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Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an Israeli-born American painter who paints textural monochromatic abstractions.{{r|hyperallergic}} Her work includes a physical engagement with the medium, resulting in layered surfaces that have both movement and depth.{{r|hyperallergic}}

Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an Israeli-born American painter who paints textural monochromatic abstractions.{{r|hyperallergic}} Her work includes a physical engagement with the medium, resulting in layered surfaces that have both movement and depth.{{r|hyperallergic}}

Yossifor’s paintings are characterized by a process that emphasizes the physicality of creation.{{r|hyperallergic}} She often works within self-imposed time constraints, completing pieces rapidly to maintain the immediacy and vitality of her gestures.{{r|hyperallergic}} Her technique involves the application of thick layers of oil paint, which she manipulates, which results in paintings that are both sculptural and painterly.{{r|hyperallergic}} This approach is built upon the history of American monochrome painting.{{r|hyperallergic}}{{r|patrongallery}}<ref name=60wordminimum/>

Yossifor’s paintings are characterized by a process that emphasizes the physicality of creation.{{r|hyperallergic}} She often works within self-imposed time constraints, completing pieces rapidly to maintain the immediacy and vitality of her gestures.{{r|hyperallergic}} Her technique involves the application of thick layers of oil paint, which she manipulates, which results in paintings that are both sculptural and painterly.{{r|hyperallergic}} This approach is built upon the history of American monochrome painting.{{r|hyperallergic}}{{r|patrongallery}}<ref name=60wordminimum/>

Yossifor’s work explores form and movement through the physical act of creation with control and spontaneity. Her work engages with the materiality of paint and the potential of abstract forms.{{r|hyperallergic}}

Yossifor’s work explores form and movement through the physical act of creation with control and spontaneity. Her work engages with the materiality of paint and the potential of abstract forms.{{r|hyperallergic}}

==Exhibitions==

==Exhibitions==
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  • Comment: See WP:BLP. Statements, starting with the date of birth, need to be sourced or removed. Greenman (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

American painter

Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an American abstract painter who was born and raised in Israel and moved to the United States as a teenager in 1989.[1][2] Yossifor lives and works in Los Angeles, California.[2][3]

Life and Education

Born in Israel, Yossifor relocated to the United States in 1989, where she pursued a career in art.[2] She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine, in 2002.[2]

Yossifor’s has had various residencies and fellowships as a contemporary painter.[4] She was a Rauschenberg resident in Captiva Island, Florida, in 2020. She was a Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow in 2022.[5] Additionally, she was a guest of the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2010.[2]

Artistic style and themes

Liat Yossifor (born 1974) is an Israeli-born American painter who paints textural monochromatic abstractions.[6] Her work includes a physical engagement with the medium, resulting in layered surfaces that have both movement and depth.[6]

Yossifor’s paintings are characterized by a process that emphasizes the physicality of creation.[6] She often works within self-imposed time constraints, completing pieces rapidly to maintain the immediacy and vitality of her gestures.[6] Her technique involves the application of thick layers of oil paint, which she manipulates, which results in paintings that are both sculptural and painterly.[6] This approach is built upon the history of American monochrome painting.[6][7][8][9]

Yossifor’s work explores form and movement through the physical act of creation with control and spontaneity. Her work engages with the materiality of paint and the potential of abstract forms.[6][8]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • Modulaciones, Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
  • B.A.T. State III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press, Carolyn Campagna Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
  • 100 Years and Counting, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
  • Grafforists, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
  • Stolen Gestures, Kunsthaus Nurnberg, Germany
  • Subject, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
  • New Works, The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
  • From America, Museum of Modern Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus
  • The Third Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA
  • To Here Knows When, University of La Verne, CA
  • The Real Me, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA[2].

Publications

  • 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

Her artworks are part of several esteemed public collections, including:

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
  • The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
  • The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
  • Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection (CIAC), Mexico City, Mexico[10]
  • Creative Artist Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, CA

Residencies

Yossifor had residencies at The Ucross Foundation, Claremont, WY in 2008[11], the Deutsche Börse Residency Program at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany (2010)[2], The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL (2019)[3], and the Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX (2020)[3].

References

  1. ^ Carey, Brainard (June 26, 2018). “Liat Yossifor”. museumofnonvisibleart.com. Praxis Interview Magazine. Retrieved Mar 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cohen, Alina (January 6, 2020). “Liat Yossifor”. artsy.com. Artsy. Retrieved Jan 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Valencia, Ines. “Liat Yossifor: The Magical Entanglement of Poetry + Art”. provokr.com. Provokr. Retrieved Mar 13, 2021.
  4. ^ “Liat Yossifor”. rauschenbergfoundation.org. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  5. ^ “Liat Yossifor”. vatmh.org. Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Yau, John (May 29, 2021). “The Tension in Liat Yossifor’s Paintings”. hyperallergic.com. Hyperallergic. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  7. ^ a b “Liat Yossifor”. patrongallery.com. Patron Gallery. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Bozif, Curtis Anthony (March 03, 2023). “Excavated Images: A Review of “Life Against Itself” at Patron”. art.newcity.com. New City Art Magazine. Retrieved February 07, 2026.
  9. ^ Waxman, Lori (March 16, 2021). “Liat Yossifor at Patron Gallery”. 60wrdmin.org. 60 Word Minimum. Retrieved Apr 7, 2021.
  10. ^ Lang, Karen (April 2016). “Movements: Liat Yossifor”. dopplehouse.com. Doppelhouse. Retrieved Mar 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Rodrigues, Liliana (January 9, 2014). “Navigating Space and History in Paint with Liat Yossifor”. thenomadicjournal.com. DoppelHouse Press. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.

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