About Tehila
Tehila Zion, born into a family of ten in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, a neighborhood near Mea She’arim, whose homes are soaked in the voice of Torah and were all the colors of the Haredi world breathe together.
Her grandparents, initially in Iran, were wealthy people but nothing stood in their way and they left all their possessions behind and immigrated to Israel, to reach the long-desired Land.
The place she would love to tour was Mea Shearim, especially on Friday nights the alleys were lit in yellow and dim light; She would enjoy walking around and stopping by an old house, listening fascinated to the Shabbat songs that would spill out – from each house and balcony melodies and songs would flow, the smells of Tscholent and the flocking crowds of Hasidim…
For her to grow up in an environment where she saw burning love for the Homeland and Zion was like being in a fascinating bubble, to see the Hasidim gathering around the bulletin board with great interest. The periodic demonstrations and the mouthwatering smells every Friday evening, and the other childhood memories.
Traditional attire, curly sidelocks, and the unique and delightful character of her childhood environment have been a fascinating and intriguing inspiration for her.
From an early age, she loved to paint, and her parents, who saw this passion, enrolled her in different painting classes; she loved to experiment with different materials and styles, but the subjects of her paintings were and still are…Jerusalem and Hasidic life…
She cultivated at the mist of religious communities from many countries creating the new human mosaic of the Jewish people in Jerusalem. Jerusalem of the olden days, Jerusalem of now, Jerusalem of eternity.
She mostly connects to a contemporary and semi-abstract style, a genre that leaves more room for feelings and emotions and gives life and soul to something inanimate…
She aspires to go far with her art, enabling it to touch hearts, to connect people wherever they are to their origins and fill them from the pool of feelings that flow from her paintings.
Painting for her is far beyond something inanimate and color is a way and language for her to speak to the distant Jew. In every painting she creates, she prays that the person contemplating it, would gather a glimpse of awe, and would feel the desire to search deeper, resulting in a single moment of inner truth.
