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 I nternational 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 M ind, 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 Jury2006 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-upsThe Pocket Paper Engineer, How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step: V-Folds , volume 3, Glen Echo, Maryland: Popular Kinetics Press, 2012Making History Pop , Washington Post, Special Inauguration Edition , January 20, 2009, page C12The Pocket Paper Engineer, How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step: Platforms and Props , volume 2, Glen Echo, Maryland: Popular Kinetics Press, 2009The 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 114-118Chapter 4 , The Penland Book of Handmade Books , New York: Lark Books, 2004Pop-Ups , Guild of BookWorkers Journal , Vol. 37, No. 1, 2002, pp 37-64Science and the Artist’s Book , catalogue for the 1995 Smithsonian Institution exhibitionBooks and Bookends, Sculptural Approaches , catalogue for the 1989-1991 traveling exhibition Education Washington University School of Fine Arts, BFA, 1976