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Liat Yossifor
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

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

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Liat 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

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Liat 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

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Solo Exhibitions

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Publications

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Yossifor 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

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  1. ^ Carey, Brainard (June 26, 2018). "Liat Yossifor". museumofnonvisibleart.com. Praxis Interview Magazine. Retrieved Mar 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Valencia, Ines. "Liat Yossifor: The Magical Entanglement of Poetry + Art". provokr.com. Provokr. Retrieved Mar 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cohen, Alina (January 6, 2020). "Liat Yossifor". artsy.com. Artsy. Retrieved Jan 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Liat Yossifor". milesmcenery.com. Miles McEnery Gallery. January 2020. Retrieved Mar 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Lawlor, Erin (2018). "Alla Prima: Painters in Dialogue - An Interview with Liat Yossifor". theartsection.com. Art Section Journal. Retrieved Mar 7, 2024.
  6. ^ 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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