Avital Burg

The artist photographed by Geoffrey Biddle. Avital Burg studied at Bezalel Academy, the Hatahana School, the Slade School of Art, and the New York Studio School. Burg was the artist-in-residence at the Interlude Residency, NY, and the Peleh Residency, CA. Her works are in prominent collections, including the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection (NY), and the Bank Leumi Art Collection. Burg’s impasto paintings incorporate dry paint pieces from her palette into fresh layers, creating surfaces reminiscent of low-relief sculptures. Some canvases are painted over three or four previous works, signifying how each moment of creation encapsulates multiple points in time. The oil on canvas grows lush with life, prompting Burg to reflect on the impermanence of material existence and inviting guests into a rhythmic and meditative form of viewing. Cracks in the Pavement offers a glimpse into nature’s quiet cycles and beauty, often lost in the urban thrum of New York City. In Burg’s newest paintings, blue chicories push through the earth, wildflowers bloom in winter, then wither—making way for spring’s pink and lavender buds. The inevitability of impermanence is layered onto the canvas, with each painting titled after the street where the artist encountered the flower during walks to and from her Brooklyn studio. Avital Burg, Harlemville Road Purple Loosestrife, 2024, Oil on linen mounted on wood, 10 x 8 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery Avital Burg, Summer Crown Heights Flowers, 2024, Oil on linen mounted on wood, 10 x 8.5 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery Avital Burg, TJ Hyacinth (Week 35), 2023, Oil on linen, 30 x 26 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery