MARY BARR RHODES2200 Victory Parkway #1108 Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
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, 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 San Diego, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants; San Diego, FL.
2015 Art Spectrum/Art Basel, juried art fair, Art Design Consultants
Miami, FL.
2015 Art Fusion Galleries/Art Basel Exhibition, juried exhibition, Miami, FL.2015 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
AWARDS1979 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 Art Museum, 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, 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 Cincinnati Opera Solo Exhibition, Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2016 Contract Award; Gallery Veronique, Montgomery, OH.
2017 Purchase Award, Pure Romance Corporation, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 Purchase Award, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 William Duebber Artist Award, Venue Magazine, Cincinnati, OH. 2018 Purchase Award, Tim Beavis, Loveland, 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.
Cincinnati, OH.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.
Numerous Private Collections throughout the US, Europe and South America.
Represented by:
Cincinnati Art Underground
Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH. Veronique Gallery, Montgomery, OH. Sher Gallery, Hallendale, FL.
Art Fusion Galleries, Miami, FL.
Mary Barr Rhodes – Fine Artist
2200 Victory Parkway #1108 – Cincinnati, Ohio 45206