Bar Ben Vakil

Biography:

Bar Ben Vakil was born in 1989 in a small town in Israel.  In 2006 at the age of 16, she initiated an art program sponsored by the city mayor in her high school. Out of school and straight after the army, Bar started collaborating with brands, selling paintings to high profile clients and companies. Self-taught during those years she transitioned from using acrylic to also using oil and other mediums. In addition to that she was involved in several publications as well as  graphic work and illustrations for brands. Up until the age of 23, bar was a part of 5 exhibitions  including 2 solo exhibitions and she participated in the prestigious "salon d’automne" in paris. At the age of 24 bar migrated to the US and is now making a name for herself in brooklyn, ny where she now resides.  bar is now focused on painting for her third solo exhibition whilst selling  worldwide via social media as well as participating in art fairs around the  world. Bar’s work is vibrant, lively and eccentric, expressing a heightened sense  of contemporary art mixed with street art in her female and tropical  subjects.  This effect is achieved by using multiple mediums such as oil  colors, acrylic, crayons, spray paint ,wax pastel, 24 karat gold, 18 karat rose gold , ink and more.