Orli Ziv

Orli Ziv is a vibrant and multi-talented French artist. Born in 1960 , she is the daughter of child survivors who had gone into hiding in France during WWll.
Her parents raised her with the love of art, and she was lucky enough to grow up and study in Paris, giving her a taste and an eye for aesthetics. Orli has resided just outside Jerusalem for over 25 years.

Her first paintings were naive-oriental, impressionist landscapes. Over the years , she has developed an abstract style using a palette knife to record the traces of her lyrical gestures.

As she explains , "I find abstract art very appealing because it imposes no limits."

Orli lets matter and color talk to her, and carry her as if a surfer on a wave. She likens painting to a Jazz improvisation and she has played saxophone for a few years with that same sensibility.

"Each painting tells a story and moves only a limited number of people in the same way a book or a song does."

After severals years of experimenting with mixing pigments and oil or acrylic binders, Orli has found a very personal technique. Her paintings have touched many souls with her deep, vibrant colors, depicting the silhouette of Jerusalem. One can envision them bringing viewers to that most special city, infused with holiness and depth.

Echoes of that energy resound in the pulsating colors and rhythms of her abstract work as well, providing the spiritual quality that pervades every painting.