Ifat Glassman (b. 1981) is an Israeli-American artist, specializing in figurative painting.
Her work examines the human spirit through the nude body, as she explores the language of movement and physical expressions as a mirror to the soul.
In her paintings, a combination of a deep understanding of anatomy and sensitivity to color, light, and shadow is evident. The play between light and darkness in her works is not only visual, but also emotional – an expression of questions of vulnerability, strength, and longing.
Ifat is a graduate of the Georgetown Atelier (Seattle, 2013); additionally, she studied at the Seattle Sculpture Atelier, The Animation Guild, and Brainstorm School, ultimately dedicating herself to prolonged studies under the artist Alexey Steele and an apprenticeship under sculptor Robert Cunningham.
For over a decade, Ifat has been teaching art alongside her work as an art model – an experience that deepened her understanding of the non-verbal communication between body and soul, between creator and observed.
Her paintings express the human truth that lives beneath the experience of everyday life – hidden emotions of love, loneliness, and emotional exposure – and illuminate them in a new light through the encounter between light and color, between silence and power
