Alexandra Zuckerman

Alexandra Zuckerman (b. 1981, Moscow) lives and works in Turin, Italy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem, 2006), a degree in Biology from Tel Aviv University (2010), a Master's degree in Education from Kibbutzim College (Tel Aviv, 2023), and participated in a student exchange program at Städelschule (Frankfurt am Main, 2007).

Rooted in the languages of painting and drawing, Zuckerman’s practice is based on bodies of work that exist as independent cosmoses. These series are often presented in their totality through solo exhibitions, in an attempt to fully articulate a unique language that is informed by historical precedents in visual art while establishing her position as an original thinker and maker.

While her work primarily originates from painting and drawing, it also incorporates various techniques and crafts, from weaving and knitting to ceramics, from animation to textiles, from wallpaper to cutouts. This transformation is guided by core visual and conceptual themes relevant to each series, such as Russian folklore—reflecting her experience as an immigrant—and children’s illustrations, which allude to her relationship with childhood and motherhood. Elements from art history, ranging from medieval tapestries to Minimal Art, also permeate her work.

Zuckerman’s works typically require extensive time and effort, resulting in pieces that are both labor-intensive and meditative. She believes that her artistic process cannot rely solely on intellectual thought; it must stem from a profound understanding of materials, driven by intuition and openness to “happy accidents.”

Zuckerman’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2025); Israel Museum, Jerusalem (special display, 2023); Petach Tikva Museum of Art (2022); kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga (2016); SABOT, Cluj-Napoca (2015); Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin (2008). Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum Bar David in Kibbutz Bar-Am; Kayu in Bali; Galleri Riis in Stockholm; 427 in Riga; Magasin III in Stockholm; and Kunstbüro Temporary Gallery in Vienna. Zuckerman has been awarded the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship and was a resident at IASPIS in Stockholm (2014).