Bar Plivazky
Artist, Curator, and Educator specializing in classical drawing and anatomy
New York, NY
Admonitbar@gmail.com | + 1 (646) 320-4308
https://www.plivazky.bar/portfolio
Language Proficiency
Fluent: Hebrew, English, Spanish
Intermediate: Italian (B1), French (B1)
Scholarships and Honours
The Dean’s scholarship - New York Academy of Art
Dean’s Honors List - The Open University of Israel
References - available upon request
Vincent Desiderio, Painting Professor
Steven Assael, Drawing Professor
Dr. Yael Young, Art History Professor
Education
2023–2025
MFA in Painting and Drawing, Anatomy Specialization, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA
2024–2026 (expected)
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
Archives workshop, Gnazim Institute with Ariela House, 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
Auditor 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
Drawing and Pastel instructor, Soma Atelier, South Orange, NJ
Commissioned artist for private clients in collaboration with interior designer Michael Simon, New York, NY
Studio Assistant to Steven Assael, New York, NY
Lecture: Art Between Pogroms and Progress: Jewish Paintings in the Interwar Years, at Moshava Gallery, New York, NY
Lecture: “Gay” Renaissance: The Art of Guido Reni in New York Academy of Art
2024
Teaching Assistant at the New York Academy of Art and the Art Students League:
Margaret Bowland (Pastel), Steven Assael (Drawing), David Ebony (Arts and Culture), Roberto Osti (Anatomy), Michael Grimaldi (Light on Form)
2022–2023
Independent art history guide and lecturer, Madrid, Spain (Prado, Reina Sofia, Thyssen- Bornemisza, Lucian Freud Retrospective). Collaborated with Keshet Tours and worked independently
2021-2022
Volunteer teacher of English and art at ACATHI, a non-profit supporting LGBTQ refugees, Barcelona, Spain
2018–2019
Production Assistant and Performer for PentHouss, Art Direction company, Tel- Aviv
Exhibitions and Curatorial Practice
2025
AVIV, group exhibition - curator and exhibiting artist
Moshava Gallery, New York, NY
SomeBody, group exhibition - curator and exhibiting artist
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
Alongside artists such as Hernan Bas, Nicole Eisenman, and Cristina Ban-Ban
If Walls Could Talk, immersive theatre production featuring my artworks
RJ Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY
Production assistant, NADA Art Fair
New York, 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
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League, New York, NY
Collections and Art Fairs
Exhibited at Tribeca Ball, New York, NY
Artworks sold and included in private collections in Israel