ARTIST BIO

Julia Ayzman is a painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramic artist, and educator based in Haifa, Israel. Born in 1958 in St. Petersburg, Russia, she is the granddaughter of renowned muralist Alex Ayzman, whose studio became the backdrop for her early artistic development. She studied Ceramic and Glass Arts at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art and Design and worked as an artist for archaeological expeditions through the Hermitage Museum, contributing works now held in the Hermitage and Odessa Museum of Archeology. In 1986, she immigrated to the United States, earning an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

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Ayzman’s expressive figurative works—ranging from paintings and printmaking to ceramics and still lifes—have been widely exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including at the Museum of American Illustration, Sotheby’s, Phillips de Pury, and the Russian Museum. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections and has been featured in Art in America, New York Gallery Guide, Magazine of Printmaking, Jewish World, and Russian Bazar. She is particularly interested in art with a social theme and aspires through her work to expand the discourse on trauma and healing, Jewish identity, place, and memory.