Studies
Prize and Awards
Art at Public Buildings
Selected one-person Exhibitions
Participation in Group Exhibitions
An Israeli artist, eighth generation in Israel. Born in Jerusalem (1942). Lives and works in Jerusalem. For many years has painted mainly in watercolors, exhibiting her work since the mid-1970s and until the late 1990s. During this time she has occasionally experimented with additional techniques – mixed watercolor technique, wooden geometrical objects painted with industrial colors, pencil sketches and silk prints.
Towards the end of the twentieth century she has taken a new path; First, she started painting with oil on canvas, and second, she joined the Israeli Miniature Art Society and began participating in miniature art shows in Israel and around the world. Today she paints using several techniques: watercolors, oil on canvas and etchings. Her acquaintance with etchings began while staying in the International Center for Arts (Cité Internationale des Arts) in Paris during 2006.
Liat's works has been exhibited in Israel, United state of America, France, Holland, United Kingdom, Rumania, Canada and Australia.
About her Artwork
While the abstract paintings of Liat polotsky may be considered contemporary art, her work is not dictated by periodical trends, and she remains loyal to herself and to her own views about art. Unlike many of today's artists she pays special attention to the beauty of the painting, and does not abandon the traditional cornerstones of art such as composition and color matching.
Her oil paintings are rich with delicate and sensitive transformations along the color spectrum, and only rarely would one encounter in them the fingerprint of a paintbrush or sharp transitions. Both the oil paintings and the aquarelles draw a lot of their inspiration from the dazzling Israeli white light; The watercolors are built around white spaces which create a source of light, surrounded by ample layers of lucent colors, and also in her oil paintings it is often possible to spot a white patch acting as a source of light from which the painting emerges. Despite her unique style, her work and particularly her aquarelles exhibit a certain inspiration from the Japanese art which she admired in her younger years.
The themes of her paintings are usually drawn from the landscape surrounding her, which is transformed into something new, and from her Israeli-Jewish roots together with the Western civilization which she has absorbed throughout her life. Some of her larger works give a glimpse into her inner world, expressing emotional storms and personal turbulences, and are thus less characterized by external influences. Her miniature paintings often depict familiar landscape views , especially those typical around Jerusalem.
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Studied graphics at Bezalel, School of Art in Jerusalem
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1962-1964
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Studied art at Bezalel, School of Art in Jerusalem
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1965-1966
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Studied at David Yellin Teachers Seminar (Art major)
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1966-1968
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Studied History of Art and Education at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem (B.A. in History of Art and Education) |
1970-1972
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Studied Art Teacher Training Course at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1972-1973
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Studied Educational Psychology (M.A) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1972-1976
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Member of the Association of Painters and Sculptors - Jerusalem Artists
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Since 1980
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Studied Educational Psychology (PhD) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1995-1998
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Member of the Israel Miniature Art Society (IMAS)
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Since 1999
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Member of the French Natinal Federation of the art and culture, The European Art Group
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2002-2005
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Six month residency at the International Center for Art, Cité des Arts, Paris, Israel Ministry of Education and Culture recommendation
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2006
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Second prize in the II International Completion of Nature
photographs in Israel; Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel |
2002
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Second prize in the International Exhibition "Salon des Léopards"
at St. Tropes |
2002
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Second prize in the Miniatures Exhibition "Homage to Uruguay" at
the Uruguay embassy, Israel |
2004
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Five oil paintings on canvas entitled "Genesis Tale" purchased by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and permanently on display at the Rabin World Center of Jewish Studies in Mt. Scopus Campus, Jerusalem.
"Empty Dream", Commemorating the attack on Jerusalem's bus line 20 in 2001, permanently on display in the office of the Mayor of Jerusalem.
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Landscape Dream, Allon Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
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1980
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Roads, The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel
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1981
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Portals to a Landscape, Brown Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
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1984
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Small, smaller and large, The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel
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1988
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Nameless, Hylay Gallery, Maalot-Tarshicha, Israel
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1989
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Observations, Nora Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
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1992
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Linked Landscapes. The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel
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2001
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Dynamics , Jerusalem Theater Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, catalog
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2001
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Linked Landscapes II, Artists‘ House, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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2001
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Games of light, D.S. Danon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel ,catalog
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2003
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Games of light, Bet Harishonim, Bitan Aharon, Israel
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2003
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Empty Dream, The Municpal Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
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2003
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Creating a Magical World from the Core, Performing Art Center, The Israeli Opera, Tel-Aviv‘, Israel, catalog
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2004
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Alphabet of Birds, Biblical Zoo, Jerusalem; Ussishkin Museum, Dan Kibbutz, Israel, book
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2004
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Depth, A Journey To The Depths of the Sea and the Depths of the
Subconscious, Bet Gavriel on the Sea of Galillee; Tzemach; Israel (catalog) |
2004
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In the spirit of the Atelier Mordeecai Ardon, The International Center for Art (Cité des Arts) Paris, France
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2006
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Etchings, Paris 2006, Artists‘ House, Tel-Aviv, Israel [miniatures etchings] catalog
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2007
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To Love The Inherently Small, Miniatures 1999-2009, The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel, catalog
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2010
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Spring Exhibition The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel (Members of the Israeli Association of Painters and Sculptors Jerusalem Artists): Triptych showing the spring, composed of three- |
1981 |
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Gesture to Sinai at The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel Members of the Israeli Association of Painters and Sculptors - (Jerusalem Artists): Landscapes of Sinai desert, drawings in soft pencil, and mixed technique of water-based colors. The initiation of the exhibition was in stigated by Liat Polotsky following the evacuation of the Sinai peninsula. |
1982 |
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Watercolor 1984 at the Ella Gallery in Jerusalem (Various Israeli painters): Jerusalem rocks, in watercolor. |
1984 |
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33X33 at The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel (Members of the Israeli Association of Painters and Sculptors - Jerusalem Artists): A snapshot of Jerusalem‘s art scene. 4 small- format works, oil on canvas. |
2000 |
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The Bible - The Millenium (2000) Bet Gabriel at the Kinneret, Israel - International participants exhibition. watercolor miniatures |
2000 |
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The Bible - The Millenium (2000),Moving exhibition in Israel and abroad (International participants) Semi-abstract miniatures regarding the Bible, in watercolors. |
2000 |
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3èm Salon international du petit tableau et de la mimiature d‘art organisé par SAMAP-France; Château de Bernicourt, (Prés de Douai) 4 small- format works, oil on canvas. |
2000 |
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Ecology - color photograph on canvas - Haifa Auditorium, Haifa. |
2000 |
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small in Nature 2000 - watercolor miniatures - Peoples Gallery, International participants exhibition, British Colombia, Canada |
2000 |
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Black- white Artists‘ House, Tel-Aviv, Miniatures in watercolor without colors. |
2001 |
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5èm Salon international du petit tableau et de la mimiature d‘art organisé par SAMAP-France; Château de Bernicourt, (Prés de Douai) watercolor miniatures |
2002 |
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Lion In Winter Project of outdoor lion sculptures around Jerusalem "Lions in Jerusalem" |
2002 |
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small in Nature 2002 - watercolor miniatures - Peoples Gallery, International participants exhibition, British Colombia, Canada, watercolor miniatures |
2002 |
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Salon des Leopards (Tiger Saloon), St. Tropez, International Exhibition of the French Federation, oil on canvas (2rd. prize winner) |
2002 |
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Les Bleus en peinture (The colure Blue in Art), Saint Michel Chapel, International exhibition International Exhibition of the French Federation, oil on canvas (3rd. prize winner) |
2002 |
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Bible, International traveling Miniature exhibition, Australia, watercolor miniatures |
2002 |
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20 Israeli Miniaturerists, Galerie Edison, Den Haag, Holland, watercolor miniatures |
2002 |
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6èm Salon international du petit tableau et de la mimiature d‘art organisé par SAMAP-France; Château de Bernicourt, (Prés de Douai) watercolor miniatures |
2003 |
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REGARDS EN BLEUS OU ORANGES, Gam‘Art Gallery, International exhibition on the topic of the colure Blue and Orange in Art, Saumur, France, oil on canvas (3rd. prize winner). |
2003 |
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40éme Salon international des Leopards (Tiger Saloon), Roquebrune sur Argens, France, oil on canvas |
2003 |
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Light, Landscape, people, Kuningsbery Gallery, London, England , oil on canvas |
2003 |
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1er Salon International de la Miniature et Arts Precieux, Atelier des 3 Visges Gallery, Arras, France, miniatures in oil on paper |
2004 |
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7èm Salon international du petit tableau et de la mimiature d‘art organisé par SAMAP-France; Château de Bernicourt, (Prés de Douai) watercolor miniatures |
2004 |
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Animals, Exhibition of the Israel Miniature society, Asia House, Tel Aviv, watercolor miniatures |
2004 |
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A Tribute to Uruguay, Uruguay Embasy, Herzelia, Israel (2rd. prize winner) |
2005 |
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14th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, USA, watercolor miniatures |
2005 |
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The 12th International Awards and Exhibition, Australian Society of Miniature Art (QLD), International Miniature exhibition, Gold-Cost Gallery, Australia, watercolor miniature |
2005 |
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Prophets Vision, Tanach House Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, watercolor miniatures |
2006 |
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Sea and Water, Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel, watercolor miniatures |
2006 |
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Israeli Landscapes, Mazkeret Batia Museum, watercolor miniatures |
2006 |
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15th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, USA, watercolor miniatures |
2006 |
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16th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, USA, watercolor miniatures |
2007 |
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Bible Miniature Art Exhibition, het Israelcentrum, Nijkerk, Moving exhibition in Holland, watercolor miniatures |
2007 |
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Mini print international 27 Cadaques, Moving exhibition ; Tler gallery, Spain, Farley‘s Yard Trust, England, Galerie L‘Etangd Art, France, Etchings |
2007 |
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The Third Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Jerusalem Artists‘ House, Israel, ink on paper |
2007 |
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Nocturno in green and an Egyptian garden, joint exhibition, Mabat Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Oils on canvas |
2007 |
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Gesture to Jerusalem, miniatures exhibition, Jerusalem Municipal Art Gallery, Jerusalem |
2007 |
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Femina 2008, Isreli Woman Artists", Natinal Art Museum, Clij - Napoca, Romania, Oils on canvas |
2008 |
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World Federtion of Miniaturists 4th World exhibition, Burnie, Tasmnia, Australia, watercolor miniatures |
2008 |
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17th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, USA, watercolor miniatures |
2008 |
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LIVRE DES ARTISTES ISRAELIEN, Atelier Z - Centre Culturel Chrisitiane Peugeot, Paris, Oils on canvas |
2008 |
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Israel@60! , A Juried group exihibit of visual art by Canadian and Israeli artists, Sidney and Gertrude Zaack Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, Oils on canvas |
2008 |
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18th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, USA, etchings miniatures |
2009 |
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A view of Art, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, Oil on canvas |
2009 |
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19th. International Miniature Art show, Seaside Art Gallery, north Carolina, Oil on canvas miniatures |
2010 |