Leah Larisa Bunshaft

Reflexive artist from Barcelona

I create art to highlight the fragility of human beings in an unstable world. I explore themes of time and cycles, as well as issues of feminism, femininity, motherhood, and female identity.

My work stems from the tension between reality and fears, the rapid changes in the world and the desire to find peace in uncertain times. My experience of moving between cultures and living through periods of instability makes this theme deeply personal. Who am I and where do I belong? Without what would I no longer be myself? When does experience protect me, and when does it limit me? How can I enjoy nature and the laughter of children when the whole world is becoming dangerous? What does it mean to be a woman in the modern world? I observe subtle beauty, complex emotions, moments that usually go unnoticed.

I work with painting, drawing, installations, photography and combinations thereof to express what is difficult to put into words. The form and material of execution always follow the meaning I want to convey. I am fascinated by mixing materials; the most interesting things always happen at the intersection of their interaction.

I ask the question: is it possible to build a world within oneself, even when the outside world is unstable? How can we find a delicate balance between control and liberation, between rootedness and change? I believe that art can become a place of reconciliation, where vulnerability becomes a path to freedom and a bridge between inner truth and shared reality.

Leah Larisa Bunshaft (Dizlarka) was born in Ukraine, spent her youth in Russia. Later she emigrated to Israel and currently lives and works in Spain. She holds an MA from the Arts and Construction Department in The Novgorod State University.

Trauma received in childhood, changes of countries influenced the choice of themes of the artist. A key theme in Leah's artworks is the vulnerability of the fragile human being in this insecure world, issues of femininity, women's life, feminism and self-identity. She is also fascinated by the theme of time and cycles.

Dizlarka is a multidisciplinary artist who works in mixed media. Her artworks have been published and exhibited in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, Italy, Greece (including presentations at the MoRA International Museum (USA), Civic Museum of Nepi (Italy) and Agostino Diffused Museum (Italy).

Solo Exhibitions
2025 - "Fragile Beginnings", Art Show on Artsy with Artseeker Gallery (Brooklyn, USA)
2022 - "Kaleidoscope", Business Centre "Azrieli" (Holon, Israel)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 - "Egos", Agostino Diffused Museum (Taormina, Italy, curator Rosi Raneri)
2025 - "The Ancient and The Modern", Civic Museum of the Municipality of Nepi (Italy, curator Claudio Giulianelli)
2025 - "The Spirit of Israel", MORA Museum (New York, USA, curators Emil Silberman and Ella Rozenberg)
2025 - "Feminine Energy: Resistance & Revival", Artseeker Gallery (Brooklyn, USA, curator Viktorria Isaeva)
2025 - "Euro Expo Art 2025", Vernice Art Fire (Forli, Italy, curator Claudio Giulianelli)
2025 - "Exhibition of Emigrant Artists", BUAT Gallery (Barcelona, Spain, curator Julia Surkova)
2024 - "Yo Soy Mujer", Black Light Art Gallery (Valencia, Spain, curator Lisa Dakkar)
2024 - "Dreams & Nightmares", Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge (London, United Kingdom, curators Anthony Fawcett and Katheryn Turner)
2024 - "ArtOnLoop Barcelona", The Holy Art Gallery, digital art show (Barcelona, Spain)
2023 - "Art Show in Times Square", Expo Metro (New York, United States, curator Rudolf Van Valkenburg)
2023 - "Muses on The Move", Ulpan Etzion (Haifa, Israel, curators Vira Gailis and Dasha Ilyashenko)
2023 - "Stories", Gallery "Vinogradov" (Berlin, Germany, curator Ella Rozenberg)
2023 - "About Women and Femininity", Centre of the Technologies and Art
(Ramat Gan, Israel, curator Dr. Avivit Agam Dali)
2023 - "Paintings on a Glass Ceiling", ZOA (Tel Aviv, Israel, curator Moran Jacobi)
2023 - "In This Winter", Gallery "On the lake" (Raanana, Israel, curator Rachel Zio)
2022 - "Life in Future", Gallery "Creators" (Yafo, Israel, curator Birliant Davydov)
2022 - "Under the Mask of Fame", Jaffa theatre (Yafo, Israel, curator Ella Rozenberg)
2021 - "Revival", Cultural Center (Tel Aviv, Israel, curator Dobrinka Encheva)
2021 - "Timeless Beauty" (Yafo, Israel, curator Dobrinka Encheva)
2020 - "7th Annual Figures & Faces Art" online exhibition, Fusion Art
2019 - "Parallel Worlds", Contemporary Art Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel, curator Olisia Romanov)

2023 - 2025 - Big solo project “Fragile Beginnings”
2023 - Charity Auction "Help Ukraine" (with "Impression Sunrice Gallery", Israel)
2023 - Charity Project "Secret Postcard" (with "Fresh Paint", Israel)

2025 - Interview about art project "Fragile Beginnings" with Ella Rozenberg (ASTvideo - TV)
2025 - "The Quiet Revolution of Creation: Dizlarka’s Fragile Beginnings", Artsy, Viewing Rooms (USA)
2025 - "Anthology Magazine", Issue 1/2025, Artseeker Gallery (USA)
2025 - "Modern Renaissance Magazine", Summer 2025, Issue 28, with Artseeker Gallery (UK)
2025 - International publication "You Can Become Anyone You Choose" by Be Art New York Publishing (USA)
2024 - Art Magazine, "Issue 02", The Holy Art Gallery, the painting “Indecision” (London, United Kingdom)
2024 - Newspaper "Las Provincias", information about an exhibition "Yo soy mujer" (Valencia, Spain)
2024 - Site "El Jardin de Las Musas", article about me and article about the painting "Puppet Doll" (Spain)
2024 - Art Magazine, "Issue 03" The Holy Art, the artwork “Vision” (London, United Kingdom)
2024 - Site "Para y Por Mujeres", article about feminism with the painting "Puppet Doll" (Spain)
2023 - Artmajur Gallery Magazine, Art history - march 2023 , article "Art and Feminism", the text about the painting "Puppet Doll" (Spain)

2023 - 2024 - Artistic strategizing course of Karolina Peskisheva
2022 - 2023 Art scene program of Vera Gailis and KakdelArt
2022 - Art Boost Residence of Get Art Fit (of Sofia Shapkina and Irina Razumovskaya)
2011 - 2012 - Photographic Art Course of Mark Nazarov, ArtHol School of Art, Russia
2007 - 2008 - Graphic design course, High School of Practical Design, Moscow, Russia
2006 - Psychology of advertising course, St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology
and Social Work, St. Petersburg, Russia
2000 - 2006 - Graphic Design, Master's Degree, Arts and Construction Department in The Novgorod State University, Russia

2023 - present - Independent Contemporary Artist
2019 - 2023 - Artist, Freelancer Graphic Designer
2016 - 2019 - Graphic designer, design studio "CONCEPT"
2013 - 2016 - Art director, advertising agency "TEL AVIV-MOSCOW"
2009 - 2013 - Freelancer graphic designer
2006 - 2009 - Art director, company "SPLAV 21 VEK"
2002 - 2006 - Graphic designer, company "OVEN"

2023 - 3RD Place, nomination: "Installation" (Golden Time Talent, London, United Kingdom)
2023 - 2RD Place, nomination: "Painting" (Golden Time Talent, London, United Kingdom)
2022 - Grant of the highest degree from the Israeli Ministry of Absorption (Tel Aviv, Israel)