Tamar Aluf (b. 1986, Jerusalem) absorbed the city’s unique complexity from an early age — the meeting point between sacred and mundane, old and new, near and distant. In recent years she has been living and creating in the Jezreel Valley, an open landscape filled with light that serves as a source of inspiration and a renewed connection to herself and to time.

In this exhibition, Aluf explores the notion of longing — not merely as a sense of absence, but as a vital, ongoing presence that quietly accompanies the present moment. Her works range between the personal and the historical nostalgia, between memory and documentation, revealing how longing transforms over time: from an initial ache into a softer, more reconciled gaze. In her paintings, longing takes on color, line, and texture; it manifests through glance and gesture, within both inner and outer landscapes. Aluf paints life itself — life imbued with longing, tenderness, and light.

Sherover Foyer
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Tamar Aluf, Fragments of Memory, 2025, oil on canvas. Photo courtesy of the artist