MARY BARR RHODES (b.1954 West Virginia, US)
lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rhodes is a mixed media artist working with themes related to nature, color energy, feminist issues and light resonance.

RHODES holds a Masters of Art from Marshall University and was greatly influenced by the Abstract Expressionist Movement. Her artwork has been strongly influenced by the Feminist Movement and is infused with feminine energy.

Dynamic color energy and light resonance radiate from her work. Her artwork reflects her personal interest in energy and light resonance. Her objective is to foster a sense of wonder in the viewer.

Her artwork is in numerous prestigious corporations such as Graydon Law Firm, First Financial Bank, Von Lehman Accounting, KMK Law and Johnson Investment Counsel. Her artwork is also in numerous homes across the United States, Europe and South America.

Recent highlights include an award by Polly Magazine and being named Artist of the Year by Art Design Consultants. She was recently commissioned by a new boutique hotel, The Kinley, and was awarded an upcoming light installation at Par-Projects.

You can visit her in person at the Pendleton Art Center, Studio #712

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MARY BARR RHODES
1042 St. Paul Place Cincinnati, OH 45202

Education
1976 B.A. Degree Art Education; K-12; Marshall University, Huntington,WV.
1981 M.A. Degree Art Education; K-12; Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Major: Painting,
Minor: Drawing, Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1982 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop: Painting with Robert DiNero,
juried acceptance; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
1983 Secondary Gifted Education Endorsement; College of Graduate Studies, West Virginia
University, Institute, WV.1983 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop:
Environmental Artist Richard Lawson; juried acceptance; Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington,
WV.
1984 National Endowment of the Arts: New Masters Workshop: Painting with Frank Faulkner;
juried acceptance; Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, WV.
2000 Certified Enneagram Trainer and Coach, Conscious Living Center Cincinnati, OH.

Exhibitions
1976 “Women Artists of West Virginia,” Marshall University
Huntington, WV.
1979 “Marshall Alumni Juried Exhibition,” Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
1980-83 “Allied Artists of West Virginia, Juried Exhibition, Sunrise Art Gallery, Charleston, WV.
1981 “Inside Information”; M.A. Exhibition; Birke Gallery; Marshall University; Huntington, WV.
1982 “Exhibition 280”; juried exhibition; Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, WV.1982
“Baraka: Work of Six Artists”; South Charleston Public Library; South Charleston, WV.
1983 “West Virginia Juried Exhibition”; Cultural Center; Charleston, WV.
1983 “Inner Connection”; installation by Baraka; South Charleston Public Library Art Gallery;
South Charleston, WV.1983 “West Virginia Juried Exhibition”; Cultural Center; Charleston, WV.
1984 “Research”; a one-woman exhibition; South Charleston Public Library Art Gallery; South
Charleston, WV.
1984 “Tri-State Art Association Juried Exhibition”; Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, WV.
1984 “Museum in the Community Invitational”; Scott Depot, WV.
1985 “Crosscurrents ’85”; juried exhibit; Fine Arts Center; Oglebay Institute; Wheeling, WV.
1985 “Viewer’s Choice”; invitational; Museum in the Community; Scott Depot, WV.1985
National League of American Pen Women; Charleston Branch “Annual Exhibition”; Charleston,
WV.
1986 “National League of American Pen Women”; Charleston Branch “Bicentennial Exhibition”;
Boston, MA.
1986 “Two Women Artists: Caryl Toth and Mary Barr Rhodes”; Monogalia Art Center;
Morgantown, WV.
1986 “Baraka”: group exhibition; West Liberty State College; Wheeling,WV.
1986 “Works on Walls”; juried; Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, WV.
1986 “Works on Walls; Traveling Exhibition”; Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.1988 “Images of
Today”; Studio #602; South Charleston. WV.
1989 “Works of Art Hangs Itself”; staff exhibition; West Chester, OH.
1989 “Viewpoint ’89”; Cincinnati Art Club; juried; Cincinnati, OH.
2003 “Three Person Show”; Sedgwick Gallery; Loveland, OH.2006 Kennedy Fine Arts Center,
Juried Exhibition, Kennedy Heights, OH.
2007 Art Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2008 Kennedy Fine Arts Center, juried exhibition, Kennedy Heights, OH.
2009 Twilight Jazz Cruise, One person, live painting exhibition, Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH.
2009 Art Resource Team, solo exhibition, Wyoming, OH.2009 ONE together, celebrating
international art without boundaries; artist and curator; 424 Findlay; Cincinnati, OH.
2010 Worlds of Wonder and Whimsy, three person show; artist and curator; Cincinnati, OH.
2010 Chocolate Exhibition, Group exhibition, Prairie Gallery, Northside, OH.2010 Kennedy Fine
Arts, Women’s Exhibition, Kennedy Heights, OH.
2011 Xavier University, solo exhibition, AB Cohen Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Centennial Barn, juried exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Art Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Solo exhibition, The Cincinnati Opera Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Totems: Beliefs, Identity and Legends, juried exhibition, Bromwell’s Fine Art Gallery;
Cincinnati, OH.
2013 University of Cincinnati Women’s Health Center, Hear Me Roar, juried exhibition, West
Chester, OH.
2013 Small Works, ParProjects, juried acceptance, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Art Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 Art Beyond Boundaries, Ambidextrous, juried exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Art Beyond Boundaries, Subtle Chaos, juried exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2014 Greater Cincinnati YWCA, juried exhibition; Cincinnati, OH.2014 Art Comes Alive,
2014 international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants; Cincinnati, OH.
2015 Soulard Art Gallery, annual juried exhibition; St. Louis, MO.
2015 About Women, invitational show curated by Alissa Samarcco Maggenheim, Cincinnati,
OH.
2015 Solo Exhibition, Bromwell’s Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2015 Art Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2015 Art Fusion Galleries/Art Basel Exhibition, juried exhibition, Miami, FL.2015
2016 Art Fusion Galleries, multiple juried exhibitions, Miami, FL.
2016 Numerous shows curated by Alissa Samarcco Maggenheim, Cincinnati, OH.2016 Art
Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Art Beyond Boundaries, group exhibitions, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Artist-in-Residency, FrameShop USA, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Solo Exhibition, Dominican Divine, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Art Comes Alive, international juried exhibition, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Art Spectrum/Art Basel, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants

AWARDS
1979 Honor Award; “Marshall University Alumni Exhibit”; Huntington,WV.
1980 Purchase Award; “Allied Artists of West Virginia Annual Juried Exhibition”;
Charleston, WV.
1982 Purchase Award; “Exhibition 280”, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
1982 Merit Award; “Tri-State Art Association Juried Exhibition” Huntington Art Museum,
Huntington, WV.,.
1985 Merit Award; “Crosscurrents”; West Virginia Department of Arts and Humanities,
Charleston, WV.
1985 Award of Excellence; “National League of American Pen Women”; Boston, MA.
1989 Honorable Mention; “Viewpoint ’89”, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.1990
Purchase Award,
1989 National League of American Pen Women, Provident Life; Columbus, OH.
1991 Art Club of Cincinnati, Honorable Mention, Cincinnati, OH.
1992 ST Media Group Purchase Award for Cover of Visual Merchandise & Store Design
Magazine; Cincinnati, OH.
2006 Contract Award; Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants; Cincinnati, OH, NY, NC, TX.
2014 Abstract Artist of the Year; Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants; Cincinnati, OH.
2015 KMK Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.2015
2016 Cincinnati Opera Solo Exhibition, Show Award, Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants,
Cincinnati, OH.
2016 Contract Award; Gallery Veronique, Montgomery, OH.
2017 Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Pure Romance Corporation, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive; Cincinnati, OH.
2018 William Duebber Artist Award, Venue Magazine, Cincinnati, OH. 2018
2019 Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 Purchase Award, Art Design Consultants, Tim Beavis, Loveland, OH.
2020 Purchase Award, Art Art Comes Alive, Cincinnati, OH.
2020 Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Private Commission, Cincinnati, OH.
2020 Polly Magazine Award, Art Comes Alive, Cincinnati, OH.

PERMANENT AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
1980 Corporate Collection; The Diamond Department Store; Charleston, WV.
1982 Corporate Collection; First Huntington Reserve Bank; Huntington, WV.
1982 Corporate Collection; Baltimore Branch; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Baltimore,
MD.
1984 Corporate Collection; Lovett and Cooper Law Firm; Charleston, WV.
1985 Corporate Collection; Kiger and Dorsey Realty; Morgantown, WV.1989 Corporate
Collection; Cincinnati Bell ; Cincinnati, OH.
1990 Corporate Collection; Provident Life;
Columbus, OH.
2001 Corporate Collection; Johnson & Johnson; Cincinnati, OH.
2007 Corporate Collection; Carl Lindner, Great American Insurance Group;
Cincinnati, Ohio.
2010 Corporate Collection; Duke Energy, Indianapolis, IN.
2015 Corporate Collection: KMK Law Firm, Cincinnati, OH.
2016 First Financial, Cincinnati, OH.
2016 Graydon Law Firm, Cincinnati, OH.
2016 Von Lehman Accounting, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Johnson Investments, Cincinnati, OH.
2017 Pure Romance, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 Von Lehman, Indianapolis, IN.
2020 ParProjects/FotoFocus grant, Cincinnati, OH.
2020 The Kinley Hotel, Cincinnati, OH.

Art Fairs
2015 Art San Diego, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants; San Diego, CA.
2015 Art Spectrum/Art Basel, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants
2017 Art Spectrum/Art Basel, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants
2021 The Hamptons Art Fair, The Village of Southampton, NY.
Numerous Private Collections throughout the US, Europe and South America.