Artist Bio - Atara Grenadir MFA, ATR-BC
721 East 7 Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218
[email protected]
Atara Grenadir is an abstract artist whose paintings are inspired by natural and spiritual themes. Raised in Oklahoma, Atara developed her sense of color from the Southwest landscape and aesthetics of modern art and stain technique from Professors John Lewindowsky and Gene Bavinger at Oklahoma U. The works of Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler and minimalist Agnes Martin were primary influences in her early career.
A personal interview by Barbara Rose at Oklahoma U. gave her a sense of direction for her work. Ivan Karp, in a personal interview, encouraged Atara to move to New York, that New York needs a good “color visionary.” She moved from Houston to New York in 1984.
Atara has exhibited her work across the nation. Her recent shows include group shows in New York an invitational of contemporary women artists at the Goddard Art Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Atara has been teaching art and art therapy at Touro College for 25 years, where she developed the Visual Arts and Art Therapy minors. She continues to teach her art students the system of color theory based on the split complementary system. She is a registered and board-certified art therapist.
Atara has published a cookbook, Naturally Breslov - the Fine Art of Cooking with Simplicity and Joy - that features her artwork alongside her health-conscious recipes.
She has been researching the Neuroaesthetics of Art and Happiness and has incorporated this in her artwork and in her positive art therapy approach.
Brooklyn, NY 11218
[email protected]
Atara Grenadir is an abstract artist whose paintings are inspired by natural and spiritual themes. Raised in Oklahoma, Atara developed her sense of color from the Southwest landscape and aesthetics of modern art and stain technique from Professors John Lewindowsky and Gene Bavinger at Oklahoma U. The works of Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler and minimalist Agnes Martin were primary influences in her early career.
A personal interview by Barbara Rose at Oklahoma U. gave her a sense of direction for her work. Ivan Karp, in a personal interview, encouraged Atara to move to New York, that New York needs a good “color visionary.” She moved from Houston to New York in 1984.
Atara has exhibited her work across the nation. Her recent shows include group shows in New York an invitational of contemporary women artists at the Goddard Art Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Atara has been teaching art and art therapy at Touro College for 25 years, where she developed the Visual Arts and Art Therapy minors. She continues to teach her art students the system of color theory based on the split complementary system. She is a registered and board-certified art therapist.
Atara has published a cookbook, Naturally Breslov - the Fine Art of Cooking with Simplicity and Joy - that features her artwork alongside her health-conscious recipes.
She has been researching the Neuroaesthetics of Art and Happiness and has incorporated this in her artwork and in her positive art therapy approach.
