Julia Zisman (, ; born 1961) is a Russian-born

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Biography

Julia Zisman was born in

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. She has a disability and uses a wheelchair. Zisman graduated from the department of Easel Painting the

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. In 1991, she

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to Israel and settled in

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. Since then she has been a member of the Israeli Painters and Sculptors Association. Her works are in private collections in the US, Italy, France, Germany, Russia and Israel.

Artistic style

Zisman paints in a figurative and narrative style using "similes that expose her personal codes like in a private diary." She says her painting sets her free, allowing her to "wander like the wind and fly like a spirit."The City of my Dream - Julia Zisman's Art Exhibition
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References

External links

Official Site

Zisman's works on Tarbut GalleryAnother collection of Zisman's works
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