Holding On to Belonging
An expressive figurative work in deep earth tones, portraying the back of a solitary figure holding his own shoulder in a gesture of self-support and containment. Built through rough contours, layered textures, and a fragmented abstract background, the composition explores vulnerability, resilience, and the human need to create belonging from within. The contrast between the unstable surface and the intimate bodily gesture gives the work emotional tension and presence.
Dana Gerlitz
Dana Gerlitz is an artist, illustrator, and animator whose work focuses on the human figure and the body in motion as a space for emotional expression. Drawing from imagination and personal experience, she creates figures that move between states of vulnerability, tension, and searching, seeking to capture inner moments that are difficult to define in words. Her work combines elements of realism with more expressive gestures, constructed through line, color, and bodily movement that carry the narrative forward. Her artistic process is grounded in an exploration of movement and sensation, aiming to create an open space in which the viewer can enter, interpret, and emotionally engage. She studied art and animation at Tiltan College of Design and Visual Communication and at IAC- The Israeli Animation College, alongside private studies with various artists and self-directed learning. Alongside her personal practice, she teaches drawing and continues to refine and deepen her artistic language.
Dana Gerlitz is an artist, illustrator, and animator whose work focuses on the human figure and the body in motion as a space for emotional expression. Drawing from imagination and personal experience, she creates figures that move between states of vulnerability, tension, and searching, seeking to capture inner moments that are difficult to define in words. Her work combines elements of realism with more expressive gestures, constructed through line, color, and bodily movement that carry the narrative forward. Her artistic process is grounded in an exploration of movement and sensation, aiming to create an open space in which the viewer can enter, interpret, and emotionally engage. She studied art and animation at Tiltan College of Design and Visual Communication and at IAC- The Israeli Animation College, alongside private studies with various artists and self-directed learning. Alongside her personal practice, she teaches drawing and continues to refine and deepen her artistic language.
