Education

Master of Fine Arts 1988

TULANE UNIVERSITY

New Orleans, Louisiana

Concentration: Printmaking / Painting

Tulane Graduate Fellowship

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (with Honors) ; 1985
NEWCOMB COLLEGE
Major: Studio Art
Graduated Magna Cum Laude/w Departmental Honors

Undergraduate Studies; 1979 to 1981
RICE UNIVERSITY / MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE
Houston, Texas / New York, New York
Major: Studio Art

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2001 – present, Assistant Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
• 1989 – 2001, Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
• 1999 – 2000, Adjunct Faculty, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• 1986 – 1988, Undergraduate Instructor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Grants, Fellowships & Awards

• 2008, Louisiana Cultural Economy Grant, New Orleans, LA
• 2007 Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
• 2006, Louisiana Cultural Economy Grant, New Orleans, LA
• 2005, Hurricane Relief Grant, Pollock/Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
• 2004, Artists Mini-Grant, LA Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
• 2000, Louisiana Division of the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship, LA Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
• 1999, New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition in Print, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
• 1997, Illustration for Louisiana Literature, Southern Louisiana University/ LA Division of the Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Around Here

Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2008 Drive-bys

Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL

2005 An Unanticipated Journey

Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004 Idle Hands (Two Person)

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004 The World of Monochrome: Three from New Orleans

Gallery Art G, Taka-saki-shi, Gunma, Japan

2003 Summer Show

Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2002 Cut Flowers

Cole Pratt Gallery , New Orleans, LA

2001 Families

Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, MS

2000 Recent Monotypes,

Suzanne Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1998 New Monotypes

Still-Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1997 Resorts

Art Who Gallery, Ocean Springs, MS

1996 Recent Monotypes

Still-Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1995 Monotypes

Arnold Art Gallery, Newport, RI

1994 Monotypes

Still-Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1993 Monotypes

Arnold Art Gallery, Newport, RI

1991 Paintings and Monotypes

St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA

1991 Paintings on Paper

de Ville Books & Prints, New Orleans, LA

1987 New Paintings,

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1984 Paintings & Works on Paper

Percy H. Whiting Gallery, Fairhope, AL

2008

• A Tribute to Cole Pratt- His Gallery's First Fifteen Years, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
• Prospect 1 and the New Orleans Healing Center Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
• 40 Days and 40 Nights, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, LA
• Pencil and Paper, Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

2007

• "Mint Juleps and Devastation: Art Beyond Documentary in Post Katrina New Orleans", London College of Communications, London, UK
• Vanishing Horizons , Fifth Annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibition, Grand Isle LA (award)
• National Juried Exhibition, Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL

2006

• Persephone Spring Return from Exile, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Women With Guns Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA

2005

• 18 ^th National Exhibition of Los Angeles Printmaking Society , Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
• NSU Faculty Invitational Art Exhibition, Ameen Art Gallery, Thibodaux, LA
• Louisiana in Print, Diboll Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Weddings, Commitment and the State of Matrimony , Robert Bruno Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Loyola Faculty Exhibit , Diboll Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004

• Postcards from the CAC , Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
• The 4 ^th Minnesota Print Biennial , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Loyola Faculty Exhibit , Danna Center Gallery, Loyola New Orleans

2003

• 14 Artists from New Orleans , Associazione Culturale, Sardinia, Italy

2002

• The Current Image Louisiana University, Lafayette, LA
• Art With a Southern Drawl University of Mobile, Mobile, AL ( “Spirit of the South” Award)
• 18 ^th Annual Animals in Art LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA

2001

• 28 ^th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

2000

• The Printed Figure, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
• Women 2000 St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
• What Is Drawing Now?, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

1999

• Prints USA 1999 Springfield Arts Museum, Springfield, MO ( purchase award)
• Pressed & Pulled, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA
• Janet Turner Print National , California State U., Chico, CA

1998

• The Art of Architects & Architecture in Art, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
• Women’s Rights: A Visual Journey , Southeastern LA University, Hammond, LA
• Sheros , Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1997

• No Dead Artists , Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Guest Artist Stepping Out, Old Frame House, Hammond, LA
• Book Soup , New Orleans School of Glassworks, NOLA
• “Ana” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
• 21 ^st Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition , Harper College, Palatine, IL
• Faculty Art Exhibit , Department of Visual Arts, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

1996

• Prints from the Furnace , New Orleans School of Glassworks, New Orleans, LA
• Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibit , The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
• Southeastern Drawing Invitational , Southeastern LA University, Hammond, LA
• Passion 4 ^th Annual National Juried Visual Art & Poetry Exhibition , Peconic Gallery Sage Junior College, Albany, NY Rathbone Gallery Suffolk Community College
• Loyola Faculty Exhibition , Danna Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1993

• The Greek Myth Show , St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
• Commemoration II , Loyola Gallery Downtown, New Orleans, LA
• 24 ^th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition , Bradley University, Peoria, IL

1992

• Red Clay Survey , Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
• Discovering Columbus, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

1991

• The War Show , Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
• Selections 17 , University of New Orleans Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Drawings & Prints , A Juried Exhibition of Artists in AR, LA, MS & TX, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
• 5 ^th Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibit , Clemson University, Clemson, SC
• 1991 National Works on Paper , University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
• Border to Border National Drawing Competition, Austin Peay State, (Purchase Award, Anselmo Carini, Juror)

1990

• Drawing and Prints by Louisiana Artists, 4 ^th Juried, University Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Prints from Blocks , de Ville Books & Prints, New Orleans, LA
• Drawings After Rodin , de Ville Books & Prints, New Orleans, LA
• One of a Kind Monotypes, Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Art In Bloom , New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
• The Portrait , Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1989

• The Human Figure in the Eighties , Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• The Agony and the Ecstasy, Love And Death in Art , Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Louisiana Festival Of the Arts , 16 ^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
• National Juried Works on Paper , Bloomsburg U., Bloomsburg, PA (Purchase Award)
• Jazz Babies Ball , Newcomb Faculty Art Exhibition, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Birmingham Biennial V , Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, LA

1988

• Playing on the Edge, Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• Rutgers National Works on Paper , Rutgers University, Camden, NJ (Purchase Award)
• 6 ^th Annual Maine Maritime Flatwork Exhibition , University of Maine, Presque Isle, ME
• CATART Exhibition , Gallery 1270, Chicago, IL
• Birmingham Biennial V , Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
• 7 ^th Annual Competition , Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
• Northern National Art Exhibit, Rhinelander , WI (Judges Recognition Award)
• Hoyt National Drawing and Painting Show , Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
• Art West Open Competition , Jackson Hole Art Assoc., Jackson Hole, WY (Award)

1987

• John Paul II: The Holy Visit , Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Louisiana Competition 87, LA Arts & Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, L
• North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual , Grand Forks, ND

1986

• Playing on the Edge , Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL

1985

• Artist’s Choice Invitational, Gallerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA
• Women About Men/ Men About Women , New Orleans Caucus for Art, New Orleans,
• 19 ^th Annual Exhibit , St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA (Award, Mixed Media)

1983

• Summer Group 83 , Academy Galleries, New Orleans, LA
• 18 ^th Annual Summer Show , St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
• 2 ^nd Annual Exhibition , Baton Rouge Women’s Caucus, Baton Rouge, LA

Visiting Artist Lectures

• 2005, Monotype Workshop, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
• 2002, Monotype Workshop, Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier MS
• 2000, “ Untitled” Monotype Workshop, Loyola Student Art Club
• 1999 /2000, Honors Student Monotype Workshop, Loyola University Honors Program
• 1995, Workshop, Figure Drawing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• 1995, Workshop - Figure Drawing, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL
• 1992, Workshop - The Monotype, Tulane-Newcomb Arts Students Assoc., New Orleans
• 1995, Workshop - Figure Drawing, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL
• 1992, Workshop - The Monotype, Tulane-Newcomb Arts Students Assoc., New Orleans

Online Archives

• Drawing Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, N.Y. online update 2009
• Bowling Green State University Contemporary Printmaking Database. online 2008
• Los Angeles Printmaking Society Membership Gallery, online 2007

Bibliography

• Gambit Weekly, Bookhardt, D. Eric, “Vanishing Horizons: The Fifth Annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibition” April 10, 2007.
• Times-Picayune/Lagniappe , MacCash, Doug, “Barbara Brainard’s Unique Prints Capture Hurricane Evacuation Experience.” Dec. 23, 2005, p. 14
• Gambit Weekly, Bookhardt, D. Eric, “An Unanticipated Journey, Monotypes by Barbara Brainard.” Dec. 20, 2005.
• Mnartists.org- Fallon Michael, “In Search of the Perfectly Realized Image.” Feb. 2, 2004
• Biloxi Mississippi Sun Herald - “Exhibit Features Unique Prints” Nov. 19, 2002 p. 5
• Mobile Register - Harrison, Thomas B.. “ A Sly Drawl”, Apr. 7 2002, pp 1G-5G
• New Orleans Art Review- McClellen, Marianne. Gallery Walk, Sep./Oct. 2000
• Lagniappe-Times Picayune States Item, MacCash, Doug. “The Secret Life of Art” Aug. 25, 2000 pp. 17-19
• Gambit- Bookhardt, D Eric. “How Real Is Real?” Inside Art, Aug. 2000
• New Orleans Art Review- McClellen, Marianne, Gallery Walk, Jan./Feb. 1999
• Lagniappe - Waddington, Chris. “Works on Women from Sheroes to Feminist Products.” Sep. 26, 1997, p.14
• WDSU TV - New Orleans Prints, Arts Council of New Orleans Gala, May 1997
• WWNO, Public Radio - Interview/Artist, “Inside the Arts with Barbara Brainard” Jun. 1996
• Lagniappe – Times Picayune, Waddington, Chris. “Brainard's Monotypes Mix Spontaneity & Nostalgia.” Jun. 12, 1996
• Gambit – “Health Wealth Happiness.” May 1996
• Company - Gallery Winter 1995, p.23
• Newport This Week - Pantalone, John. “Brainard’s Edgy Summer Memories.” Aug. 17, 1995, p.17
• Newport This Week - New Orleans Artist Returns, Aug. 10, 1995, p.24
• The New Orleans Art Review - Polloch, S. Kavanaugh Barbara Brainard's New Monotypes Sep./Oct. 1994, pp.33-39
• Lagniappe – Times Picayune, Waddington, Chris. “Painting the Town: Artists Take to the Streets.” Jul. 15, 1994 p.26
• The New Orleans Art Review - Bachmann, Stephen R. “Plague: Two Exhibitions.” Jan./Feb. 1994, pp.14-16
• Times-Picayune - Rive, David “Artist’s Garage Sale Offers Wealth of Unique Items” Sun., Dec. 26, 1993
• The Providence Journal-Bulletin - Van Sicklen, Bill “Newport Exhibits an Art Full Weekend.” Fri., Jul. 16, 1993, p.D-2
• Gambit - Bookhardt, D. Eric “A Quiet Revolution” Inside Art, Aug. 2, 1992
• Times-Picayune - Green, Roger “A Local Artist Loosens Up to Good Effect.” Sunday, Apr. 7, 1991, p.F-7
• Tulane University Alumni Promotional Video - Office of Development, 1989
• The Tulanian - Yoeman, Ann “Paintings From the Heart” Winter 1989
• Inside Tulane - Yoeman, Ann ”Waterplay” Jul. 1989, p.7
• Prospectus - Lynch, Gail “Kohlmeyer Award Presented” Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Spring 1988
• The Philadelphia Inquirer - Donohoe, Victoria “Drawing Exhibition Has A Personal Touch.” Philadelphia, PA, 1988
• The Tampa Tribune - Rice, Anthony “Exhibition Spotlights Five Young Artists” Manatee/Sarasota, Oct. 6, 1988
• The Longboat Observer - Dean, Kevin and Kay Kipling Joan Hodgell Gallery Sep. 22, 1988
• Sarasota Herald Tribune - Alatabe, Joan Hodgell “Gallery Show Puts Viewers On the Edge.” Sep. 18, 1988
• The Town Talk - DeFee, Leta Adele “September Competition a Balanced Show”, Alex.-Pineville, LA, Sep. 16, 1998
• Weekend Sarasota Herald Tribune – “A Look At Lives” Sep. 16, 1988
• Philadelphia Courier Post - Baxter, Robert “Rutgers Hosts Works on Paper”, Philadelphia, PA, Sun., Mar. 6, 1988
• State Times-Morning Advocate - McMullan, Jean Louisiana Competition Art Show Review. B.R., LA, May 6, 1987
• Report of the President 1986-87 - Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, p.44
• Lagniappe: Times-Picayune - Green, Roger “Artist’s Choice: Not All New, But Nice” Review. N.O., LA, Jul. 12, 1985

Professional Service

• 2006, 2009 Portfolio Services, New Orleans, LA
• 1998, Fresh Art/Fresh Prints, Arts Council of New Orleans
• 1997, Mural, Ralph Brennan’s Red Fish Grill, New Orleans, LA
• 1997, Scenic Artist, A Walk In The Woods, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

Curatorial Experience

• 2010 Congressman Cao/Art in Education, New Orleans Museum of Art
• 2010 Cold Drink, Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans,LA
• 2005, Sean Star Wars, Danna Center Gallery, Loyola U, New Orleans
• 2005, Illustrating Little Stevie Wonder, Danna Center Gallery, Loyola U, New Orleans
• 2003, Art Wave Seventeenth Annual Juried Exhibit, Pascagoula, MS
• 1995, Art Guild Annual Juried Exhibit, Metarie, LA

Commissions

• 2010 Monotype, Wedding, Angie and Zach Embry, Houston TX
• 2010 Monotype, Smokey, Alex & Sugar, Rachel and Randy Rowland, NO
• 2010 Monotype, Casa, Monica and Manolo Fernandez, NO, LA
• 2004, Monotypes, Close Family Beverly Ciccarone, Baltimore, MD
• 2004, Mixed Media, Landscape - Mary Brown, New Orleans, LA
• 2004, Painting, Portrait Dean Klebba, Loyola Law School, New Orleans, LA
• 2001, Monotypes, Edward, Kenny Haik, New Orleans, LA
• 2000, Monotype, Industry James Minge, New Orleans, LA
• 1999, Portraits- Monotypes, Fairbairn Children, Atlanta, GA
• 1998, Monotypes, Scout, Hershey & Thoth, Rives Sexton, New Orleans, LA
• 1998, Monotype, Gabriella and Hannah, New Orleans, LA
• 1998, Painting - Skyline, Lawrence J. Knowles, Washington, DC
• 1997, Monotype, Children & Step Children Anne Phayer Banos, New Orleans, LA
• 1997, Monotype, 3 Maisies, Pricilla Quinn, New Orleans, LA
• 1996, Monotypes- Lucy, Palmer & Raine Rafferty, New Orleans, LA
• 1994, Monotypes- Three Sons, Richard Casey, Boston, MA
• 1994, Painting- Hilda Laborde, Loyola Annual Fund, New Orleans, LA
• 1993, Mixed Media- Family Tree - Patsy Corbin & Family, Newport, RI
• 1993, Monotypes, Adrienne & Claire Sexton, New Orleans, LA
• 1992, Monotypes, Rick and Erin Richard Teichgraeber, New Orleans, LA
• 1992, Monotypes, Priscilla & Eleanor Priscilla Quinn, New Orleans, LA
• 1991, Graphite- Kay & Laura, Kay Brief, New Orleans, LA
• 1991, Painting, Dean Thomas H. Sponsler, Loyola Law School
• 1990, Monotypes, Mary Ann Travis & Tricia, New Orleans, LA
• 1989, Mixed Media, Head of Rick Mary Brown, New Orleans, LA
• 1989, Mixed Media/ Monotypes, D. Douglas Howard, Jr., New Orleans, LA
• 1989, Mural - Mixed Media, Newcomb Child Care Center, New Orleans, LA
• 1988, Monotypes, Suzanne Haik Terrell, New Orleans, LA
• 1989, Portrait – Caitlyn & Her Brother, Estelle & Alan Parker, New Orleans, LA