Barbara Berry

Nature has always been an important subject and inspiration in my art. My goal is to express the vivid, living quality of the natural world, as well as highlight the innate connections and tensions that exist between human beings and the larger environment. Having studied Buddhism for thirty years, my art combines imagery from nature (animals, plants, the human figure and human anatomy) with imagery from Tibetan Buddhist murals and scroll paintings (thangkas).

Ultimately, my paintings are an attempt to reconcile and connect the physical world with the spiritual world. I am interested in ordinary visual perception juxtaposed to interior visual perception and how the two overlap and mingle. My work explores the pure physical act of sight and the visionary quality of going beyond the sense perceptions into the realm of imagination and visualization.

Instructor, Foundation Department, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, 2004-20013
MFA University of Colorado, 1984
BFA Parsons School of Design, 1981

2015 Show and Shine (group show) Hermes
Gallery, NS
2015 As in a Dream, (solo show) Hermes Gallery,
Halifax, NS
2014 Holiday Madness (group show)
Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 RPT (group show)
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2012 TBA (group show)
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS 2008 Exalted Beings: Animal Relationships
Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, NS
2008 Birds, Beasts and Mythical Creature,
Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing,
Dartmouth, NS
2007 Beastie, (group show)
FemFest, Khyber Center for the Arts,
Halifax, NS
2006 Charnel Ground Paintings (solo show)
Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2005 Wakeful Expressions (group show)
Freds, Halifax, NS
2004 Ethereal Constructions (two person show)
Niagara Artist Centre, St. Catharines, ON
2003 The Passionate Illusion (solo show)
St. Francis Xavier Art Gallery, Antigonish,
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