Liat Yossifor’s work is earthed from a bodily, physical approach to a history of American monochrome painting. Countering historical affinities of flat color, her paintings are the result of her body’s physical engagement with the pigment and surface. In her nearly two-decades long practice, a gesture is not an illusion, but the actual length of the stretch of the arm, a mark bearing testament to the strength of the hand. Here, material simultaneously takes on the appearance of oil paint and warm clay, cold plaster or concrete, their weight and luminescence at once sculptural and neolithic, organic and animate. Compositions recoil and ensconce over themselves to their center. Large circle-like forms fold over pockets of information, holding within them motifs and figurative suggestions. Partially concealed images are excavated through an active, and ongoing act of seeking. Found rather than predetermined, they appear as momentary signals in a continuous quest for meaning.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1974, Israel
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION
2002
MFA, University of California, Irvine, CA

1996
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Life Against Itself, PATRON, Chicago, IL
Small Seas, Harris Art Gallery at University of La Verne, CA
The Colors Behind: Hands Kaiser and Liat Yossifor, The Wilhelm Morgner Museum, Soest, Germany

2022
the gray feather a thrush lost, Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow at 68Projects, Berlin, Germany

2021
Letters Apart, PATRON GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Communicating Vessels, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

2020
No Second Chances in the Land of a Thousand Dances, Fox Jensen, Sydney, Australia

2019
Sculptural Surfaces: Pia Fries & Liat Yossifor, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

2018
So, a forgotten fire, Paramo Gallery, Gallery Weekend, Mexico City, MX
Liat Yossifor: Recent Paintings, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

2016
A Body of Water, PATRON, Chicago, IL
The Stand, Paramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Small Works, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY
Double Life, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

2015
Pre-Verbal Painting, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Pitzer College Art Galleries, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Eight Movements, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, New York, NY
Expanding on an expansive subject, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

2013
Hidden, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany

2012
Thought Patterns, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Performers from a Future Past, Angles Gallery, Culver City, CA

2010
Falling into Ends, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

2007
The Dawning of an Aspect, project, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA
Project Series 32, Liat Yossifor: The Tender Among Us, Pomona College Museum, Claremont, CA

2006
The Black Paintings, project, Noga Gallery of Contemporary of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2005
New Paintings, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Hungry Lines, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Berlin On My Mind, 68Projects, Berlin, Germany
Schöne Neue Welt, Anita Beckers Contemporary Art and Projects, Berlin, Germany  
When the Hero Becomes the Problem, curated by Josh Lockman, Los Angeles, CA
Back in Black, royale projects, Los Angeles, CA
Stop & Stare, UTA Artist Space Atlanta, Atlanta, Germany

2023
No One’s Rose, Fox Jensen Gallery, Australia (catalog)

2022
Red Sea, Fox Jensen Gallery, Australia

2021
Raven, Fox Jensen McCrory Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2020
If You Can Dream It, You Can Build It, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
El Nopal: Selections, GROSS ART at SPACE 1028, Los Angeles, CA
A Time of Monsters, Curated by César García-Alvarez, Fort Gansevoort Gallery, New York, NY

2019
100 Years and Counting, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, MN
B.A.T. State III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press, The University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
WET WET WET, Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland, New Zealand

2018
One Moment in Time - Part III, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
New Suns, Paramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Modulaciones, Pintura 1898-2016, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jal., and Museo de Arte de Sinaloa in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Prima Materia, LACASAPARK, Gardiner, NY
Manifesto, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
Belief in Giants, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Modulaciones, Pintura 1898-2016, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jal., and Museo de Arte de Sinaloa in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

2017
Why Art Matters, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Summer Show, Paramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Modulaciones, Museo de Art de Sinaloa in Cucliacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

2016
Grafforists, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2015
Theory of Forms, PATRON, Chicago, IL
New Works, The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
Angels With Dirty Faces, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
Black and White, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, New York, NY
ArtWatch 2014: Young Careers – SB to Greater LA, Westmont Ridely-Tree Museum of Art Santa Barbara, CA

2014
Transitions, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

2013
Stolen Gestures, Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Looking Back at Tomorrow: the First Five Years of Royale Projects, Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA

2012
Fall Collection, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
80 Days, Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA
Prince at the Forum, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA
I’d be safe and warm, (two-person show), Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Indian Wells, CA

2011
Iva Gueorguieva and Liat Yossifor, Angles Gallery, LA, CA
Summer Group Show, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, New York, NY
La Cosa Nostra, Rheeway Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
About Paint, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2010
A Reflected Gaze, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2009
To Here Knows When (two-person), University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Lovable like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Joshua Aster and
Kristin Calabrese, The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
Mighty Daggers Do Small Painting Throw, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Project/Protect, curated by Manon Slome and Anita Beckers, Pulse, NY

2008
The War Is Over, with Aaron Sandnes, Seeline Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
A Deadly Serious Show, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007
It figures, Torrance Fine Arts Museum, Torrance, CA

2006
Subject, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
From America, Museum of Modern Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus

2005
The Collection of Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, University of California UC Davis Gallery, CA

2003
The Real Me, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

2002
The End, Deep River Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Better Look Twice, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2002
Portraits of Yfat (two-person), Angels Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2001
The Third Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Deanna Sirlin, UTA Artist Space brings human touch to the fore, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April
Bettina Boronowsky, Hans Kaiser in artistic dialogue with Liat Yossifor, Soester-Anzeiner, February

2023
Curtis Anthony Bozif, Excavated Images: A Review of “Life Against Itself” at Patron, Newcity Art

2021
John Yau, The Tension in Liat Yossifor’s Paintings, Hyperallergic.
Susan Power, Communicating Vessels, catalog essay.
Liliana Rodriguez, Studio Visit with Liat Yossifor, medium.com.

2020
Susan Power, Contemplating Disembodiment In the Work of Liat Yossifor, The Nomadic Journal
Von Christoph Schutte, Frabenfrohauf Wolke sieben,Frankfurter Allgemeine Zuitung

2019
Von Christoph Schutte,Frankfurter Galerien, Gluhen, Leuchten, Strahlen, Frankfurter Allgemeine
ArtnetNews Pick, Must-See Art Guide: Frankfurt, Pia Fries and Liat Yossifor: Sculptural Surfaces, September 4

2018
Chris Michno, Embodiment and Abstraction, catalog essay, Miles McEnery Gallery
The Art Section, Alla Prima, Painters in Dialogue
Praxis Interview, by Brainard Carey

2016
Movements: Liat Yossifor DoppelHouse Press.
Cesar Garcia, Lo Mejor de 2016 por Artes Visuals, Código, December issue
Brit Barton, Sifting Through the Waves of Time, Newcity Art, Nov 25
Andrew M. Goldstein, The 27 Best Paintings of Nada Miami Beach 2016, Artspace, Dec 2
Glenn Hartcourt, Liat Yossifor: Time turning Paint. Nichols Gallery, Broad Center, Pitzer, College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA. catalog.
Ciara Ennis, The Politics of Painting, interview. catalog.
Karen Lang, Stella Rollig, Ed Schad, Christopher Michno, Movements: Liat Yossifor, DoppelHouse Press. book.
Christoph Schütte, Dance in Gray Mass, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 18.
Max Presneill, Emergent Presence, Fabrik Magazine, Mayo 2016, p. 83, 84, 2016.

2015
18 Artists to Watch, Modern Painters, December, p.88.
Rick Vagen, Liat Yossifor: Pre-Verbal Painting, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis review, p. 01
Christopher Michno, Matter of Structure, Liat Yossifor, Artillery, March -April issue, p. 51
Liat Yossifor, essay, Gesture, Time, Scribble, Structure – or My Argument with a Picture, Artist Practice, curated by Clay dean, Edited by Tuni Chatterji and Clay Dean, paperback

2014
Josef Woodard, Visions from the expanded Region, Santa Barbara News-Press Scene Magazine. Nov 13. p. 43
Judy Larson, catalog essay, ArtWatch 2014: Young Careers – SB to Greater LA, Westmont Ridely-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbra, CA
Christoph Schütte, Exhibition at Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 23 Liliana Rodriguez, Navigating space and History in Paint, The Nomadic Journal, January 9

2013
Ludwig Seyfarth, Stolen Gestures, Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, catalog essay and Illustration.
Ludwig Seyfarth, Hidden, exhibition essay, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany

2012
Frank, Pricilla. Liat Yossifor’s Thought Patterns Trace the Image Of Thinking And A Moment Undone. The Huffington Post, November 9
Schad, Ed. Liat Yossifor: Interview, Painters’ Table, November

2011
Pagel David, Liat Yossifor at Angles Gallery, LA Times, March 10
Pomonis Mary Anna, Jet Set Satruday: Liat Yossifor at Angles Gallery, Artlurker, March Steven Bankhead, catalog, Prince at the Forum, Beacon Arts Building, Illustration. Exhibition Spotlight, Liat Yossifor’s Performers from a Future Past,
Huffington Post Arts, March 7

2010
Christoph Schütte, Construction and Truth, Works by Liat Yossifor and Martina Wolf in the Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 3
Brooks, Kimberly, Painting Evolution: Interview with Artist Liat Yossifor, Arts Section, Huffington Post, July A Reflected Gaze, Torrance Art Museum catalog. Illustration.

2009
Karen Lang, Liat Yossifor: Below the Eye, X-tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, May Issue, P. 56 – 59.

2008
New American Paintings, Juried by LACMA curator Rita Gonzalez, No. 79, December Issue, p. 168 -171 LICC 01, Astrerisk Press, 2008, p. 32, 33 (catalog images)
Leila Kahstoo, The War Is Over: Liat Yossifor and Aaron Sandnes, Artweek, July August Issue, p. 17, 1

2007
Patterson, Carrie, Training Ground, NY Arts Magazine, May-June Issue
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Liat Yossifor, Ten by Ten, the portfolio exhibition from LAXART and Uber.com, Ten upcoming artists, March
Newhouse, Kristina, Agonism, catalog essay, Liat Yossifor: The Tender Among Us, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, January
Roni Feldman, Liat Yossifor at the Pomona College Museum of Art, The Annual Journal at CGU

2006
Rosenbaum, Hemda, Liat Yossifor: The Black Paintings at Noga Gallery, Interview, Achbar Ha’Ir, Tel Aviv, April

2005
Shaked, Nizan, The Secret and the Surface, exhibition essay, Anna Helwing, Los Angeles, April

2001
Shaked, Nizan, The Sum of The Parts Is…, catalog essay, The Third Wight Biennial, University of California, Los Angeles

RESIDENCIES
2024
Production Residency, Printer’s Proof, Copenhagen, Germany 

2023
The Lunder Institute Summer Think Tank, Colby College Museum of Art, Maine

2022
68 Projects, Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House Berlin Fellow, Berlin, Germany

2020
Artist in Residence, Residency #43, Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva, FL

2019
Artist Residency, Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX

2015
Aurobora Press, Ketchum, Idaho

2012
The Rema Hort Foundation Nominee, New York, NY

2011
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA

2010
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, GER (as guest of the Deutsche Börse Residency Program)

2009
London International Competition Finalist

2008
The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY

2000-2002
University of California, Irvine, Departmental Fellowship

SELECTED LECTURES / PANELS
2023
Guest Lecture Series, University of California, Riverside 
Guest Lecture Series, University of California, Santa Barbara
Poetry reading with Ed Schad and Liat Yossifor, University of La Verne
Artist Lecture, University of La Verne

2022
Sonya Shonberger and Liat Yossifor, LAXART in partnership with Villa Aurora, at LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Liat Yossifor and Dr. Julia Rosenbaum, Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann Artist talk, 68 Projects, Berlin
Artist Lecture, Art Center Undergraduate Visiting Lecture Series, Pasadena, CA

2020
Artist Lecture, Rauschenberg resident, Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers

2018
The Torrance Art Museum Forum, Tomory Dodge and Liat Yossifor, Torrance, CA

2015
The Politics of Painting, panel discussion, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
A conversation with David Pagel, Iva Gueorguieva, and Liat Yossifor, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

2013
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Claremont Graduate University, CA
Cal State Fullerton, Artist Talk, Fullerton, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

2012
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Alberta School of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada

2010
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Claremont Graduate University, CA
Panelist at the Claremont Graduate School of Art, moderated by David Pagel, Claremont, CA
Resident Artist Lecture, Franfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

2009
Panelist at Honor Fraser Gallery, moderated by Ed Schad, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Artist Lecture for exhibition “The Tender Among Us” at Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Creative Artist Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, Mexico City, MX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
The Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
The Marguilles Collection, Miami, FL
The Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
The Wilhelm Morgner Museum, Soest, Germany