Yudith Levin (b. 1949, Ein Vered, Israel) is a seminal figure in contemporary Israeli art. Over several decades, she has developed a distinctive visual language rooted in gestural abstraction and expressive figuration, while engaging with the use of modest, found materials—most notably discarded plywood collected from the streets of Tel Aviv.

In Levin’s practice, plywood is no longer a mere support but a central expressive medium. Marked by wear, fragility, and resilience, these fragments carry emotional and metaphorical weight. Whether working on canvas or assembling plywood elements on the wall, her works emerge through an intuitive process rather than premeditated composition. Figuration, when it appears, grows out of abstract gesture, sustaining a tension between chance and intention, materiality and inner experience.

Situated between painting, relief, and sculpture, Levin’s fragmented structures resist fixed narratives and reflect a modern worldview shaped by disjunction and the search for fragile harmonies.