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Resume

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 Fragments…From Day’s Caravan: New Work by Barbara Rogers, Graficas Gallery, Tucson, AZ , catalog
Barbara Rogers, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2006

Barbara Rogers: New Work, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Bustan al Janaa, University Gallery, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Barbara Rogers, New Work, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004

Barbara Rogers: New Work, Chiaroscuro Gallery. Scottsdale, Arizona
Moon Gardens, Dosi Gallery, Pusan, Korea

2003 Barbara Rogers: New Work, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Project Paradise, Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
2001 Natural Facts: Unnatural Acts, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Hothouse Hybrids, Vanier Galleries, Tucson, Arizona
Garden of Feminine Reason, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2000 The Garden as Theatre, Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Dreaming of Eden: Meditations on the Garden, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona (catalogue)
1999 Structuring Nature, Eleanor Jeck Galleries, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Her Garden: Objects and Sites Remembered, Etherton Gallery at the Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, Arizona
1997 Recent Paintings, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Earthy Pleasures: The Garden as Source, Jewish Community Center, Tucson, Arizona
1996 Personal Eden, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
1995 Ponds: The Garden Mirror’d, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
1994 Constructing Paradise, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Eccentric Gardens by Eccentric Women, Selby Museum of Botany and the Arts, Sarasota, Florida
1993 Barbara Rogers: Recent Work, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1992 Barbara Rogers: Paintings on Paper, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
1991-2 Bilder Uber dem Wasser, touring exhibition, co-sponsored by United States Information Agency, Deutsche Welle, Cologne; Badner Halle, Rastatt; Haus an der Redoute/Bonn Museum of Art; Bonn- Bad Godesburg; Haus Dacheroden, Erfurt (catalogue)
1987 University of the Pacific Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1981 Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1978 Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977 Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California
1976 Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1975 Michael Walls Gallery, New York, New York
1973 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
1969 Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California
1968 Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California


Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

She Objects! II, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

  Looking Closer: Inspired By The Beauty Of The Sonoran Desert, Graficas Gallery at The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ, catalog
  Hothouse with Eleanor Miller, Nancy Sansome Reynolds, Will Robinson, Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
  Winter Garden, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
2005

13th Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Painting, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2004

Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson,AZ

2003

43rd Annual Painting Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts
Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson,AZ

2002 Water, Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Survival of the Fittest, Gallery Art Böes, Omaha, Nebraska
As Real as It Gets, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2001 Neobotanica: Flora by Four Contemporary Artists, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
Necessary Beauty, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, California
Paper, Marshall Way Gallery, Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona
Small Paintings, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
2000 The Buddha Show, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Flora, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Atelier 2000, Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Culver City, California
1999 Organic Matters, Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
1998 Another Arizona: A State-Wide Juried Exhibition, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1997 The Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
1995 Nature/Culture: Meeting at the Border, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California
Skirting the Decorative, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
1994 Pencil to Paper, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
1992 Human/Nature, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 Embracing Change, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Selections 49, Drawing Center, New York, New York
Primal Forces, Women’s Caucus for Art, Cooper Union, New York, New York (national)
Landscape: A Presence, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
Looking North: New Work from the Bay Area, Gensler and Associates/Architects, Los Angeles, California
1988-9 Art Across America: Artists and Their Students, toured: Tucson, Arizona; DeKalb, Illinois; Eugene, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Hayward, California
1988 Artists Choose Artists, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
Fiftieth Anniversary of the San Jose Art League, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Tropical Topics, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California
1987 True North, Far West, Rosemont Gallery, Regina Saskatchewan, Canada
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
The Extended Figure, Hayward State University Art Gallery, Hayward, California
Print San Jose II: A Traveling Exhibition, San Jose Art League Downtown Gallery, San Jose, California
1986 American Cultural Center, touring: Islamabad, Pakistan and Lahore, Pakistan; Brussels, Belgium
1985

Flowers on a Grand Scale, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tropics Exotics, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, California
In the Advent of Change, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Sprayed Paint, Ohlone College, Fremont, California
Stars, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Unity of Opposites: Art about Architecture, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
Flora and Fauna, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, California

1984 Magnolia Editions: Selected Prints, Smith-Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Sixteen Contemporary Realists, Modesto, California
1983 The San Jose Print, San Jose Art Center, San Jose, California
Tropical Visions by California Artists, Chevron Gallery, San Francisco, California
1982 Northern California Realist Painters, Redding Museum and Shasta College, Redding, California
The Artist and the Airbrush, San Jose State University, San Jose, California (catalogue)
1981 Forty Famous Californians, Judith Christian Gallery, New York, New York
Contemporary American Realism: Works on Paper, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 Photo-Realist Painting in California: A Survey, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Sonoma Drawing Show, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California
Neo-Romanticism of the Eighties, Gallery Yves Arman, New York, New York
1978 Drawings: Just Drawings, Helen Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, California
1977 Downtown Dog Show, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Downtown Center, San Francisco, California
1976 Twenty Bay Area Painters, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1975 Six Painters, Six Attitudes, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Realism in Painting and Ceramics, Helen Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, California
Images of Woman, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
The Classic Revival, Illinois Bell Telephone, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
1974 Seventy-First American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (catalogue)
1973 Northern California Artists, Sonoma State College Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, California
Twelve Painters of the Human Figure, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
1972 Realist Painting: Twelve Viewpoints, One Hundred and Eighteen: An Art Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1971 California State University, Fresno, California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Centennial Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Museum, San Francisco, California
1970 The Peaceable Kingdom, Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California
West Coast 1970, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California (biennial invitational)
1969 New Realist Painters, University of California, Davis, California
1965 Painting and Drawing Annual, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Painting and Sculpture Annual, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California


Reviews

Southwest Art Barbara's painting "Beauties of the Night" is on the cover of the May 2007 edition. Article written by Los Angeles-based writer Virginia Campbell.
Arizona Spotlight, December 15, 2006. Barbara was featured on KUAT radio. You can listen to the interview, which begins five and a half minutes into the show, at kuat.org.
The Canvas Guide, November/December  2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ARTBOOK OF THE NEW WEST, Fall/Winter 2005-6, Patterns in Nature, Dr. Lew Deitch
THE, Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of The Arts, October 2003, Jan Ernst Adlmann, Barbara Rogers: New Work
The New Mexican,  El Pasatiempo, September 5, 2003, Paul Weideman, Detritus By Design
KUAT, Arizona Illustrated, August 13, 2002, Sooyeon Lee, Creation, Destruction and Rebirth: The Art of Barbara Rogers
Tucson Home,  Spring 2003,  Charlotte Lowe-Bailey, Three of A Kind,
IONS, NOETIC SCIENCE REVIEW,December 2001-February 2002, Number 58, full page reproduction of Garden As Theatre #1
Jacksonville Times-Union, November 9, 2001, Ivette M. Yee, Forget What You Know About Flowers: Four artists interpret plant life in exhibit
Artscope.net,  April 20, 2001 Richard Donagrandi, Barbara Rogers: Garden of Feminine Reason at Oskar Freidl
Phoenix New Times, November 23, 2000, Joshua Rose, “Cutting Hedge: “Gardens As Theatre” artist Barbara Rogers doesn’t rest on laurels in latest exhibition”
Arizona Daily Star, November 24, 2000, Charlotte Lowe-Bailey, “Beauty of Paintings is What Viewers Take From Exhibit”
ArtScope.net, October 26,2000, G. Jurek Polanski, “The Buddha Show: 25 Artists Interpret Buddha”, online review.
The Arizona Republic,  April 13, 2000, Richard Nilsen A Garden’s Whisper: Paintings speak softly of nature’s demise
Scottsdale Tribune,  April 6, 2000, Betty Webb, “Tucson Artist Paints Garden of Earthly Delights”
KUAT, Arizona Illustrated, March, 2000, Leslie Epperson, “Barbara Rogers: Dreaming of Eden”
 The Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 1999, Pamela Portwood, “Beginnings of Life Permeate Barbara Rogers’ Works”
Fort Collins, Coloradoan,  June, 1996, Chryss Cada, “Artist’s Eye for Eden”
Artweek, August 1995, Clarissa J. Welsh, Preview: Barbara Rogers at Frederick Spratt Gallery
Arizona Illustrated, August, 1994, Michael Boyle, Interview, Tucson, AZ
Tucson Weekly, September, 1994, Margaret Regan, “Media Mix”
Tucson Citizen,  August 1994, Charlotte Lowe, “Shaped By a Storm”
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 1994, Joan Altabe, “Gardens of Heavenly Delight on Display  at Selby Museum”
Art Papers, July 1993, Laurence Holden, “Barbara Rogers, Recent Work”
General-Anzeiger, January 1992, Angelika Storm-Rushe, “Reverence for the Water”
National Public Television, December 1991, Interview, “European Journal”
KUAT - TV, 1990, Interview, Michael Boyle, “Arizona Illustrated”
Artweek, June 1989, Terri Cohn, “Looking at the Land”
The Stockton Record, March 1987, Margo Ernst, “Barbara Rogers: A Retrospective”
Fresno Bee, December 1986, David Hale, “Liberating Pre-Feminist Pre-Conceptions”
Airbrush Digest, July/August 1982, William Urban, “Barbara Rogers, An Interview”
Oakland Tribune, February 1982, Charles Shere, “An Impressive Show of Airbrush Painting
San Jose Mercury, February 1982,  Doroth Burkhart
Pittsburg Post Gazette, ,October 1981, p. 21, Donald Miller, Pennslyvania
Palo Alto Times, April 1978, Joanne Dickson
Oakland Tibune,
Pittsburg Post Gazette, November 1978, Donald Miller, “New Exotic Realism at the Berger Gallery”
Art Voices/South, January/February 1978, p. 36, H. J. Weeks, Florida
Art in America, March-April 1978,p.142, Knute Stiles, Barbara Rogers at Hansen Fuller
Oakland Tribune, November 6, 1977, p. 17, Charles Shere, “Three Solutions to the Same Painterly Problems”
Oakland Tribune, August 1977, Charles Shere, “When a Painter Assembles Exhibit, Expect the Unusual”
San Francisco Chronicle, September 25, 1976, Thomas Albright, “Potographs Get to the Spirit of Art”
Seattle Times, May 25, 1976, p. 18, Deloris Tarzan
Artweek, September 6, 1975, p. 5, R.F. Stephan, “Six Bay Area Artists”
Oakland Tribune, August 10, 1975, p. 43, Charles Shere,“Six Artists Playing Games with Eyes and Mind”
 Seattle Times, November 1975, Deloris Tarzan, Artists’ women show more face, less figure
Artweek, November 29, 1975, Regina Hackett, “Woman’s Many Facets”
San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1975, p. 43, Thomas Albright, “Painting with No Dominant School”
Berkeley Gazette, July 18, 1975
Art Gallery Magazine, February 1975, p. 44, Thomas Albright, “Mythmakers”
Arts Magazine, May 1975, p. 14, Ellen Lubell
The New York Times, July 14, 1974, p. 19, Hilton Kramer, “New Art of the 70’s in Chicago”
includes image of “ Renee With An Indian Prince”
The Herald, June 19, 1974, John Forwalter, Chicago
Artweek, October 6, 1973, Robert McDonald, “Rogers Tropic Fancies”
Oakland Tribune, October 2, 1973, p. 39, Charles Shere,
“Women’s Shows Booming, But No Exploitation  Here”
Los Angeles Times, January 1973, Helen Winer, “American Realist Painting at Santa Barbara Museum of Art”
The Soho Weekly News, February 27, 1973, John Gruen, New York City, On Art: The Non-Objective Vision”
Art News, November 1973, p. 63, Jerome Tarshis, “Managing Conflicting Pressures”
San Francisco Chronicle, September 11, 1973, p. 41, Thomas Albright, “Bay Area Myth Makers”
Minneapolis Tribune, May 14, 1972, p.80, Mike Steele
Artforum, January 1970, p. 80, P.D. French
San Francisco Chronicle, November 6, 1969, Alfred Frankenstein
KQED, November 1969,San Francisco television station, Charles Shere
Artforum, Summer 1968, pp. 62-63, P.D. French
Ramparts, January , 1968, Thomas Albright
Tales of Yellow Skin: The Art of Long Nguyen, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, catalogue essay, Joanne Northrup
Shade Magazine, December 2002, The Meaty Issue: Barbara Rogers: Project Paradise, Kimberly Van Syoc,
Tucson Museum of Art Publication, , November 17, 2001, Barbara Rogers: Natural Facts/Unnatural Acts, Julie Sasse, curator
Foothills Today, 1998, Tucson Citizen, pp.113-5, 1998-99 Edition
New American Paintings 1997, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
Worlds in Collision:  Dialogues on Multicultural Art  Issues, 1995, International Scholars Publications, Carlos Villa, Project Director
Encyclopedia of Women Artists, 1995, 2 Volumes, Garland Press
Women in Art, 1992 Calendar, Pomegranate Artbooks
Contemporary Women Artists, 1991, 1990, 1989 Calendars, Pomegranate Press, Petaluma, CA
30 Women Contemporary Artists, 1990, Pomegranate Artbooks
California Artists Calendar, 1990, California International Arts Foundation
Women in Art, 1990, Pomegranate Calendars & Books
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980, 1985, Thomas Albright, University of California Press
The Art of the Dot: Advanced Airbrush Techniques, 1985, Robert Paschal and Robert Anderson, Van Nostrant Reinhold & Co., New York
New Horizons, 1982, Calendar, Pomegranate Press, Corte Madera, CA
Who’s Who in American Art, 1976 through current year, 12th Edition, Jacques Cattell Press, Tempe, AZ
The Art Gallery Magazine, February 1975, Tom Albright, Myth Makers

 


Bibliography

Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, December 2006

AZ Daily Star, Ernesto Portillo, Jr, December 2006
19 Tucsonans Who Aided Feminists

How to Talk to an Artist, Gail Greg ArtNews, June 2005

Tucson Weekly, Best of Tucson, Sept. 2002

Marquis Who’s Who in America, 1975 to present

Marquis Who’s Who in American Art, 1975 to present, Jacques Cattell Press, Tempe, Arizona

Foothills Today, 1998-99 edition, Tucson Citizen, Tucson, Arizona

New American Paintings, 1997, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Carlos Villa (Project Director), Worlds in Collision: Dialogues on Multicultural Art Issues, 1995, International Scholars Publications

Encyclopedia of Women Artists (two volumes), 1995, Garland Press
Women in Art 1992 calendar, Pomegranate Artbooks, Petaluma, California

Contemporary Women Artists 1991, 1990 and 1989 calendars, Pomegranate Press, Petaluma, California

California Artists 1990 calendar, California International Arts Foundation

Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980, 1985, University of California Press

Robert Paschal and Robert Anderson, The Art of the Dot: Advanced Airbrush Techniques, 1985, Van Nostrant Reinhold and Company, New York, New York

New Horizons 1982 calendar, Pomegranate Press, Corte Madera, California

 


Public Slide Lectures

2007 Commencement Address, “Embracing Change”. College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
2005

Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arb Emirates
University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2004

Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea

2003 Phoenix Art Museum Art League
2001 Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
2000 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
1999 J.F.K. University, Berkeley, California
Mills College, Oakland, California
1997 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1996 One West Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
1995 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1993 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 America House, Cologne, Germany
1990 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1989 San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1988

Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (S.E.C.A.), San Francisco Museum of Art, SanFrancisco, California
Continental Breakfast Club, Press Club, San Francisco, California
M.F.A. Seminar, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

1987 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
University of Pacific, Stockton, California
1986 Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, California
1983 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1982 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
1980 University of Chicago, Midway Campus, Chicago, Illinois
University of California, Berkeley, California
1976 Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park, California
1974 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California




Awards and Grants

2007 Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
2004

University of Arizona Alumni Association, Extraordinary Faculty Award

2003 Sabbatical Leave from the University of Arizona for academic year 2004
2002 Beyond The Call of Duty Award, Dean’s Fund for excellence, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
1999 Richard Florsheim Art Fund
1996 Advising/Mentoring Award, University of Arizona College of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
1992-3 Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1991 International Travel Grant, University of Arizona Office of International Programs, Tucson, Arizona

Research Grant, University of Arizona Office of Vice President for Research, Tucson, Arizona

Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
1963 Eisner Prize in Painting, University of California, Berkeley, California

 



Visiting Artist

2004 Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea
2001 Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1999 J.F.K. University, Berkeley, California
Mills College, Oakland, California
1998 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1997 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1995 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1993 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1991 San Jose University, San Jose, California
1990 University of California, Santa Barbara, California
1989 Cooper Union, New York, New York
1982 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
1980 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

 


Academic Positions

2007+ Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona School of Art,
Tucson, AZ
1990-2007 Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1991-2 Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1990-1 Professor and Faculty Assistant to Department Head, Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1987-90 Professor and Chair of Graduate Program in Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1983-7 Professor and Chair, Department of Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1978-83 Adjunct Professor, Department of Painting and Drawing, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1977-8 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, Contra Costa College, El Sobrante, California
1975 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1974 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
1972-3 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of California, Berkeley, California
1965-8 Associate Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of California, Berkeley, California
1964 Assistant Director, Northport Public Schools Art Education Program, Northport, New York

 


Education

1963 Master of Arts in Painting, University of California, Berkeley, California
1959 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Complete résumé available upon request.