Biography
Ina Pesenka is a Tel Aviv artist known for her city-scapes oil paintings. Born in 1968 in Lugansk, Ukraine Pesenkastudied at the Lugansk art school (1979-1983), art college (1983-1987) and the Ukrainian Academy of Polygraphy (1989-1995).
In her early years, Pesenka worked as an illustrator specializing in etching and painting, often in the form ex-libris. After settling in Israel in 1996, Pesenka’s work shifted to include paintings focusing on the “Israeli people’s everyday life.” She named the collection “Israel, years of creation” and addressed the question about Jewish legitimacy to live in Israel. For this series, Pesenka collected documents such as texts and photographs that showed life in the new state of Israel.
Lives in Tel Aviv since 1996.
Education:
Art School LJSH (1979-1983 4 years)
LHU College (Department of Design, 1983-1987)
Lviv Academy named after Ivan Fedorov (book design 1989-1985)
Lives in Israel, Tel Aviv since 1996.
The first personal exhibition is the Hel Ayam Museum. 2003
Other solo exhibitions
Home of the Zionists of America. Tel Aviv (at the invitation of Shimon Peres) 2006
Hel Ayam Museum. 2005
Gallery “Aba Khushi” Haifa. 2004
Group exhibitions:
Auditorium 1997
Congress Hall. Jerusalem. 2003
Congress Hall. Jerusalem. 2005 (at the invitation of Shimon Peres)
Gallery “Daliyat Hakarmel” 2004
2008 – 2018 permanent exhibition at the gallery “Expression”.
As well as exhibitions at auctions and galleries in other countries, in particular the Israeli auctions Tirosh and Montifieri, exhibitions in Miami, London, Amsterdam and so on.
In Efrat Gidon’s book on the History of Art in Israel (2011), she is ranked among the top ten Israeli realists of the 20th-21st century.
The new Israel was largely born in Russia. Hebrew grew alongside Russian. And the sights were initially dreams, until they became a fascinating reality
Ina Pesenka brings the past to life, and gives color to the present, with a brush that inspires training.
Very friendly, Shimon Peres.
