Harriete Estel Berman
# Harriete Estel Berman

Harriete Estel Berman (born 1952) is an American artist known for her sculptures and jewelry made from post-consumer, recycled household goods, and her satirical explorations of women's roles in society.

## Early life and education

Berman was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She attended Syracuse University, and was granted a BFA in 1974. In 1980, she earned an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University.

In 1990, she was the Artist in Residence at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has also been a lecturer and teacher at California College of Arts & Crafts and Vermont College of Norwich University.

She currently lives and works in California.

## Artistic career

Selected solo exhibitions include "grass\ 'gras\" (2000) at the Wustum Museum (now Racine Art Museum), "The Family of Appliances You Can Believe In," at Sybaris Gallery (1999), and the Barbican Center in London (1998).

Recent work includes commentary on the prevalence of standardized testing of students, including Pick Up Your Pencils, Begin, a 12 x 28 foot curtain of pencils arranged in the form of a bell curve.

Since 2001 Harriete Estel Berman has worked to provide information for artists and makers about professional practices. These efforts include the Professional Guidelines, ASK Harriete and the SNAG Professional Development Seminar.

## Collections

She has works in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Tyler School of Art, and The Jewish Museum, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Crocker Art Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Museum of Art, Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Oakland Museum of California, Racine Art Museum, Yeshiva University Museum, and The Congregation Emanu-el.

