Linda Behar

Art Brokerage: Linda Behar Venezuelan/American Glass Artist: Born in Venezuela and established in the United States since 2000, Linda Behar is an artist originally trained as a Civil Engineer. Always interested in the arts, she attended the “Academia Taller Arte y Fuego” in Caracas between 1994 and 1998. She became a specialist in Glass Casting and Pate de Verre (Glass paste) through studies and workshops in Italy and USA. Behar has actively participated in biennales in Venezuela. Among numerous awards and honorable mentions, she received 1st place at the “Premio CONAC” (the CONAC Award) in 2002 under the category of glass. Her work has been exhibited in the Habatat Galleries, ArtSpace Virginia Miller Galleries, Turchin Center of Visual Arts and Arte Puy in Venezuela. In 2008 Linda had a solo exhibition at Broward College named “Glass as a Conceptual Media” where she exhibited a compilation of her work. A dedicated teacher, Behar taught Glass Casting in Venezuela as well as at the University of Miami. Interested in learning new materials and methods for her work, she decided to study a Master of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Printmaking at the Florida Atlantic University, from which she will graduate in 2014. Her current contemporary mixed media work subtly employs a variety of materials to create intrigue and profound meaning that encourages the viewer to question the value of society’s tenets. Listings wanted.