Painter
· Born in 1955
- United States
Brenda Barnum
33 Artworks
Brenda Barnum
United States
Credentials
- Established Artist
B. Barnum creates paintings that combine observations of nature with abstraction, resulting in forms that are both reminiscent of the natural world and fundamentally abstract. Working through interactive drawings and energetic applications of paint, Barnum’s process produces images charged with immediate emotion and direct visual impact. The work seeks to find order within chaos, evoke solitude, and establish a sense of grounding.
- Nationality
- United States
- Nationality
- 1955
- Nationality
- Painter
Illinois arts council Grant - Individual support- ..., United States
Arts Midwest NEA Fellowship Award- ..., United States
Arts Midwest Show / Birmingham Art Center - Birmingham, Mi, United States
Solo Exhibit / Mezz Gallery at the Mayne Stage - Chicago, United States
Rogers Park Mural / ... - Chicago, Il, United States
Rogers Park Mural / ... - Chicago, Il, United States
Solo Exhibit / Forms Gallery - Del Ray Beach, FL, United States
Art Chicago / merchandise mart - Chicago, United States
"Art from the "Heartland" / Indianapolis Art Center - Indiana, United States
Solo Exhibit / Thomas Masters Gallery - ..., United States
Thomas Masters / ... - Chicago, United States
"New Abstractions" -brenda barnum& marianne levant -Architrove / ... - Chicago, United States
Solo Exhibit / Thomas Masters Gallery - ..., United States
Art Chicago / James Corcoran Gallery - Chicago, United States
Art Chicago / Walter Bischoff Gallery - Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibit / Thomas Masters Gallery - ..., United States
"Blue" / Thomas Masters Gallery - Chicago, United States
Solo Exhibit / Butters Gallery - Portland, OR, United States
Solo Exhibit / Thomas Masters Gallery - ..., United States
Solo Exhibit / Eastwick Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
Solo Exhibit / Eastwick Gallery - Chicago, IL,, United States
Solo Exhibit / Butters Gallery - Portland, OR, United States
Onnisimmo Fine Arts. / Palm Beach - Florida, United States
"Sextablos" / Augen Gallery - Portland, United States
"Sextablos" / Barrister Gallery - New Orleans, United States
"Botanicals" / Butters Gallery - Portland, United States
Works on paper / Marsha Childs Gallery - Princeton, United States
Art expo Miami / Marco Fine Arts - Miami FLA, United States
"Davis Street Inaugural" / Butters Gallery - Portland, United States
New York Expo / New York Expo - New York,NY, United States
"Sextablos" / Hyde Park Art Center - Chicago, United States
New York Art Exposition / Marco Fine Art - ..., United States
"Contemporary Abstraction" / Klein Gallery - Chicago,IL, United States
Solo Exhibit / Butters Gallery - Portland, OR, United States
Vancouver International Art Exhibition / Butters Gallery - Vancouver, B.C., Canada
... / Gallery Sur - Carmel, C.A.,, United States
"Painterly Abstraction" / Indiana University - Gary, IN, United States
"Painterly Abstraction" / Hyde Park Art Center - Chicago, IL, United States
"20 at Knox" / Knox College - Galesburg, IL,, United States
"Wanderlust....abstraction in Chicago" / A.R.C. Gallery - Chicago. IL, United States
Art expo / Walter Bischoff Gallery - Chicago, United States
Chicago Abstraction / Klein Gallery - Chicago IL, United States
"Emerging Chicago Abstraction" / Rockford Art Museum - Rockford, IL, United States
Art expo / Walter Bischoff Gallery - Chicago, United States
Chicago Drawing Exhibition / ... - Madiera, Portugal
Burns Fine Art / ... - New York, United States
"Paint" / Sazama Gallery - Chicago, United States
"Rapture" / Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery - Chicago, United States
... / Randolph Street Gallery Auction - Chicago, United States
"Aktuelle Kunst Aus Amerika" / Amerika Haus - Stuttgart, Germany
"18 Artists" / 1800 Clybourn Building - Chicago, United States
... / Gallery North West, Indiana University - Gary, IN, United States
Solo Exhibit / Walter Bischoff Gallery - Stuttgart, Germany
"New Work for a New Decade" / Gallery Vienna - Chicago, United States
Cologne Art Expo / ... - ..., Germany
Los Angeles Art Expo / Los Angeles Art Expo - ..., United States
"Transcultural Exchange Show" / ... - Vienna, Austria
"Transcultural Exchange Show" / ... - Chicago, United States
Solo Exhibit / The Broadway Gallery - Detroit, MI, United States
... / Evanston Art Center - IL., United States
... / The Wursum Museum - Racine, United States
"Abstractions" / Zola Lieberman Gallery - Chicago, United States
INSTALLATIONs & Murals / Club 950 - Chicago, IL, United States
"Masks" / Klein Gallery - Chicago, United States
"Arts Midwest Fellowship" / Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis, United States
INSTALLATIONs & Murals / Hippodrome Nightclub - London, United Kingdom
INSTALLATIONs & Murals / Limelight Nightclub - Chicago, United States
Solo Exhibit / Bates Gallery - Chicago, ILL, United States
"Fort Apache Expo Show" / Fort Apache Gallery - Chicago, United States
International Contemporary Art Fair / Fort Apache Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibit / Peter Miller Gallery - Chicago, ILL, United States
"Post Industrial Paint" / Peter Miller Gallery - Chicago, United States
"Chicago" / Peter Miller Gallery - Chicago, United States
"Wish You Were Here" / Peter Miller Gallery - Chicago, United States
"Convergence: Mind, Myth & Material" / Peter Miller Gallery - Chicago, United States
Group Show / Butters Gallery - Portland Oregon, United States
Group Show / Jayson Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
Group Show / Jayson Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
Group Show / FachHochschule - Offenburg, Germany
Klein, Paul, Brenda Barnum/Joanne Aono- Dualities, Artletter
Klein, Paul, Brenda Barnum/ Marianne Levant- Artletter
McCracken, David- " Gallery Scene", review of "Paint"
Bourrie, Sally- "Art Aloft', review of "Rapture,"
Hardt, Su,Kunst Magazin, Stuttgart, # Germany,- "Brenda Barnum aus Chicago- Born to be Wild"
McCracken, David,- "Gallery Scene", review of "Abstractions", Chicago Tribune
Hixon, Kathryn- review of one person show at Bates Gallery, New Art Examiner
Waddington, Chris,- "Different Strokes, review of Arts Midwest Show. Art Paper,
Julia Yanson- "Choices: Twenty Painters from the Midwest", catalogue from the Arts Midwest Fellowship
Leonhart, Mark, "Brenda Barnum/ Linda King"- review of show, New Art Examiner,
Nit & Wit- "Gallery Preview"
Segard, Michel- Chicago's New Expressionism", New Art Examiner
Artner, Alan,- "Post Industrial Paint" review of show, Chicago Tribune,
Lyons, Christopher,- "Post Industrial Paint", review of show, Chicago Sun Times,
Catalogue - "30 Jahre Fachhochschule Offenburg"
Robert Wislow, Chicago,IL, United States
Saks Fifth Ave., New York, United States
Alan Ravitz, Chicago, Il, United States
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark N.J., United States
Dorothy and Alan Press, Chicago, Il, United States
Peter Miller, Peter Miller Gallery, United States
Judith Mamet, Chicago. Il, United States
Edward & Nancy Kienholz, Hope, Idaho, United States
Jay Goltz, Jayson Home & Garden Chicago, IL, United States
I.M.C. Inc. Northbrook,IL, United States
Dr. Jerome Hausman, Evanston, Il, United States
John Hancock Center-Signature Room at the 95th, United States
Billy Corgin, Chicago, IL, United States
Walter Bischoff, Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Arthur Anderson & Co., Chicago, Il, United States
Chicago Public Art Collection, Goldblatts building, Chicago, IL, United States
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