Bari Wieselman Schulman

speaking in color
bari wieselman schulman is a modern abstract painter and mixed-media artist obsessed with color, language (and color as language), and the ways in which art and art objects invite dialogue and carry meaning in(to) the world. a divergent thinker with an intuitive and experimental process, her work challenges us to see, feel, and think differently, encouraging connection with our neuropsychological sense of self.

bari’s work is the translation, the visual embodiment, the communication of an intense mind in constant motion. getting things out on paper to see and touch, playing with perspective, manipulating, feeling, exploring, her work makes manifest the experience of seeing in color, thinking in color, speaking in color, being in color as perceivable color, form, concept. chaotic coherence, coherent chaos – a world where color, gesture, and contrast are the medium, and introspection, meaning-making, dialogue, connection, and evolved openness are the message.

chicago-born and rooted in madrid, bari received a phd in psychology from the university of chicago and spent years in the design world working at the intersection of people, brands, and products. her background in language and behavior provides a unique wind...

university of rochester
university of chicago

color bloom, solo show (2025), the gallery
ten by ten (2024 / 2025), jackson junge gallery
community wall (2024), the other art fair x visionary projects
cool off (2024), visionary projects
works on paper 6 (2024), blue shop gallery
artist-in-residence; art. works. show (2024), art center highland park
awakening earth (2024), sergio gomez
01 anniversary show (2024), RPEC | HP
juried artist (2023), art for life chicago, diffa
featured artist (2023), split-rail
mirror mirror (2023), the martin
art & soul (2023), west end gallery
pink is punk (2023), atelier
absurdity, in dada we trust (2023), art center highland park
mother muse (2023), west end gallery
artist collab showcase (2023), RPEC | HP
woman to woman (2023), bojitt studio
deerfield public art program, deerfield, il
roe 2.0 (2023), woman made gallery
it’s the little things (2022 / 2023), girls who paint gallery
small works (2022), woman made gallery
BIG little art show (2022 / 2023), peninsula school of art
colorful language (2022), bridgewater lofts
drawing in all mediums (2022), site:brooklyn
the other art fair (2022), chicago