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Artist Information:
Barbara Nessim
New York, NY
United States
Member Since: Mar 2004

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Artist Media:
Collage (14)
Artist Statement:
A lasting impact is made when
3000 years of beauty paradigms
are compressed and distilled,
as in the artworks “Sea Pearl”
and “Carnival Heat” from the
series Chronicles of Beauty.
The Greco-Roman sculptures
utilized in these pieces
present the historical
archetype of beauty. Standards
of beauty have evolved and ...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
DFN Gallery (11/2009-Present)
Rick Davidman, Gallery
Director; John Nickle,
Curator/Consultant
74 East 79th Street, New York,
NY 10075
212-334-3400
www.dfngallery.com
mail@dfngallery.com

Sienna Gallery
(6/2007-Present)
Sienna Patti, Gallery
Director/Owner
80 Main Street, Lenox, MA
01240
413-637-8386
www....

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
Collections:
Public Collections (selected)

• Norman Rockwell Museum •
Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, England •
SzŽpmŸvŽszeti Museum,
Budapest, Hungary • The Museum
of Modern Art - Lund
Kunsthall, Lund, Sweden • The
Smithsonian Institution • The
World Trade Center observation
deck "The Bride Price" on
permanent exhibition • Whitney
Museum of American Art, NY,
Sketch ...

Further Information
Commissions:
2010: Permanent installation:
13 large murals commissioned
for Eventi, a Kimpton Hotel at
851 6th Avenue NYC

2007: Three digital paintings
(two 12' x 13' each, one
49.25" x 53") commissioned for
lobby and common area of
Centria, at 18 West 48th
Street, NYC, titled "A Trinity
of Sages," "...

Further Information

Exhibitions for Barbara Nessim:



Solo Exhibitions

2010: "Signs, Signals + Satin Dolls", Westfield State College, Cur. Sienna Patti, Westfield, MA, May 5–29
"Chronicles of Beauty", Conde Nast, Cur. LL Powers, New York, NY, February 10–March 25

2009: "The Model Project", DFN Gallery, Cur. Jill Brienza and Rick Davidman, New York, NY, November 11–December 5
"The Model Project", Sienna gallery, Cur. Sienna Patti, Lenox, MA, September 25–October 27
"Graphic Change: The Art of Barbara Nessim", Norman Rockwell Museum, Cur. Stephanie Plunkett,
Stockbridge, MA, September 26–November 25. Read an article about this event.

2003: "Black Truths / White Lies", bitforms gallery, Cur. Steve Sacks, NY, NY, Oct 25–Nov 29

2007: "WomanGirl", Sienna gallery, Cur. Sienna Patti, Lenox, MA, July 13–August 7
"Transition", Sienna gallery, Cur. Sienna Patti, Lenox, MA, June 15–July 11

2003: "Black Truths / White Lies", bitforms gallery, Cur. Steve Sacks, NY, NY, Oct 25–Nov 29

1999: "Visual Solutions", Normal Rockwell Museum, Cur. Maude Ayson; Stockbridge, MA, Nov–May

1995: "Random Access Memories", Colombo/Americano Museum, Bogota, Colombia, April

1994: "Random Access Memories", Adams Landing Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, Dec 14, 1993–March 15, 1994

1993: "Random Access Memories", Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, Oct 4–Nov 25
"Art for a Brave New World", Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT, Dec 4–Jan 31

1992: "Random Access Memories" Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Oct 13–Nov 15

1991: "Random Access Memories", Rempire Fine Art & Gallery, NY, NY, April–May
"Random Access Memories", Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, June–Aug
"Random Access Memories", mini-book installation, S. Conneticut State University; New Haven, CT, June
"Similar But Not The Same-Part II", Verbum Gallery, Cur. Michael Gosney; San Diego, CA, May–June

1989: "Similar But Not the Same", Grace Gallery, New York Technical College; NY, NY, Oct
"Artware/Kunst Electronic", Sponsored by Seimens Corp.,Cur. David Galloway; Hannover, Germany, March

1987: "The Art of Barbara Nessim", Fine Arts Gallery, Spokane Falls Community College; Spokane, WA, Jan

1986: "The Work of Barbara Nessim", Shiseido Ginza Gallery; Tokyo, Japan, Sept

1983: "The Art of Barbara Nessim", Coors Gallery; Golden, CO, July

1977: Hampshire College Gallery; Amherst, MA, Mar

1974: The Benson Gallery, Cur. Elaine Benson; Bridgehampton, Long Island NY, July

1973: Corridor Gallery, Cur. Paul Spina; SoHo, NY

1971: "Introducing", The Triangle Gallery - Cur. Lynn Schnurnberger; NYC, NY


Group Exhibitions (selected from 250 shows since 1963)

2010: "Survey Select," the Wonderbread Factory, Cur. Mark Murphy, San Diego, CA, July 15–Sept. 5
"Looks Good On Paper," DFN Gallery, Cur. Rick Davidman and John Nickle, New York, NY, Feb. 3–March 6

2009: "2009 Annual International Print Show: Views of Women and Nature," The Williams Gallery, Cur. Mary Lou Bock, Davie, FL, May 2–May 25

2008: "American Illustration 25 Anniversary Timeline," Art Center College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery,
Cur. Stephen Nowlin, Pasadena, CA, June 12–August 24

2007: "Postcards from the Edge,"Invitational 10th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit hosted by James Cohan Gallery, Cur. Nelson Santos, New York, NY, Nov. 30–Dec. 2
"Computer Graphics Invitational" Mariani Gallery, Cur. Anna Ursyn, Greeley, CO, Nov. 7–Dec. 7
"What F Word?" Cynthia Broan Gallery, Cur. Carol Cole Levin, Chelsea, NY, February 15–March 15

2004: "The Transparent Network", Digital Be-In 13 at SOMARTS Gallery, Cur. Michael Gosney, San Francisco,
CA, May 29
"Digital Selections", Schick Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Cur. Bruce Wands, Saratoga Springs, NY,
April 20–May 21, June 2–12
"Byte: Digital Technology Creates New Art Forms", Nassau County Museum of Art, Nassau, NY, Jan. 18–April 25
"Women in Illustration: Contemporary Visions and Voices", Norman Rockwell Museum, Cur. Stephanie Plunkett,
Stockbridge, MA, March 6–May 31
"Women Illustrators: Art for the Printed Page", Kingsborough Community College, Cur. Judith Wilde, Brooklyn, NY,
March–April

2003: "Preview" show of artists for the new season's exhibitions. Bitforms Gallery, Cur. Steven Sacks, Chelsea, NY,
June–July
"2003 International Women Designers Exhibition", Seoul Arts Center, Cur. Andrew Chang, Korea, May 31–June 8

2002: "A Teachers Legacy", show of Roger Crossgrove's students at the Babbage Art Gallery U. of Conn. Stoors, CT,
April 14–30
"Alan E. Cober Memorial Exhibition", two guest artists Barbara Nessim and Sue Coe, Buffalo State University. NYC,
April
"Prevailing Human Spirit", exhibition commemorating the events on September 11, 2001, Society of Illustrators,
New York, NY

2001: "bitforms Inaugural Exhibition", bitforms gallery, Cur. Steve Sacks, Nov
"ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace", San Jose State University; San Jose, CA, Mar 10–14
"A Century of Women Illustrators", S.J.State U, Cur. Alice Carter, Courtney Granner; San Jose, CA, Mar 11–Apr 8

2000: "Illustrating Women", Ringling School of Art and Design, Cur. Laura Avery; Sarasota, FL, Nov 10–Dec 15
"American Graphics and Design", Donduk Women's Univ., Cur. Andrew Chang; Seoul, Korea, May 22–27
"Old & New Expectations: Women Through the Millenium", The Williams Gallery, Cur. Mary Lou Bock; Mar

"Plugged-in: Art with and Electrical Connection", Ringling School of Art and Design, Cur. Laura Avery; Sarasota,
FL, Mar 3–Apr 1

1999: "Seventh Annual Digital Salon," SVA Visual Arts Museum, Cur. Bruce Wands; NYC, Nov 8–Dec 10 - traveled

"Electronic Rituals", Intermedia Arts Minneapolis, Cur. Joan Truckenbrod; MN, Nov 5–Dec

1998: "Siggraph 25th Anniversary Invitational", Cur. Joan Truckenbrod; Orlando, FL, Jul
"WYSIWYG", California State University, Cur. Tony Longson; Los Angeles, CA, Apr 26–May 22
"Digital Fine Arts Exhibit", Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Ulster County Community College; NYC, Mar–Apr
"The Digital Print Exhibit/Workshop", A.I.R. Gallery, 40 Wooster St.; NYC, Jan 6–Jan 24

1997: "Fifth Annual Digital Salon", SVA Visual Arts Museum, NY, NY, Nov 17–Dec 13
"The Art Exchange Show", The Roger Smith Gallery, Cur. Jill Brienza; Art Exchange NYC, May 28–Jun 7
"Sangre de Cristo: Retrospective 25", Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO, May 15–Aug 30
"A Digital Interface", ACM/Siggraph traveling show, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, Apr 3–Apr 27
"ACM/Siggraph Expo", Cur. Patric Prince San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, Mar 1–4

1996: "Fourth Annual Digital Salon", ACM Siggraph, SVA Visual Arts Museum, Nov 11–Dec 6
"Computer Art", Art Builders Gallery, Dir. Barbara Meise; Jersey City, NJ, Sept 6–9
"Elastic Visions", Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC, Nov 8–Dec 13

• Portsmouth Museum, Portdmouth, VA May 3–Jun 16
"Twelve Digital Artists: A Salute to Digital Art on Broad Street,", AudArt Gallery, NYC, July 1–Aug 1
"Deus ex Machina", W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Gallery, CSPU Pomona, CA; Feb 15–Mar 15
"Van Go!", Susquehanna Art Museum, Cur. P. Murray, Harrisburg, PA, Jan–July

1995: "Art, Design and Barbie", Liberty Street Gallery, NY, NY

1994: "Binary Visions", Williams Gallery, Princeton, NJ
"Elastic Visions", Penn State University, University Park, PA
"Blue Angel", Galerie Mainz, Berlin, Germany
"Siggraph '94 Art & Design Show", Orlando, FL
"Artists Shedding Light on Science", San Francisco State Univ SF, CA

1993: "The Abandoned Shoe", Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
"New York Digital Salon", The Art Director's Club, juried, NY
"Discoveries IX", The Arsenal Gallery, NY, NY
"Computer Influences", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
"Salon of Independent Artists", Cyberspace Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"The New Images", Montage '93, Rochester, NY
"Computer Age Fine Art", Williams Gallery for Merrill Lynch, Princeton, NJ
"The Artist & the Computer", Hastings on the Hudson Gallery, Hastings, NY

1992: "ARTEX '92", Japan International Contemporary Art Assoc., Tokyo, Japan
"Seoul International Computer Art Festival", Seoul, Korea
"SCAN '92", Philadelphia, PA
"Send us a Fish!", ArnyŽkkštšk Electrographic Art, Budapest, Hungary
"Siggraph '92 Art Show", Chicago, Illinois
"Computer Art?", Long Island University, Brookville, NY
"Computer Age Fine Art", The Williams Gallery, Princeton, NJ
"8 American Woman Artists-My Private New York", Shiseido The Ginza Gallery,Tokyo, Japan
"Computer Graphics, State of the Art Show", Univ. Wuppertal:Offenbach; Munich; Berlin, Germany
"American Art Today: Surface Tension", Florida Internat'l Univ, Miami, Florida
"In Context: Digital Expression", Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

1991: "Siggraph '91 Art Show", Juried; Las Vegas, Nevada;traveled internationally
"Computers and the Creative Process", University of Oregon Museum of Art

1990: "Fotographie, Wissenschaft und Neue Technologein", Kunts Museum DŸsseldorf, Germany, Dec–Jan
"Works on Paper", Berkshire Art Museum, Cur. Charlotta Kotick/Brooklyn Museum; Pittsfield, MA, Oct
Infinite Illusions", Smithsonian Institute, Cur. Joanne Gigliotti; Wash. D.C., Sept
"Siggraph '90 Art Show", Computer Museum, Juried; Boston, MA - June/Jan Traveled 3 venues
Hudson River Museum - Dir.Phillip Vare; Yonkers, NY, July 90–Sept 92
"2nd Digitart International Competition", Ernst Museum (first prize winner); Budapest, Hungary, Jan–Feb
"Trans-Art", Galerien im Kreishaus, Artware, Cur. David Galloway, Christian Sabisch; Koln, Germany, Jan
"Siggraph '89", Traveling art show Adelaide Arts Festival, Cur. Patric Prince; Australia, Feb/July (5 venues)
"Confluence", Reina Sofia Arts Center, Cur. Monxto Algora; Madrid, Spain

1989: "New American Talent -89 /90", Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Jurors Award) Cur. John Caldwell; Cat., TX Trvl
"Siggraph'89 Art Show", Computer Museum,Juried, art chosen for announcement; Boston, MA. July/Aug 4
"WYSIWYG", Johnstown Art Museum Featured Artist, Catalog; Johnstown, PA - Jan/Feb

1988: "Art in the Computer Age", Cincinnati Museum, Cur. Cynthia Goodman Catalog/Book; Cincinnati, OH
"Imagine", Computer Art Museum - Invitational; Boston, MA
"Siggraph '88 Art Show", Juried; Atlanta, GA, July 31/Aug 6
"Art & The Computer Age", I.B.M. Museum, Cur.Cynthia Goodman Catalog/Book;NY April

1987: "Art in the Computer Age", Everson Museum, Cur. Cynthia Goodman Catalog/Book; Syracuse, NY Sept–Nov
"Underground Images - SVA - The First 40 Years", The Cooper Hewitt Museum; NYC, July
"Computer Art" M.I.T. Museum; Cambridge, MA, April
"The Statute of Liberty: A Contemporary Graphic View", The New York State Museum; Albany, NY, Jan


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