Zina Roitman (also known as Zina Rotman) was born on December 17, 1944 in the Soviet Union. She lived in Moldova, where she graduated from high school in 1961. From 1961 to 1965, she studied at the Academy of Arts in Chisinau, taking courses in classical drawing, painting, and graphics. Artists such as Vasarely, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, and many Japanese artists influenced the young student's approach to art. In 1974, Zina Roitman immigrated to Israel. Her twelve years in the country were spent mastering watercolor techniques and searching for new ways to express herself. Zina Roitman's watercolors painted in "dry" and "wet", in bright and pastel shades can be found in many exhibitions in various Israeli galleries. From painting landscapes from life in the classical style, Zina turns to associative images mixed with lyrical dreams and mysticism.
The artist achieves harmony and aesthetic beauty through the wonderful feeling for the material she works with and the transparent clarity of her colors. Alongside original works, she tried her hand at graphic techniques. The most successful were those for serigraphs. Zina Roitman did all the graphic work herself. The drawings and sketches for serigraphs (silk screen) were made in a special type of gouache according to printing techniques.