Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an American abstract painter. She lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Liat Yossifor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 51–52) |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute (BFA), University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract |
Life and education
editLiat Yossifor was born in 1974, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[citation needed] She relocated to the United States in 1989, where she pursued a career in art.[2]
She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1996 from the San Francisco Art Institute, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002 from the University of California, Irvine.[2]
Career
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Yossifor had a solo exhibition Double Life (2010), at Galerie Anita Beckers, in Frankfurt, Germany, which featured figurative work made during her residency at Frankfurter Kunstverein.[3]
Yossifor was a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation resident in Captiva Island, Florida, in 2020, and was a Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow in 2022.[4][5]
Her artwork is part of the collections at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).[6]
Artistic style and themes
editYossifor is a painter who paints textural monochromatic abstractions.[7] Her work includes a physical engagement with the medium, resulting in layered surfaces that have movement and depth.[7]
Yossifor's paintings are characterized by a process that emphasizes the physicality of creation.[7] She often works within self-imposed time constraints, completing pieces rapidly to maintain the immediacy and vitality of her gestures.[7] Her technique involves the application of thick layers of oil paint, that she manipulates, which results in paintings that are sculptural and painterly, and a nod to figurative work.[3][7] This approach is built upon the history of American monochrome painting.[7][8][9]
Yossifor's work explores form and movement through the physical act of creation with control and spontaneity. Her work engages the materiality of paint and abstract forms.[7][8]
Publications
edit- Yossifor, Liat (2007). Liat Yossifor: The Tender Among Us (exhibition catalogue). Pomona College Museum of Art, Montgomery Art Center. ISBN 978-0-9786996-3-5.
- Yossifor, Liat (September 12, 2015). Time Turning Paint (exhibition catalogue). Pitzer College Art Galleries. ISBN 978-0-9966445-1-8.
- Yossifor, Liat; Lang, Karen; Michno, Christopher; Rollig, Stella; Schad, Ed (April 5, 2016). Movements: Liat Yossifor. Los Angeles, California: DoppelHouse Press. ISBN 978-0983254072.
- Yossifor, Liat (2018). Liat Yossifor (exhibition catalogue). New York City, New York: Miles McEnery Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9994871-4-3.
References
edit- ↑ Valencia, Ines. "Liat Yossifor: The Magical Entanglement of Poetry + Art". Provokr. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- 1 2 "Liat Yossifor". Interviews from Yale University Radio (WYBCX), Museum of Non-Visible Art is a project by Praxis. June 26, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
- 1 2 Michno, Christopher (March 4, 2015). "Liat Yossifor". Artillery Magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Liat Yossifor". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Liat Yossifor". Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Untitled (Max)". LACMA Collections. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yau, John (May 29, 2021). "The Tension in Liat Yossifor's Paintings". Hyperallergic. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- 1 2 Bozif, Curtis Anthony (March 3, 2023). "Excavated Images: A Review of "Life Against Itself" at Patron". New City Art Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
- ↑ Waxman, Lori (March 16, 2021). "Liat Yossifor at Patron Gallery". 60wrdmin.org. 60 Word Minimum. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Power, Susan (May 18, 2020). "Contemplating Disembodiment in the work of Liat Yossifor". The Nomadic Journal. DoppelHouse Press.
- "Navigating Space and History in Paint with Liat Yossifor". The Nomadic Journal. DoppelHouse Press. 2014.