Julia Zisman

Julia Zisman (born 1961) (Russian: Юлия Зисман) is a Russian-born Israeli painter.[1]

Morning Tea, 2007

Biography

Julia Zisman was born in Chelyabinsk. She has a disability and uses a wheelchair.[2] Zisman graduated from the department of Easel Painting the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow. In 1991, she immigrated to Israel and settled in Haifa. Since then she has been a member of the Israeli Painters and Sculptors Association. Her works are in private collections in the US, Italy, France, Germany, Russia and Israel.[3]

Artistic style

Zisman paints in a figurative and narrative style using "similes that expose her personal codes like in a private diary." She says her painting sets her free, allowing her to "wander like the wind and fly like a spirit."[4]

References
  1. Ostrov Anders Art Gallery (in Russian)
  2. Tarbut Gallery Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. Personal Site Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The City of my Dream - Julia Zisman's Art Exhibition
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