Karin Bar

Karin Bar is a visual artist based in Connecticut, USA. She has a diploma in photography from the Wizo School of the Arts in Israel and a fine art degree from Tel-Hai College of Art. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in New York, Tel Aviv and London, and she has participated in several biennials and exhibitions. Bar has experience in on-location photography for film productions, and her work has been featured in various publications, such as V Magazine and Vogue Italia.

Website: karinbar.com | Instagram: @karinbar

RETURN TO SENDER

Return to sender: refugees, displaced, relocated, politics, wars, immigrants

March 20 - June 11, 2023
10 Times Square ZAZ10TS Gallery

“While creating these works, I thought about my Italian grandmother, who lost our family in the holocaust, my Moroccan grandmother, who didn't want to leave her life, and myself, an immigrant in USA in 2023”. — Karin Bar

The American dream is not for everyone. Some don't have the privilege to dream of it.

PROJECT: This is my Love letter to New York

January 3 - 31, 2022 | ZAZ CORNER “IN BETWEEN”
10 Times Square Billboard, South East Corner of 41st Street and 7th Avenue

During quarantine, Karin’s serenity and inspiration came from walking and shooting the streets of New York. From all the people, streets, grid, buzz, and sense of internal hope that the city gave her. She created multimedia collages titled: This is my Love Letter to New York.

"These collages were created between 2020-2021 to capture what the city does to you—how afterward, you are never the same. She is never the same, but it still feels like a familiar place—like home.

My collages are about creating new realities where photos are my colors and brushes as I paint new worlds based on my perspective. Motion allowed me to tell a fascinating short story of the world I'm creating through the exploration of animation. In this series of works, words—specifically ‘pleasure’ and ‘no vacancy’—play a big part in telling the story of the migration from and to the city. It encapsulates the wave of new, youthful energy around diversity and change. “ " - Karin Bar