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Curriculum Vitae
Barbara Freeman was born in London and studied at St. Martin's and Camberwell Colleges of art, with postgraduate study at the University of Leeds. She has taught as a part-time and visiting lecturer in many colleges, and has lived and worked in Belfast for the past nineteen years. She is well recognised as a member of the Arts and Environment Project commissioning new work for the rebuilding of the Royal Group of Hospitals, and as a trustee of The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | ‘FROM ETCHING TO DIGITAL PRINT - a creative jounney’ starting at the Strule Arts Centre. Omagh and touring through 2012 |
| 2011 | ‘ON THE SQUARE’ visual/sound instalation at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge. Co Down. Also at An Gailearai. Co. Donegal |
| 2010 | THE BACH SERIES prints and drawings The Alley Arts Centre, Strabane |
| 2009 | NEW WORKS - Four artists Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| 2006 | NEW PAINTINGS Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. SELECTED PAINTINGS 1996-2006 Gordon Gallery, Derry. NEW PAINTINGS Vanguard Gallery, Cork. |
| 2005 | THE BANKS OF THE BANN collaboration with composer Paul Wilson at
the Miillennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown. |
| 2004 | TIME FRAMES collaboration with composer Paul Wilson at the Fenderesky
Gallery, Belfast. Also a new series of paintings. KHAZARIA a book of combined images and text with writer David Brett. |
| 2002 | CEILP collaboration with composers from Foinn Chonallacha at An
Gaileari Donegal. Also at The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast,and
then touring to other venues in Ireland. NEW PAINTINGS at the Eigse Carlow Arts Festival and the Boyle Festival of Northern Irish Arts. |
| 2001 | PAINTINGS Hart Gallery, London. |
| 2000 | MILLENNIUM IMAGES - Ireland / America, Seattle U.S.A. (invited artist). PAINTINGS AND PRINTS AFTER BOULEZ Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. |
| 1999 | PAINTINGS AND PRINTS AFTER XENAKIS Rubicon Gallery and the Original
Print Gallery, Dublin. PAINTINGS Keller Galerie, Weimar, Germany ( European City of Culture ) |
| 1998 |
THE CITY DREAMING large drawings at The Waterfront Hall, Belfast.
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| 1997 | TWO INSTALLATIONS Moon Gallery, Berry College, Georgia, U.S.A. PAINTINGS AND PRINTS Context Gallery, Derry. |
| 1996 | INSTALLATIONS AND PAINTINGS Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland. in
association with Concorde Contemporary Music Ensemble. PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS Hart Gallery, London. |
| 1995 | PAINTINGS Fenderesky Gallery at Queens, Belfast. PAINTINGS Rubicon Gallery, Dublin. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 | TWO PLACES Ormeau Baths Gallery and Limerick University + |
| 2007 | HEAL Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Belfast + |
| 2006 | PRINTMAKERS Gordon Gallery, Derry. |
| 2005 | CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART Boyle Arts Festival, Ireland. WORKS ON PAPER Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. |
| 2004 | CULTURAL LANDSCAPES print exchange between Northern Ireland and
U.S.A. NEW IRISH PAINTING Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. WORKS ON PAPER Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. SMALL WORKS OF ART The Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick. |
| 2002 | WORKS ON PAPER Fenderesky Gallery,Belfast. REPONS paintings after Boulez Eigse Carlow Arts Festival (invited Artist). ARTISTS FROM ULSTER Boyle Arts Festival, Ireland. THE REALLY BIG PRINT SHOW Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. |
| 2001 | THE LAST LINES OF WAITING collaboration with composer Paul Wilson
Fenderasky Gallery, Belfast. |
| 2000 | EXPERIMENTAL PRINT Seattle Pacific University, Washington, U.S.A. FONTANA MIX after John Cage Claremorris Arts, Ireland. |
| 1999 | SHADOWS (sculpture) Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. |
| 1998 | ACADEMY WITHOUT WALLS R.H.A. Banquet Exhibition, Dublin. PAINTERS PRINTS Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast. |
| 1996 | IMPRESSIONS Galway Arts Centre, Ireland. |
| 1995 | TRIBUTES Queens Council on the Arts, New York, U.S.A. IONTAS Sligo Art Gallery, R.H.A, Dublin, Ormeau Baths Gallery, The Orchard Gallery, Derry. |
Selected Publications and Reviews
| 2006 | BARBARA FREEMAN : WORKS ON PAPER 1966 - 2006 ed. by the artist and |
| 2005 | THE BANKS OF THE BANN exhibition catalogue with essay by David Brett
and C.D. of sound by Paul Wilson. |
| 2003 | REVIEW Circa Art Magazine, no. 102. |
| 2002 | CEILP exhibition catalogue with introduction by Cathal O Searcaigh. |
| 2001 | DIFFERENTIAL AESTHETICS edited by Dr.Penny Florence and Nicola Foster,
Ashgate 1998 MIXED MEDIA edited by Michael Wright, Royal Academy of
Arts. |
| 1998 | WORK IN PROCESS Circa Art Magazine, Winter issue. |
| 1997 | IN PARALLEL exhibition catalogue with essay and notes by David Brett,
and C.D. with music by composers Alcorn, LeFanu and Wilson. |
| 1996 | TRANSCRIPTIONS exhibition catalogue. Black Square Books. REVIEW Circa Art Magazine, no. 73. THINKING LONG Contemporary Art in Northern Ireland by Liam Kelly. Gandon Editions. |
| 1995 | A CRAZY KNOT print collaboration with Seacourt Print Workshop. PRECISE MOMENTS profile of Barbara Freeman, The Georgia Review, Athens, U.S.A. PIANO DUETS Marilyn Crispell and Georg Grawe Leo Records C.D. cover etc. |
| 1979 | NOVEKVO STRUKTURAK Muveszet, Budapest. GROWTH STRUCTURES Visual Art, Mathematics & Computers/Leonardo edited by Frank Malina, Pergamon Press. |
Public Commissions
| 2008 | Two large digital panels for the Imaging Centre, The Royals Hospitals. + Belfast. |
| 2007 | Large digital panels for the new Maternity Unit, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald |
| 2006 | Three digital panels for the Decontamination Unit. The Royal Hospitals, + Belfast |
| 2005 | Ten prints for the new Muckamore Abbey Hospital. County Antrim. |
| 2002 | The Narrative of Pain research project with staff and patients at the Royal Hospitals, Belfast |
Awards and Residences
| 2002 | Residency at The Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester. New York, U.S.A. |
| 2000 | Residency at The Centrum Foundation, Seattle, U.S.A. Residency at The Virginia Centre For The Creative Arts,U.S.A. |
| 1999 | Guest Artist The Keller Galerie, Weimar, Germany. |
| 1997 | Residency at Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojaca, Spain. The Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, Ireland. |
| 1995 | Abbey Fellow, The British School at Rome. The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. Arts Council of Northern Ireland awards 1992, 1998. 2004, 2006. |
Public and Corporate Collections
AerLingus, New York, Claremorris City Council, Ireland,
The Boyle Civic Collection, Ireland. Royal Court of Justice,Belfast.
National Museum of Fine Arts, Hungary. National Museum of Art, Macedonia.
West Yorkshire County Council. The Office of Public Works and IAWS, Dublin.
Norwich Union, Dublin. S.K.C.,Dublin. Lincoln Buildings, Belfast. The
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, Belfast. Life Association
of Ireland. Contemporary Irish Art Society. Allied Irish Bank Computer
Centre. Trustee Savings Bank. Dep. of the Environment.N.I. University
of Cork. Mestna Galerie, Koper, Slovenia. University of Debrecen, Hungary.
Greater London Council. Leeds City Council. University of Bradford. Cartwright
Hall, Bradford. University of Leeds.
Co-founder of ‘Black Square Books’ with David Brett - whose aim is to +
publish monographs and other writings on the visual arts mainly in Ireland,
North and South.
