Steffa Reis was born in Berlin. She left Germany for England in 1937 and immigrated to Israel in 1957. She settled on Kibbutz Ein Harod in the Jezreel Valley. In 1968, she opened a studio and gallery in the Artists' Quarter in Safed. In 1980, she opened another studio in Tel Aviv.

 

Reis's landscapes are full of color and light, with an interplay between figurative and abstract art. She developed a technique of working on and over pre-existing images. Another dominant theme in her work is architectural patterns that resemble mathematical puzzles. Reis works in acrylic, watercolor, oil, etching and litholography.

Education

Harrow Art School, England.