Jessica Moritz

B. 1982
Jessica Moritz is a French-Israeli artist based in Tel Aviv. She graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in Paris and has received several distinctions, including the LVMH Young Artist Award (2006), the Takasago Prize (2008), and an artist grant from the Israeli Ministry of Immigration and Culture (2023).
Her work is guided by the search for balance within chaos, translating experiences of light, space, and emotion into geometric forms and harmonies of color. Light functions both as a medium and as a muse, inspiring her through its endless spectrum of color, its fleeting moments of grace, and its dialogue with architecture. From these explorations, she develops “mindscapes,” utopian architectures and impossible geometries that expand perception.
Influenced by the Bauhaus movement and by Josef Albers’ theories of color, Moritz creates works that often incorporate optical illusions, destabilizing logic and suggesting alternative ways of seeing. The Bauhaus heritage visible in Tel Aviv’s architecture deepens her investigation of space and color, encouraging her to cultivate a personal, experimental approach to these materials.
Sustainability plays an essential role in her practice. She reclaims and...

BFA and MFA at the Fine Arts of Paris (ENSBA 2009)
Student exchange program at Hunter College NY (2005)
2018 Con Arts Residency, New York 
2018 Cold Bench Residency

2024
New Totems and Other Sleeping Gods, Wertheimer Gallery, Tel Aviv (Group Exhibition)
Summer Unveiled, Wertheimer Gallery, Tel Aviv (Group Exhibition)
Mute Poetry, Wertheimer Gallery, Tel Aviv (Group Exhibition)
Rise, Aedra Fine Arts (Group Exhibition)
Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv (Group Exhibition)
2023
Migrations and the Shifting Borders, curated by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Open Architecture of Interior Space, Bi-Box Artspace, Biella, Italy
Disposable Reality, Wertheimer Gallery, Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv
UP-AND-COMING, Wertheimer Gallery, Tel Aviv
Open Studio (in collaboration with Batim Bifnim), Tel Aviv
Linea Festival (Group Exhibition)
Lemon Frame Gallery Pop-Up, Tel Aviv
2022
Open Studio 2022//סטודיו פתוח//קריית המלאכה
International Painting Biennale “Changing the Empty Surface”
Stand with Ukraine, NFT collective project, 100% funding go to NGO on Versum
3 Apo Swallowtail Terrace - by donovan_c_archer, on cryptovoxels
M3:G3 sphere festival, Arts Culture Festival New Delhi
RE—ND—ER—ED ENGAGE​ 2022, UK
אוהבים אמנות עושים אמנות 2022, open studio
Geometric and color at Ubique Gallery
Art Matters 6, honorable mention, Galerie Biesenbach
מהדורת איור 2022 La Culture, illustration week 2022