mitzvah, wedding).

Links

Her professional website: lipskyart.com