Racing Print

Margarita Krashenitsa is one of Israel’s most promising young artists. Her art depicts surreal visions of everyday life, personal experiences, impressions and fantasies. Margarita’s pieces are animated with pictorial imagery derived from various cultures over the centuries, revealing the evolution of visual language through their paradoxes and idiosyncrasies. Margarita (Rita) is in a lifelong quest for new sensations in art, and this perpetual curiosity has been a key influence in the development of her unique artistic style. Margarita Krashenitsa was born in a large town in the west of Ukraine and moved to Israel at the age of 20. She grew up with dreams of becoming an artist and of expressing her inner world to people through the medium of the fine arts. Although she knew from an early age that she wanted to be an artist, Margarita’s difficult family circumstances meant that she did not have the opportunity to study fine arts at school. Until the age of 15, Margarita studied at an Orthodox Jewish school before entering the College of Construction and Architecture at the Faculty of Building Design. In between studying and caring for her younger sister, Rita painted and independently studied fine art and art history, presenting paintings to relatives for holidays and celebrations. After graduating from college, Margarita's mother insisted that she continue to study at the University of Civil Engineering, majoring in urban planning. Although Margarita did not argue with her mother, she devoted every minute of her free time to developing her painting skills and finding her own, signature style. Finally, Margarita graduated from university and immigrated to Israel while her family remained in Ukraine. There, Rita made the decision to go against the will of her mother and not pursue her career as a civil engineer. Instead, Rita decided to act on the fulfilment her lifelong dream - to become an artist. The first years in Israel were not at all easy; but integrating into the culture, learning a new language and employment in low-skilled jobs did not shake faith in her dream. Margarita continued to paint and knocked on the doors of countless galleries. Gradually, people began to notice the young Israeli artist and interest in Margarita's work increased with time.