Yudith Levin

Yudith Levin‭ (‬b‭. ‬1949‭, ‬Ein Vered‭, ‬Israel‭) ‬is a seminal figure in contemporary Israeli art‭. ‬Over a career spanning several decades‭, ‬she has developed a distinct visual language rooted in gestural abstraction and expressive figuration‭. ‬Working on both traditional canvases and found materials‮—‬such as discarded plywood from the streets of Tel Aviv‮—‬Levin blurs the line between painting‭ ‬and object‭, ‬chaos and order‭, ‬presence and absence‭.‬

Her compositions‭, ‬often marked by raw brushwork and semi-abstract forms‭, ‬resist clear narrative and invite open interpretation‭. ‬Levin’s paintings are intuitive rather than planned‭; ‬even her figurative works emerge from purely abstract gestures‭. ‬This tension‮—‬between the accidental and the intentional‭, ‬the material and the metaphysical‮—‬defines her practice‭.‬

In 2021‭, ‬Haaretz critic Ouzi Zur described Levin as‭ ‬“the purest voice in Israeli art‭,‬”‭ ‬recognizing her singular contribution to the field‭.‬

Her work is held in major public and private collections‭, ‬including‭ ‬

S.M.A.K‭ (‬Ghent‭), ‬the Leopold Museum‭ (‬Vienna‭), ‬the Israel Museum‭, ‬and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art‭.‬