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ABOUT ARTIST

 

Born in Riga (Latvia), Susanna Chernobrova graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree in theoretical physics, completed a course of drawing and painting organized by the Latvian Art Academy, and studied fine arts and pedagogy at the External University of Arts in Moscow.

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Susanna Chernobrova participated in unofficial art exhibitions held in Malaya Gruzinskaya Str., Moscow, and was a member of the "Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists on Malaya Gruizinskaya". She taught at a children's art studio; worked as a stage designer at a Youth Theater; designed playbills and theater posters, and illustrated two books of her own "Manuscript Copyright" and "Electronic Mail" – as well as "Journey to the Lighthouse", a book by Yuli Kim.

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She has lived in Jerusalem since 1991 and works as an artist at the Jerusalem Journal.

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Susanna took part in the publication of the Book of Psalms (150 psalms – 150 artists, Jerusalem, 2006). Nowadays, she is a member of the Jerusalem Anthology Association. Awards: The David Samoilov Prize for the "Electronic Mail" book (2009).

Personal exhibitions:

  • Skizza gallery (2025) Jerusalem;

  • Gala Studio (2014);

  • The Watercolor Exhibition. The Jerusalem City Hall (2005); 

  • The House of Cinema, Riga (1980);

  • Editor's office of the Decorative Art Magazine, Moscow (1977).

 

Group exhibitions:

  • Nina Gallery, Jerusalem (2005);

  • Exhibition of water-colors, Jerusalem City Hall (2005);

  • Afifit Café Gallery, Jerusalem (1994);

  • Exhibitions of theater posters in Prague (1986) and Helsinki (1990);

  • Scenic Designers of Latvia, Riga, Art Festival (1987);

  • Various group exhibitions by Jerusalem-based artists – at the Jerusalem Theater,
    at the Gerard Behar Center etc.

The works of Susanna Chernobrova form part of private collections in Moscow, Jerusalem, New York, Riga, London, and Paris.

 

Articles:

  • Natalia Shkarovskaya (World Encyclopedia of Naïve Art, Harper & Row, London 1985);

  • Yuri Axionov ('Decorative Art', 1977, #10);

  • Maya Kaganskaya ('Windows'/'Vesti, Tel Aviv), etc.

PHOTOS OF EXHIBITIONS

"This is a photo from 1970. I had just started writing, having cast out all theoretical physics from my head. 'The beginning was so distant, the first interest so timid'..."
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