RESUMÉ
Carole Barrer
Email:Colorcurrents@gmail.com
Website: www.carolebarrer.com
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024
Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018
The Art Project, Bainbridge, WA
2013
Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2010
Olympus Building, Seattle, WA
Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
2009
La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
Esquire Deposition Services, Seattle, WA
2004
ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA
Edmonds Commissioned Art Show, Edmonds Public Library, Edmonds, WA
2003
Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1994
Federal Way City Hall, City Arts Commission, Federal Way, WA
1992
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990
Hubbard’s Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Eastside Mental Health, Bellevue, WA
1989
Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
1988
University Unitarian Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987
Elliott Bay Gallery Show, Seattle, WA
1986
Elliott Bay Gallery Show, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 40th Anniversary Show-A Group Exhibition, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 BIMA Spotlight-Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA Winter Offerings-A Group Exhibition, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Summer Visions - A Group Exhibition, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA Seattle Art Fair, representing Harris Harvey Gallery, Lumen Field Center, Seattle, WA Scapes, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
2021 An Anniversary Show, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA Expressions West 2021, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR Reflections, juror David Martin, Columbia Center Gallery, Seattle WA Printmaker’s Hand V, Northwind Best Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA November Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2020
Expressions West 2020, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Fall Perspectives: A Group Show, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA The Legacy Continues: Empowering Women, Wenatchee Valley Museum, Wenatchee, WA
2019
Printmakers Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational 2019, Juror Sam Davidson, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Ink and Print West Coast Printmaking Exhibition, juror Nicole Pietrontoni, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Works on Paper, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Group Show, Penninsula Cancer Center, Poulsbo, WA
2018
Pressure Points, juror Negarra Kudumu, Seattle Print Arts National Show, M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle, WA
Printmakers Hand IV, juror Bob Kochs, Northwind Arts Center, Pt. Townsend, WA
Northwest Meets San Francisco, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Penninsula Cancer Center, Poulsbo, WA
2017
Color Print and Washington State, juror David Martin, Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA
Expressions West 2017, juror Katherine Chang Liu, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Coast-to-Coast East, juror Stuart Shils, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY Your Body of Water, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seasons, juror Melissa Weinman, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA
2016
Women’s Work, Bellevue Arts Museum Community Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Coast-to-Coast West, juror Deborah Paine, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
2015
Printmaker's Hand III, juror Sam Davidson, Northwind Arts Center, Pt. Townsend, WA
Summer Impressions, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Visual Voices, Larson Gallery, Yakima Community College, Yakima, WA
2014
16th Annual Expressions Northwest, juror Greg Robinson, Northwind Arts Center, Pt. Townsend, WA
Women Painters of Washington Exhibition, Mirabella and Pacific Regent Galleries, Seattle, WA
2013
Arizona Aqueous XXVII, juror Judy Morris, National Watermedia Exhibition, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ
Invitational Exhibition, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery, Bainbridge, WA
Blue, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
2012
Celebration, Schack Art Gallery, Everett, WA
Travelled: Confluence Art Gallery, Twisp, WA ; Clymer Art Museum, Ellensburg, WA |
Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA; Northwind Arts Center, Pt. Townsend, WA
Scott Milo Gallery Group Show, Anacortes, WA
Arizona Aqueous XXIV, juror Judy Morris, National Watermedia Exhibition, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ
2009
Arizona Aqueous XXII, juror C. Shink, National Watermedia Exhibition, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ
Of Clocks and Crows, Snohomish Arts Council Juried Show, Everett, WA
2008
National Juried Exhibition, juror Pat San Soucie, Art League of Hilton Head, Hilton Head, SC
First International Society of Acrylic Painters Online Open International Digital Show
2007
Art Happens Everywhere, juror Jeffrey Wechsler, Sr. Curator Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
Tenth Annual International Exhibition, International Society of Acrylic Painters, San Luis Obispo, CA
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic 54th Anniversary Annual Show, Binney & Smith Gallery, Easton, PA
The Art of Flight, Monte Cristo Hotel, Snohomish Arts Council, Everett, WA
2006
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic 53rd Anniversary Show, juror David R Brigham, Ph.D., Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
Plano Art Association National Juried Show, juror Cathe Gill, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX
2005
An Enduring Legacy, juror David Martin, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
International Watermedia XIV, juror Katherine Chang Liu, Colorado Springs, CO
Allied Artists of America 90th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
All About Art, PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organization) Invitational Fine Arts Show, Seattle,WA
Arizona Aqueous XX, National Watermedia Exhibition, juror Warren Taylor, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ
2004
Expressions of a Lifetime, juror R. Tharsing, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
International Society of Acrylic Painters Signature Show, Seattle, WA
2003
National Acrylic Painters Association Show, juror G. Brommer, Cornell Museum of Art and History, FL
Translucent, Post Picasso Internet Juried Show, juror Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Curator of American Craft Museum, NY, NY
Arizona Aqueous XIX National Watermedia Exhibition, juror Katherine Chang Liu, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ
2002
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic 49th Anniversary Show, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Art Port Townsend, juror Jim McDonald, curator Safeco Corporation Art Collection, Pt.Townsend, WA
2001
Epic Passages, juror Deborah Byrne, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Country Juried Exhibit, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Rites of Autumn, Roby King Gallery, Pt. Ludlow, WA
Eclectic Visions, Sidney Museum and Art Gallery, Pt. Orchard, WA
A Voice Like Yours, Words and Images of a Shared Sojourn with Irish Artists, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
2000
Northwest Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, juror Peggy Weiss, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
Millennium Images, Irish American Residency, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
1999
Arts of the Terrace, juror Barbara Shaiman, Mount Lake Terrace Community Center, Mount Lake Terrace, WA
1998
Shadows: 2000, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Kirsten Gallery Juried Show, juror Nicolas Kirsten, Seattle, WA
Shoreline Arts Festival Juried Show, Shoreline, WA
1996
Pacific Gallery Artists' Juried Show, Tacoma, WA
Greenwood Art Walk, Seattle, WA
1993
Group of Nine, Room 608, Gallery for Visual and Performing Arts, Seattle, WA
Seattle Scene, jurors William Elston & M.A. Phillips, Second Story Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992
Artists of Fremont, Fremont Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Sprawl, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
1991
Masks of God, with Guy Anderson, St. Marks Cathedral, Seattle, WA
Art Sprawl, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
1990
Women’s Voices and Visions, Seattle International Women’s Day, Seattle, WA
Artists of Fremont, Fremont Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Sprawl, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
Ascent, Hubbard’s Gallery, Bellevue, WA
1989
Annual Tacoma Danced, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Small Steps, Phoenix Invitational, Small Steps, Phoenix, AZ
Artists of Fremont, Fremont Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Sprawl, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
1988
Steps Toward Peace, Third Avenue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Avoir Gallery Juried Show, juror Nicolas Kirsten, Kirkland, WA
Annual Night Tacoma Danced, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Artists of Fremont, Fremont Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
In Her Image, A New Space Gallery, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art, Seattle, WA
1987
Valentine Show, Husted Gallery, Seattle, WA
Women of Darkness, Shepeaks Gallery, Portland, OR
Peace Art Juried Competition, University Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Sprawl, Fremont Library, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
1986
Artist Vendor, Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA
Selected Awards
2021
Art and Soul Award, Refections, Juror David Martin, Cascadia Art Museum Curator, Seattle, WA
2019
People’s Choice Award, Locally Grown, University House, Seattle, WA
2016
Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection, Juror Deborah Paine, Curator and Collections Manager, Seattle, WA
2009
Winsor-Newton/ Colart Award, juror Margaret Bullock of Tacoma Art Museum, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2008
Artists Staying the Course: Developing Ideas Consistently, Katherine Chang Liu Lecture Series
2007
Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Award, Tenth Annual International Exhibition, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006
First Place-Watercolor and Acrylic & Best of Show, PAA National Exhibition, Plano, TX
Third Place Award, juror Gloria Runnings, Abstracted Landscape, Bellevue, WA
2005
Award of Excellence, juror Warren Taylor, National Watermedia Exhibition Arizona Aqueous XX, Tubac, AZ
Honorable Mention, International Watermedia XIV, juror K. Liu, Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, Colorado Springs, CO
2004
First Place Award, juror Susan Jackson, Museum of Modern Art, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Juried Show, Bainbridge, WA
ADG Printing Award, Women Painters of Washington Membership Show, Anacortes, WA
2002
Choose Hope poster, SGI-USA Seattle Culture Center, Seattle, WA
2000
1 of 35 artists selected for Irish-American Residency, Centrum Foundation, Pt. Townsend, WA
1999
EATA Distinguished Service Award, Art as Process Show, Seattle, WA
1998
Best of Show, Shoreline Arts Festival Juried Show, Shoreline, WA
Publications
2005 An Enduring Legacy: Women Painters of Washington 1930-2005, author/curator David Martin, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2000
Journal of Visual and Literary Arts (cover and inside cover), Exhibition Magazine, Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, Bainbridge, WA
Public and Private Collections
A list of private and public collections is available upon request.
Teaching Artist Experience
2015
Instructor, Printing with Plants Workshop, Corvidae Press, Pt. Townsend, WA
2013
Painting Demonstrator, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
2010
Instructor, Color Boot Camp: Essentials of Color Workshop, Georgetown Studios, Seattle, WA
2007
Guest Artist, Mountlake Terrace Elementary School, Seattle, WA
2004
Painting Demonstrator, Artists of South Whidbey, Whidbey Island, WA
1999
Show Curator & Exhibition Organizer, Art as Process Show, Seattle, WA
1991
Guest Artist, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
1990-1992
Facilitator, Women Artists Support Groups, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art, Seattle, WA
1988
Art Instructor, Seattle Summer Arts Program, Seattle, WA
1985
Guest artist, Spiritridge Elementary School, Bellevue, WA
1985
Art Instructor, Seattle Impact Arts Program, Seattle, WA
Art Instructor, Heart To Art Program, Seattle, WA
1978-1980
Instructor, Body Awareness, Movement, Yoga, and Meditation Classes, Ballard Community Center, Seattle, WA
1977-1979
Instructor, performer choreographer, Yavapai Community College, Prescott, AZ
Professional Affiliations and Board Service
2022 Juror, Oregon Lavender Exhibtion, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, OR
2017-Present
Member, Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA
2013-Present
Member, Corvidae Press, Pt. Townsend, WA
2008-2022
Liaison, WPW Seattle Foundation, Seattle, WA
2000-Present
Member, Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, WA
2004-2017
Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
2011-2012
President of Women Painters of Washington
2011-2012
Vice President of Women Painters of Washington (WPW)
2005-2012
Signature Member of Arizona Aqueous National Association
2006-2007
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic (NSPCA)
1998-1999
Phinney Art Gallery Committee, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986-1991
Seattle Women Caucus for Art, Seattle, WA
Education
Master of Fine Art Course Work, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Master of Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science, Speech Pathology and Audiology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY