Education

Rutgers University, BA in Painting, 2006

Experience

Art Instructor, Manhattan High School For Girls; Manhattan, NY Dec 2017- Present

• Taught all levels high school students core elements of creating powerful visual imagery, including contrast, balance, value, negative and positive space, and color.

• Used variety of mediums, focusing on acrylic paint and canvas.

• Taught use of reference images to enhance work.

• Facilitated positive atmosphere based on focus and respect.

• Taught philosophy of art-making to encourage exploration and experimentation.

Co-Founder and Project Manager, Hevria House; Brooklyn, NY June 2017- Present

• Grew in-person creative community from 20 to 160 people under leadership.

• Regular bimonthly writer for four years on sister site, hevria.com, of 15,000 followers.
• Organized events, variety shows, and Creative Dinner nights.
• Structured leader meetings.
• Organized partnerships with larger organizations, including CKI, UJA, and Hakhel.
• Taught painting, figure drawing to members and used organic marketing, social media and email marketing, to reach about thirty dedicated students in the last two years. • Monthly podcast host for Hevria podcast. Selected guests and interview style.

Executive Household Manager

Produced three female humans, August 2010, August 2013, and August 2016. August 2010-Present
Work on fulfilling their needs on a constant, 24 hours basis, growing them to be fully functional, independent, creative human creatures.
Curatorial Work

August 2017 Cindy Zaglin Solo Show, An Honest Life of Color, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Brooklyn

Exhibitions

2019 Solo Show, The Wealth Between Us, Cultivating Prosperity In Each Other, Industrious Offices, Brooklyn

2019 Group Exhibition, Jews and Rock, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Brooklyn

2017 Solo Show, The Beauty of Us, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Brooklyn

2016 Live Painting Showcase, Hadas Gallery Hanukkah Party, Brooklyn

2016 Live Painting Showcase, Hevria, Hadas Gallery, Brooklyn

2016 Group Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Trestle Workshops Group Exhibition, Brooklyn

2015 Curated Crown Heights Community Art Show, In The Glow, Brooklyn

2014 Group Exhibition, Creative Soul Gallery, Spiritual Defense, Brooklyn

2013 Group Exhibition, Brooklyn College Hillel, Breath/Breadth, Brooklyn

2012 Group Exhibition, Jewish Art Now, Sky Gallery, Manhattan

2010 Solo Exhibition, The Living Room, Rivka, Chicago

2006 Group Exhibition, Chicago POCET Jewish Art Festival, Chicago

Bibliography

Welcome To The Alt-Farbrengen/

Meet the New Baal Teshuva Artists of Brooklyn, Tablet Magazine

When I Became A Mother I Neglected My Art, Here’s What I’m Doing to Change That, Kveller

Mother Artists, Don’t Work From Home, Hevria

Rivka Nehorai (b. 1984, Chicago)

Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

rivka.nehorai@gmail.com / http://rivka.gallery / 347.640.8303