Barbi Leifert is a painter and dancer and was both of these from a very young age. Growing up in New York, the best of both of those worlds were available to her. She studied painting at the Brooklyn Museum and dance under the innovators and masters of this art in New York City. She was awarded scholarships to California state university, Skidmore College and the new school of social research. After university she performed as a dancer and visual artist in SoHo in downtown Manhattan in Avantgarde productions that were both original. She moved west and focused on painting and had success with California galleries. National awards and accolades followed.
