Ari's maternal great-grandmother was a stage actress in the former Soviet Union and his maternal great-grandfather was a producer of the stage in the USSR.
Graduated Brooklyn College in 2012. He majored in Political Science.
Has a younger brother, Albert Barkan, who portrays a featured student in an episode of the CW series "Carrie's Diaries".
Ari was crowned the December 2015 Manhattan Monologue Slam Co-Champion!.
Will be portraying the lead in an upcoming feature/indie film.
New York, New York. (December 2011)
Since winning the Manhattan Monologue Slam twice in 2015, Ari has been a judge of the show since February 2016.
Ari's maternal great-grandfather was very close friends with Stanislavsky.