Atara Grenadir is chair of the art department at Touro University. She has an MFA and a BFA from Oklahoma University, and she has also studied art at Carnegie Mellon and art therapy at The New School. During her 26-year tenure at Touro University, she developed the art program, which offers a visual arts minor and a minor in art therapy. She coordinates the Art Club and curates the student art galleries at LAS Flatbush. Besides teaching at Touro, Atara is an exhibiting abstract painter and a registered and board-certified art therapist. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the U.S. 

Many of her paintings can be seen on her website. 

Areas of Expertise

Contemporary Art – Abstraction in Painting, Color Theory – Split Complementary System, Art Therapy, Art History

Education

• MFA Art - U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1973
• BFA Art - U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1971
• Summer Program: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Recent Publications

• 2007, Naturally Breslov: The Fine Art of Cooking, Tzaddik Publishing, Tsfas Israel
• 2006 - 2007, New York Gallery Guide, New York, NY
• 2005, Featured Artist, September, www.ou.org
• 2005, Connecting Heaven and Earth, HaModia Magazine, July 20, New York, NY
• 2005, Town and Beyond, April, New York, NY

Recent Art Exhibitions

• 2015, UpClose, Artifact Gallery, New York, NY
• 2014 - 2015, The Contemporary Exhibit - invitational, Goddard Art Museum, Ardmore, OK
• 2011, Art Expo, New York, NY
• 2011, Conscious Community, New Art Center, December-January, New York, NY
• 2010, Birkas HaChamah, Contemporary Art Network, Dec-Jan, New York, NY
• 2008, What Inspires You, NYATA, Sea Cliff, NY
• 2008, Visual Reflections, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• 2007, Have a Good Eye IV, New Art Center, January, New York, NY
• 2006, NYATA Juried Art Exhibition, L.I. University, March, Brookville, NY
• 2006, Have a Good Eye, New Art Center, January, New York, NY
• 2005, Gateways, New Art Center, May, New York, NY
• 2005, Summer Group Show, juried by Dominique Nahas of Art News, New Arts Center, June - July, New York, NY
   

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