Barrie Kaufman Artist
Barrie Kaufman
Barrie Kaufman
Bio/Artist's Statement
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a multimedia artist working in printmaking, painting, ceramic and glass sculpture. I address environmental problems facing our planet. Stories of the natural world, its beauty and current imbalance inform my work. Living in West Virginia I feel the destruction of the mountains, rivers and forests. I am passionate about telling this story. In 2014 my town experienced a toxic water poisoning in which coal cleaning chemicals seeped into our water source and stuck to our pipes. We had no potable water for months. Since that time, my work has focused on the importance of water and the issues that surround it. Recently, I journeyed to the high Arctic with 30 writers, scientists , artists and composers to observe severe climate change which has greatly influenced my current practice. I explore themes of light and dark to tell the story of our current humanity, challenging and uplifting the viewer.
CURRICULUM
VITAE
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
INTERNATIONAL Two Cents Press Residency Serrazzano, Italy, 2026 •Arctic Circle Residency, 2025 Svalbard, Norway •Moulin A Nef Artists Residency, Auvillar, France 2025,2022,2021, 2019 •10th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Republic of China, 2001 Invitational •Taipei City Mayor’s Prize, 5th International Print Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991 •Pressé Papier Visiting Artist Fellowship, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, 1991 UNITED STATES •State of West Virginia Craft Grant 2022 •Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst Va, 2022 •Hambidge Center Artists Residency, Rabun Gap, Georgia, 2021,2020 •West Virginia Juried Exhibition, 2021, 2019, 2013,1993 Award of Excellence WV Permanent Collection •Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2018, 2009 •Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Idea Furnace, Artist Residency, Pittsburgh, Pa 2015-16 •Blenko Glass Collaborative Project, Blenko Glass, Milton, WV 2015 •West Virginia Governor’s Art Award, Artist of the Year, 2014 •West Virginia Artist’s Professional Development Grant (Residency at Pilchuck School), 2014 •Tamarack Foundation Artist’s Grant (Residency for Cast Glass in Czech Republic), 2013 •Huntington Museum of Art, Award of Excellence, Exhibition 280, Huntington, WV, 1990, 2003 •West Virginia Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and Crafts, 1996 •The Painted Bride, Artist’s Grant, Philadelphia, PA, 1994-1995 •Sunrise Museum Printmaking Residency, Charleston, WV, 1993 •Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist’s Grant, 1992 •West Virginia Commission on the Arts, 1992 •Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Grant, Inter-generational Program, 1984-1986
ONE WOMAN SHOWS
•Svalbard Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, collaboration, Charleston, WV. 2026 •Juliet Museum of Art, Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, Career Retrospective - Curator, Lindsay Miranda, Charleston, WV. 2026 upcoming •Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV. 2024,2021 •Massillon Museum, Canton, Ohio, 2022 •Parkersburg Art Center, and residency, Parkersburg, WVa. 2022 •Pittsburgh Center For The Arts 2016 •Montpelier Center for the Arts, Montpelier, VA, 2015 •Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Juliet Museum, Charleston, WV, 2014 •The Huntington Museum of Art, “Curator’s Choice”, Huntington, WV, 2013 •Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine, 2006 •Marilyn Cooper Gallery, Lewisburg, WV, 2004, 2006 •Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV, 2005 •Sunbury Shores Art Center, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, 2004 •Sotheby’s, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999 •The Art Store, Charleston, WV, 1990, 1996 •West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV, 1994-1995 •Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis, N, 1994 •Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV, 1993 •West Virginia Science and Cultural Center, Charleston, WV, 1992 •Museum in the Community, Winfield, WV, 1992 •Pressé Papier, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, 1991
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
3 Artiste, Two Cents Press, Serrazzano Italy, 2026 •Two Hundred Years of West Virginia Women Artists, Paragon Gallery, Lewisburg, WV 2024 •Richard and Carol Cocks Art Museum, Miami University,” The World in Which We Live: The Art of Environmental Awareness”, Curator, Jaison Sharman, 2024. •Juliet Musum of Art, The Clay Center, Charleston, WV. “ Invitational”, 2022 •Sculpture Now, McClean Center for the Arts, McClean, Va, Juror Nancy Susser •Three States of Glass, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley Pa. 2020 •Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Mass. Biennial Members Exhibition, 2020 •Art Fields, Trax Gallery, Lake City, South Carolina, 2019 •West Virginia Juried Exhibition, West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston, WV 2019 •West Virginia University Glass Artists in the Mountain State, 2016 •SOFA Chicago, 2015 Ai Bo Gallery •West Virginia Juried Exhibition, 2015, Tamarack Gallery •Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 1988
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
•Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) •Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ •Atelier Pressé Papier, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada •The Juliet Museum of Art, Clay Center of Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV •Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV •Kathy Caraccio Print Archive, NYC, NY •Marietta College, Marietta, OH •Marshall University Graduate College, Charleston, WV •The Print Consortium, Kansas City, MO •University of Charleston, Charleston, WV •West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV •West Virginia Symphony, Charleston, WV
LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
•Miami University Visual Arts Catalog, The Art of Environmental Awareness, 2024 •Professional Women in the Arts and Media, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 2023 •Artist Panel - Juliet Museum of Art, 2023 •International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Idea Furnace: "The Creative Potential of Collaboration, Carnegie Mellon University" •"Three Things - My First, My Favorite, My Future", West Virginia Public Radio Podcast •Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, "River, Stream, Tap" (Artist Talk) •Lecture - Art Museum and Training Center for Glass and Ceramics, Seto City, Japan •Lecture - Nagoya Art School, Glass and Print-Making Department, Nagoya, Japan •Zack Harold, West Virginia Living, Spring, “Fire and Water, A West Virginia Artist Turns Crisis into Creativity” •Curator’s Choice Catalog, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 2012-2013 •Article, Huntington Museum of Art Member’s Magazine, Huntington, WV, Fall 2003 •10th International Biennial Print & Drawing Exhibition Catalog, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan 2001 •Association of Press Papier, Vingt ans de creation, limited edition original print publication and print catalog, Trois Rivieres Ville d’Histoire et de Culture, Quebec, 2000
EDUCATION
Master's Degree in Art, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 1988 Master's Degree in Art Therapy, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1981 Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Marietta College, 1979