Natalia Zourabova
Natalia Zourabova (b. 1975, Moscow, immigrated to Israel in 2004; lives and works in Tel Aviv) studied at the Russian Academy of Theater Art in Moscow and at the University of Arts, Berlin. Her work has featured in solo exhibitions, including at the Haifa Museum of Art; Artport Gallery, Tel Aviv; the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv; Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv; and Janco Dada Museum, Ein-Hod. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; the Mediterranean Biennale, Haifa; the Garage Triennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Les Salaisons, Paris; and the Vasternorrland Museum, Härnösand, Sweden.
In 2011, Zourabova co-founded the New Barbizon Artist Collective with four other women painters. Together, they have exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; the Beer Sheva Museum of Art; the Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod; Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin; Sighnaghi Museum, Georgia, and elsewhere.
Zourabova is primarily a figurative painter. She paints scenes that she knows intimately—often groups of people or individuals she knows, city streets in her Jaffa neighborhood, or familiar interiors. Color is central to her work. Her palette and the mood of her paintings range from naturalistic to absurd, and her paintings span the spectrum from realism to abstraction. Photos courtesy of Natalia Zourabova studio.
