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Born in Los Angeles, California

 

Education:

B.S. and M.S. in Design, M.F.A., University of Michigan

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

 

2022                 SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI  

2021-22            CHOREOGRAPHY OF ABSTRACTION, LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2018                 AN ARTISTIC TOUCH, Oklahoma State University year long outdoor                                    sculpture installation and maquette exhibition, Stillwater, OK

2017-18            ACTION ABSTRACTION outdoor sculpture exhibition on campus,                                        Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

2016                 THE BRONZE TOUCH    Taylor Graham Gallery, New York, NY 

2015                 EMANATIONS in BRONZE small original cast bronze and gold leaf                                        maquette exhibition LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2015                 INQUIRE WITHIN    Museum Exhibition at Reading Museum, Reading, PA,                           paintings and sculptures

2012                 Bill Barrett, DNA A painting and sculpture exhibition, LewAllen                                              Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2012                 Bill Barrett, Sculpture and Paintings, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

2011                 Bill Barrett, Paintings and Sculpture, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY     

2010                 Polyphonics, Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum, Ames, IA

                        Synchronicities, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2008-09           Exquisite Balance, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

2008                Drawing Exhibition, Michigan State University, College of Arts and Letters,                              Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI

                        LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

                        Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2007                Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ

2006                Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2005                LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

2004                Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

2002                Century Association, New York, NY

                        Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

1982-2005        DeGraaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI

 2001                McCormick Works of Art, Chicago, IL

                        Kouros Gallery, New York, NY   

                        Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM       

2000                Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

                        J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999                 Harris Gallery, Houston, TX

1998                 J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997–98           Nardin Gallery, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

 

2023                 MODERNIST Group Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

2022                 HOLIDAY SHOWCASE Exhibition, LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2021-2022         UNCOMMON GROUND IV, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY

2017-2018         Santa Fe Botanical Garden   VISUAL POETRY Exhibition of 14 Outdoor                                  Sculptures, Santa Fe, NM.  Yearlong exhibition

2015                 GROUP MATRIX Inaugural Exhibition, STUX+HALLER Gallery, New York,                          NY

2012                 Comune de Pontedera, Pontedera, Italy

2011                 Friends of Finn Square in Tribeca, City of New York and NYC Parks and          

                         Recreation Department presents,9/11 MEMORIAL SCULPTURE                                               COMMEMORATING 10th ANNIVERSARY

2009                 20 Bildhauer-20Skulpturen, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell am Harmersback,     

                         Germany

2007                 Los Angeles Art Show (exhibited by LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM)                           at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA

2005                 U.S. Embassy Residence in Vatican City, The Holy See

2004                 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2003                 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

                        LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

                        Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Naples, FL

2002                 Tenth Anniversary Invitational, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

2001                 Ford Park Sculpture Exhibition, Art in Public Places Program, Vail, CO

                        30th Anniversary Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Shidoni Gallery,                          Tesuque, NM

2000                Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

                        Sculpture 2000 International, New London, CT

                        ALVA Gallery, New London, CT                         

                        Euro Galleries, Minneapolis

2000–1999       McCormick Works of Art, Navy Pier Expo, Chicago, IL

1999                 Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY

                        The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

1995–99            Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ

1992–94, 97-98  Navy Pier Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1998                 Albright College Center For The Arts, Doris Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA   1997                 Thomas McCormick Works of Art, Chicago, IL

1992–97           Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

 1996                Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

                        Friends of Contemporary Art, Lewallen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

                        Armory Show, Kouros Gallery, NY

                        Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1995–96           Outdoor Installation, West Broadway and Varick Streets, New York, NY

1995                 Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN

                        Mongerson-Wunderlich Gallery, Chicago, IL

                        La Quinta Sculpture Garden, La Quinta, CA

1994                 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

                        Turner-Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

                        Benkert Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

                        Philadelphia Expo, Philadelphia, PA

1988–94            Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1992                 Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1991–92            1st Alabama Biennial, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

1991                 Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

                        Kouros Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Ridgefield, CT

1990                 Tokyo Expo, Nina Owen, Ltd., Chicago, IL

1989-90            Sculpture Tour, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN

1989                 International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los                               Angeles, CA

                        Flat Iron Gallery, New York, NY

                        Basel Expo, Basel, Switzerland

                        Cavalier Gallery, Stamford, CT

                        Food Center Sculpture Park at Hunts Point, Bronx, NY

1988                 Ruth Vared Gallery, Easthampton, NY

                        The Romanek Sculpture Garden, Chicago, IL

                        Hudson River Museum, Sculptor’s Guild, Yonkers, NY

1987                 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

1984-87            Schulman Sculpture Garden, White Plains, NY

1986                 Guild Hall Museum, Easthampton, NY

                        Shidoni Contemporary Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Tesuque, NM

1984                 Snug Harbor Museum, Staten Island, NY

1983                 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY

1982-83            Phoenix Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ

1982                 The Great Garden Sculpture Show, Sculptural Arts Museum, Atlanta, GA

                        International Sculpture Conference, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

1981                 Botanical Gardens (outdoor show, Sculptor’s Guild), Bronx, NY

1970-81            Sculpture Center, Sixty-Ninth Street, New York, NY

1980                 Sculpture Center, Sixty-Ninth Street, New York, NY

                        “AREA” (outdoor show), Washington, DC

1978–80            “AREA” (outdoor show), Wards Island, NY

                        American Mission Building, United Nations, New York, NY

1978                 Lincoln Center, New York, NY

                        Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

                        Alexander Milliken Gallery, New York, NY

                        Foley Square (outdoor), New York, NY

                        PS 1, Long Island  City, NY

                        Art Train, Michigan Art Train, Inc.

1975                 The Society of the Four Arts Sculpture Competition, New York Cultural                                  Center,  Columbus Circle, NYC

1973–75           Storm King Art Center, Sculpture in the Fields, Mountainville, NY

1974                 Large Outdoor Sculpture Show, Bach Festival, Bethlehem, PA

1973-74            Sculpture III, Department of Cultural Affairs, World Trade Center, Pratt                                  Institute and LaGuardia Airport, New York, NY

1972                 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY

1970                 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

1970                 Whitney Museum Sculpture Annual, New York, NY

1966                 University of the South, Sewanee, TN

1964                 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

                        The Bundy Art Gallery, Waitsfield, VT

1963                 The San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

1959-63            The Detroit Institute of Arts Shows, Detroit, MI

1959                 Father/Son, Indiana Art Center, South Bend, IN

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Museum and University Collections:

 

 

911 Memorial Museum, New York, NY

Albright College, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA

Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM

Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT  (sculpture destroyed)

Allan Houser Foundation, Permanent Collection, Santa Fe, NM

Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI.  paintings and sculpture

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL    Permanent Collection, sculpture and painting

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Eastern Michigan University Library, Ypsilanti, MI

Fine Arts Museum of Oklahoma City, OK

Goddard Visual Art Center, Ardmore, OK

Grounds for Sculpture Museum, Hamilton, NJ

Guild Hall Museum of Art, East Hampton, NY

Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM

Henry Ford Community College. Dearborn, MI

Hope College, Music School, Holland, MI

The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, NY

Iowa State University, Art on Campus Collection, Gerdin Building, College of Business,                Ames, IA

Iowa State University, Art on Campus Model and Maquette Collection, Ames, IA

Iowa State University, Department of Music and Theater, Ames, Iowa

International Foundation Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Las Vegas Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

McKnight Performing Arts Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.  

      A Percent for Art project

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Montana Museum of Art and Culture, (paintings), Missoula, MT

Mitchell Wolfson New World Campus, Miami, FL

Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood, Colorado

Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY

Norfolk Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, McKnight Performing Arts Center

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK

Purdue University, Westville, IN

Pyramid Hill, Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, OH

Reading Museum, Reading, PA

Rice University, Houston, TX

Runnymede Sculpture Farm, San Francisco, CA

Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

Stony Brook University, Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative                Biology   

Taos Museum of Art, Taos, NM

Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Trinity Medical Foundation, Fort Dodge, IA

University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan, School of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Montana, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT

University of the South, Sewanee, TN

University of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY

Utsukushi-ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ

 

 

Selected Municipal Collections:

 

Ann Arbor City Hall, Ruby Church Memorial, Ann Arbor, MI

City of Ardmore, OK

City of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

City of Scottsdale, AZ

Criminal Courts Building, Hartford, CT

New York City, New Dorp High School, Staten Island, NY    A Percent for Art Project

Nyack Plaza Mall, Nyack, NY

Pennington Park, Patterson, NJ

City of Palo Alto, CA

National September 11TH Memorial Museum, New York, N

 

 

 

Selected Private Collections:

 

200 Central Park South, Bernard Spitzer, New York, NY Spitzer Engineering

1615 L. Street, Washington, DC Spitzer Engineering

2001 K. Street, Washington, DC Spitzer Engineering

Belz Enterprises, Memphis, TN

Best Products Corporation, Richmond, VA

Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, CA

Brandywine Realty and Trust, Austin, TX

The Corinthian Building, New York, NY

Dell Corporation, Austin, TX

Eighty-One Mainstreet Associates, White Plains, NY

Garden Communities, La Jolla, CA

Hitachi Corporation, Kyushu Plant, Kanda, Japan

Jade Pig Corporation, Gaslight Village, Grand Rapids, MI

La Jolla Crossroads, La Jolla, CA

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Foundation, Fort Wayne, IN

Lumiere Place Casino and Hotel, A Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, TX

Nemocolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA

Pacific Enterprises, Law Library, Los Angeles, CA

Palazzo Hotel Resort Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Peabody Hotel, Little Rock, AR (Belz Enterprises, Memphis, TN)

Portman Corporation, Northpark Town Center, Atlanta, GA

Rockefeller Realty Corporation, #3 Embarcadero West, San Francisco, CA

Saint Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe Botanical Gardens, Santa Fe, NM

Schulman Realty Group, White Plains, NY                                 

Sempra Energy International, San Diego, CA

The Century Association, New York, NY

Tower Insurance Group, New York, NY

Trammell-Crow, Paramount, CA

Valley National Bank, Phoenix, AZ

The Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden, Dalton, GA.

West Group, One Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Awards:

 

1994                 The Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor for Sculpture, NY

1992                 The Audubon Artists Chaim Gross Foundation Award for Sculpture, NY

1990                 The Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor for Sculpture, NY

1988                 Fiftieth Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition, Best Sculpture                                       Award, East Hampton, NY

1987                 Hakone Open-Air Museum Award, Japan

1986                 The R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award

1965                 Kalamazoo Area Art Exhibition/Art Center 1965-1966, Second Annual                                      Purchase, Kalamazoo, MI

                        Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti Merit Award, Ypsilanti, MI

1964                 Forty-sixth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsman of the                                  Western Reserve, Jury Mention, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

                        Awarded an exhibition at the Kalamazoo Art Center, Kalamazoo, MI

1962                 Annual North Dakota Exhibition Prize in Sculpture, ND

                        Detroit Institute of Arts, Lewis Prize for Outstanding Work by a Michigan    

                        Teacher, Detroit, MI

1961                 Western Michigan Art Gallery Award for Sculpture, Grand Rapids, MI

1960                 Albert Kahn and Associates Award, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

1958                 Tri Kappa Award, First Prize Sculpture, Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, IN

 

 

 

 

ARCHIVES of AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.  

 

 

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