Ted Barr

My practice is rooted in material investigation, where the artwork becomes a site of layered processes unfolding over time.
At the core of my work is industrial cold tar—a primordial substance formed from ancient biomass that carries geological memory. Tar absorbs light, slows movement, and resists clarity, introducing friction into the visual field. When combined with oil, gesso, and pigment, it generates a continuous negotiation between opacity and luminosity, between what is buried and what is revealed.
These dense, absorptive surfaces function as active fields—capable of retaining, resisting, and transforming the materials they come into contact with. Each work evolves through sequences of action and reaction, of revealing and concealing. The surface becomes an archive of gestures, material events, and temporal shifts.
Central to my work is the notion of layering as a structural condition. Each painting develops through successive strata of material interactions: absorption, oxidation, sedimentation, and reactivation. Layers merge, collapse, crack, and reorganize, generating forms that cannot be fully predetermined.
Layering functions both as a material process and as a perceptual model. The strata evoke the body as a layered s...

M.B.A degree in Economics & Marketing. Tel Aviv University.

Seven years of painting studies with the Israeli
master S. Zafrir

Winemaking. Soreq Vineyard, Ella Valley.

Curatorial studies, Bari, Italy, with VESSEL

2021
London Art Biennale, curatior Mary Gagliardi
Tokyo, Japan, Contemporary art station Shibuya -Ku

2020
Gimpo, South Korea, CICA Museum, curator Seulki Choi
Auroville, India, Art Brute Gallery, FLY lecture & workshop
Bangalore, India, Titan Group, FLY lecture & workshop
Hosur, India, Bhairavi Design & Skill Academy, FLY lecture &workshop
Mumbai, India, INFD fashion school, FLY lecture & workshop

Varanasi, India, Bhadohi Carpets, FLY Carpet line
Varanasi, India, Mabood International, FLY accessories and bags line

2019
Delhi, India, Pragati Meidan, curator Romil Dhakar
Greater Noida, India, IHGF, furniture line, curator Romil Dhakar
Pune, India, Symbiosis University, FLY lecture & workshop

2018
Udaipur, India, The Royal Palace, curator Rajesh Yadav
Nimboli, India, Fire Mountain, FLY lecture & workshop

2017
Tel Aviv, Israel, Art Market gallery, curator Johanan Herson, SOLO SHOW
Jaipur, India, Pearl Academy, FLY lecture & workshop
NYC. NY, Dacia Gallery, curator Lee Vasu, SOLO SHOW
Miami Beach, FL, Scope Art Fair during Art Basel Miami, co-curator with Alessandro Berni

2016
Art Palm Beach, FL, co-curator & exhibitor with Alessandro Berni,
Udaipur, India, FLY lecture, exhibit & workshop...