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Liat Yossifor | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
Liat Yossifor was born in 1974 and is an American abstract painter who was born and raised in Israel and moved to the United States as a teenager in 1989[1]. Yossifor lives and works in Los Angeles, California[2].
Education
editLiat Yossifor received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996, and her MFA from the University of California, Irvine, in 2002[3].
Work
editLiat Yossifor creates abstract paintings that are tactile and pictorial[4]. Yossifor explores the possibilities of grayscale abstraction while eschewing narrative or figurative elements[5].
Exhibitions
editSolo Exhibitions
edit- Small Seas, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA 2023
- Life Against Itself, Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL 2023
- "The Gray Feather a Thrush Lost," Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow at 68 Projects, 2022
- Communicating Vessels, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY 2021
- Letters Apart, Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL 2021
- No Second Chances in the Land of a Thousand Dances, Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2020
- Liat Yossifor, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY 2018
- Double Life, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany 2016
- A Body of Water, Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL 2016
- Liat Yossifor, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY 2016
- Pre-Verbal Painting, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO 2015
- Expanding on an Expansive Subject, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA 2015
- Time Turning Paint, Nichols Gallery, Broad Center, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 2015
- Eight Movements, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY 2015
- Thought Patterns, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY 2012
- The Tender Among Us, The Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA 2007
- The Stand, Paramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Publications
edit- Movements-Liat Yossifor; Stella Rollig (Author), Ed Schad (Author), Karen Lang (Author), Christopher Michno (Author and Editor), Carrie Paterson (Editor); Publisher: DoppelHouse Press, Los Angeles, CA (2016), Language: English, Hardcover: 87 pages, ISBN 978-0983254072
- Liat Yossifor; Christopher Michno (Author), Glenn Harcourt (Author); Publisher: Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; (2018), Language: English, Hardcover: 36 pages, ISBN 978-0999487143
Collections
edit- The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
- Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
- Creative Artist Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, CA
- Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies
editYossifor had residencies at The Ucross Foundation, Claremont, WY in 2008[6], the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany (2010)[3], The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL (2019)[2], the Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX (2020)[2], and at The Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann Berlin Fellowship, Germany (2022)
References
edit- ^ Carey, Brainard (June 26, 2018). "Liat Yossifor". museumofnonvisibleart.com. Praxis Interview Magazine. Retrieved Mar 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c Valencia, Ines. "Liat Yossifor: The Magical Entanglement of Poetry + Art". provokr.com. Provokr. Retrieved Mar 13, 2021.
- ^ a b Cohen, Alina (January 6, 2020). "Liat Yossifor". artsy.com. Artsy. Retrieved Jan 28, 2021.
- ^ "Liat Yossifor". milesmcenery.com. Miles McEnery Gallery. January 2020. Retrieved Mar 11, 2021.
- ^ Lawlor, Erin (2018). "Alla Prima: Painters in Dialogue - An Interview with Liat Yossifor". theartsection.com. Art Section Journal. Retrieved Mar 7, 2024.
- ^ Rodrigues, Liliana (January 9, 2014). "Navigating Space and History in Paint with Liat Yossifor". thenomadicjournal.com. DoppelHouse Press. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.
External Links
edit- Artist's website
- Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
- Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Paramo Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico