Résumé
Barbara J. Morris
P.O. Box 190, 6990 Sir Francis Drake
Forest Knolls, CA 94933
(415) 488-4102
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Recent Work, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA.
2009 Magic and Loss, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA.
2009 Storyville, Mona Lease Gallery, Greenbrae, CA.
2008 Hybrids, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA.
2006 Barbara Morris and Nancy Mizuno Elliott, Fight or Flight, Kimball Gallery,
de Young Museum, San Francisco.
1998 Recent Work, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA.
1989 Barbara Morris, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 132 Woodland Ave. Open Studios, San Rafael, CA
Spring Art Show 2022, San Geronimo Valley, CA
Open Studio, Virginia Center for Creative Art, Amherst, VA
2021 Virtual Spring Art Show, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA
Fresh Art, Marin Society of Artists, Virtual
California Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Oakland, CA
2020 Where We Call Home II, Redwood Gallery at Marin Civic Center, CA
2020 Vision, Far Out Gallery, San Francisco
Black Lives Matter Roadside Art Show, San Geronimo Valley, CA
2019 Pressing Matters X, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA
Where We Call Home, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA
Spring Art Show, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA
2018 Marin Open Studios Exhibition, Corte Madera, CA.
Printmaking Exhibition, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
2017 Open Studios, VCCA France, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France.
Printmaking Exhibition, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
2016 Spring Art Show, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
Open Studio, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
Glass Slipper to Glass Ceiling, City College of San Francisco, SF, CA.
2015 Crank, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Collect!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
2014 (n)Collage, Petaluma Center for theArts, Petaluma, CA.
Marin Open Studios Exhibition, Greenbrae, CA.
2013 Pressing Matters IV, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
Small Works, Small Space, curated by Inez Storer and Heather Pratt.
The Wounded General Store, Inverness, CA.
2012 Pressing Matters, Print Exhibition, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
Portraits of People and Cars, Uptown Auto Body, Oakland, CA.
2011 Winter Group Show, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Tiki, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA.
Print Fair, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA.
2010 Printmaking Exhibition, SGVCC, San Geronimo, CA.
Sudden Intended Exhilaration, Mona Lease Gallery, Greenbrae, CA.
2008 Summer Selections, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007 Bay Area Annual 2007, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.
The Edge of Winter, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Refuge for Creation, Picture Perfect Gallery, Petaluma, CA.
2006 Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2005 Marin Open Studios Show, Larkspur, CA.
San Geronimo Valley Artists Annual, San Geronimo, CA.
2004 SF Open Studios 2004, Hotel Triton, San Francisco, CA.
U.C. Berkeley Art Alumni Group Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
Gallery Route One January Juried Show, Point Reyes, CA.
2003 Squares: Painters as Relics or Rebels, Richmond Art Center.
2002 Orange, !hey!, Oakland, CA.
2001 Gravity, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA.
2000 What is Drawing Now?, Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
Marin Art Festival, Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael, CA.
Holiday Arts Festival and Auction, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
1999 Northern National Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI.
Marin Open Studios Show, Corte Madera, CA.
San Geronimo Valley Artists Annual, San Geronimo, CA.
1998 Pro Arts Juried Annual, Oakland, CA.
Inside Marin, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.
Profusion of Digital Art,Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA.
1997 Caregiver and Crone Show, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Turtles, Art, and Mythology, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA.
Matrix International 97, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Three Person Show, Two Bird Cafe, San Geronimo, CA.
1996 Holiday Arts Festival and Auction, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Art with a Heart III, Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA.
glean, 4 Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1995 Kaleidoscope, Bayfront Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
Bay Arts, Arts Council of San Mateo County, Belmont, CA.
California Artists,San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
The Last Frontier, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA.
The Beauty Project at Levi’s Plaza, San Francisco, CA.
1994 Measuring Up, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Pretty Little Thing, Ohlone College Art Gallery, Fremont, CA.
Victoria Room 6 x 9, San Francisco, CA.
Marin Images: Inside and Out, Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, CA.
Chain Reaction 9: The Women’s Mentor Show, S.F. Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Women in Art, An Exhibition and Symposium. Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Artists' Residencies:
Visiting Artist at American Academy of Art, Rome, Italy 2020
Fellow, VCCA France, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France 2017
Fellow, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, 2016
Artist in Residence, de Young Museum, SF, 2006 (with Nancy Mizuno Elliott).
Finalist, Readers Digest Artists at Giverny Program. 1989.
Curatorial Projects:
Curator for Glass Slipper to Glass Ceiling, City College of San Francisco, 2016
Curator for Gravity, WORKS/San Jose, 2001
Public Appearances and Lectures:
Panelist, "Depth of Field," artPad SF Photo Panel
Seminar Leader, Art Criticism Conference, San Francisco Art Institute, 2011
Lecture on my Art Writing Practice, City College of SF, 2011
Lecture on Andy Warhol, Dominican University, 2008
Artist’s Talk, Pro Arts, Oakland, 1998
Artist’s Talk, Richmond Art Center, 1994
Panelist, Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference,1993
Artist’s Talk, Chabot College, Hayward, CA, 1990
Artist’s Talk, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA, 1988
Published Articles, Reviews, and Essays:
Contributing Writer, Artillery magazine
Former contributing writer, art ltd. and Squarecylinder magazines
Former Contributing Editor, Artweek
Occasional contributor, stretcher.org
Catalog essays: Livia Stein, My Life as a Pelican, Devorah Jacoby, Mysterious Barricades, Joe Brubaker, Ordinary Saints, David Hevel, Glamidermist, Gordon Huether, Selected Works, and Gordon Huether, Projects, Larry Stefl, Brasil Series, Livia Stein, Flights of Fancy, Kerry Vander Meer, Clusters,
Guerrilla in My Midst, Artists’ Dialogue 1992
Teaching and Related Experience:
Art Specialist, Reed Elementary School, Tiburon, CA, 12/97 - 6/98
Painting Instructor, College of Marin Community Education, Kentfield, CA, 9/92-5/93
Drawing Instructor, San Anselmo Recreation Department, San Anselmo, CA 9/92-4/93
Drawing Workshop Instructor, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Fall 1992
Drawing and Painting Instructor, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo,
CA, 2/87-6/91
Figure Painting Instructor, A.S.U.C. Art Studio, Berkeley, CA, 3/87-8/87
Teaching Assistant for Figure Drawing and Painting at U.C. Berkeley, Fall Semester 1986
Teaching Assistant for Approaches to Painting at U.C. Berkeley, Spring Semester 1986
Selected Honors and Awards:
Honorable Mention, Fresh Art, Marin Society of Artists 2021
Awarded Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, 2014
Honorable Mention, Inside Marin, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1998
Honorable Mention, Matrix International 97,Sacramento, 1997
Award of Excellence, California Works, California State Fair 1993. 1986
Honorable Mention, Matrix International 93.
Award of Excellence, Arts in the Valley, Napa Spring Fair, 1987
Maybelle Toombs Prize in Art, U.C. Berkeley, 1986
Award for Merit, Marin County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 1984
Regents’ Scholar, U.C. Berkeley, 1973-77
Education: M.F.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986
M.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1985
San Francisco Art Institute 1984-85
College of Marin 1983-84
A.B., U.C. Berkeley 1977
Professional Memberships:
College Art Association
Pro Arts