Biography

Ted Barr is a transformative artist, curator and teacher of the FLY art workshops with multiple collaborations in the fashion and design industries and founder of the Current Art Group. Ted Barr’s art theme, ‘As Above So Below’, speaks about universal unity.

Ted Barr was born in Constance Romania and lives in Israel.

In 1980 Barr started a seven year period of study with the Emin esoteric group based in London. His main areas of research were: Symbolism, Ancient Egypt, Numerology, mathematical relations as well as traditional academic studies.

In 2006 Barr began his experimentation with tar, which led to the development of the multi-layered tar technique that is used in most of his paintings. A combination of tar, acrylic and oil colors with lacquer. In the deep space series there are 15-20 layers in each painting.

In 2008 Barr founded The Current Art Group, an international artist gathering, as a platform for artistic residency, sharing and interaction. There are currently more than 6000 active members.