Adina Bar-On`s work holds a discourse about conflicts of identity and conflicting identifications. Bar-On has been an active performer since 1973 when she started as a student at the Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Over the years she has presented her work in Israel`s major art museums and galleries. Making it her business to emphasize her political and social stands, she has regularly performed at social and political events.

In recent years, she has felt a growing urgency to channel her creative talent towards educational initiatives as well. Their purpose has been to promote another way of discussing differences. The workshop Social and Cultural Manifestations in Art has been an alibi to organize workshops for Polish, Palestinian and Israeli art students.

In 2001 she was awarded a major prize for her contribution to Israeli art by the American Israel Cultural Foundation, and a biographical book written by Idit Porat, Adina Bar-On, Performance Artist, was published.

Wednesday, February 20, 12:15–1:45 pm (public artist talk)
Room B209, SMFA

Friday, February 22, 7 pm (public performance)
Mobius, 55 Norfolk St., Cambridge

Image: Adina Bar-On, Sacred, 2011. Performance by Adina Bar-On at Wroclaw Academy, Poland. Photo by Bozena Sacharczuk.