Hi and thank you for visiting my website. My name is Bareket—it means emerald in Hebrew if you were wondering.

I am a Tkarón:to/Toronto* based muralist, community engaged artist and facilitator, curator, cultural producer, creative director, graphic designer, poet, collage enthusiast, mentor, frequent collaborator and eternal optimist.

My multidisciplinary practice is motivated by a desire to playfully celebrate the power of kindness and compassion and cultivate gratitude. I use bright colours, joyful patterns and bold typography to captivate people’s attention and invite them into a deeper sense of belonging or delight. I am passionate about creating art that promotes radical self love and acceptance. I use colour as medicine towards the goal of collective healing. I love gardening, and feel nourished when I am able to share valuable teachings from my plant and fungi friends that encourage myself and others to cultivate a reciprocal relationship with the natural world.

I create custom large-scale artworks for clients including The New Yorker, Tourism Canada, the City of Toronto,Union Station, Luminato Festival, Gallery Stratford, Airbnb, The Bentway, the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Toronto, Stackt Market, 401 Richmond, and private clients. I love participating in international art events and having the chance to meet and exchange knowledge and experiences with artists from around the world. I have had the honour of painting in New York, California, Jerusalem, and across Canada.

I facilitate community engaged art, and curate and produce collaborative murals. I am always trying to engage people through creativity while supporting the growth of inclusive and connected communities. I partner with local organizations and institutions including Arts Etobicoke, Baycrest Health Sciences, East End Arts, Lakeshore Arts, Mural Routes, STEPS Public Art, StreetARToronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the Toronto Public Library and others, to facilitate community engaged public art projects across the city.

In 2017, I founded Women Paint, a street art jam celebrating the strength, resilience and diverse stories of women, non-binary and gender non-conforming artist and community members. As the initiative’s creative director, I have produced over 100 murals by emerging, early and mid career artists, facilitated two intergenerational community murals, and co-facilitated five mural camps with youth.

My work has been featured in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, CBC Arts, and Toronto Life.

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* I acknowledge that Tkarón:to, has been the traditional land of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. I also acknowledge that Toronto is Dish With One Spoon Territory, and covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. I recognize that as an immigrant, I have directly benefited from the colonization and genocide of the original caretakers of this land. I am grateful to have the opportunity to create on this land and am committed to continuing to unlearn and decolonize spaces I live, play, and work in.

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MA in History of Design and Curatorial Studies, Parsons the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institute.

Honours Bachelor of Design, York University/Sheridan Institute.

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