BARBARA BAKER MCINTYRE
1771 Ocean Oaks Road
Carpinteria, CA 93013 USA
(805)684-8330
www.bbmcintyre.com
barbara@bbmcintyre.com
Shadow boxes become poetic theaters...wherein are metamorphosed
the elements of childhood pastime...
Joseph Cornell
My mixed-media collage, assemblage and sculptures owe a debt to both the boxes of Joseph Cornell and the collages of Kurt Schwitters. Their use of color, space and dream-like imagery inspired me to create the "Time Piece" series,(2003 – 2005) in which each narrative is encased in an antique wooden box. In which, I explore the themes of mortality, religion, and the mechanical versus nature.
My appreciation and familiarity with the mechanical comes from my childhood exposure to wood and machine shops along with plastic fabrication in my parents' factory. My art materials come from both my own extensive collections accumulated over decades and the gift of my mother's collections after her death. Other objects that I have acquired through chance (found/abandoned) or choice (purchased) are stacked around the studio awaiting insertion into a collage, assemblage or freestanding sculpture. Broken or damaged porcelain doll heads, legs from furniture, printer's metal alphabets, buttons and bones are all part of my vocabulary.
Like an alchemist, turning lead into gold, I transform detritus into a story, a setting or a series of relationships. Many of my pieces reference the human/or animal body—with "stand-ins" for the head, the body (or vessel) and feet/legs. My newest work is more sculptural and larger than previous works, while still examining issues that matter to me. Though trained in art, I work in a stream-of-consciousness manner allowing the meaning of each piece to unfold through my manipulation of each disparate part.
University of California Santa Barbara, B.F.A. 1980
2013 Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2012 Corktree Cellars, Carpinteria, CA
2011
Metamorphosed, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2010
The Alchemy of Objects, SB Architectural Foundation
2010
The Figure & the Fish, Casa Magazine Santa Barbara, CA
2010
Fragments - Solo Show - Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2005
Time & other Thoughts, Art From Scrap Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2005
Time Pieces, Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012
FISH 2012 International, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma School of Art and Art History
2012 Modern Masters Group Exhibition, Art in Focus: Broken Boundaries, Chelsea, NY
2011
One Night Stand, 20th Anniversary Fundraising Event for Art From Scrap, Gallery 27 at Brooks Institute of
Photography, Santa Barbara, California
2010
This 'n That, Ontario Airport Terminal 2&4, CA
2008
Top Honors, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2007
To Assemble, Pierce College Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA - Curator, Mary Oliver
2012
Ruminate and Create, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis, MN
2012
Wanna Play, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2012
Dizon, Gallery 207, Santa Ana, CA
2012
Honoring Women's Rights, Women's Caucus for the Arts, Steinbeck Museum, Salinas, CA
2012
California Open Call, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2012 PINNACLE, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, 1st Place
2012
Treasured, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD
2012
Overture, Gallery 7 Tokyo, Japan
2012
Consumer Culture, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
27th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2012
2012 Women's Work, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL
2012
Spring Obsession 2012, Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA
2012 2012 Pastiche Exhibition Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2012
National Art Premiere 2012, Elmhurst Artists' Guild, Elmhurst, IL
2012 LaGrange National XXVII Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA
2011 98th Annual Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2011 PINNACLE: National Juried Art Exhibition, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 3rd Place
2011 UGallery, online gallery representation,
www.ugallery.com
2011
Mixed Media Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2011
ENERGY, Hotel Hadley Studios, Siler City, North Carolina
2011
22nd Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center Las Vegas, NV
2010 Mixing Bowl, Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2010 Whimsy & Delight Art Show, Ventura County Government Center, Ventura CA, 1st place
2010 National Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2010
Putting it All Together, Climate/Gallery, Long Island, NY
2009
Lost & Found, Elverhoj Museum, Solvang, CA
2009 Bookends, National Exhibitions Space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia, Juror Helen Frederick
2008 National Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2008 LACC, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Assemblage Group
2008
Top Honors, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2008 Lucy Florence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. LAAG
2007
Second Use, OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art) ,Santa Ana, CA
2007
Face to Face, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, Curator - Ana Victorson
2007
To Assemble, Pierce College Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA, Curator, Mary Oliver
2006
Another Language, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 Old Mission Alternative Art Show, July 4, Santa Barbara, CA (outdoor art fair)
2006 International Assemblage Artist Exhibit, Gallery 24, New York, NY
2006 International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
2006 Collage Artists of America Juried Open '06 Viva Gallery Sherman Oaks, CA , Juror - George Herms 1st Place
2006 ISAP-International Society of Acrylic Painters, Cornell, Museum, Delray, Florida, Juror - Pat Dews, AWS, NWS
2005 SCORE Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks CA, Juror - Mary Oliver 1st place
2005
Encaustic: Contemporary Visions of Antiquity, Studio Channel Islands Art Center. Camarillo, CA
2005
The Power of the Word, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 Annual Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Step One Gallery, Carpinteria, CA
2005 Honorable Mention, Meisel Gallery, Santa Barbara Art Association
2005
Assemblage, 4810 Klump-a gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2004 Individual Artist Award, The Arts Fund Santa Barbara, CA
2004
Small Images, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
2004
VIVA II, 4th Award, Sherman Oaks, CA, Juror - Franklin Liegel
2004 Pleiades Gallery, NY, NY, Juror - Associate Curator, Collections and Exhibitions Guggenheim Museum
2004
Sacred: Sights & Sites - Ritual :Rights & Rites, Jewish Federation of Greater S. B
2003 The Stage Gallery, "
Collage/Montage/Assemblage," Merrick, New York
2003 Santa Barbara C&A (Collage & Assemblage) Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, CA
2003 Westmont College/About Face,Santa Barbara, CA 2nd place 3-D
2003
Art from Scrap Assemblage Benefit Show, Santa Barbara, CA
2002
SCAPE at Sedgwick, Santa Ynez, CA
2002 Gallery 113, Mezzanine Section, Santa Barbara, CA
8/01, 9/01, 8/02, 3/03 Step One Gallery Carpinteria, CA
LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
pART Project, New York, NY (charitable donation)
2006 & 2007 Santa Barbara, Community Environmental Council -Steelhead Trout Festival
El Capitan Ranch
UCSB -
The Bren School of Environmental Science & Mgmt and The Marine Science Institute
Carpinteria Valley Arts Council
Collage Artists of America
International Association of Acrylic Painters - ISAP, Signature Member
IEA - International Encaustic Artists
Los Angeles Assemblage Group - LAAG, past member
Santa Barbara Art Association
Santa Barbara Studio Artists
Mr. Peter Casellanos, Santa Barbara, CA
Ms. Nina Darrington, Ventura, CA
Mr. and Mrs. John Doordan, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Einleger, Bronx, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gehris, Santa Barbara, CA
Ms. Lynda Grand, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Angela Gruppie, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. Anthony Holiday, Delray Beach, FL
Ms. Linda James, Sudbury, MA
John Fisher & Mary Byrd, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Joan H. Johnson, Santa Barbara, CA
Kate Dole & Bruce McGuire, Santa Barbara, CA
Timothy Kochis & Penelope Wong, Oakland, CA
Ms. Celeste Lynn, Hillsborough, NJ
M.. Mamelak, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mr. Stewart Marcano, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Jennifer Mireles, San Diego, CA
Peter Nichol,s Carpinteria, CA
The Royal Scandinavian Inn, Solvang, CA
Mrs. Shelley Norris, Ventura, CA
Mr. Mark Oliver, Solvang, CA
Mr. and Mrs Peck, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. Rafael De La Cabada, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Rasmussen, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Tona Wakefield, Carpinteria, CA
Mrs. Dee Saar, Studio City, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sandler, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Seagrave, Haymarket, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Seehof, Carpinteria, CA
Mr. John H. Small, Wilmington, DE
Col. and Mrs. Smith, Carpinteria, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Stellwagon, Thousand Oaks, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Walter VanWingerden, Carpinteria, CA
Mrs. Moika Villa, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Barbara Wells, Topanga, CA
Mrs. Karin Young, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. B. Elizabeth Johnson, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. & Mrs. David Bancroft Avrick
Mrs. K. Jane Baker-Murphy, Austin, TX
Ms. Beth Johnson, Santa Barbara, CA