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RESUME
AMANDA BARROW
10 Jay Street, suite 305A
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 237.2568
www.amandabarrow.net
1982 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, B.A. Humanities; concentration in geology and art
Awards
2003 Lower East Side Printshop; monthly key-holder residency for three months
2002 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Professional Development grant; The Netherlands
2001 St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; fellowship award
2001 Boston Cultural Council, Boston, Massachusetts; Individual Artist grant
2000 Artists’ Resource Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
2000 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Professional Development grant; Maine
1999 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Professional Development grant; Finland
1998 New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; fellowship award
1994 Harvard / Radcliffe Ceramics Studio, Cambridge, Massachusetts; studio scholarship
1992 Fulbright research grant, India; handmade paper and printmaking techniques in South India
1989 The Drawing Center, New York, New York; honorarium
1988 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine; scholarship for oriental papermaking class
1982 Laramie Art Guild, Laramie, Wyoming; honorarium
1970 The ‘500’ Festival of the Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana; second prize, fifth grade
Selected Exhibitions – Solo
2002 The Mayor’s Art Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts; “The Asian Wall Series”
2000 New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; “RETRO-spec-TIVE”
1998 Illuminata Gallery, Denver, Colorado; “Recent Works on Paper”
1996 Galerie an der Pfinz, Pfinztal, Germany
1995 Warren Wilson College, Swannonoa, North Carolina; “Books and Tapestries”
1994 Goedereede, The Netherlands; “Het Roderhaus Gallery”
Lawrence Academy & The Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts; “Retrospective: India”
1992 Fulbright House, New Delhi; Alliance Francaise, Madras; Gallery Katayan, Calcutta;traveling exhibition throughout India, “Prints on Handmade Paper”
1988 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; “Books and Monoprints”
1986 Boston Public Library, Brighton, Massachusetts
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; “Moons and Spires”
Selected Exhibitions – Group
2007 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, “Connections”
Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, New York
2006 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York; “Generations 5 Exhibition”
Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, New York; “Black and White Show”
2004 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York; “Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Archive Exhibition”
2003-06 Lower East Side Printshop, New York, New York; Annual Print Sale
2002 The Drawing Center, New York, New York; “25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibitions”
St. Botolph Club Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; “Foundation on Parade”
Forest Hills Cemetery Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; “Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Juried Exhibition”
2000 E. W. Brooke Court House, Registry of Deeds, Boston, Massachusetts; “Boston Open Studios 2000”, Juror’s Choice
NML Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; “Books as Process, Text, Object and Habit”
Groton Public Library, Groton, Massachusetts; “Works from the Artist’s Valentine”
Newport Library Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire; “Turning the Page: Celebration of Artist-Made Books
1999 Rotunda Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts; “Selections from the New England Foundation for the Arts Award Winners”
1999 Frankenberg, Germany; “Internationales Kunstfestival, Fifth Year Anniversary Exhibition”
2000 Forest Hills Cemetery Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; “Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Juried Exhibition”
1998-99 American Federation of Arts, New York, New York; “Artist / Author: The Book as Art Since ,1980” (catalogue), traveling exhibition around the USA
1997 Rotunda Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; “Pyramid Atlantic Invitational Book Art Fair”
Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts; “Look Both Ways”
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts; “Fin de Siecle” Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; “Jamaica Plain Open Studios Exhibition”
1996 Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts; “walks on a wintry path”
1997 Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri; “Paper ‘96”
1995 The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts; “Artists’ Books”
Hilles Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; “Recent Books: Clay and Paper”
Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine; “Images of Gotts Island, Maine”
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; “Landmarks”
The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; “Celebrating the ‘I’ “
Dana Art Gallery, Wellesley, Massachusetts; “Works on Paper”
Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, Massachusetts; “Book Arts: Images and Words”
1994 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; “New England Tapestries”
Goethe Institute, traveling exhibition throughout Germany; “Modern Tapestries”
Grossman Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; “Women”
Frankenberg, Germany; “Internationales Kunstfestival”
1993 Cornwall Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
The New York Open Center, New York, New York
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Wisteria Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1992 Max Mueller Bhavan, Madras, India; “Modern Tapestries from the Second International Workshop”
1991 Bronx River Gallery, Dome Gallery, New York, New York; “Prints and Drawings”
1990 New York University, New York, New York; “Small Works”
1989 Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado; “A Book in Hand”
1988 The Drawing Center, New York, New York; “Selections #42”
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey; “Exhibition ‘88”
Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts; “A Printmaker’s World”
1987 Cornwall Open Studios, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Binghamton, New York; “The Second International Mini-Print Exhibition”
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts; “Women Artists”
1986 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado; “Nexus Show”
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware; “25th Contemporary Crafts Exhibition”, Buffalo, New York; “Crafts National”
1984 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; “Glass Gallery Show”
1982 Kaji Aso Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, “Crystal and Moon Show”
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; “African-American Artists-in-Residency Program Women’s Show”
Laramie Art Guild, Laramie, Wyoming
1970 The ‘500’ Festival of the Arts, Marion County Public & Parochial School Exhibit, Indianapolis, Indiana
Professional Experience
1985-present Visual artist
1999 Juror; Juried Rhode Island Arts Foundation fellowship winners and finalists
1997-2001 Sales Representative, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
1993-94 Studio Assistant, Michael Mazur, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1989-91 Assistant Director, John Good Gallery, New York, New York
1987-89 Studio Assistant, Michael Mazur, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1986-87 Framer, Hamill Studio, Boston, Massachusetts
1985-86 Administrator’s Assistant, Program in Artisanry at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Slide Presentations / Community Outreach Programs
2006 New York City Public School #307, Art Club visit to studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York
2002 American History Textile Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts; “Weaving in South India”, slide lecture
2001 Slater Mill Historical Site, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; “Weaving and Book-making in India”, slide lecture
Hill Institute, Northampton, Massachusetts; “Weaving and Book-making in India”, slide lecture
2000 Weavers Guild of Boston, Somerville, Massachusetts; “Weaving and Book-making in India”, slideshow
School of the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Visiting artist, artists’ book workshop
The Artist’s Valentine, Groton, Massachusetts; Founding and committee member, 1995-2000
1999 Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts; “Weaving and Book-making in India”, slideshow
New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; “ “
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, Massachusetts; “ “
1997 Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana; “Artists’ Books in India”, 3-D Department, workshop
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts; “Weaving and Book-making in India”, Textiles department, bookmaking workshop
1995 The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; “Textiles in India”, slideshow
Lowell National Historical Park Visitors’ Center, Lowell, Massachusetts; “Art-working in South India”, slideshow
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts; Visiting artist, Textiles department, Workshop and slideshow
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; Artist’s book workshop
Summervail Workshop, Vail, Colorado; “International Art Projects: Instruments for Social Change”, slide lecture
Warren Wilson College, Swannonoa, North Carolina; bookmaking workshop
1994 International Workshop, Frankenberg, Germany; created sculpture for city space
1993 New York Open Center, New York, New York; Slide lecture, “Tasara Weaving Center”
1992 American Consulate, Madras, S. India and The National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India; Slide lecture regarding handmade paper in S. India
1988-89 President of Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston’s oldest cooperative gallery
1987 Organized first open studios event in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Presented printmaking and weaving demonstrations at various museums and libraries in the Boston, Massachusetts area
1986 Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts; “Precious Images: North India and Nepal”, Slide lecture for senior citizens
International Workshop, Frankenberg, Germany; created sculpture for city space
Gallery Affiliations
The Printed Matter Bookstore, New York, New York
Califia Books, San Francisco, California
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Northeast Fine Art Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Partial Bibliography / Media Events
Ongoing Artwork featured on various C.D. covers: Carl Clements, Crosscurrent, and Jamie Stewardson
2006 Anniversary catalogue for Artists’ Resource Trust, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
2004 Susan Joy Sager, “Book Artists”, CREATIVE CAREERS IN CRAFTS, pp. 121-123
2002 Kathryn Leibowitz, “Amanda Barrow’s Journey Through Abstraction”, ART NEW ENGLAND, (August/September), Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 16, 17 & 69 Leigh Mary Watson, “Gallery Teems With Unique Finds”,BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, (August 1), p. 15, Brattleboro, Vermont
2001 LUNAR CALENDAR, one illustration yearly since 1986
2000 Boston Neighborhood Network Television, “It’s About the Arts”, September 18, channel 3
Mary Sherman, “Open Studio Loses Impact in dull Registry Space”, BOSTON SUNDAY HERALD, (July 30), p. 46
Amanda Barrow, “We Wove a Book”, FIBERARTS MAGAZINE, (January / February), p. 26
1999 Judith Hoffberg, “Josephine’s Quilt”, and “Tasara Picture Book”, UMBRELLA MAGAZINE, (September), p. 85
Amanda Barrow, “Weaving Through India”, JAMAICA PLAIN ARTS NEWS, (May/June), pp. 4 & 5
1998 Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot, “Artist / Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books”, Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, New York, p. 2
Amanda Barrow, “Tasara Centre for Creative Weaving: A Textile Oasis”, THE TEXTILE CONSERVATION GROUP NEWSLETTER, (summer), p. 13
1997 Judith Hoffberg, “Apollo’s Stage”, UMBRELLA MAGAZINE, (May), p. 71
1995 Clive Phillpot, “Tagore Nagar”, THE ARTIST’S BOOK YEARBOOK, London, U.K., Magpie Press, p. 75
Amanda Barrow, “Tapestry of Memories”, SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT, (winter), pp. 20-22
Christine Temin, “Adventurous Books”, THE BOSTON GLOBE, (July 19), p. 76
1994 Judith Hoffberg, “Tagore Nagar”, UMBRELLA MAGAZINE, (February), Los Angeles, California, p. 69
Srimati Lal, “Indian Art and the Big Apple”, THE TIMES OF INDIA, New Delhi, India, p. 71
1993 WADN Radio, “Where It’s Art”, Lincoln, Massachusetts, (December 15)
Ann Wilson Lloyd, “Artists’ Books”, ART NEW ENGLAND, (December/January), Boston, MA, pp. 9-11
Amanda Barrow, “Hands on Experience”, SPAN MAGAZINE, (February), New Delhi, India, pp. 38-41
1992 Geeta Doctor, “Adventures of a Weaver”, INDIAN EXPRESS, (October 18), Madras, India, p. 28, (July 30), p. 46
Collections – Partial List
Paul Matisse, Groton, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Seagull Publications, Calcutta, India
Raymond Foye Editions, New York, New York
Michael Mazur, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway
Trinity College, Art Library, Hartford, Connecticut
Griswold Draz, Boston, Massachusetts
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
Kathleen Caraccio, New York, New York
Marjorie Cohn, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Putnam Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of the Book, The Hague, The Netherlands
Sala Communications, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Luna Press, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Indiana University, Fine Arts Library, Bloomington, Indiana
Smith College Art Library, Northampton, Mass.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Rhode Island School of Design, Olin Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Yale University Art and Architecture Library, New Haven, Connecticut
University of South Australia, Underdale, South Australia
Virginia Commonwealth University Library, Richmond, Virginia
United States Educational Foundation in India, Calcutta and Madras
Boston Public Library, Prints and Photographs Department, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts College of Art, Godine Fine Arts Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
University of Texas, Asian Studies Department, Austin, Texas
University of California, Santa Cruz Library, Santa Cruz, California New York Public Library, Prints and Photographs Department, New York, New York