BARBARA BARTLETT
ARTIST STATEMENT
“A love of nature greatly inspires my life as an artist. In recent years, the process of collecting and directly incorporating into my work a variety of natural materials - grasses, leaves, and various plant elements - has allowed me to experience
how a simple object can be transformed through the creative process. My most recent work explores change that is possible through experimentation, largely through the process of eco- dyeing with paper, fabric and a variety of plants
found in Australian and Vermont.”
BIOGRAPHY
Barbara grew up in the Chicago metropolitan area and pursued a career in special education and social work before following what had been a long-term interest in art. The Boston area was home for 30 years until she moved to Vermont in 2006. She now divides her time between studios in Vermont and Sydney, where she lives for four months every year.
Barbara initially studied watercolor and acrylic painting, but soon became drawn to printmaking. The aspects of layering and texturing it offered easily translated into mixed media, which is the current focus of her art. While still continuing to create some two-dimensional work, in recent years she has become fascinated by the possibilities of working three dimensionally. Employing found, re-cycled or re-purposed material as much as possible, she has created a large collection of pieces made from used tea bags, Chinese
joss paper seed pod, and organic materials found in the outdoors.
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Alchemy, The Gallery at Unilu, Cambridge, MA., 2017
2015 Juried Show Winners, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH., 2016
Transitions: Paper and Pods, Norman Williams Library, Woodstock, VT. 2014
The Art of Tea II, Ava Gallery, Lebanon, N.H., 2012
The Art of Tea, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, N.H., 2011
Intersections, Umpleby’s Café Gallery, Hanover, N.H., 2009
Improvisations, The Gallery at Unilu, Cambridge, MA., 2006
Circle Dancing, Main Gallery, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA., 2005
Journeys, The Gallery at Unilu, Cambridge, MA., 2003
Group Exhibitions
2019 AVA 2019 Summer Juried Exhibition (*Juror’s Recognition Award), Lebanon, NH
2019 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
Unbound IX, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
PLACE, Wagga, Grenfell, and Orange, Australia
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA
2018 RePlay, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PLACE, University of Wollongong, Australia
Unbound VIII, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
LandARTLab, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2017 Manly Artist Book Award, Manly, NSW, Australia
AVA Gallery Juried Exhibition, Lebanon, N. H.
LandARTLab, Woodstock, VT.
Unbound, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2016 Unbound, Vol. VI, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2015 Personal Histories: International Artist Book Exhibition, Queensland, Australia
Alchemy of Tea, KC Art Gallery, Lone Star College, Kingwood, TX.
AVA Gallery Summer Juried Exhibition, (*Juror’s Recognition Award), Lebanon, N.H.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
Unbound, Vol. V, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2014 Alchemy of Tea, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
Sydney Book Artist Group Show, Art Est Art School and Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Disbound, Gallery Red, Sydney, Australia
Mud, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
Unbound, Vol. IV, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2013 Unbound, Vol. III, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Life Cycle, Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney, Australia
Pompanoosuc Mills Celebration of Upper Valley Artists, Thetford, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
Local Color, ArtistTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2012 Print, Stitch, Staple, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Unbound Vol. II, ArtisTree Gallery, (Honorable Mention), Woodstock, VT.
AVA Gallery Summer Show, Lebanon, N.H.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
Fine Works in Miniature, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2011 Unbound, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
AVA Gallery Summer Show, (Honorable Mention), Lebanon, N.H.
Fine Works in Miniature, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2010 AVA Gallery Summer Show, Lebanon, N.H.
Sculpture Fest 2010, Woodstock, VT.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
Local Color, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
Fine Works in Miniature, ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2009 AVA Gallery Summer Juried Exhibition, Lebanon, N.H.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2008 AVA Gallery Summer Juried Exhibition, Lebanon, N.H.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston MA.
2007 DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2006 Transitions, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA.
Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
2005 Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program Collections, Boston, MA.
National View at Grandview, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA.
Decisive Moments, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2004 47th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, CA.
9th Annual National Art Exhibition, St. John’s University, Queens, N.Y.
Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts 49th Annual International Open
Exhibition, Carmichael, CA.
National View at Grandview, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA.
Autumn in America, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, N.Y.
A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA.
Francis R. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
2003 Pushing the Envelope, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
Annual Student Printmaking Show, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Francis R. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
2002 Printemps, MetroLex Artists Network Show, Monroe Gallery, Lexington, MA.
Annual Student Printmaking Show, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
2001 Member’s Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, M
Annual Student Show, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
Light Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2000 Annual Student Show, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. State House Exhibition, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA.
Member’s Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
Distinguished Artist Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
1999 Dover Lane Atelier, Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA.
State House Exhibition, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA.