Selected Solo Exhibitions
Starting in 1968, Rogers' work has been presented it least 43 solo exhibitions.
2017 Beautiful But Dangerous: Barbara Rogers Paintings, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
2017 Barbara Rogers LXXX: Always Searching for Beauty, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 Barbara Rogers: Imperative of Beauty, Fifty Year Retrospective, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, curator, Julie Sasse
2011 In Bloom, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Samsara, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 Allure of the Garden, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ
2009 Barbara Rogers: Garden Archaeology, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA
Barbara Rogers: Walking in Paradise, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Barbara Rogers: Improvisations, Azora Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 Barbara Rogers: New Work, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
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
Starting in 1968, Rogers' work has been presented it least 115 group exhibitions.
2018 Sonoran Seasons, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
2015 Small Works, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa,OK
2013 Paper: From All Sides, Tohono Chul Main Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2012 The Current Past: A Invitational Exhibition for Past, Tenured University of Arizona Teaching Art Faculty, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Strange Botany, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
ELEMENTal, Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Culver City, CA, curator, Paul Dahmen
2011 Delight Becomes Pictorial: A Visual Lexicon of Dickinson's First Lines, Kore Press Big Read Pop-up Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Abstract Expressionism in the Bay Area: 1950 to 1970, Carlos Villa, curator, Luggage Store Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Trouble in Paradise, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, curator: Julie Sasse
Bodacious Botanicals, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2009 She Objects! II, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 Looking Closer: Inspired By The Beauty Of The Sonoran Desert, Graficas Gallery at The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2007 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
1899-9 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 Women, 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
Selected Collections
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
The Center for Neurosciences, Tucson, AZ
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
University of Arizona Bioscience Research Building (Bio 5), Tucson, AZ
Kaiser Permanente, Hospital, Sonoma, CA
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Selected Reviews and Articles
Since 1963, Rogers has been reviewed or written about in more than 88 publications
Tucson Weekly, October 2017, Margaret Regan, Tucson’s “Guggenheim” reopens after first museum-wide renovations in over a decade
Natural Awakenings, September 2017, Carolyn King, The Imperative of Beauty: Barbara Rogers
Tucson Weekly, September 2012, Margaret Regan, The Big Picture
Tucson Weekly, October 2012, Margaret Regan, After the
Java Magazine, March 2011, Scott Andrews, Samsara
Tucson Lifestyle, Home and Garden, March 2010, Duncan Tweedy, A Living Palette
Arizona Daily Star, April 19, 2009, Christina Licata, Roaming Rogers Simply Must Create
Selected Reviews and Articles Continued
Alumnus Magazine, The University of Arizona, Summer 2007, Sarah Beaudry, She’s Got Soul—The Heart and Soul of an Artist and Teacher
Southwest Art, May 2007, Gardens of the Imagination, Barbara Rogers’ Micro Landscapes Combine the Beauty and Drama of the Natural World, Virginia Campbell, Beauties of the Night used on the cover
KUAT, Arizona Illustrated, August 13, 2002, Sooyeon Lee, Creation, Destruction and Rebirth: The Art of Barbara Rogers
Shade Magazine, December 2002, The Meaty Issue: Barbara Rogers: Project Paradise, Kimberly Van Syoc
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”
The Arizona Republic, April 13, 2000, Richard Nilsen A Garden’s Whisper: Paintings speak softly of nature’s demise
KUAT, Arizona Illustrated, March, 2000, Leslie Epperson, “Barbara Rogers: Dreaming of Eden”
The Arizona Daily Star, February 1999, Pamela Portwood, “Beginnings of Life Permeate Barbara Rogers’ Works”
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980, 1985, Thomas Albright, University of California Press
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 1994, Joan Altabe, “Gardens of Heavenly Delight on Display at Selby Museum”
General-Anzeiger, January 1992, Angelika Storm-Rushe, “Reverence for the Water”
Pittsburgh 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
The Art Gallery Magazine, February 1975, Tom Albright, Myth Makers
Arts Magazine, April 1975, Barbara Rogers, First One Artist Show in New York
Artweek, September 6, 1975, p. 5, R.F. Stephan, “Six Bay Area Artists”
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”
Public Slide Lectures
2011 Cafe Botanique, Denver Botanic Gardens
2009 Tucson Museum of Art
2008 Works on Paper, Tucson, AZ
Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
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
Rogers has been honored by numerous organizations for her continued work
2010 Nominated for Governor’s Arts Awards, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Nominated for Arizona Arts Awards, Community Foundation, Tucson, AZ
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, ArizonaProfessional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
1963 Eisner Prize in Painting, University of California, Berkeley, California
Academic Positions
2007-Present 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
1991-1992 Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1990-1991 Professor and Faculty Assistant to Department Head, Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1987-1990 Professor and Chair of Graduate Program in Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1978-1983 Professor and Chair, Department of Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1977-1978 Adjunct Professor, Department of Painting and Drawing, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1975 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, Contra Costa College, El Sobrante, California
1974 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1972-1973 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
1965-1968 Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of California, Berkeley, California
1964 Associate Faculty Member, Department of Painting and Drawing, University of California, Berkeley, California
Assistant Director, Northport Public Schools Art Education Program, Northport, New York
Visiting Artist
2009 University of Kansas, Department of Art, Lawrence, KS
2008 University of Kansas, Department of Art, Lawrence, KS
2005 University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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
Education
1963 Master of Arts in Painting, University of California, Berkeley, California
Studied with Felix Ruvolo, Glenn Wessels, Karl Kasten, John Haley, Earle Loran, Visiting artists, Michael Goldberg and
Angelo Ippolito
1961 Studied with Nathan Oliveira at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1960 Studied with Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff and Frank Lobdell at The San Francisco Art Institute (formerly the The California School of Fine Arts,) San Francisco, CA
1959 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Studied with Dr. Manuel Barkan
Bibliography
Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, December 2006
19 Tucsonans Who Aided Feminists, AZ Daily Star, Ernesto Portillo, Jr, December 2006
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
Publications
2012
Barbara Rogers: The Imperative of Beauty traces Rogers’s earliest influences and education, the shift in her practice following Hurricane Iwa, and her work since that time, which has grown increasingly complex and ambitious. Three essays examine the evolution of her work. Art historian, Paul Eli Ivey explores the work up until 1985; New York writer and critic, Carter Ratcliff, sees her work moving from turmoil to serenity; and museum director and curator, Marilyn A. Zeitlin considers her approaches to beauty and the tradition of ornament. Interviews in the artist’s own voice reveal the relationship between Rogers’s life experience and her art. The book not only documents the progress of an individual artist but also reflects the trajectory of women working in the arts in the latter part of the twentieth and the early part of the twenty-first centuries, and the challenge facing an artist working in the American West outside the world’s major art centers.
ISBN 13: 978-1-55595-347-8
ISBN: 1-55595-347-6
Hudson Hills Press
Design by Marquand Books, Seattle
224 pages
10½ x 11 in. (26.6 x 28 cm.) 150 color plates, 25 black & white
Complete resumé available upon request.