Deborah Barlow
| Deborah Barlow | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 💼 Occupation | Visual artist |
| 🌐 Website | DeborahBarlow.com |
Deborah Barlow is an American artist, curator, and writer.[1]
Background[edit]
Barlow is an artist based in Boston. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, her career began in New York City in the 1970s when she had her first solo show at age 25.
Since then she has exhibited her work in over 50 solo exhibits in galleries, art centers and universities throughout the United States as well as Canada, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.[2][3] Her work is also included in private, corporate, and institutional collections.
Barlow was a featured artist in the Wild Apples Journal of Nature, Art, and Inquiry (2009), Mud Season Review (2016) and on the cover of the book, No Other Gods (2015) by Todd Hearon. In 2020, she created and curates Pell Lucy, an artist collective.[4] Barlow also writes about art, artists, and creativity on her publishing site, Slow Muse. Her essay about creativity, "It's All About the Backside," was included in an anthology, Diving Into the Mystery: Studies in the Creative Process, foreword by Billy Collins, published in 2019.[5]
She is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz.[6]
Reception[edit]
In 2012, Zane Fischer from Art News wrote about Barlow, “One risks confounding the senses even before peeling back the first layer of brusque sensuality that clings to the surface of her paintings…a soulful, sympathetic sensibility that is rare to find in such an obsessive technician.” In 2016, South Coast Today stated, "Barlow uses multiple materials on her surfaces, which one might see as sparkling 'starscapes,' or aerial snapshots of the glowing, uncharted terrain of another world. Her work seems organic and familiar yet has no defined imagery, born of a process that Barlow calls 'controlled spontaneity.'"[7]
In 2017, Linda Chestney from Artscope stated, "Barlow’s stunning works bring to mind microscopic forms, or moonscapes, or simply nonrepresentational images of color, texture, and scale that you can get lost in." In 2018, The Hearld News said, "Deborah Barlow’s glowing surfaces hypnotize with their lush majesty. A heart-felt sensibility infuses the infinite space she pictures, an understanding beyond the need for words. Soft-edged forms sparkle and undulate, in jewel tones brushed with graveled texture. There is something both universal and intimate happening here, maybe a new galaxy being born, and we are privileged witnesses to its wonder and beauty.[8]
Exhibitions[edit]
Barlow has exhibited her work in venues throughout the United States and Europe.[9] She has had solo shows at museums including the Woodbury Museum in Utah and the Morris Graves Museum of Art in California.
Selected Shows[edit]
- Brooklyn Workshop Gallery, Brooklyn, New York – 2010-2017
- Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire - 2017
- Morpeth Contemporary, Hopewell, New Jersey – 2013, 2016
- Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, Massachusetts - 2016
- University Center Gallery, Santa Cruz, California – permanent installation
- Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California - 2015
- Porter Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California - 2013
- Woodbury Museum, Orem, Utah - 2013
- Spaulding Aldrich Gallery, Whitinsville, Massachusetts - 2013
- Thomas Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, Maine - 2012
- Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico - 2011
- Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts – 2001-2011
Recognition[edit]
- Featured Artist, Fascia Research Conference/Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Beara Arts Council grant, West County Cork, Ireland
- Artist-in-Residence, Anam Cara, West County Cork, Ireland
References[edit]
- ↑ "Morpeth Contemporary displays works of Deborah Barlow and Donna McCullough" NJ.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ “Play to Learn: PEA faculty and a Boston-based painter explore sensory perception and meaning at Lamont Gallery” The Exeter Bulletin. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ "UNDER, ABOVE, EVERYWHERE" ArtScope. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ "Pell Lucy Inaugural Exhibition: The Intelligence of Form" Artsy. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "The Creative Process: It’s All About the Backside" Writing.ie. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ "DEBORAH BARLOW: MATERIAL EPHEMERA, 2013" UC-SC News. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ "Painter, printmaker show work at Westport’s Shattuck gallery" South Coast Today. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ↑ “Otherworldly” opening at BCC gallery The Herald News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ↑ “Getting a Clew: Multisensory Surprise at Phillips Exeter” Artscope. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Deborah Barlow on Artsy
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