detail (2011) Painting by Ted Barr

Ted Barr was born in Nevodar, Romania, on the shores of the Black Sea. At the age of four his family immigrated to Israel. In 1975 Barr was drafted into the Israeli army, in which he served as a regular soldier, officer and reservist for twenty-six years. In 1992 Barr graduated from Israeli Battalion Commanders' Academy and served as deputy battalion commander with the rank of a Major.

In 1980, after release from his conscripted army service, Barr began a ten year period of study in his fields of interest: Symbolism, Buddhism, Ancient Egypt, Numerology and Kabbala, along with earning a M.B.A degree in marketing from the Tel Aviv University, graduating in 1990.

In 1995 Barr started seven years of private art lessons under the Israeli master Shlomo Tzafrir in Old Jaffa where his first exhibition opened to the public in 2001.

The leading concepts in Barr's art are deep space and celestial elements, the beginnings of life, embryos, ovum, and the development of the embryo in the womb, inspired by the images of the Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson.

Barr does not sign his name on his canvasses. Instead, he developed a private symbol that encapsulates his esoteric studies experience and represents his life philosophy written in his FLY book.

• Nationality: ISRAEL
• Date of birth : 1957
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Israeli Artists