The works of Barbara Amos involve a local scene that is cut up, distorted or rearranged. The realism is a starting point that dissolves into layering, fragmenting and restructuring, creating a metaphor for the changes in our society. For the past few years her work has focused on urban and corporate themes. Her recent work has moved into the landscape and environmental issues. She has worked in various painting mediums, in video and in digital imagery.
She has been short listed on national and international public art competitions and recently completed a 90 foot work for Cardel Place in Calgary, Alberta. Her work is in the US Library of Congress. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, RBC Dominion Securities and Esso Resources are a few of the organizations that have added her work to their collections.
A recipient of grants and scholarships, she has also been active on board of a public gallery, a national art association, and assisted with the selection of programming and exhibitions for artist run centres and local art groups.
Barbara Amos graduated from the University of Waterloo, and continued studying at the Ontario College of Art and the Alberta College of Art. She has exhibited at the New York artist run centre, Exit Art Gallery, at the Williamson Gallery, Art Centre College of Design, Pasadena CA and in Canada her work has been shown in many public and commercial galleries from Vancouver to Montreal.
In the spring of 2006, her newest work “Cutting Up The Postcard” will be exhibited at the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta.
EXHIBITIONS:
2006 Whyte Museum, Banff AB. “Cutting Up Our National Parks” Apr.29-Oct22
2005 The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB. “Main Street,” May 20-June25
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Cardel Place Public Art Opening, Cardel Place Centre, Calgary, AB.
City Transitions, Artspace Gallery, Calgary, AB,
The Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON. “Cutting Up The Town,”
2002 Artspace Gallery, Cutting Up The Town, Calgary, AB.
2001 Devo Gallery, Calgary, AB Cutting Up the Town,
Bowman Art Center, Lethbridge, AB All in Jest,
Red Deer Allied Arts Council, Red Deer, AB Cutting Up TheTown
2000 Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary AB. Enmax Corporate Exhibit, Domestic Artifacts
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary AB Suncor Corporate Exhibit, Domestic Artifacts
1991 Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB. New Works: Still Life by Barbara Amos
Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, AB. Figurative Works by Barbara Amos
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Whyte Museum, Banff AB. “Elemental Inspiration,”
Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge, AB “Clear Cut: The Understory”,
Red Deer & District Museum, Red Deer,AB “Clear Cut:The Understory”,
2003 EMMedia Gallery, Calgary, AB. Scholarship Recipients, video “Bent”
The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie AB. “Five Abstract Painters”,
2002 Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY. “ Reactions”,
Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasedena, CA “Reactions,” Aug-Sept.
City Hall, Calgary, AB. “ 9/11 Memorial”,
Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC “Con/quest, Targeting Tourism”,
DevoArtspace Gallery, Calgary, AB “ArtCity”, juried group,
The New Gallery, Calgary, AB “Architectonics”, curated group,
2000 Tynedale College, Toronto, ON “Evidence of Things Unseen”, juried by Doris McCarthy and Ernestine Taedahl,
1999 Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB “Triple Take”,
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON. December Choice, Gallery Artists
Marius Barbeau Museum, St. Joseph, de Beauce, QU. Pastel Society of Canada,
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary AB, Invitational Group Show. Images of the City,
1996 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB the Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, and the Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary “Alberta Foundation for the Arts Tenth Anniversary Travelling Exhibition:, Invitational Show
Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB Visual Interlude, curated by B. Ballachey,
1995 Medicine Hat Museum Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB. Juried Group Show,
1994 The Works Festival, Edmonton AB “Wild Things”
1993 Wallace Galleries, Gallery Artists, Calgary AB
Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge AB “Figures and Portraits”, juried group sho
The Works Festival, Edmonton AB, “The Figure Re-figured”, juried group show
1992 Gallery Montcalm, Hull QU. juried group show
The Prairie Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB. “Aspects of Reality” curated 3 person show with Colleen Shepstone and Poul Neilsen,
The Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary AB. “Aspects of Reality”
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB. “Aspects of Reality”
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB. “Aspects of Reality”
1991 Barton Leir Gallery, Victoria BC. “Gallery Artists Show”,
Petro-Canada Gallery, Calgary, AB. “Questions of Value”, juried group show
Horizon Gallery, Edmonton, AB. “Gallery Artists Show”,
1990 Works Festival, Edmonton AB. Celebration of Women in the Arts, juried group show
You can find more on Barabara at her website www.barbaraamos.com
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