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Maya Barkai
About
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Barkai is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts’ Photography Department (BFA 2005), and has been based in New York City for over a decade. She spent her military service in the Israeli Defense Forces as a military photographer for the IDF Official Magazine, ‘BaMachaneh’. Her photographs have been exhibited worldwide, and she is the recipient of the National Press Photographers Foundation Grant. Barkai’s work was included in the Sony World Photography Awards, W Magazine’s Next Fashion Photographer’ Showcase, the Dancing Bare Collection, and the George Eastman House Photography Museum,. Maya's most recent projects include Men At Work, surrounding the construction site of World Trade Center - Tower 4, as well as Walking Men 99™, a site-specific Public Art Installation, on site of the upcoming Four Seasons Hotel in NYC’s Downtown area, both part of the Re:Construction Program by the Alliance for Downtown NY. Additional projects include Walking Men PERMM, a public art installation with the PERMM Museum of Contemporary art in Russia, and Men at Work as part of the Bat Yam International Biennale for Landscape Urbanism in Israel. Upcoming exhibitions include the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ‘Art Any Way: Exploring The Wheel’, and ‘Anonymous’, a group exhibition at the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art. … Read More
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Website
- http://www.mayabarkai.com
http://www.walking-men.com
Photographer & Public Artist
2000-2001 Military Photographer for "BaMachaneh" - Israeli Defense Forces Official Magazine
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Honors - School of Visual Arts Photography Department, New York
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Exhibitions
One Person Exhibitions
2011-2012 Men at Work – A Public Art installation by Maya Barkai, World Trade Center - Tower 4, New York, NY 2011-2012 Walking Men 99TM - Second Edition - A Public Art Installation by Maya Barkai - 99 Church Street, New York, NY 2010-2011 Men at Work – A Public Art installation by Maya Barkai, Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, Bat-Yam, Israel
2010-2011 Walking Men PERMM – A Public Art installation by Maya Barkai - Museum for Contemporary Art PERMM, Perm Russia 2010 Walking Men 99™ - A Public Art Installation by Maya Barkai - 99 Church Street, New York, NY 2005 Bed Landscapes / Maya Barkai - Atrium Gallery, Bergen County, NJ
2003 Maya Barkai, Selected Work - School of Visual Arts Photography Department Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2012 Anonymous, PERMM Museum of Contermporary Art, Russia
2012 Art Any Way: Exploring the Wheel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2011 The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York 2011 Saatchi Online - Art Paris, France 2008 Secret Art III - Beit Mani, Bank Leumi Headquarters, Tel Aviv, Israel 2008 SlideLuck PotShow XI - The Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2006 PIP - Pingyao International Photography Festival - Pingyao, China 2005 Mentor Show - School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York 2005 70 Years / 70 Covers from Bamachaneh Magazine - Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim, Israel 2005 Behind The Lens, Guess? & W Magazine Showcase - Spike Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2005 ARTIS 2005 - Reflections - Nexus Projects Gallery, New York 2004 After The Light - The Andy Warhol Factory Space, New York 2004 New York / New Work - Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim, Israel … Read More
