Malca Binhas Litwin was born in Tunisia in 1943. She studied painting and drawing in New York in the early 1980s and has been painting regularly ever since. Malca lives and works in Jerusalem. Over the years, her works have included charcoal drawings on paper, oil paintings on paper and oil paintings on canvas.
Over the past two decades, Malca has developed a painting technique that is the main axis of her artistic creativity today. In this technique, she creates lines and shapes on the canvas until it is completely covered, a stage she calls “chaos”.
Following this stage and from within the confusion created on the canvas, a slow process begins to discover different possible worlds and the possibility of their existence in harmony. The light that appears from the black depths in the final artistic result of each painting emanates from the parts of the canvas that have not been touched by paint. All of Malca’s works are created exclusively in daylight, not in artificial light. Thus, the colors change according to the changing light of the day.
Exhibitions
- Malca Binhas-Litwin, Works 2005-2014, Jerusalem Theater Gallery, 20 Marcus Street, Jerusalem. January 8- February 7, 2015.
- Malca Binhas-Litwin, Works, Artspace, 5 Hazefira, Jerusalem. October 19 – November 15, 2002.
- Malca Binhas-Litwin, Oil Paintings, Artspace, 5 Hazefira, Jerusalem. March 31 – April 21, 1998.
- Malca Binhas-Litwin, Oil Paintings 1988-1991, The Municipal Art Gallery, 17 Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. May 28 – June 28, 1991.
- Malca Binhas-Litwin, Charcoal Works on Paper, Jerusalem Theater Gallery, 20 Marcus Street, Jerusalem. March 1985.
The Studio
