Langford Barksdale

Southern artist born and raised in Nashville. Completed large scale works throughout my early artistic experience depicting figurative scenes from growing up in the south. Langford has painted since childhood using creative expression as a means of communication. Raised in the design world, Langford is the the daughter of one of Nashville's first Interior Designers. Her early years were spent surrounded by luxurious fabric designs and wallpaper books. In high-school she began painting large scale oil canvases in the hallways utilizing figurative expressive themes under the direction of Rosemary Paschall from South Africa. After pre-college portfolio preparation at RISD, Langford decided to remain in the south and studied art at the University of Georgia in Athens. During studies abroad in Cortona, she was greatly inspired by the spiritual nature of Italian culture and the imagery painted in the Sistine Chapel and throughout the beautiful architecture in Europe.
Langford moved to Switzerland to pursue art + theology after receiving her BFA in Painting and studied at L'Abri International. She traveled extensively throughout European museums from Zurich, Stockholm, Vienna to Oslo. Two artist residencies in Northern California g...

Bachelor of Fine Art University of Georgia Athens; Artist in Residence Winona Studio Mendocino Art Center Northern California, 2003-4, 2006; School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, WA; Studies Abroad Cortona, Italy; Art History & Theology L'Abri International, Switzerland; Pre- College Portfolio Design RISD, Providence, R.I.

Permanent collection Hyatt Centric Nashville, Ameris Bank Headquarters Peachtree Center Atlanta; Stafford Gallery Sonoma; Serena & Lily, San Francisco, CA; One Kings Lane; Jenner McGinn Atlanta; Cascade Sotheby’s, Legum Design, Tumalo Art Co, Bend, OR.; Souchi, Aspen, CO; Anderson Ranch 50th Anniversary Exhibition; Nashville Artist Collective; Bozzuto Greene Art, Baltimore, MD; Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, Co; The Launchpad, Carbondale, CO; Bonnie Young Aspen, CO; Liv Art Aspen, CO; "Heaven Can Wait" Anderson Ranch Art Center Faculty Show, Warren Knapp Seattle, WA; Frye Modern Seattle, WA; Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN; Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN; Nashville Public Library; Cheekwood Fine Art Center; Lamar Dodd School of Art Athens, Ga; 40 Watt Club Athens, GA; Nashville International Airport; Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN.