Sylva zalmanson biography

Sylva Zalmanson's paintings can be interpreted as a symbolic expression of two of the meaningful experiences she has experienced in her life: prison and freedom.

Today Sylva Zalmanson lives in Israel and was recently honored as part of Jerusalem Post Russian-Speaking Jews who shaped Israel in Zionism.

In the 1970's she made headlines as a Soviet refusenik, a Prisoner of Zion, whose unwavering courage and dignity, even while in captivity, made her a symbol of freedom and faith.

Sylva zalmanson biography

Sylva Zalmanson in her studio. October 2019, Israel

Credit: Anat Zalmanson Kuznetsov

...“The themes of the exhibition "Animal Soul" (Hebrew: נשמה חיה) can be interpreted as a symbolic expression of the artist's experiences.

The choice of sheep and goats can be interpreted as an indirect way of describing the Jewish public in the Soviet Union, whose lives were under threat