EITAN BAROKAS
American; Born 1995 NJ/NYC
ARTIST STATEMENT
While he was surrounded by creativity and Art throughout his childhood, he only found the urge to create in his late high school years. Eitan’s beginnings in Art quickly escalated from hobby to passion—as he painted for the fist time just a year before beginning college.
During his time at Emory University, Eitan majored in both Business and Interdisciplinary Studies—yet he quickly realized that he was creating just as much as he was studying. From a make-shift studio in his dorm room, to classrooms across campus, Eitan created art constantly throughout his four years there.
The tipping point came in the Summer of 2016, when Eitan decided to set-up shop in New York City on SoHo’s historic Price Street, a place where many of his favorite Artist, both past and present, had emerged. That Summer test-run in SoHo served as the catalyst that dictated the path ahead:
In the year that followed, Eitan graduated from Emory and followed his heart—moving back to New Jersey to pursue his dreams of being an Artist, full-time.
Since then, Eitan held his debut, solo-show, Yesterday, featuring 30 original works in a Gallery space in SoHo, as well as participating and curating in group shows in New Jersey and Manhattan.
All throughout and in-between, he has privately sold original paintings, limited edition prints, and commissions to collectors.
His most recent milestone was met in September of 2018, when Emory University’s Institute of Liberal Arts collected ’Bloom’, a 36x48 inch original painting.
