Barbara Bartos

I am a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the image in an experimental way. This is achieved through a variety of media from site-specific sculptural interventions, to audio-visual objects, drawings, paintings and prints. Current investigations revolve around what is an ‘image’ and how different forms of perception can shape its meaning.

Romanian born, with an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an undergraduate degree from the University of Art and Design, Cluj, Romania, I live and work in San Francisco and Rome.

My work has been exhibited in international museums and galleries including: Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy; Caixa-Ourense, Spain; Modern Art Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary; Southern Exposure, San Francisco; National Art Museum, Cluj, Romania. She is the recipient of many grants and awards among which a Fulbright Fellowship for study in the United States.

1999 - 2001
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA

1992 – 1998
BFA, Art and Design University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2015
The Engine Room, International Sound Art Competition, Morley Gallery, London, UK (juried)
2014
Autocenter Summer Academy, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
2013
24th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, USA (juried)
2012
Soundscapes, 33OC, Toffia, Italy
2011
UAP Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Cluj, Romania
2008
Balancing Perspectives: East-Asian Influences in Contemporary Art, A & C Gallery, Berkeley, USA
2005
Presence and Absence, Fisher Weissman Studio, San Francisco, USA
NewFangle, GenArt, San Francisco, USA
Social Construction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA
2003
Graphiconex, Modern Art Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
Graphiconex, UAP Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2001
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA
2000
Salon des Refuses, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Abstract Art, Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
1999
Romanian Contemporary Artists, Viale Fratelli Lavanda Gallery, Torri del Benaco, Italy
International Small Forms Art Exhibition, Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy
1998
XIXth National Biennial Exhibition of Graphic Art, Modern Art Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
International Graphic Contest, Felicen Rops Museum, Nam...