Select Works on Paper
Score for Viewing, 2024 - 2026.
A collection of pieces from the past couple of years.
Pieces on this page
| Title | Image | Image Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | A large pseudo three dimensional triangular form is in the center of the page against a thick background in two very similar shades of red. Each side of the triangular form appears to fold into the adjacent sides, with colorful horizontal stripes running along it. An inner triangular space reveals a thick background in muted orange and purple colors. Thick colorful lines emanate out of the triangular form outwards, carved out of the background. | |
| 2026-03-18 | Thick layers of light blues cover the majority of the horizontal page, with some small holes and areas revealing a purple layer underneath. The layer leaves a textured purple red geometric form visible in the bottom right quadrant. It looks like a wide rectangular box with a triangle on top. | |
| 2026-05-13 | Large eye-with-lashes like form is carved out in pale yellow at the center of a thick swirly background in light purples, pinks, oranges, teals, and reds. The swirl follows the narrow oval shape of the eye form, or the eye form follows the swirl. It can also be a microscopic bacteria or just a form. | |
| 2026-04-16 | A dark green large simple three dimensional box shape sits on top of a curved textured pink purple area. The visible face on the side is darker than the front face. The front side has a solid dark green rectangle in the center, meeting the ground. Dark green lines and dark pink lines move in / out between the opening and the right and bottom right edges of the page. Thin dark purple horizontal area sits above the scene. | |
| 2024-12-18 | Abstract form or a detail of a form in shades of red against a cloudy dark magenta purple background , with a large curve partially rendered with scratches and a thick translucent light blue mark. Darker red curve adds depth. Small circle with a dot at the center and five thin lines and some gray smudges in the bottom right area of the page, on top of another light red area. | |
| 2024-06-26 | Monochrome drawing in purple oil pastel on newsprint. A figure drawn in a loose curvy outline is floating above a nearly full tub-like container. The figure's legs are crossed and all of its limbs are falling over. Its eyes are two downward facing half circles. The tub is on a ground of thin long horizontal lines, against a background of broad vertical lines, and under multiple rows of darker horizontal squiggly lines like high frequency waves. | |
| 2024-07-29 | Scene in thick blue hues, with pink outlines carved out of it. Curvy figure is floating above a tub with lip / upside down hat with brim in what appears to be a steamy room against a grid of small imprecise squares, almost touching a horizontal line at the top of the page. The figure has two downward facing half circles for eyes, stubby limbs falling down, legs crossed. | |
| 2025-01-15 | A saturated purple and pink inset or face sits on top of the point of a saturated blue triangle, in front of a saturated light green triangle. The inset or face has other loosely drawn inset forms in the pink area: two small square ones side by side and a longer vertical narrow one below them. These are all against a saturated orange background, covering most of the page, except for the right quarter, which features a three dimensional grid of textured orange. | |
| 2025-01-15 | Red tub seen from above, against a light orange background, taking up the majority of the height of the paper and appears to be leaning on the paper's right and bottom edges. What would be the water is an opaque light teal with some purple smudges and squiggly orange lines in a loose grid pattern. | |
| 2026-03-31 | Scene in mostly monochrome purple, rendered as if from slightly above and to the side. A figure with a relatively square head and two yellow outline flower eyes is seen reclining on a three dimensional form, feet up, holding a book that's drawn a couple of times over itself. There is a frame on a surface next to it with a drawing of a flower in red outline. | |
| 2025-12-04 | Drawing in mostly monochrome purple with some red and a touch of light orange. An upside down mostly full tub-like vessel with a lip on suggested ground registers as a hat of a minimal head. Two thin red lines outline the shape of the head. Two red upward facing half circles on top of what would have been a liquid register as eyes probably. Broad lines in faint purple radiate outwards around the figure and hat / tub. | |
| 2026-03-05 | Monochromatic light blue partial portrait, only eyes and nose seen from below. Geometric wide triangular upward nose, nostrils dark. Big round eyes with many overlapping ovals turned at different angles in each pupil. Slightly curved line under each eye. Curved black lines above each eye. | |
| 2025-11-25 | Monochromatic medium orange drawing. A three dimensional inset with a dark side face and a darker back sits in a grid of textured pieces that don't quite align with its perspective. Four finger-like forms with fingernails and little indentations are lined next to each other on the bottom side of the inset. | |
| 2025-12-09 | Portrait. Round head in red outlines appears to be facing slightly upwards with two large arrows facing each other for eyes and a big c shaped mouth with sharp triangular teeth on top and bottom, slightly offset. The figure is wearing what looks like a red bandana tied in the back and a black shirt. A wide textured black mostly transparent stroke runs over and across the eyes and extends beyond the head. | |
| 2025-10-23 | Monochrome portrait in red. A triangular head with some three dimensional depth to it seems to be moving toward the bottom right area of the page or indicate an extreme perspective. Eyes looking sideways toward the right. Long pointy nose crosses the triangle shape into the red background. Mouth lined with rectangular teeth grid slightly curved upwards. Long mustache spiraling on each end. | |
| 2025-08-04 | A very spiky figure with overlapping jagged outlines (in coral, light green, and yellow) has two short arrow eyes pointing at each other, short arms, and short stubby legs. Its right arm is reaching toward a gray screen of what is probably a laptop, with the bottom side drawn loosely below. The figure and most of the laptop are in a bright yellow background, against a loosely covered brown background. Red letters say "EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OKAY." over the laptop and right above the figure, Hs getting smaller across the line. | |
| 2025-05-20 | Simple drawing in light blue outline. The tip of a finger, with a relatively detailed fingernail is over a "5" key, edge of finger touching the rounded edge of the 5. | |
| 2026-05-09 | Monochromatic medium yellow drawing. Solid tall right angle triangle covers the bottom left area of the page. Against it is a grainy oval defined by a thick line of varying density and a slightly darker surrounding. Slightly off center and to the bottom right of the oval is a simple flower form with five petals and a small circle in the middle, surrounded by a couple of concentric circle attempts. | |
| 2026-05-05 | Scene in thin purple-red lines and broader light orange marks. Person standing seen from behind against a horizon line with two large hills in a range. Clear hairline from ear to ear. Straight back. Slightly leaning back on straight left leg. Right leg and arms from elbow onwards are drawn in overlapping and slightly different shapes and directions. Orange texture frames the person in a way, adds some color to the hills, and continues to the sky. | |
| 2025-07-18 | Abstract composition. Rectangle layered in greens and blues runs across the bottom quarter to a third of the page. Above it is a squiggly brown form with a raised pointy edge and a darker blue triangle below its edge. Above it is a dotted brown line with a right facing arrow, over textured blue forms with little circles and some straight vertical and diagonal lines. The arrow meets a narrow dark blue vertical form. To its side is a light textured gray and blue rectangle with a thin blue line running across its bottom side. | |
| 2026-07-29 | Layered oil pastel drawing of a figure rendered from just below shoulders to around the knees. Layers creating textures of color: yellows and oranges top, pink and oranges bottom, light greens and teals background and ground. Arms hiding behind the back, elbows protruding out. Faint forms are visible under t shirt area. | |
| 2025-08-24 | Scene in thickly applied layers of oil pastels. A textured light gray, slightly translucent figure is surrounded by teal and stretched inside a cross cut of something that would be a tub but looks kind of like a chariot form. Whatever it is, it's yellow, has a red outline and occasionally recedes into the thick orange background. The figure's outline is a shimmering violet that appears to be carved out of the medium around it. One leg crossed over a very straight and extended leg. One arm falling sideways and back. Two downward facing half circles as eyes. | |
| 2025-08-13 | Small light pink blobby outline with a small vertical red smudge are positioned on a winding yellow pink receding path against a green form with yellow step-like loose carvings. To the left are three areas of color like receding hills bottom to top: dark purple and red with streaks, dark purple and light orange texture, pink and red with orange streaks. The green form's edges smear toward the three forms. | |
| 2025-03-13 | Scene in a squarish area on a horizontal page. A crudely depicted horizontal box on a pole (like a billboard) casts a subtle purple skewed shadow, on a simple purple landscape next to a faint pink road leading to small red forms, against a dark purple sky with a pink quarter of a circle in the top right corner. The box is lined with small marks / dots alternating between red and a yellowish cyan. The middle of the box is a yellowish cyan. Short thin red lines and light pink smudges radiate around the box. | |
| 2025-05-20 | A scene. Figure drawn in light pink outlines is at center, standing on one stubby leg with the other leg crossed over it, holding a cup with a stubby arm. Eyes closed, wiggly lines rising from cup form. Ground is two horizontal light pink lines. To the right and cropped is a tall and wide container in black outline. To the left above the head is a red rectangle and the letters RD in white against a black background. |
Bio
Or Zubalsky makes paintings, drawings, scores for viewing, and systems: encounters with silence and hope. They are a 2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and were previously a resident at Pioneer Works (2023), NEW INC incubator member (2023), and C/Change R&D Lab fellow (2023). They live with their partner and child in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn).
Contact
I like getting messages at or@myawesomestudio.com.
Index (incomplete)
| Title |
|---|
| * Introducing: the figure |
| * Select Works on Paper |
| * Select Works on Panel |
| * Unseen |
| Decentered |
| * When a Reference to a Name is Lost |
| * Merge Conflicts |
| Request Deferred |
| * Time Travels: Building a State in the Middle East |
| Meeting Table |