EDUCATION
2005 BFA School of Visual arts, New York, NY – Photography Department, Graduated with honors.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One Person Exhibitions
2015 • Walking Men Worldwide, Public Art Installation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 • Walking Men Worldwide™ – The Banner Gallery, in conjunction with Walk 21 Sydney, Australia
2013 • Walking Men Worldwide™ – The Banner Gallery, Art & About Festival: Art in Unusual Places, Sydney, Australia
2011 • Men At Work (Public Art), World Trade Center – Tower 4, New York, NY (2011-2012)
• Walking Men 99™ – Second Edition (Public Art) – 99 Church Street, New York, NY (2011-2013)
2010 • Men At Work (Public Art) – Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, Israel (2010-2011)
• Walking Men PERMM (Public Art) – Museum for Contemporary Art PERMM, Perm Russia (2010-2011)
• Walking Men 99™ (Public Art) – 99 Church Street, New York, NY
2005 • Bed Landscapes / Maya Barkai – Atrium Gallery, Bergen County, NJ
2003 • Maya Barkai, Selected Work – School of Visual Arts Photography Department Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2015 • Platform: Creative Musing on Mass Transit, New York Transit Museum, New York
2012 • Anonymous, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia
• Art Any Way: Exploring the Wheel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2011 • The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
• Saatchi Online – Art Paris, France
2008 • Secret Art III – Beit Mani, Bank Leumi Headquarters, Tel Aviv, Israel
• SlideLuck PotShow XI – The Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2006 • PIP – Pingyao International Photography Festival – Pingyao, China
2005 • Mentor Show – School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York
• 70 Years / 70 Covers from Bamachaneh Magazine – Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim, Israel
• Behind The Lens, Guess? & W Magazine Showcase – Spike Gallery, Chelsea, New York
• ARTIS 2005 – Reflections – Nexus Projects Gallery, New York
2004 • After The Light – The Andy Warhol Factory Space, New York
• New York / New Work – Givatayim Theatre, Givatayim, Israel
SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS
2013 • Americans for the Arts Public Art Network 2013 Year in Review (Top 50)
• Cod+A Awards: Collaboration of Design + Art Top 100 Projects
2008 • Sony World Photography Awards – Professional Shortlist
2008 • Queen Sofia Center International Photography Finalist
2005 • Behind The Lens, Guess? & W Magazine Fashion Photographer Finalist
• School of Visual Arts Chairman Grant
2004 • National Press Photographers Foundation Grant
• Special Photography Department Award, School of Visual Arts (2004-2005)
2003 • Silas Rhodes Grant, School of Visual Arts (2003-2004)
PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES
2015 • Ampelmann – From Traffic Signal to Cultural Icon, Ampelmann GmbH, Germany
2013 • Art & About Sydney – Private Lives Public Places, Festival Program, City of Sydney
• Re:Construction 2007-2013 Portrait of Progress in Lower Manhattan Alliance for Downtown New York
• Public Art in Taiwan Annual 2012, Taiwan Ministry of Culture
2012 • Anonymous Exhibition Catalog, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia
2011 • PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art Public Art Program Catalog, Russia
• A Book Of Beds – A Selection of Foam Magazine Talent photographs, Foam, Netherlands. PP. 88-89
2010 • Timing 2010 – The Bat Yam International Biennale for Landscape Urbanism Catalog, Israel P. 196
• Alliance for Downtown New York, Alliance for Downtown New York Annual Report, USA
2008 • NERVE The First Ten Years – Chronicle Books, USA, P. 163
2005 • Re-Creative 50 projects for turning found items into contemporary design, Steve Dodds, Penguin, UK