List Of Israeli Women Artists
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This is a list of women artists who were born in Israel or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.


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* Lili Almog (born 1961), Israeli-American photographer, images of nuns * Ella Amitay Sadovsky (born 1964), multidisciplinary artist * Einat Arif-Galanti (born 1975), visual artist, known for photographic and video works *
Maya Attoun Maya Attoun (, 1974Attoun's short bio
Yael Bartana (born 1970), videography *
Tatiana Belokonenko Tatiana Belokonenko ( he, טטיאנה בלוקוננקו, rus, Татьяна Белоконенко) is a figurative art painter born in Odesa, Ukraine. A graduate of the Pedagogical College and Art Faculty of the Odesa Pedagogical Universi ...
(active since the 2000s), Ukrainian-Israeli painter * Tamy Ben-Tor (born 1975), visual artist *
Genia Berger Genia Berger (1907–2000) was an Israeli artist, born in the Russian Empire. Biography Genia Berger was born in Kharkov in 1907 to a traditional and Zionist family. In 1925 she moved to Germany, where she studied art. In 1926 she immigrated ...
(1907–2000), painter, scenographer, ceramist * Esther Berlin-Joel (1895–1972), painter, graphic designer


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* Rhea Carmi (born 1942), Israeli-American mixed-media artist * Mirit Cohen (1945–1990), Russian-born Israeli artist *
Michal Cole Michal Cole is a British-Israeli artist born in Haifa, Israel in 1974 to parents who emigrated from Morocco. She works primarily with the mediums of photography, video, tapestry, sculpture, watercolour and uses money in her works. Early life a ...
(born 1974), textile artist * Keren Cytter (born 1977), visual artist, writer


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Tamar Getter Tamar Getter ( he, תמר גטר, born in Tel Aviv, April 1953) is an Israeli artist and teacher. Biography Tamar Getter, born in Tel Aviv in 1953, is an Israeli painter. Getter studied at Hamidrasha Art School with Raffi Lavie in 1971-1972, ...
(born 1953), painter, educator * Batia Grossbard (1910–1995), Polish-born Israeli painter *
Liselotte Grschebina Liselotte Grschebina (or Grjebina; 1908–1994) was an Israeli photographer. Biography Early life and education Liselotte Grschebina was born Liselotte Billigheimer in 1908 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her parents were Rosa and Otto Billigheimer, a Je ...
(1908–1994), German-born Israeli photographer


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* Shlomit Haber-Schaim (born 1926), sculptor * Hedva Harechavi (born 1941), poet, artist *
Michal Heiman Michal Heiman (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מיכל היימן, born in Tel Aviv) is a Tel Aviv-Yafo based artist, curator, theoretician and activist. She is the founder of the ''Photographer Unknown Archive'' (1984) and creator of the Michal Heiman ...
(born 1954), artist, photographer, educator * Michal Helfman (born 1973), multidisciplinary artist


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* Liliane Klapisch (born 1933), painter * Naomie Kremer (born 1953), painter and video artist * Heddy Kun (born 1936), painter


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* Sigalit Landau (born 1969), sculptor, installation artist *
Naomi Leshem Naomi Leshem ( he, נעמי לשם; born 3 November 1963) is an Israeli photographer. Her works are in the collections of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Norton Museum of Art in Florida, USA. She received the Con ...
(born 1963), Israeli artist-photographer *
Maya Cohen Levy Maya Cohen Levy (born 1955),"Maya Cohen Levy ...
(born 1955), painter, sculptor *
Pamela Levy Pamela Levy (1949–2004) was an Israeli artist. Biography Pamela Denman (later Levy) was born in Fairfield, Iowa. She completed her B.A. at the University of Northern Iowa. In 1972, she moved to New Mexico and joined an artists commune in Santa ...
(1949–2004), American-born Israeli textile artist, painter *
Batia Lishansky Batia Lishansky, also Batya, Batyah; Lichanski, Lishanski, (1900–1992) was a Russian Empire-born pioneering Israeli sculptor. Working with stone, wood and bronze, she created portraits and memorials commemorating the people and events of the ea ...
(1900–1922), Ukrainian-born sculptor *
Hila Lulu Lin Hila Lulu Lin ( Hebrew: הילה לולו לין) (born November 6, 1964) is an Israeli multi-disciplinary artist, engaged in painting, cinema, poetry, sculpture, visual arts, photography, performance and video art. Biography Hila Lin (lat ...
(born 1964), painter


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Michal Na'aman Michal Na'aman (born 1951, Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret), is an Israeli painter. From the point of view of values, her work is characterized as conceptual art and deals with such subjects as the limitations of language and sight, the possibilities f ...
(born 1951), painter * Shuli Nachshon (born 1951), Moroccan-born Israeli video and installation artist * Lea Nikel (1918–2005), abstract artist


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* Judith Margolis (born 1944), visual artist * Lilah Markman (born 1971), contemporary artist, sculptor


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* Aliza Olmert (born 1946), artist, photographer, writer *
Chana Orloff Chana Orloff ( he, חנה אורלוף; 12 July 1888 – 16 December 1968) was Ukrainian-born Israeli Art deco and figurative art sculptor. Biography Chana Orloff was born in Starokonstantinov Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She immigrated to ...
(1888–1968), sculptor *
Batya Ouziel Batya Ouziel ( he, בתיה עוזיאל; 1 March 1934 – 6 January 2018) was an Israeli handicrafter and television presenter. She learnt the crafts of embroidery and knitting beginning at an early age and began doing this while serving under i ...
(1934–2018), handicrafter


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Felice Pazner Malkin Felice Pazner Malkin ( he, פליס פזנר מלכין; born 1929) is an Israeli artist. She is on the faculty of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Biography Felice Pazner Malkin was born in Philadelphia, USA. She immigrated to Israel in 194 ...
(born 1929), painter, poster designer * Nira Pereg (born 1969), contemporary artist * Tanya Preminger (active since the 1990s), sculptor


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* Ilana Raviv (born 1945), multidisciplinary artist *
Michal Rovner Michal Rovner ( he, מיכל רובנר; born 1957), also known as Michal Rovner Hammer, is an Israeli contemporary artist, she is known for her video, photo, and cinema artwork. Rovner is internationally known with exhibitions at major museums, ...
(born 1957), video artist * Zahara Rubin (born 1932), sculptor, painter


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* Yehudit Sasportas (born 1969), installation artist * Zahara Schatz (1916–1999), artistic designer *
Ruth Schloss Ruth Schloss ( he, רות שלוס; 22 November 1922 – 2013) was an Israeli painter and illustrator. Major themes in her work were Arabs, transition camps, children and women at eye-level. She expressed an egalitarian, socialist view via real ...
(1922–2013), painter *
Deganit Stern Schocken Deganit Stern Schocken (born 1947) is an Israeli jewellery designer and art curator. Deganit Stern Schocken was born in Amir, Israel, a kibbutz in northern Israel. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in ...
(born 1947), jewellery designer * Hagit Shahal (born 1950), painter * Michal Shalev, book illustrator * Ahuva Sherman (1926–2023), painter, textile artist * Siona Shimshi (born 1939), sculptor, ceramist, textile designer * Merav Shinn Ben-Alon (born 1965), multidisciplinary artist *
Malka Spigel Malka Spigel (Hebrew: מלכה שפיגל, born 19 July 1954) is a London-based Israeli musician and artist. She was founding member of the Israeli-Belgian rock band Minimal Compact. She has also worked as a solo musician and as a visual artist, ...
, musician and visual artist * Noemi Smilansky (1916–2016),
Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
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Roni Taharlev Roni Taharlev ( Hebrew: רוני טהרלב) is an Israeli figurative painter. Biography Roni Taharlev was born in Kibbutz Yagur. She is the daughter of the Israeli lyricist Yoram Taharlev and the poet and author Nurit Zarchi. Art career In ...
(born 1964), painter *
Anna Ticho Anna Ticho (; 27 October 1894 – 1 March 1980) was an Israeli artist who became famous for her drawings of the Jerusalem hills. Beit Ticho, the house in Jerusalem that she shared with her husband is now a branch of the Israel Museum and a caf ...
(1894–1980), artist specializing in drawing


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* Aviva Uri (1922–1989), painter


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Yocheved Weinfeld Yocheved (Juki) Weinfeld is an artist, museum educator and developer of interactive exhibitions for children. She studied at the Tel Aviv University and the State Art Teacher's College (Israel); at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Mi ...
(born 1947), exhibition designer, educator * Nurit Wilde, photographer *
Grete Wolf Krakauer Grete Wolf Krakauer née Wolf (1890–1970) was an Austrian-Israeli painter. Biography Wolf Krakauer was born in Witkowitz, Moravia, on December 10, 1890, to a relatively assimilated, middle class Jewish family. One year later, her family moved ...
(1890–1970), painter


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Hannah Yakin Hannah Yakin (born ''Hannah van Hulst''; 3 March 1933, in Amsterdam) is an Israeli artist. During World War II, Yakin developed her artistic talents, experiencing "happy times in which necessity bore creativity". After the war Yakin went to high ...
(born 1933), etcher, illustrator, writer * Daniela Yaniv-Richter (born 1956), ceramist, sculptor * Nurit Yarden (born 1959), fine art photographer


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Maya Zack Maya Zack ( he, מאיה ז"ק; born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1976) is an artist-filmmaker who creates video art and installations. Biography Maya Zack studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Her work has been exhibited intern ...
(born 1976), contemporary artist


See also

* List of Israeli visual artists


References

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