Liorah Tchiprout
A recent visit to Liorah’s studio July ‘25
Liorah tchiprout: Contemporary British Artist,
Painter and Printmaker
Liorah Tchiprout (born 1992, London) is one of the most distinctive emerging artists working in Britain today. Combining painting, printmaking, drawing and sculpture, Tchiprout creates intimate and theatrical figurative works populated by handmade puppets and characters drawn from her own imagination, experiences and cultural heritage.
Her paintings are immediately recognisable for their unusual combination of vulnerability, humour, theatricality and psychological depth. Behind the figures and carefully constructed scenes is an artist interested in identity, belonging, girlhood, relationships and the complexity of human emotion.
At Blondes Fine Art, we are delighted to offer original paintings and prints by Liorah Tchiprout, an artist whose reputation has grown considerably in recent years.
Who is Liorah Tchiprout?
Liorah Tchiprout was born in London in 1992 and lives and works in London. She studied Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Brighton, subsequently studying at the Bezalel School of Art and Design in Jerusalem and UAL Camberwell.
Although printmaking was an important part of her early artistic education, Tchiprout's practice has developed into a fascinating combination of oil painting, printmaking, drawing and sculpture. Her work has attracted considerable attention from galleries, collectors and institutions, and she is represented by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery.
For collectors looking for an artist with a highly individual visual language and an increasingly established exhibition history, Liorah Tchiprout is particularly interesting.
Liorah Tchiprout and her handmade puppets
One of the most fascinating aspects of Liorah Tchiprout's art is the role played by her handmade puppets. Rather than simply painting models from life, Tchiprout creates her own figures. These can be constructed around wooden mannequins or wire armatures and developed using modelling clay, handmade clothing and hair. The resulting characters become a cast of performers within her paintings and drawings.
The puppets may represent herself, people close to her, fictional characters or imagined personalities. But , they all combine to make you this unique puppet family. This gives her paintings a curious theatrical quality.
The figures often appear caught between animation and stillness. They may seem vulnerable, awkward, humorous or melancholy, creating a strange tension between the artificial nature of the puppet and the very real emotions conveyed through the finished artwork. This is central to the fascination of Tchiprout's work.
The theatrical world of Liorah Tchiprout
Theatre is an important underlying idea in Tchiprout's work. Her figures appear to inhabit a private stage on which relationships and emotions can be explored. The puppets become actors, while the artist effectively becomes director, playwright and painter. This allows Tchiprout to explore situations that might otherwise be difficult to depict. Her paintings can therefore feel like fragments of an unfinished story. A group of figures may suggest a relationship or confrontation, while a solitary figure can create an intense feeling of introspection.
Titles such as ‘Dance Pleading’, ‘Enter Stage Left’, ‘A Lady Who Lingers and Says She Is Lost’ and ‘Hang My Portrait in the Great Hall of Your Heart’ reinforce this sense of theatre, poetry and narrative.
Blondes Fine Art has offered a number of these works, including original oil paintings and signed prints directly from the artist's studio.
Liorah Tchiprout's paintings
Tchiprout's oil paintings are among the most sought-after aspects of her practice.Many of her smaller works have an intimate scale, allowing the viewer to become closely involved with the strange little worlds she creates.
Her paintings are figurative, but they do not follow traditional portraiture. Instead, the figures are vehicles for storytelling and emotion. A Tchiprout painting might initially appear playful or whimsical, but closer examination often reveals something more complicated. Her characters can embody vulnerability, longing, isolation, humour, uncertainty or desire. This mixture of the familiar and the unsettling is one of the qualities that makes her work so memorable.
Liorah Tchiprout and Jewish heritage
Tchiprout's cultural heritage is an important part of understanding her work.
Her practice draws upon Jewish culture and Yiddish literature, while exploring ideas surrounding identity, belonging and the experience of Jewish women. However, her paintings are not simply illustrations of Jewish history or literature. Instead, cultural references become part of a much broader investigation into memory, identity, relationships and the construction of personal stories.
The handmade nature of her figures also connects with this idea of inherited stories and identities. Characters can appear to carry histories of their own, even when the viewer cannot immediately understand exactly what those histories might be.
Liorah Tchiprout and printmaking
Printmaking remains an important part of Tchiprout's artistic practice.
Her early studies in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Brighton helped establish a foundation for the experimental relationship between drawing, image-making and reproduction that continues within her work.
Blondes Fine Art has offered a number of her signed etchings and prints, including hand-coloured works and soft-ground etchings.
These prints provide collectors with an opportunity to own an original work by Tchiprout at a different price point from her larger oil paintings.
For collectors interested in contemporary British printmaking, Tchiprout's prints are particularly appealing because they retain the intimacy and idiosyncratic character of her wider practice.
Liorah Tchiprout and New Contemporaries
A major milestone in Tchiprout's career came in 2021 when she was selected for New Contemporaries.
New Contemporaries has played an important role in introducing emerging British artists to a wider audience since its foundation in 1949. Its alumni include major names such as Frank Auerbach, Paula Rego, David Hockney and Frank Bowling.
Tchiprout's inclusion placed her within an important lineage of artists who have gone on to make significant contributions to British contemporary art. It is one of the reasons her work has attracted increasing attention from collectors looking to identify artists at an earlier stage of their careers.
Awards and recognition
Tchiprout has been shortlisted for a number of important prizes, including the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Signature Art Prize and Ingram Prize.
She has also been selected for the Print Futures Award and the John Purcell Award. Her work has subsequently entered significant public and private collections. These include the Arts Council Collection, UK Government Art Collection, Soho House and Clifford Chance collections, as well as the Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collection. The inclusion of Tchiprout's work in public collections is an important indication of the growing institutional interest in her practice.
Why are Liorah Tchiprout paintings so collectable?
There are several reasons why Liorah Tchiprout paintings are attracting collectors.
A highly distinctive style
Her work is instantly recognisable. The combination of handmade puppets, theatrical compositions and intimate figurative painting gives her a visual language that is unlike that of most contemporary British painters.
Strong storytelling
Her paintings encourage the viewer to invent a narrative. Who are the figures? What has happened before the scene depicted? What will happen afterwards?The unanswered questions make the paintings engaging rather than merely decorative.
Emotional depth
Despite their playful appearance, Tchiprout's figures can communicate remarkably complex emotions. Her work moves comfortably between humour and melancholy, tenderness and discomfort.
A growing institutional reputation
Her selection for New Contemporaries, prize nominations and representation in important collectionsall demonstrate that Tchiprout's career is developing rapidly.
An exciting artist to follow
Perhaps most importantly for collectors, Tchiprout is still a relatively young artist. Born in 1992, she is at an exciting point in her career, with her work moving from the emerging-art scene into increasingly established gallery and institutional contexts.
Buying Liorah Tchiprout paintings and prints
Blondes Fine Art has a particular interest in Liorah Tchiprout original paintings, etchings and prints. Our collection has included works obtained directly from the artist's studio, providing collectors with an opportunity to acquire original pieces by this increasingly recognised contemporary British artist. Available works can include oil paintings on canvas board or panel, signed etchings and hand coloured prints.
If you are looking to buy a Liorah Tchiprout painting, we recommend contacting Blondes Fine Art to discuss current availability, as individual works can sell quickly.
Liorah Tchiprout at Blondes Fine Art
We are particularly pleased to represent and promote the work of Liorah Tchiprout and have done so since 2020. Her paintings occupy an exciting position within contemporary British art: figurative but highly imaginative, intimate yet theatrical, and rooted in personal experience while remaining open to multiple interpretations.
For collectors who are interested in emerging British artists, contemporary figurative painting and original British art, Liorah Tchiprout is an artist worth discovering. We currently feature a selection of her original paintings and prints and are always happy to discuss her work with collectors.
Liorah Tchiprout – an artist to watch
At Blondes Fine Art, we believe her work is particularly exciting because it feels both highly personal and completely original.
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