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About Mary Barr Rhodes
Painting is my spiritual practice. The process of painting provides the platform for a direct knowing, the space between words and thoughts. I hope that my work is not merely defined, but felt. And, I hope for the viewer, even ever so briefly, they experience a direct knowing.
At times I work very deliberately, whereas at times, I work freely allowing the images to flow through me. I appreciate pure color, and yet am infinitely intrigued with the magic of overpainting. I thrive to create a unique, personal mark that defines my style. It is through the rhythms of the process, that back and forth, that the tension is created. My artistic goal is to create a balance, yet realizing that the mastery lies within the tension.
Rhodes has won numerous awards and is represented in private and corporate collection in North America, Europe and South America.. She was voted Abstract Artist of the Year 2014 in the Art Comes Alive Juried Exhibition sponsored by Art Design Consultants.,
BIO
Mary Barr Rhodes
1954
EDUCATION
1976 B.A. Degree Art Education; K-12; Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1981 M.A. Degree Art Education; Major: Painting, Minor: Drawing; Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1982 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop: Painting with Robert DeNirom juried acceptance; Huntington Galleries; Huntington, WV.
1983 Secondary Gifted Education Endorsement; College of Graduate Studies; Institute, WV.
1983 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop: Environmental Artist Richard Lawson; juried acceptance; Huntington Galleries; Huntington, WV.
1984 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop: Painting with Frank Faulkner; juried acceptance; Huntington Galleries; Huntington, WV.
EXHIBITIONS
1976 "Women Artists of West Virginia"; Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1979 "Alumni Juried Exhibit"; Marshall University;
Huntington, WV.
1980,81,82 "Allied Artists of West Virginia Juried Exhibit"; Sunrise Art Gallery; Charleston, WV.
1981 "Inside Information"; M.A. Exhibition; Birke Gallery; Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1982 "Tri-State Art Association Juried Exhibit; Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV.
1982 "Exhibition 280"; juried exhibition; Huntington Galleries; Huntington, WV.
1982 "Baraka: Work of Six Artists"; South Charleston Public Library; South Charleston, WV.
1983 "West Virginia Juried Exhibition"; Cultural Center;
Charleston, WV.
1983 "Inner Connection"; installation by Baraka; South Charleston Public Library Art Gallery; South Charleston, WV.
1984 "Research"; a one-woman exhibition; South Charleston Public Library Art Gallery; South Charleston, WV.
1984 "Tri-State Art Association Juried Exhibition"; Huntington Galleries; Huntington, WV.
1984 "Museum in the Community Invitational";
Scott Depot, WV.
1985 "Crosscurrents '85"; juried exhibit; Fine Arts Center; Oglebay Institute; Wheeling, WV.
1985 "Viewer's Choice"; invitational; Museum in the Community; Scott Depot, WV.
1985 National League of American Pen Women; Charleston Branch "Annual Exhibition"; Charleston, WV.
1986 "National League of American Pen Women"; Charleston Branch "Bicentennial Exhibition"; Boston, MA.
1986 "Two Women Artists: Caryl Toth and Mary Barr Rhodes"; Monogalia Art Center; Morgantown, WV.
1986 "Baraka"; group exhibition; West Liberty State College; Wheeling, WV.
1986 "Works on Walls"; juried; Huntington Galleries;
Huntington, WV.
1986 "Works on Walls; Traveling Exhibition"; Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
1988 "Images of Today"; Studio #602; South Charleston. WV.
1989 "Works of Art Hangs Itself"; staff exhibition; West Chester, OH.
1989 "Viewpoint '89"; Cincinnati Art Club; juried;
Cincinnati, OH.
2003 "Three Person Show"; Sedgwick Gallery; Loveland, OH.
2006 Kennedy Fine Arts Center, Juried Exhibition, Kennedy
Heights, OH.
2007 Art Comes Alive, juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2008 Kennedy Fine Arts Center, juried exhibition, Kennedy
Heights, OH.
2009 Twilight Jazz Cruise, One person, live painting exhibition, Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH.
2009 Art Resource Team, one person show, Wyoming, OH.
2009 ONE together, celebrating international art without boundaries; 424 Findlay; Cincinnati, OH.
2010 Worlds of Wonder and Whimsy, three person show;
Cincinnati, OH.
2010 Chocolate Exhbition, Group exhibition, Prairie Gallery, Northside, OH.
2010 Kennedy Fine Arts, Women’s Exhibition, Kennedy
Heights, OH.
2011 One person exhibition, Xavier University, AB Cohen Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Juried, group exhibition, Centennial Barn, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Art Comes Alive, juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Solo Show at the Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Totems: Beliefs, Identity and Legends, juried exhibition,
Bromwell’s Gallery; Cincinnati, OH.
2013 University of Cincinnati Women’s Health Center, Hear Me Roar, juried exhibition, West Chester, OH.
2013 Small Works, ParProjects, juried acceptance,
Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Art Comes Alive, juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Art Beyond Boundaries, Ambidextrous, juried exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Art Beyond Boundaries, Subtle Chaos, juried exhibition,
Cincinnati, Ohio
2014 Group Show, Greater Cincinnati YWCA, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Art Comes Alive, juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants,
Cincinnati, OH
AWARDS
1979 Honor Award; "Marshall University Alumni Exhibit"; Huntington,WV.
1980 Purchase Award; "Allied Artists of West Virginia Annual Juried Exhibition"; Charleston, WV.
1982 Purchase Award; "Exhibition 280", Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, WV.
1982 Merit Award; "Tri-State Art Association Juried Exhibition", Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, WV.
1985 Merit Award; "Crosscurrents"; West Virginia Department of Arts and Humanities, Charleston, WV.
1985 Award of Excellence; "National League of American Pen Women"; Boston, MA.
1989 Honorable Mention; "Viewpoint '89", Huntington, WV.
1990 Purchase Award, National League of American Pen Women, Provident Life; Columbus, OH.
1991 Art Club of Cincinnati, Honorable Mention, Cincinnati, OH.
1992 Media Group Purchase Award for Cover of Visual Merchandise; Store Design Magazine; Cincinnati, OH.
2006 Contract Award; Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants; Cincinnati, OH, NY, NC, TX
2014 Abstract Artist of the Year; Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants; Cincinnati,Ohio.
PERMANENT AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
1980 Private Colleciton; Dr. Ward Maxson; Charleston, WV.
1980 Corporate Collection; The Diamond Department Store; Charleston, WV.
1981 Private Collection; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hunt; Winfield,WV.
1981 Private Collection; Dr. and Mrs. Steve Zekan;
Charleston, WV.
1982 Corporate Collection; First Huntington Reserve Bank; Huntington, WV.
1982 Corporate Collection; Baltimore Branch; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Baltimore, MD.
1984 Corporate Collection; Lovett and Cooper Law Firm; Charleston, WV.
1985 Private Collection; Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Kiger; Morgantown, WV.
1985 Corporate Collection; Kiger and Dorsey Realty; Morgantown, WV.
1989 Corporate Collection; Cincinnati Bell ; Cincinnati, OH.
1990 Corporate Collection; Provident Life; Columbus, OH.
2001 Private Collection; Ms. Doris Jeffers; Cincinnati, OH.
2001 Corporate Collection; Johnson & Johnson;
Cincinnati, OH.
2002 Private Collection; Ms. Martina Morthorst;
Havarti, Germany.
2002 Private Collection; Leslie Ostrander; Cincinnati, OH.
2002 Private Collection; Barb and Michael Simone,
Wyoming; Ohio.
2003 Private Collection of Mr. Michael Liebowitz;
Cincinnati, OH.
2003 Private Collection; Ms. Sarah Squeri; Cincinnati, OH.
2003 Private Collection; Ms. Carol Walkner; Hoboken, NJ
2004 Private Collection; Ms. BethAnne Higgins Schumacker, Jacksonville, FL.
2004 Private Collection; Abby and Josh King, Boston, MA.
2004 Private Collection; Hank Swormstedt, Summit, NJ.
2004 Private Collection; Kathleen Marteney, Cincinnati, OH.
2005 Private Colleciton; Mr. Terry Praco; Cincinnati, OH
2006 Private Colleciton; of Gail Epworth, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Private Collection; of Jim Pascal, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Private Collection; Dr. Marina, Berlin, Germany.
2006 Private Collection; Dr. Teresa Ogden, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Private Collection; Richard Cooke, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Private collection; Mark Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH.
2006 Private collection; Brian Schwegman, Covington, KY.
2007 Private Collection; of Dr. Deborah Ooten, Cincinnati, OH.
2007 Private Collection; Jennie Blades, Cincinnati, OH.
2007 Corporate Collection; Carl Lidner, Great American Insurance Group; Cincinnati, Ohio.
2008 Private Colleciton; Sherry and Tom Trebes;
Cincinnati, OH.
2008 Private Collection; Vondetta Faulk, Cincinnati, OH.
2009 Private Collection Algernon and Carver Johnson;
Atlanta, GA.
2009 Private Collection; Ron Esposito, Cincinnati, OH.
2009 Private Collection; Steve Thomas, Milford, OH.
2010 Private Collection; Pamela Rhodes and Lennell Myricks, Cincinnati. OH.
2010 Corporate Collection; Duke Energy, Indianapolis, IN.
2010 Private Collection; Priscilla Rust, Milford, OH.
2010 Private Collection; Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Franks, Covington, KY.
2010 Private Collection; of Shirley Hudson, Fort Mitchell, KY.
2011 Private Collection; Dorothy and Safet Hatic, Milford, OH.
2011 Private Collection; Linda Lavelle, Covington, KY.
2011 Private Collection; Beth Ohara, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Private Collection; Michael Caress, Palm Desert, CA.
2011 Private Collection; Tischner, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Private Collection; David Eyman, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Private Collection; Michelle Graves, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Private Collection; Kelly Kolar, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Private Collection; Joanne and Michael Robison, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Private Collection; Marne and Carl Kappes,
Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Private Collection; Julie Lessard, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Private Collection; Paula Maureen Webb;
Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Private Collection; Dr. Somi Javaid, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Private Collection; Jeremy Lewis; Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Private Collection; Jymi Bolton, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Private Collection; Maurice Harris, Cincinnati, OH.
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