Živa Kraus (born 4 October 1945 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian painter.

Kraus was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, father Ivo Kraus and mother Herma (née Delpin).

[1][2] Her twin brother is Ognjen Kraus, president of the Jewish community in Zagreb.

[3] She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, where she organized her first solo exhibition.

[3] Kraus is the owner of the Ikona gallery in Venice, Italy, where she came in 1971.