Julie Filipenko (b. 1984) is an Israeli painter and graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Based in Tel Aviv, she is associated with contemporary Pop Surrealism, creating psychologically charged worlds in which mythology, childhood memory, nature, and female identity meet. Her distinctive paintings combine precise figuration with decorative pattern, vivid color, and an atmosphere that moves between sweetness and unease.

Filipenko’s monumental triptych The Three Fates reimagines the Moirai of Greek mythology: Clotho, who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, who measures it; and Atropos, who ultimately cuts it. The three figures appear to manipulate threads extending across the composition, suggesting their control over human destiny. Their elongated gestures, closed eyes, and ritualistic poses unfold against a luminous field of circular motifs, birds, flowers, architectural forms, and reaching hands.

Measuring 200 by 340 cm, this ambitious early work transforms Filipenko’s intimate surrealist vocabulary into an immersive, theatrical composition. Created in 2009, it already contains the detailed ornamentation, enigmatic female protagonists, and tension between beauty and darkness that would become defining elements of her international practice.

Filipenko has exhibited across Israel, Europe, Australia, and the United States, including solo exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York and a 2019 project with Berlin’s Urban Nation Museum.