Polina Pober (born 1979) is a visual artist working primarily with painting and mixed media.

Her artistic path is closely connected to the cities she has lived in: Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg,

Moscow, Tel Aviv, and Riga.

 

She received her initial art education in Russia, studying painting at the Novosibirsk Academy

of Architecture

and Art. She graduated from Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University and later earned a second degree in psychology from Saint Petersburg State University.

 

In 2006, Polina moved to Israel, where she studied visual arts at the Open University of Israel

and worked for several years in the studio of illustrator Wolf Bulba, a member of the Israel Painters

and Sculptors Association.

Since 2014, she has been based in Latvia and currently lives and works between Riga and Turin.

 

Her practice is centered on painting and mixed media, alongside narrative and illustrative projects developed as a separate line of work.

In her paintings, Polina focuses on states of silence, presence, and fragile balance, creating works

that function as “stories without words” and remain open to individual interpretation.