Ophir Agassi was born in Haifa, Israel and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After undergoing a Yeshivah education, he earned a BA at Yale University and an MFA at the New York Studio School. Recent exhibitions include a solo show in 2010 at the Allan and Leah Rabinowitz Gallery at Yale University, and FACETIME #1, a two person show in 2011 at Parkers Box in Brooklyn. Agassi was recently an artist-in-residence at I-Park and at the Ucross Foundation. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn.