Nitzan Mintz

Visual poet | Urban artist

Nitzan Mintz’s practice is rooted in language and poetic words, coming  to life  on streets, walls and canvases. Nitzan Mintz  is a “visual poet” who merges the power of words with   a variety of materials and media.

Mintz began writing poetry during her service in the army. Back in Tel Aviv, she studied at Minshar School of Art. Triggered by a broken heart and inspired by lost love, Mintz started writing her prose with a marker all over the city’s public walls. Since then, the city –  its beauty and its failures – remain her main source of inspiration.

For her, and her partner and collaborator Dede Bandaid, working in the streets and sharing street art is a way of expressing themselves freely.  Although they work independently they also cooperate on specific projects where they blend both of their distinct visual languages. Through site-specific art — outdoors and indoors — Nitzan Mintz explores personal difficulty, such as  childhood trauma and ideas surrounding the family. Her words speak of love and loss on one hand and social and political hopes and dreams on the other.

The creation of public poetry offers a peaceful break in the bustling city. Mintz’s specific and recognizable letter stencils  transform into murals that aim at becoming meaningful to local communities. The works become a gift to surrounding inhabitants –  a voice for the voiceless . When projects are led outside of Israel, Nitzan Mintz researches the area, the neighbourhood, its people, and its history or recent events. The poem is then translated in Hebrew and the local language; translation becomes a graphic tool for the artist.

Back in her studio, Nitzan Mintz also creates works on paper, cardboard and found wood; she also collects paper and recycles them to make collages. Mintz has a mixed media practice in which abstract, layered, and textured backgrounds — inspired by urban landscapes’ stories blend in with her own biography. Mintz describes it as an “aesthetic of decay”.

Read full biography

Selected
artworks

Nitzan Mintz

A Birthday To the Wound , 2022

Mixed media on found old door 126 x 70 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

The Hand is a Whale (English Version) , 2022

Mixed media on cardboard 210 x 70 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

My Fears , 2021

Mixed media 100 x 70 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

The Hand is a Whale , 2022

Mixed media on paper 205 x 90 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Him , 2021

Mixed media 170 x 105 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Goodbye Letter , 2013

Paper-cut and spray paint 61 x 86 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Madonna , 2017

Acrylic on canvas 82 x 65 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

I Believe In Us , 2019

Mixed media 36 x 27 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Sukkah , 2019

Mixed media on wood 300 x 335 x 242 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Untitled , 2018

Etching Aquatint 50 x 65 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

You Will Not Sleep , 2021

Mixed media 73 x 103 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Streaming From All My Dreams , 2021

Mixed media 73 x 103 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Him , 2021

Mixed media 170 x 105 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Black on Red , 2019

Mixed media 52 x 47 cm
ENQUIRE
Nitzan Mintz

Purple Dream , 2019

Mixed media 114 x 67 cm
ENQUIRE

Projects

CLOSE
Artwork
enquiry

    In order to respond to your enquiry, we will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in any emails.