Talya Baharal lives and and paints in her studio in the Hudson Valley, NY. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Raised there and in London she moved to NYC in 1979. Widely recognized, exhibited and published as a studio art jeweler and sculptor for over three decades, she is the recipient of a NYFA fellowship, and other grants and awards. Baharal was a juror on NYFA sculpture/craft panel and the curator of a book on contemporary art jewelry.. A solo exhibition of her paintings “Raw Ink - Blue Paint” was exhibited at Five Points Art Center Gallery in Torrington, CT in 2021. Shape of A Language, a solo exhibition of her paintings took place in February 2023 at First Street Gallery, Chelsea NYC. “Full Circle” - a solo painting exhibition was shown at Triangle Gallery in Rockland Maine last August. Her paintings were part of several group shows in Chelsea, Connecticut and the Hudson Valley. Baharal is represented in CA by Lulo Gallery in Healdsburg, Sonoma, and Triangle Gallery in Rockland Maine.