Artist Statement
As both a visual artist and a cataract surgeon, my practice is deeply rooted in the exploration of vision, transformation, dispossession– whether through the exploration of perception, interpretation, and expression in my art or through the restoration of sight the surgeries. This dual perspective informs my approach, where vision is not merely a physiological function but a dynamic, layered process of connection to the world at an emotional and spiritual level.
For me the exploration of vision resonates deeply with themes of transformation, and denial – what is taken away, obscured, or fragmented can just as powerfully be reconfigured, revealed, or seen anew. My work in both fields navigates the fragile boundary between presence and absence, truth and denial, like that between blindness and seeing, perception and obscurity, questioning how meaning emerges through processes of displacement and transformation.
Being a mixed media artist I explore different interconnected approaches-collage, painting, ink and sometimes 3D works -as a means of interpreting in images the spirit of our time.
Artist CV
Born Strasbourg, France, lives and works in Tel-Aviv
Solo Exhibition:
2020 ‘Permanent Change’, The Tower Gallery, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions:
2021 ‘C.U.L.T.U.R.E C.L.A.S.H’ Installation as part of a dance performance, Studio Ada, Berlin
2023 ‘Canvas’ International Art Fair, Venice
2023 ‘Interconnecting lines’, ARTIO Gallery, One Art Space, New York
2023 ‘Dreams & Nightmares’ Boomer Gallery, London
2024 Curated by Tsibi Geva/ Artist mentorship, Maya Gallery
2024 Hakolel, Yavne gallery studio
2024 Women in Art Biennale, London
Education:
1995 Medical Doctorate, Paris V University, France
2003-2024 Buddhism and consciousness studies
2010-2012 Japanese Calligraphy, Mountain and River Zen Monastery, Catskills, New York
2014-2018 Abstract painting, The Artist’s House, Tel Aviv
2022-2024 Painting, Hakolel Studio for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2024 Tsibi Geva mentoring group, Atelier, Tel Aviv
Professional experience:
2000-2017 Head of Glaucoma Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Assaf Harofe Hospital, Israel
2004-2019 Humanitarian missions in developing countries
2015-today Head of Cataract and Glaucoma Center, Eye MC, Tel Aviv.
