SARAH M.L.A. BARKER

BIOGRAPHY

b: Los Angeles, CA  1961

 

EDUCATION

1988  MFA  Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, CA

1984  BA  Fine Arts, California State University, Northridge, CA

 

One to Three Person Exhibitions

2015

Sarah Barker  GCCA Solo Show, Catskill, NY

 

2011 

Earth Over Wood  Barker Studio, Collaborative Installation, Catskill, NY

 

2007

3 Perspectives...  Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ

 

2005

Williamsburg; 3 Artists  BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY

 

2004

Singular Obsessions WAH Center, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2003

Knowledge Clusters  111 8th Ave., Fine Art in Space, NYC

 

2000

Formations  The Thai Cafe, Brooklyn NY,  curated by W. Dobson

 

1998

Primary Forces  Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY,  curated by Richard Timperio

 

1998

The Cave  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

1997

Reflected Patterns  One Main Street, Brooklyn, NY

 

1990

Time Segments  LA Municipal Art Gallery, CA,  curated by Scott Canty

 

Selected Exhibitions

2018

WHAT IS A PAINTING?  Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery, Hunter, NY

 

2017

The CO-LAB LAb  GCCA, Catskill, NY

Sideshow Nation V / Thru the Rabbit Hole 2  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2016

ART of the heirloom  Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA

Cowgirls 5  BRIK Gallery/Sideshow, Catskill, NY,  curated by Richard Timperio

Sideshow Nation IV / Thru the Rabbit Hole  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2015

Shifting Ecologies II Athens Cultural Center, NY

Sideshow Nation III  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2014

PS Hudson Correspondence II  Catskill, NY

Athens Cultural Center Athens, NY

Hidden Art Walk  Palenville, NY

Energy Fields  Beacon, NY

Playing With A Full Deck  GCCA, Catskill, NY

Framed  Holland Tunnel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

GCCA 17th Juried Annual Art Show  Hudson, NY

Sideshow Nation II  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2013

Sideshow Nation  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2012

A Maz-ing Water  The New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, NY

Wall Street to Main Street  Catskill, NY

Mic Check  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2011

Drawn to the Edge  Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY

It's All Good  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY

 

2010

Cowgirls 3  BRIK Gallery/Sideshow, Catskill, NY,  curated by Richard Timperio
It’s a Wonderful 10th  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2009

Psychic Landscapes  GCCA, Catskill, NY

It’s a Wonderful Life  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2008

The Artists Process  The Catskill Community Center, Catskill, NY
ID Show  touring Japan

Drawn to the Edge  GCCA, Catskill, NY

Peace  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2007 

Cowgirls 2  BRIK Gallery/Sideshow, Catskill, NY

Brooklyn Abstract  Eyewash at Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY

War is Over  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

BLAST Holland Tunnel Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2006      

Divine  Wilder Gallery, Catskill, NY

Cowgirls of The Hudson River Valley  BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY

9th Annual Mermaid Show  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Nurturing the Edge  Cue Art Foundation, NYC

Black & White  Holland Tunnel Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

War Is Over  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2005 

Rapture  Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY

Mermaid Show  Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY

25 Years of BWAC  Invitational, Brooklyn, NY

 

2004

Merry/Peace  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

BWAC 12  Brooklyn, NY

Spectra  Diesel Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

Women  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2003

Williamsburg Bridge  DOT, NYC

Merry Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Two for Animals  BARC Benefit, 31 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY

Five For Independence  Independence Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Willy B  Brooklyn Brewery, and Holland Tunnel Galleries, Brooklyn, NY

 

2002

Peace/Merry  Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

One For Animals  BARC, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

 

2001

Merry  Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Made in Brooklyn  NY

Women  Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

 

2000

JCAT / B.U.M.F.  Jersey City, NJ, Installation

Industrious Subconscious  The State of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

1999

Art Response  Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC

Familiar Strangers  Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

Small Works Show  Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Through our Eyes  YWCA, Brooklyn, NY

 

1998

100  Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY

Pay Per It  Sideshow 195 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

The Crest Hardware Show  Brooklyn, NY

The BWAC Small Works Show  Kentler International Drawing Space

Pier Show 6  Brooklyn, NY

Womens History Month Show  YWCA, Brooklyn, NY

 

1997

The Small Statement Show  The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

The Gas Works  Pierogi 2000, London, England

Corner House  Pierogi 2000, Manchester, England

The Brooklyn Museum  Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

The Art Exchange Show  Represented by McKinney Arts, NY

Gramercy International  Pierogi 2000, NY

BWAC Pier Show 5  Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

4200 sq ft, 8 Artists w/View  146 West 57th St., 64T, NYC

 

1996

Support Living Artists  BWAC, The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

The Crest Hardware Show  Brooklyn, NY

The Independents Biennial III Charas/El Bohio, NYC

Dealers Choice Art Initiatives, NY,  curated by Jack Tilton

The Crest Hardware House Show Annapolis, MD

The Art Exchange  Pierogi 2000, NY

 

1995

Maximum Capacity  Art Initiatives, NY,  Dealers’ First Choice Award

Other Rooms  Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC

The Crest Hardware Show Brooklyn, NY

Not For Sale  an Invitational Benefit Auction, Flamingo East, NYC

 

1994

No Responsible  NORMCA, New Orleans, LA

The Crest Hardware Show  Brooklyn, NY

 

1993 

Organic Transactions Rome Art & Community Center, NY

Picasso Machinery  Williamsburg Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY

 

1992  

Salon of the Mating Spiders  Test Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Neurotic Art Show II  by Four Walls, at Artists Space, NYC

Urban Jungle  Elston Gallery, NYC

 

1991  

New Directions ‘91  Poughkeepsie, NY,  curated by Richard Armstrong

 

Bibliography

2006

Catskill Mountain Region Guide  Featured Artists Section, May

 

2001  

Foil Imaging, A New Art Form   

 

2000   

ArtNet.com

Art In America  artist list, 8/98, 8/99, 8/00

 

1999 

Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier  3/1/99

 

1998

Williamsburg Observer  9/15/98

Waterfront Week   Vol. 6.8

Show & Tell   Vol. III, No. 3

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