Barbara Abel

West Bloomfield, Michigan

abel55@comcast.net

248-872-8513

Solo Exhibitions - Juried Exhibitions - Publications -

Articles & Reviews - Collections  - Education

Solo Exhibitions


 

2000

Tragic Beauties
Viridian Gallery, 24W 57th,
NY, NY

 

1999

Tragic Beauties
Paint Creek Center
for the Arts, Rochester, MI

 

1998

Another Era
1212 Gallery,
Lansing, MI.

 

1997

Impressionistic Dreams
Borders Books and Music,
Farmington Hills, MI

 

Selected Juried Group Exhibitions


 

2005

6th Biennial Exhibition
AIR Gallery
, New York
City, NY

Guys and Dolls
Brighton Museum
, Brighton England

 

2004

10th Annual Photography Show
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

 

2003

Eternal Longing
Avenue Gallery,
Birmingham, MI
Featured Artist

 

2002

9th Annual Photography Show
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA

 

2001

Faces
Eupop’ Art,
Pittsburgh, PA

Photography 2001
Nexus Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA

 

2000

Adorning the Body
Dennos Museum Center
, Traverse City, MI

Around the Coyote

Gallery 213, Chicago, IL

 

Nine Emerged Artists

Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI.9/00

 

BBAC  Michigan Fine Art Exhibition

Birmingham, MI

 

Three Person Figurative Show

Member’s Gallery at Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

Juror: John Pultz, Curator of Photography, Spencer Museum of Art, Univ. of Kansas

 

1999

10th National Juried Exhibition

Viridian Artists Inc, New York, NY  6/99
Juror: Susan Harris, Ass’t
Curator Whitney Museum of American Art

Mayfair’s National Juried Photography Exhibition

Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA

Juror: Larry Fink

5th Annual  Masterpieces of Maturity, a National Exhibition

Lexington Art League’s Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky

Merit Award

 

Photo 1999, a National Juried Photography Exhibition

Arts Council of Southeast, MO

Juror's Award


The 42nd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY

Juror: Dr. Annegreth Nill, Columbus Museum of Art


Photo ’99

Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

 

Twelfth Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition

Albercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Purchase Award


Eros and Thanatos

Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI.

 

National Exposure

A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL

Juror: Colin Westerbeck, Dept of Photography at the Art Institute  of Chicago

 

Women in the Visual Arts- A National Juried Exhibition

Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

Juror: Elizabeth Sussman, former curator Whitney

 

The 26th AnnualJuried Competition

Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

Juror: John Bullard, Director, New Orleans Museum Art

Juror's Award

 

 

1998

Faber Birren 18th Annual National Color Award Exhibition

Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT

Juror: Jane Adlin, Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Our Town Art Exhibition

Birmingham Community House, Birningham, MI.

 

Current Works ’98

Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

Juror: Jeffery Hoone, Director of Light Works

 

Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art

Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY

Juror: Marc Mayer, Albright Knox Art Museum and Power Plant

The William S. Holmes Award

 

 Juried All Media Exhibition

Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

 

Midwest Photography Invitational X

University of Wisconsin Touring Exhibit

 

Emerging Artists Exhibition

Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI

 

Masterpieces of Maturity

Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

 

Women in the Visual Arts- A National Juried Exhibition

Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

Juror: Andrea Miller Keller, Wadsworth Atheneum)

Curator's Choice Award

 

Click’98

City Hall Gallery, Dearborn, MI

Best of Show

 

 

1997

Our Town Exhibition

Birmingham Community House, Birmingham, MI

Third Prize

 

Michigan Fine Arts Competition and Exhibition

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI

Juror: John Walker, at Boston Univ., has work in MOMA, Tate, Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum

First Place

Light and Image

CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

 

8inches by 8 inches

Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

Click ’97

City Hall Gallery, Dearborn, MI

Best of Show

 

Annual All Media Juried Exhibition

Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

 

 

1996

83rd Scarab Club Gold Medal Exhibition

Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

First Place

 

Midwest Photography Invitational IV

University of Wisconsin Touring Exhibit

       

Selected Publications


 

2004

The 2River View, Winter 2004, Missouri

 

2000

Contemporary Muse Magazine, Spring/ Summer 2000 ( inside cover) 

 

1999

 The Photo Review, Fall 1999

 

1998

Communication Arts Photography Annual Magazine, Annual Issue #39

Award of Excellence

 

1997

Photographer’s Forum Magazine
Award of Excellence and Honorable Mention

 

Selected Articles and Reviews


J.Sanders Eaton,”Photographic Artist Barbara Abel Explores a Terrible Beauty”

Gallery and Studio, January/February 2000

 

Joy Hakanson Colby, “Galleries And More: Put a New Face on Your Home Decor”,

The Detroit News, November 13,1999

 

John Carlos Cantu, “ Gallery 212’s Latest Eye-Opening Show”

Ann Arbor News, October 30,1999

 

Trude Naschak, “Photographer’s Work Comes Alive in Print”

Oakland Press, January 7,1999

 

Frank Provenzano, “Out Town’ Exhibit- A Summit For Benefactors, Artists,”

Observer and Eccentric Newspaper,October 11,1998

 

Keri Guten Cohen, “Paint Creek Center Show Has 48 Works From 16 States”

Detroit Free Press, April 19,1998

 

Roger Green, “ Optimistic Exhibition Can Dazzle”

The Ann Arbor News, March 22, 1997

 

Suzanne Chessler, “Mini Renderings”

Detroit Jewish News, July 25,1997

 

Frank Provenzano, “BBAA showcases the best in Michigan Art”

The Observer and Eccentric Newspaper, March 16, 1997

 

Collections


NBD Private Banking and Investments

Bloomfield Hills, MI

 

Private Collectors:

Michigan, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Washington, and Massachusetts

 

Mc Neese State University’s Permanent Collection

Lake Charles, Louisiana

 

Education


 

1994 -

Oakland Community College, Photography Dept.
Royal Oak, MI

 

1980

Masters in Education, State University of New York
Amherst, NY

 

1966

Bachelor of Science in Education, Salem State College
Salem, MA