Visual Arts
About Katia Lifshin
Katia Lifshin (b.1993) is a Ukraine-born Israeli artist. In her practice, she primarily focuses on themes such as identity, self-image, childhood memories, and human relationships, particularly through the eyes of young girls and women. She uses old monochromatic photographs to guide and inspire her work, modifying them to create a new meaning, driven by her personal narrative. She relocated to the U.S in 2012, studied painting and sculpting at Pima College, Tucson, Arizona. Returning to Israel in 2018, she now lives and works in Tel-Aviv.
Artist Statement
In the painted and dreamlike world of the naive teens and young girls, the blue and green color palette creates a different reality, in this reality the focus and attention is on the charcters’ identity, their feelings and their self-image, alongside surreal elements like small demon-like creatures who hide in their shadows, and symbols of innocence like games and flowers. The characters are often portrayed being in some sort of self conflict, daydreaming, sometimes in love. The lighting illuminates them and creates an aura around them, leaving them exposed to expressing their feelings.
Selected Exhibitions
2021 – Fresh paint art fair
2020 – “Realism”, (9)Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 – Portrait, Hacubia gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2020 – Hedges and houses and mothers and children, online group exhibition
2020 – Ergo, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019 – Group show, “The Sublet”, Jerusalem
2019 – Angels, House of Artists, Rishon lezion
2018 – Fun House 2018, Barrette Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2018 – Emerging Artists 2018, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2018 – Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017 – Small Works Show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2017 – Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2017 – Solo exhibition, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 – Tiny Works Tiny Dances, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 – Half Truth Group Show, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016 – Tiny Works Tiny Dances, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2016 – All Art Arizona, Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, Arizona
Artist Statement
In the painted and dreamlike world of the naive teens and young girls, the blue and green color palette creates a different reality, in this reality the focus and attention is on the charcters’ identity, their feelings and their self-image, alongside surreal elements like small demon-like creatures who hide in their shadows, and symbols of innocence like games and flowers. The characters are often portrayed being in some sort of self conflict, daydreaming, sometimes in love. The lighting illuminates them and creates an aura around them, leaving them exposed to expressing their feelings.
Selected Exhibitions
2021 – Fresh paint art fair
2020 – “Realism”, (9)Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 – Portrait, Hacubia gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2020 – Hedges and houses and mothers and children, online group exhibition
2020 – Ergo, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2019 – Group show, “The Sublet”, Jerusalem
2019 – Angels, House of Artists, Rishon lezion
2018 – Fun House 2018, Barrette Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2018 – Emerging Artists 2018, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2018 – Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017 – Small Works Show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2017 – Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2017 – Solo exhibition, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 – Tiny Works Tiny Dances, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 – Half Truth Group Show, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016 – Tiny Works Tiny Dances, {9}The Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2016 – All Art Arizona, Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, Arizona
