His father visits Poland to search for family members; none survived the Holocaust.

Twin sisters Dora and Bella were born.
Saved by his mother from nearly drowning.

Learns Polish as a second language.

Itzhak Ginzburg, his father, is imprisoned for underground Zionistic activities.

Father is released from prison due to failing health.

At 9 years of age, learns of Jewish heritage for the first time. After revealing this revelation to his friends, he is rebuffed and persecuted.

Family moves to Western Europe.
Immigrates to Israel with family.

Learns Hebrew.
Undergoes full conversion to Judaism.
Begins to paint. Is encouraged by Alexander Klugman to seek art education.
Becomes the youngest student ever accepted to the prestigious Institute of Art in Israel, and simultaneously completes his high school education through evening classes.

Participates in the Rome Biennale. Wins Silver Medal.
Introduced to the French painter Marc Chagall.

Drafted into the Israeli Army and serves for two years in the Communication Corps (continues his academic studies).

During service in the Army he participates in a group show.

Released from the Army.
Graduates from the Art Academy with honors.
Establishes an art studio in Tel-Aviv with two colleagues.
First Museum Show, Museum Beit Zvi, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Meets the artists Mordechai Ardon and Reuven Rubin.
Exhibits, The Writers Union Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Opened by Abba Eban, Minister of Culture.

Wins first prize in the Bat-Yam Museum Art Competition.
Becomes member of Artist Union.
Creates series of paintings as a mystical symbolist.

Serves in the Israeli Army during the Six Day War on the West Bank of the Jordan River.
One-man show, Marc Chagall Museum, Haifa, Israel.
One-man show, Gera Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
One-man show, Galleria Liguria, Rome.

Arrives to the United States as a guest of Under Secretary of Commerce and Head of the Small Business Administration, the Honorable Howard J. Samuels, for his first U.S. solo exhibition, (sponsored jointly by the Ambassador of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Rabin and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson) Washington Gallery of Art.
Temporarily settles in New York at The Chelsea Hotel.
Meets the playwright Arthur Miller.
Learns English.

Meets the artist Louise Nevelson; deeply moved, he rearranges his philosophical thinking.
Meets the author Herman Wouk.
Returns to Israel.
Participates in the Museum of Israel Art Exhibition. Exhibit titled Jerusalem.

Permanently settles in Washington, D.C.
One-man show, Agra Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Travels to meet with Marc Chagall in France.

One-man show, Bodley Gallery, New York, NY.
Creates magazine cover for The National Jewish Monthly depicting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in an optimistic way.
Meets the artist Robert Rauschenberg.
Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon.

Solo exhibition, EP-Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Involved in the U.S. presidential campaign on behalf of Senator George McGovern, the Democratic Nominee.
Becomes involved in the peace movement in Israel.
Helps the Israeli Peace Activist, Abie Nathan. Instrumental in raising funds to establish the radio station, "The Voice of Peace."
Meets the artist Yaacov Agam (develops long lasting friendship).
One-man show, Bonino Gallery, New York, NY.

Begins experimenting with abstraction.
Commissioned by B'nai B'rith International to create a mural, A Hope Fulfilled is a Source of Life, Washington, D.C.
Befriends the artists Gene Davis and Leon Berkowitz, the sole survivors of The Washington Color School of Art.

Solo exhibit, O'Hana Gallery, London, England.
Solo exhibit, Benezit Gallery, Paris, France.
Solo exhibit, Janus Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Participates in the International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany.
Art book published by the Society of Art Collectors, Preface by Professor W.V. O'Brien.
Admitted into "Who's Who in American Art."
Meets the artist Karel Appel (founder of the COBRA art movement).
Meets Walter Annenberg, chairman of Triangle Publications.

Completes monumental tapestry commissioned for the American Bicentennial, titled Freedom Road.
Exhibits, Janus Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Solo exhibit, Guildhall Galleries, Chicago, IL.
Participates in the International Art Show, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Meets the artist Frank Stella.
Begins experimenting in organic forms.

Admitted to "Who's Who in America."
Exhibits, Janus Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Exhibits, Guildhall Galleries, Chicago, IL.

Meets with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David.
Exhibits at Modern Masters of Israel Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art-Civic Center.
Exhibition Works on Paper, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Publishes Fulfillment Suite, five-piece limited edition of prints.

First Israeli artist to exhibit in Cairo, Egypt, as a guest of President Anwar Sadat.
Completes commissioned monumental mural titled Hands and Hearts, Washington, D.C.
Publishes Treasures of the Sea, a portfolio to benefit the refuznicks of the Soviet Union.
Subject of an art film documentary, The Art of Yankel Ginzburg, by Eli Nisan.
Solo exhibit, Martin Lawrence Galleries, Los Angeles.
Together with Senator Bennett Johnston, is instrumental in raising two tons of infant formula as well as two portable X-ray machines, flown to Cambodia as a gift of the U.S.
Flies to Cambodia, distributes food and medical equipment to the needy in this war-torn country.
Meets with Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi. Enlists her support to encourage dialogue with the Palestinians.
Jointly hosted with Senator Edward Kennedy a benefit for Senator George McGovern's re-election.

Washington Light Show, Washington, D.C.
Gets politically involved in the Presidential campaign of Senator Frank Church.
Exhibits, Gallery Hawaii, Hawaii.
Exhibits, Gallery Virgin Isle, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

One-man show, Gallery Rodin, St. Louis, MO.
One-man show, Warren Robinson Fine Arts, West Bloomfield, MI.
Meets the artist Larry Rivers.
Meets Pamela Ginsburg.
Hosts a benefit for Senator Howard Metzenbaum's re-election.

One-man show, Martin Lawrence Galleries, Los Angeles, CA.
One-man show, Arthur Charles Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Travels to Israel to witness his father being decorated by the Israeli Defense Forces for his valor against the Nazis during World War II.
Meets the artist Lowell Nesbitt.
Meets the artist Salvador Dali.

Marries Pamela Ginsburg.
Commissioned by President Reagan to create the official poster for the Air and Space Bicentennial.
One-man show, Hallowell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
One-man show, Arthur Charles Gallery, Washington, D.C.
One-man show, Martin Lawrence Galleries, Los Angeles, CA.
Experiments with fantastic-realism.

Celebrates the birth of his son, Aviel.
Meets the artist Peter Max.

Art book published by Alef Editions, The Art of Yankel Ginzburg.
Commissioned to design three graphics commemorating the Bicentennial of the Constitution.
Contemporary Masters Calendar published by Simon and Schuster, Inc.

Commissioned to create the monumental sculpture titled, Invisible Hands, Tampa, FL.
Artwork appears on cover of Study Guide to Accompany Introduction to Psychology.

Begins experimenting in acrylic sculpture.

Signs a formal exclusive agreement for worldwide representation with Dyansen Corporation, NY.
Invited by director Robert Altman to play himself in the movie Tanner 88.

One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, Carmel, CA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, San Diego, CA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, New York, NY.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, Boston, MA.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

Invited by the Soviet Union to exhibit in Moscow. Meets with President Mikhail Gorbachev and Minister of Culture Nikolai Gobenko.
Urges the Soviets to give him an SS-20 missile for a monumental art project.

Delivers 41,000 pounds of food to the needy in the cities of Moscow and Kalinin, U.S.S.R.
Meets with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Mayor Gavriel Popov of Moscow and the Russian Press.
Establishes The Fund for Democracy and Development; Richard Nixon, Honorary Chairman.
Honored by Shirley MacLaine, Senator George McGovern, Lauren Bacall, Arthur Schlesinger and Ambassador Viktor Komplektov of the Soviet Union for his efforts on behalf of the people of Russia.
Commissioned to create a summit gift to be presented to Russian President Boris Yeltsin by U.S. President George Bush.
Commissioned to create an art installation for King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Embarks on a mission to the Soviet Union, meets with Minister Gobenko on behalf of the Lubavitch movement to secure the release of their Holy Books.

Art Book, Ginzburg: The Russian Collection, published by Russian Academy of Arts.
Nominated for Horatio Alger award.
One-man show, Bronte Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA.
Honored by President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation with a Humanitarian Honor Award First Class.
One-man show at the Harold and Sylvia Kaplan Art Center, West Palm Beach, dedicated to The Light in Life.
Meets with Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos of Spain.
One-man show, Art Academy, Moscow.
Hosted dinner in honor of Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev of the Russian Federation.
Meets Patriarch Alexei II, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Presented award from Ambassador Vladimir Lukin of the Russian Federation in appreciation for his help and friendship to the people of Russia as an individual and as founder of The Fund for Democracy and Development.
Meets with Prime Minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdrin of the Russian Federation.
Meets with President Bill Clinton and updates him on his involvement with the Russian Federation.
Meets Vice President Al Gore.
Invited to participate in historic peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Meets Chairman Yassar Arafat of the P.L.O.
One-man show at the Landmark in Hong Kong.

One-man show, Vincent Lee Fine Arts, Hong Kong.
His fund, The Fund for Democracy and Development, surpasses its goal providing $240 million in aid to the former Soviet Republics.
Joins The International Jewish Fund for Disaster Relief (serves as the 1st Vice President).
Creates a series of paintings based on his impressions from Asian travels.
Commissioned to create an art installation for College Misericordia, Dallas, PA.
Commissioned to create a special art installation for Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY.
Unveiling of the Ginzburg Gondolas at the Whitney Museum, New York, NY.
Art book, The Art and Life of Yankel Ginzburg, published by Vincent Lee Publishing.
Develops suite of multigraphic prints.

Ginzburg Multigraph Book, published by Print Studio, U.S.A.
Introduces a new series of watercolors.
One-man show, Lahaina Galleries, Hawaii.
Recognized by President Bill Clinton for his contributions in Art.
One-man show, Vincent Lee Fine Arts, Hong Kong.
Honored at the Vincent Lee Fine Arts Charity Art Gala, Hong Kong.

Becomes a board member of The Middle East Policy Council.
One-man show, Lahaina Galleries, Hawaii.
One-man show, Vincent Lee Fine Arts, Vancouver.
One-man show, Vincent Lee Fine Arts, Hong Kong.
Honored at the Vincent Lee Fine Arts Charity Art Gala, Hong Kong.
Creates working maquette for commissioned monumental sculpture commemorating the reunification of Hong Kong and China.
Commissioned by His Imperial Majesty Reza Shah II to create an objet d'art humidor capturing the majestic beauty of The Royal Peacock Throne.

Feature article, Smoke Magazine, Summer Issue.
Unveiling of Ginzburg objet d'art humidors sponsored by Variety Magazine.
Celebrates the Bar Mitzvah of his son, Aviel.
One man show, Dyansen Gallery, Beverly Hills.
One man show, Dyansen Gallery, New Orleans.
Designed cover of book by Herman Taube titled Golden Leaves.
Featured in book Upon Thy Doorstep, by Belle Rosenbaum.

Designed cover of Gold Cup Magazine.
Featured article in Gold Cup Magazine.
Feature article in Israel: 50 Years On..., commemorative issue.
One-man show, Hanson Gallery, San Francisco.
One-man show, Dyansen Gallery, New York.
One-man show, Sher Gallery, Miami.
Instrumental in establishing the Mihan Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a greater understanding between the United States and the people of Iran.

One-man show at Jordan Road Gallery in Sedona, Arizona.
Featured interview in Leaders Magazine.
Recognized at the Global Peace and Tolerance Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Designs the official Lifetime Achievements Awards for the United Nations.
Designs the official banner commemorating the Day of Tolerance.
Artist's father, Itzhak Ginzburg, passes away at age 80.
To commemorate his father's death, designs a CD cover for Shabbat with Spirit, an original assemblage of religious music compiled by Cantor Arnold Saltzman.
Exhibits at Debruyne Gallery in Naples.
Feature article in the Georgetowner.
Mentioned in book Living the American Dream, by Henry L. Kimelman.

One man show, Visiting Artists Series Gallery, Boca Raton.
Exhibits at Collection Privée de Peinture de Sculpture, Miami.
Creates special commission for Michael Jordan.
Feature article, Cigar Flavor Magazine, Israel.
Creates a special exhibit for Gala co-hosted by Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, benefiting various California Children Charities.
One man show, Visiting Artists Series Gallery, Naples.
Hosted Brandeis University Function, Washington Chapter, in his residence.
Feature article in Itzuv Habait, The Magazine for House Design, Israel.

Published a portfolio of ten images titled Turning Point, hand-embellished lithographs on canvas, edition of 45 plus 5 artist’s proofs.
Won a special commendation award for his design of a ski gondola, which is on display at Killington, Vermont, in the January issue of Digital Graphic Magazine.
Hosted function for the Capital Chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation in residence.
Cover story in Lifestyles Magazine.
Feature article in Leaders Magazine.
Created an art installation for College Misericordia Museum, Dallas, PA.
Created an art installation for Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD.
Created an art installation for Southeast Missouri State University Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO.
One man show, Lahaina Gallery, artist’s residence.

Mural installation at the JCC of Greater Washington.
Feature article in Leaders Magazine.
One man show, Lahaina Gallery.
Cover story in Lifestyles Magazine.
Created sculpture titled Celebration for the unveiling of the 2000 vintage of Oasis champagne.
Feature article in Israeli Magazine.

One-man show - Lahaina Gallery.
One-man show - Lahaina Gallery.
Hosted Patrons Dinner in home for Israel Bonds.
Exhibit at Grand Opening of new Lahaina Gallery, Hawaii.
Premiere of “Water Fantasy”, a documentary featuring various wter sculptures.
Installation of art at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Grand Opening of new Lahaina Gallery, Hawaii.

Subject of documentary by Flike titled Ladders which was nationally televised.
Published A Collection of Twelve Images with Unigraphic Publishing.
Designed and produced a series of six music boxes dedicated to history’s greatest composers and music performers.
Hosted Society for the Arts - Patrons Event benefiting the JCC Cultural Arts Program in his residence.
One-man show - Lahaina Gallery.
Ladders DVD released.