Michal Rothman Laor
An Israeli painter who lives and works in Tel Aviv. studied at Bruria Hassner’s artist
workshop between 2015-2023. Michal Rotman Laor studied art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - art, art history
and modern art. At the “Avni Institute of Design and Art” in Tel Aviv, she specialized in painting using
spatula. She also taught a practical course of color techniques.
Rotman Laor is a graduate of Education and Educational Counseling, Family Therapy and team guidance. She holds a bachelor's degree in education from “Levinsky College” and a master's degree in educational counseling from “Beit Berl College”.
Rotman Laor sees herself as an autodidactic and intuitive artist, painted throughout her life and in recent years painting has become her main occupation. For her, painting is an expression and a journey into the soul - an automatic unconscious activity, which arises from within without planning and without obeying any rules and laws.
Using a variety of techniques, she creates lines, spots, texture, and rhythm on the canvas to the point of forming a composition almost by itself. The painting process is created in movement, as a sensory experience with a changing flow and intensity, and through it there is a dialogue between form, color, space, movement, distance and proximity, all while observing and experiencing the craft.
Michal Rotman Laor works have been exhibted in exhibitions in Israel and around the world and have been purchased by various art collection.
Art Studies:
2018 - 2023: Artist Workshop by Bruria Hassner in Givatayim, Israel.
2016 - 2017: The Use of Spatula Course in Art and Design studies at Avni Institute Tel-Aviv.
2016 - 2017: Art Studies at The Israeli Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yafo.
Exhibitions:
2023: Color Of Things. Group Exhibition at the City Hall, Paris, France.
Curator: Bruria Hassner.
2022: An Artist View. Solo Exhibition. Discount Bank Tower. Tel-Aviv
Curators: Shulamit Nuss
2022: Color of Things. Group Exhibition at Jaffa Port, Tel-Aviv.
Curator: Bruria Hassner.
2020: The Israeli Spirit Group Exhibition at Discount Bank Tower. Tel-Aviv.
Curators: Shulamit Nuss and Vera Pilpoul.
2019: The Israeli Spirit Group Exhibition at Lemon Frame Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
Curators: Shulamit Nuss and Vera Pilpoul.
2019: Painting Lives Group Exhibition at Discount Bank Tower, Tel-Aviv.
Curators: Shulamit Nuss and Vera Pilpoul.
2018: Color of Things. Group Exhibition at Binns Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia,
USA.
Curator: Bruria Hassner.
2018: Color of Things. Group Exhibition at Cross Roads Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Curator: Bruria Hassner.
2018: From The Real to the Optional and Back at Diaghilev Hotel Gallery,
Tel-Aviv.
Curator: Ilan Vizgan.
2018: Group Exhibition at Ringstrasse Gallery in Vienna, Austria.
Curator: Rami Azzam.
2018: Credit Point. The Israeli Spirit Exhibition at Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv.
Curators: Shulamit Nuss and Vera Pilpoul.
2018: Red Dot. Group Exhibition in Miami, USA.
Curator: Alon Ben Ezra Goldman.
2017 - 2018: Group Exhibition at Fine Art Gallery in New Jersey, USA.
2017 - 2018: Art Expo Exhibitions in New York.
Curator: Alon Ben Ezra Goldman.
2016 – 2018: Color of Things. Group Exhibition at Jaffa Port.
Curator: Bruria Hassner.
2016 – 2018: Frame of Mind Art Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
2017: I Choose to Fly. Solo Exhibition at Frishman Tower, Tel-Aviv.
Curator: Varda Steinlauf.
2017: Spectrum. Group Exhibition in Miami, USA
Curator: Alon Ben Ezra Goldman.
2016: Path of Color. Solo Exhibition at W Tower, Tel-Aviv.
Curator: Lori Pszenica.
Artist Statement
My paintings express inner emotions and feelings, allowing the inner experience to take on different forms and images each time.
In my work, I use canvas, acrylic paints, paper, markers and pencils.
My process involves creating multiple layers of paint and collage. In the layering process, many parts of a painting are covered over and over again, restructured and change form and color until finalized to the point it expresses my fillings and emotions.
Using an abstract and even slightly naïve technique, I create colorful, sensual, and rich paintings characterized by rich brushstrokes and textures and sweeping creative energy, full of love for color.
My paintings invite the viewer to share and experience my creative journey — a journey that tries to arrange the chaos and complexity of modern life along with my personal view of the world.
I have formulated a unique and personal line, abstract but eloquent, that represents the Sisyphean nature of painting along with endless optimism.
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