Maria Gurevich

{{Short description|Israeli puppet designer}}

Maria Gurevich ({{langx|he|מריה גורביץ}}; born October 8, 1964)[https://www.mariadolls.com/ Maria Gurevich]website is an Israeli puppet designer known for creating puppets in many TV programs for children and adults, as well as in theatre plays and commercials.Naomi Lebanon-Keshet, [https://givatayimplus.co.il/magu75/ "התקבלתי לטלוויזיה וחיי השתנו מהקצה אל הקצה" מריה גורביץ – בובה של אמנית], Givatayim Plus magazine ([http://media.givatayimplus.co.il/I75/FBK a pdf of the printed magazine], December 16, 2020)Валентина Крауклит, [http://babanata.ru/?p=3601 Гуревич Мария], ЗАПИСКИ О ХУДОЖНИКАХ, April 12, 2013

In 1983 she graduated from the {{ill|Moscow College of Art|ru|Московское академическое художественное училище}} In 1990 she immigrated to Israel with her 10-month old son Dan, while son's father remained in the Soviet Union. Earlier her parents were permitted to emigrate, and they prepared an apartment for her in Rehovot. Later she moved to Ramat Gan. She was earning her living by giving art lessons to children and manufacturing puppets for orders.

On the third year in Israel she was invited to make puppets for the TV show :he:המחסן של כאילו and her mouse "made from a floor rag" was used in :he:גינת ההפתעות. After that she made puppets for many other TV shows.

In addition, later she began teaching at the Puppet Theater Schools in Holon and Ramat Aviv.

She married Sergey and they had daughter Esther-Arina ({{lang|he|אסתר-ארינה}}).

A student of her founded a puppet company in New York, and she started receiving orders from him from many other countries.