Carol Barton's Artist Resume

 

Carol Barton

6005 Yale Avenue

Glen Echo, Maryland  20812

 

Selected Exhibitions

2017       Homecoming, Glen Echo Gallery, Glen Echo, Maryland

2016       International Art Exhibition, Havana, Cuba

2016       Cornucopia VII, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

2016       Wanderlust, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR

2016       The Teachers’ Lounge, Pyramid Atlantic Center for Paper, Prints, Books, Silver Spring, MD

2015       Outside the Margins, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD

2014       DIY Culture Exhibition, London, England

2014       North Country Studio Exhibition, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

2014       Binding Desire, Unfolding Artists’ Books, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

2013        Bibliophiladelphia, Free Library, Philadelphia, PA

2012        Quand Les Livres S’Amusent, Musée De L’Imprimerie, Lyon, France

2012        Exploring the Codex, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA

2012        Carol Barton’s Artist’s Books, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA

2012        No Library Card Required, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

2011         Rare Alignment 11-11-11, The Ice House, Morgan Arts Council, Berkeley Springs, WV

2011         Process and Product, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011         Mapping, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC

2011         Bound and Sculpted Artist’s Books, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY

2010        Hand, Voice, & Vision: Artists’ Books, National Traveling Exhibition

2010        No Translation Required, Artists’ Books in Germany/Georgia, Klingspor/Savannah

2010        Mind, Body, Spirit, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD

2009       Defining Books: Multiple Perspectives, Philadelphia International Airport

2009       The Paper Engineer:  The Art of Carol Barton, retrospective, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

2009       Book as Sculpture, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

2008       Beyond the Page, Carol Barton’s Art and Influence, Nashville Public Library, TN

2008       Beyond Reading: Books as Art, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia

2007       Anatomy of the Book, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2007       Off the Shelf: The Artist’s Book Unbound, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

2007       Pulp Function, curated by Lloyd Herman, Fullercraft Museum, Brockton, MA

2006       Production/Not Reproduction, Artist’s Books 1960-2005, Yale University, CT

2006       Book as Art XX, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2005       A Flourish of Forms, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2004       Obsessions: A Treasury of Books, George Peabody Library, Baltimore, MD

2004       Stand and Deliver, national traveling exhibition, New York, Chicago, San Diego

2004       Mining the Lloyd Library, invitational exhibition, Cincinnati, OH

2003       Insomnia, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2003       Ninth Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford, Ireland

2003       Artists’ Books by Carol Barton, solo exhibition, Durango, CO

2002       {Book} Art: Handmade Books, invitational exhibit, Klemm Gallery, Adrian, MI

2002       Kings, Hummingbirds, and Monsters, invitational, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

2001        Libri fotografici, curated by Mirella Bentivoglio, Rome, Italy

2001        Visual Icons, invitational exhibition, Long Beach City College, CA and University of Wisconsin

2001        Book UnBound, invitational exhibition, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA

2001        The World According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations, invitational,

                       Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

2000        Word Pictures/Picture Words, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH

2000        Reading Visual/Text, invitational, Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

2000        Book as Art XII, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1999          Beyond the Fold: Artists’ Books, invitational, Gallery of South Orange, NY

1998          Changing Pages, international touring exhibition, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

1998          Fourth Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford, Ireland

1998          Travellers, Musee des beaux-Arts de L'Ontario, Toronto, Canada

1998          The Art of the Book: Visualizing Poetry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1998          Connections/Contradictions, Modern Art from Atlanta Collections, Emory University, GA

1998           Worthy Pioneers, invitational 3-person exhibit, Center for Book Arts, New York City

1998           Bound to Be, invitational exhibit, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1997           Artists on the Road: Travel, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1997           Wondrous World: Pop-Ups & Movable Books, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

1997           Architexture, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1997           Third Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford, Ireland

1997           The Uncommon Book, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, ID

1997           Carol Barton, Martha Carothers, Peter Madden: Book Artists, James Madison University, VA

1996           Artists’ Books, the collection of Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, South Africa

1995           Artist's Books, Tate Gallery, London, England

1995           On Beyond the Book, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1995           The Artists' Books of Carol Barton, one-person show, Bayside, CA

1994           Book Ends and Odd Books, Banff Centre Library, Alberta, Canada

1994           Book Arts in the U.S., USIA exhibition, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1994           Multiple Worlds, International Survey of Artists' Books, Atlanta College of Art, GA

1994           A World of Maps, Anchorage Museum of History & Culture, AK

1994           The Book as Art IV, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1994           The Book Unbound, traveling exhibition, Ormond Art Museum, FL

1993           The Book As Art Invitational, traveling exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, MI

1993           Beyond the Book, Claremont Colleges, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

1992           American Book Arts, Istvan Kiraly Muzeum, Hungary

1991            Photographic Book Art in the United States, national traveling exhibition

1990           Il Librismo, International Artists' Books Exhibition, Cagliari, Italy

1990           Books: Inside and Out, Anchorage Museum of History and Culture, AK

1989           The Book as Art II, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1988           10th Anniversary Show, Books & Co., New York City

1988           Artists, Books, Book Arts, HERA Educational Foundation, Wakefield, RI

1988           Bound to Learn, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

1988           Landscape: Three Perspectives, traveling exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1987           Artists' Books, U.S.A., USIA exhibition, New Delhi, India

1987           The Book As Art I, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1987           Art From the Page, Salem Art Association, OR and Texas Women's University, Arlington, TX

1986           Sculptural Books, one-person show, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

1986           Train of Thought, two-person show, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

1986           The Altered Page, Schemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1986           Beyond Words, Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

1986           International Bookworks, University of California, Riverdale, CA

1986           Page, Print, Process, one-person show, Duke University, Durham, NC

1986           Maryland Biennial, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD

1985           Artists' Books, Arizona State University, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1985           A Page with a View, Institute for Design & Experimental Art, Sacramento, CA

1985           Exhibition of Artists' Books, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ

1984           Offset, national traveling exhibit, New England Foundation/HERA Foundation

1984           Art as Book as Art, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1983           Book Arts, national traveling exhibition, The Writer's Center Bookworks

1983           Maryland Biennial, Works on Paper, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, Purchase award

 

Awards

2017          Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, Virginia

2015          Inaugural Lecture, Artists’ Books Series, National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC

2014          International Technical Communcations Award, Society for Technical Communication

2014          Faculty Development Grant, Corcoran College of Art + Design

2008         National Indie Book Award, New York City

2008         Washington Independent Book Publishers Award, Best Illustrated Book

2003         Venture Fund Grant, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2001          Sacatar Foundation Fellowship, Bahia, Brazil

2000         Venture Fund Grant, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000         Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Bogliasco, Italy

1996          Affiliate Artist Award, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA

1993          Artist's Residency Grant, Nexus Press, Atlanta, GA

1992          Wampler Honorary Professorship, James Madison U., Harrisonburg, VA

1989          Works-in-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council

1989          Maryland Visual Arts Touring Program Grant, Maryland State Arts Council

1988          Mid-Atlantic Arts Grant, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

1982          Works-in-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council

 

Curator/Juror

 2010         Handmade Paper 2010 Portfolio Edition, National Jury

2006         Mutilated/Cultivated Environments, Center for Book Arts, New York City

2004         The Art of the Book ’04, juror, National Canadian Traveling Exhibition

2003         The Art of the Book ’03, juror, National Canadian Traveling Exhibition

1997          The Art of the Book ’98, juror, National Canadian Traveling Exhibition

1996          Artists' Books: New Boundaries, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

1995          Science & the Artist's Book, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 

1993          Milliseconds to Millennia: The Art of Time, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

1991           Under Cover: Artists' Books, Torpedo Factory Gallery, Alexandria, VA

1990          Books & Bookends, national traveling exhibition, Maryland State Arts Council

     

Faculty Positions

              George Washington U., Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, D.C., adjunct professor

              Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

              The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

              James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

 

Workshops Offered

              Aotearoa Creative Textile Forum, Wellington, New Zealand

              Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA

              Albany Arts-in-Education Program, Albany, NY

              Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

              Arlington Arts-in-Education Program, Arlington, VA

              Artists' Book Works, Chicago, IL    

              Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

              Boston Museum School, MA

              Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

              Center for Book Arts, New York City

              Canadian Bookbinders' Guild, Toronto

              College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

              Fibres Tasmania Forum, 2009, Launceston, Tasmania

              Focus Conferences, Portland, OR

              Geelong Forums, 2009 & 2010, Geelong, Australia

              Guild of Bookworkers 1998 Standards Conference, Greensboro, NC

              The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

              Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

              International Center for Photography, New York City

              John C. Campbell Folk Art School, Brasstown, NC

              Florida Craftsmen Guild, St. Petersburg, FL

              Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

              Fresno State University, Fresno, CA

              Horizons Craft Center, Northampton, MA

              Kennedy Center Education Program, Washington, DC

              Kent State University/Blossom, Kent, OH

              Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City

              Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

              Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

              Miami University, Oxford, OH

              Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

              Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

              Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

              Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN

              National Building Museum, Washington, DC

              National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

              New Orleans Arts and Lettering Society, LA

              Niagara Falls College, Niagara Falls, NY

              North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington College, VT

              North Redwoods Book Arts Conference, Humboldt State University, CA

              Oregon School of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

              Paper and Book Intensive, Santa Barbara, CA (1998); Oxbow, MI (2011)

              Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

              Peter's Valley Crafts Center, Layton, NJ

              Pyramid Atlantic Center for Paper, Prints, and Books, Silver Spring, MD

              Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

              Rittenhouse Town Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

              Scripps College, Claremont, CA

              San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA

              Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

              Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, NM

              Savannah College of Art, Savannah, GA

              Society of Bookbinders, Coventry, England

              Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX

              Smithsonian Associates Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

              Smithsonian Institution Museums, Washington, DC  

              Studio for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

              University of Delaware, Newark, DE

              University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA

              University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

              University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

              University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

              (Untitled) Artspace, Oklahoma City, OK

              Virginia Art of the Book Center, Charlottesville, VA

              Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

              Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO

              Wells College, Aurora, New York

              Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

 

Corporate Consulting

              American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

              Craft Emergency Relief Fund

              Mattel, Inc.

              National Geographic Magazine

              Washington Post Newspapers

 

Collections

              American Institute of Architects Library, Washington, DC

              Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, AK

              Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

              Athenaeum Music & Art Library, La Jolla, CA

              Atlanta College of Art, GA

              Boston Museum of Fine Arts Library, MA

              Brown University, Providence, RI

              Baltimore Museum of Art, MD       

              Canadian Guild of Bookworkers Archive, Toronto

              Carleton College, Northfield, MN

              Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ

              Chicago Art Institute, IL

              Cleveland Institute of Art, OH

              Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York City

              Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

              Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH

              Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

              George Washington University, Washington, DC

              The Getty Center Library, Los Angeles, CA

              Harvard University Libraries, Cambridge, MA

              Henie-Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway

              Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

              Kent Institute of Art and Design, England

              Library of Congress Collection, Washington, DC

              Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

              Louisiana State University, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA

              Manchester Metropolitan University Library, England

              Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

              Museé de Beaux Arts de l'Ontario, Canada

              Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

              Museum of Modern Art, New York City

              National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

              New York City Public Library, NY

              Newark Public Library, NJ 

              Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

              Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

              Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

              Ohio University, Athens, OH

              Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

              Pratt Institute, Library, New York City

              Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

              Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

              Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

              School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

              Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

              Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA

              The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection, FL

              Tate Gallery of Art, London, England

              Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

              Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

              University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

              University of California, Los Angeles, CA

              University of California, San Diego, CA

              University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

              University of Delaware, Newark, DE

              University of Houston, TX

              University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

              University of Louisville, Kentucky, KY

              University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

              University of Rochester, NY

              University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

              University of Washington, Seattle, WA

              University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

              Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

              Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

              Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

              Washington University, St. Louis, MO

              Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

              Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

              Williams College, Williamstown, MA

              Yale University Library, New Haven, CT

 

Publications

 Artist’s Books

2014       Land Forms and Air Currents, laserjet printing, pop-ups, edition of 25

2003      Alphabetica Synthetica, laserjet printing, pop-ups, edition of 6

2001       The Lookout, offset printing, pop-ups, electric light, edition of 75      

2001       Five Luminous Towers, A Book to Be Read in the Dark, offset, pop-ups, edition of 25

1998       Vision Shifts, offset lithography, edition of 500

1997       Home Dreams, laser printing with acrylic and pop-ups, edition of 3

1993       Instructions for Assembly, offset lithography, pop-ups, edition of 250

1991        Plant This Book, mixed media, sewn binding on tabs, edition of 2

1990       Rhythmic Notes on Seven Folds, offset lithography with pop-ups, unique

1989       Loom, offset lithography, tunnel book, edition of 600

1988       Everyday Road Signs, photo silkscreen, tunnel book, edition of 70

1988       Tunnel Map, photo silkscreen, edition of 150

1986       Scapes, watercolor and colored pencil, accordion book, edition of 4

1983       Beyond the Page, offset lithography with cut-outs, edition of 200

 

Catalogues, How-To Books, Articles and Other Publications
 

Tent and Pyramid Pop-Ups, Playing With Pop-Ups, Helen Hiebert, Beverly, Massachusetts: Quarry Books, 2014,  pp 64-67, my instructions on 3-dimensional tent and pyramid pop-ups

The Pocket Paper Engineer, How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step: V-Folds, volume 3, Glen Echo, Maryland: Popular Kinetics Press, 2012

Making History Pop, Washington Post, Special Inauguration Edition, January 20, 2009, page C12

The Pocket Paper Engineer, How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step: Platforms and Props, volume 2, Glen Echo, Maryland: Popular Kinetics Press, 2009

The Artist as Paper Engineer, The Bonefolder E-Journal for the Bookbinder and Book Artist, pp 35-44, Philobiblon.com, 2004

The Pocket Paper Engineer, How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step: Basic Forms, volume 1, Glen Echo, Maryland: Popular Kinetics Press, 2005

 20812: It’s Only a Paper Moon, National Geographic Magazine, July 2005, pp 114-118

Chapter 4, The Penland Book of Handmade Books, New York: Lark Books, 2004

Pop-Ups, Guild of BookWorkers Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2002, pp 37-64

Science and the Artist’s Book, catalogue for the 1995 Smithsonian Institution exhibition

Books and Bookends, Sculptural Approaches, catalogue for the 1989-1991 traveling exhibition

 

Education

 Washington University School of Fine Arts, BFA, 1976