Bar Plivazky, b. 1998
Admonitbar@gmail.com , +16463204308 https://www.plivazky.bar/portfolio
References
Vincent Desiderio, Painting Professor, VGDpainter@gmail.com
Steven Assael, Drawing Professor, StevenAssael@yahoo.com
Dr. Yael Young, Art History Professor, yaelyoungron@gmail.com
Language Proficiency
Fluent: Hebrew, English, and Spanish
B1 level in Italian and French
Scholarships and Honours
The Dean’s scholarship – New York Academy of Art
Dean’s Honor — The Open University of Israel
Education
2023–2025
MFA in Painting and Drawing, Anatomy Specialization, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA
Instituto Italiano di Cultura: B1 certificate in Italian
2022–2025
Dual BA in Art History and Literature, The Open University of Israel, online.
Expected completion: Spring 2026.
MA in Studio Art and Art Education, Florence Academy of Art, NJ, USA: part-time, annual one-month sessions. Expected completion: Summer 2026.
2021–2022
Atelier Madrid under mentor Míkel Olazábal, Madrid, Spain
Mesina Troupe- Theatre group, Madrid, Spain
Institute Français, French Embassy of Israel: B1 certificate in French, online studies
Archives workshop, online: Ariela House (where authors and poets archives are kept) Tel-Aviv
2020–2021
Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain
2019–2020
Art Students League, NY, USA, Certificate studies: completed a year out of three
2016–2019
Atelier Hatahana under mentors David Nipo and Aram Gershuni, work-study partial scholarship
Auditory Student in Tel Aviv University, Women and Gender Studies, spring semester, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017
Summer residency in Stopel, Germany under mentors Tzuki Garbian (painter) and Jonathan Hirschfeld (art historian and critic)
2014– 2016
Jason Danino- Holt Studio- Acting and Theater studies, Tel Aviv, Israel
Professional Experience
2025
Studio Assistant to Steven Assael, part-time
-Lectures:
Art History Workshop: Art Between Pogroms and Progress: Jewish Paintings in the Interwar Years, at Hamoshava Gallery, New York, NY
Art History Lecture: “Gay” Renaissance: The Art of Guido Reni in New York Academy of Art
2024
Teaching Assistance, New York Academy of Art:
Margaret Bowland (Pastel), Steven Assael (Drawing), David Ebony (Arts and Culture)
2022–2023
Independent Art Guide, Madrid, Spain (Prado, Reina Sofia, Thyssen- Bornemisza, Lucian Freud Retrospective). Collaborated with Keshet Tours and worked independently
2021-2022
Volunteer English and Art Teacher at ACATHI, a non-profit supporting LGBTQ refugees, Barcelona, Spain
2018–2019
Production Assistant and Performer for PentHouss Art Direction company
Exhibitions and Curatorial Practice
2025
Curator and featured artist, SomeBody, Group exhibition, Mr Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
This Is My Body, group exhibition, Sacred Heart University Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Eye to Eye, group exhibition, Lawrence and Josephine C. Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY. Exhibited alongside Hernan Bas, Nicole Eisenman, Cristina Ban Ban.
If Walls Could Talk, immersive theatre production featuring my work, RJ Theatre
Company, Brooklyn, NY
2024
Sofa Can Fest, group exhibition, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Queer-centrism, group exhibition, Q Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2020
The red dot exhibition: juried group exhibition featuring selected students from the Art Students League, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
Collections and Art-fairs
Exhibited at Tribeca Ball, New York, NY
Artworks sold and included in private collections