Selected Works
Bio
Carol Barsha Artist's Statement
My drawings and paintings are personal and iconic, with imagery that is both surreal and expressionist. I draw and paint to give voice to my deepest feelings about nature and the life around me. I am interested in the spontaneous play of light and color and my need to absorb and transform what I see and feel. When I observe something that is often quite mundane, I first make a point to become familiar with it and then let myself begin to see it in a new way. I want to create something original, to turn things I see in the visible world into fantastic versions of themselves.
SOLO SHOWS
Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD. 2009.
Gallery K, "Paintings and Works on Paper", Washington DC, 1998.
Gallery K, "Paintings", Washington DC, 1996.
Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Washington DC, 1995.
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, 1993.
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY, 1992.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Community Gallery, l982.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Satellite Gallery, 1981.
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 1977.
SOARING GARDENS ARTISTS RESIDENCY 2010
PERMANENT COLLECTION -- FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD 2010
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC, 2010
Katzen Museum at American University, Washington DC, "Good Things Come in Small
Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French". 2010.
Katzen Museum at American University, Washington DC, "Inspiration" 2010.
Gallery Neptune. Bethesda, MD,"Five", 2010.
Gallery Neptune. Bethesda, MD, "Artists Marketplace". 2010.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Whitney Biennial "Day for
Night", PEACE TOWER, currently traveling - 2006
The National Endowment for the Arts, Office of the Chairman, Washington DC, 2009 - 2006.
Arts in Embassies Program, Residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Rangoon, Burma, 2008 -- 2006
Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD, "Move It", 2008.
Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, "Art on Paper", 2007.
Boise State University, Boise, ID, "National Women's Exhibition", 2007.
Gallery K, Washington DC, "Small is Beautiful", 2002.- 1995
Gallery K, Washington DC, Summer Show", 2002 - 1995.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, "Faculty Exhibition", 2000, 1999, 1998.
NEW YORK STATE "CAPS" (Creative Artists Public Service Awards) SEMI-FINALIST IN PAINTING, 1983.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS, "Around and Around", January, 2009.
WHERE/WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, Nesting Instinct, January 2009.
THE WASHINGTON POST, "Style on the Go", January, 2009.
MCINSIGHT, Artists Among Us, "Expressions of Wonder", April 2007.
THE WASHINGTON POST, Ferdinand Protzman, "Arts", May 14, 1998.
KOAN, "Carol Barsha: Paintings and Works on Paper at Gallery K", May 199 WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, "Art and Soul," May 1998.
THE ART SCENE with Lila Snow, Cable TV Montgomery County, "Carol Barsha," January 1996.
ARTICULATE, Lee Wayne Mills, "Carol Barsha at Gallery K," March 1996.
WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, " In Carol Barsha's paintings..," February 1996.
ARTICULATE, Suzanne Summers, "Gallery K Summer Show '95" July 1995.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "Getting a Grip on Dreams and Fantasies," Sunday, February 27, 1994.
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER, "Exhibits," December 9, 1994.
ARTS NEWS, Westchester Arts Council, "Works With an Edge at the Pelham Art Center," March 1994.
ARTS HAPPENINGS, Arts Council of Rockland, "Four Artists Show in Piermont," Nov-Dec. 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "A Curator's Eye for Imagery," Sunday, May 31, 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, William Zimmer, "That Abiding Favorite, the Hudson River," Sunday, June 16 1992.
STATE OT THE ART, "Carol Barsha," Channel 9 Cable TV, 1990.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "In the Figure Revisited, Figural Energy is Explored," Sunday, April 30, 1989.
THE RIVERDALE PRESS, "Barsha Exhibition at Katonah Gallery," Feb. 7, 1984. GANNETT WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPERS, February 3, 1984.
THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, "Satellite Gallery Program," 1982.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Critic's Tip," February 11, 1982. BULLETIN, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Fall 1981.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "The Brightly Realistic Perspective of Jack Beal," Sunday, August 17, 1980.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Review Art," September 27, 1977.
EDUCATION
Pratt Graphics Center, New York, 1979-81. Printmaking Workshops.
MFA in Painting, Boston University School for the Arts, 1975-77
BFA Cum Laude in Painting, Boston University School for the Arts. 1971- 1975.
Boston University, Division of General Education, 1970-71
Art Students League, NYC, 1969
My drawings and paintings are personal and iconic, with imagery that is both surreal and expressionist. I draw and paint to give voice to my deepest feelings about nature and the life around me. I am interested in the spontaneous play of light and color and my need to absorb and transform what I see and feel. When I observe something that is often quite mundane, I first make a point to become familiar with it and then let myself begin to see it in a new way. I want to create something original, to turn things I see in the visible world into fantastic versions of themselves.
SOLO SHOWS
Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD. 2009.
Gallery K, "Paintings and Works on Paper", Washington DC, 1998.
Gallery K, "Paintings", Washington DC, 1996.
Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Washington DC, 1995.
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, 1993.
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY, 1992.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Community Gallery, l982.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Satellite Gallery, 1981.
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 1977.
SOARING GARDENS ARTISTS RESIDENCY 2010
PERMANENT COLLECTION -- FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD 2010
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC, 2010
Katzen Museum at American University, Washington DC, "Good Things Come in Small
Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French". 2010.
Katzen Museum at American University, Washington DC, "Inspiration" 2010.
Gallery Neptune. Bethesda, MD,"Five", 2010.
Gallery Neptune. Bethesda, MD, "Artists Marketplace". 2010.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Whitney Biennial "Day for
Night", PEACE TOWER, currently traveling - 2006
The National Endowment for the Arts, Office of the Chairman, Washington DC, 2009 - 2006.
Arts in Embassies Program, Residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Rangoon, Burma, 2008 -- 2006
Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD, "Move It", 2008.
Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, "Art on Paper", 2007.
Boise State University, Boise, ID, "National Women's Exhibition", 2007.
Gallery K, Washington DC, "Small is Beautiful", 2002.- 1995
Gallery K, Washington DC, Summer Show", 2002 - 1995.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, "Faculty Exhibition", 2000, 1999, 1998.
NEW YORK STATE "CAPS" (Creative Artists Public Service Awards) SEMI-FINALIST IN PAINTING, 1983.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS, "Around and Around", January, 2009.
WHERE/WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, Nesting Instinct, January 2009.
THE WASHINGTON POST, "Style on the Go", January, 2009.
MCINSIGHT, Artists Among Us, "Expressions of Wonder", April 2007.
THE WASHINGTON POST, Ferdinand Protzman, "Arts", May 14, 1998.
KOAN, "Carol Barsha: Paintings and Works on Paper at Gallery K", May 199 WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, "Art and Soul," May 1998.
THE ART SCENE with Lila Snow, Cable TV Montgomery County, "Carol Barsha," January 1996.
ARTICULATE, Lee Wayne Mills, "Carol Barsha at Gallery K," March 1996.
WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, " In Carol Barsha's paintings..," February 1996.
ARTICULATE, Suzanne Summers, "Gallery K Summer Show '95" July 1995.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "Getting a Grip on Dreams and Fantasies," Sunday, February 27, 1994.
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER, "Exhibits," December 9, 1994.
ARTS NEWS, Westchester Arts Council, "Works With an Edge at the Pelham Art Center," March 1994.
ARTS HAPPENINGS, Arts Council of Rockland, "Four Artists Show in Piermont," Nov-Dec. 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "A Curator's Eye for Imagery," Sunday, May 31, 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, William Zimmer, "That Abiding Favorite, the Hudson River," Sunday, June 16 1992.
STATE OT THE ART, "Carol Barsha," Channel 9 Cable TV, 1990.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "In the Figure Revisited, Figural Energy is Explored," Sunday, April 30, 1989.
THE RIVERDALE PRESS, "Barsha Exhibition at Katonah Gallery," Feb. 7, 1984. GANNETT WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPERS, February 3, 1984.
THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, "Satellite Gallery Program," 1982.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Critic's Tip," February 11, 1982. BULLETIN, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Fall 1981.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "The Brightly Realistic Perspective of Jack Beal," Sunday, August 17, 1980.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Review Art," September 27, 1977.
EDUCATION
Pratt Graphics Center, New York, 1979-81. Printmaking Workshops.
MFA in Painting, Boston University School for the Arts, 1975-77
BFA Cum Laude in Painting, Boston University School for the Arts. 1971- 1975.
Boston University, Division of General Education, 1970-71
Art Students League, NYC, 1969