Education
The Graduate University of North Texas, Denton, TX. MFA Painting and Drawing 1982
Undergraduate University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. BFA Painting and Drawing 1976
Teaching Experience
Since 1998 University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. Professor of Art.
1997-98 Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE. Visiting Faculty, full time appointment for two quarters, 1997-1998.
1997 University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, one semester full time appointment fall.
1996-97 Brookhaven College, Visiting Artist, two semester part time appointment fall and spring.
1996 University of Texas at Dallas Visiting Artist, one semester part time appointment fall.
1995 University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, one semester full time appointment fall.
1993 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX. Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, one semester full time appointment spring.
1991-92 University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Full time studio art lecturer, one year appointment fall semester 1991 through spring semester 1992.
1991 University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Full time studio art lecturer, one semester appointment spring semester 1991.
1988-89 Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX. Visiting drawing instructor, part time fall and spring semesters.
1982 Tarrant County Junior College, Hurst, TX. Part time painting instructor, fall semester.
1982 Cooke County College, Gainesville, TX. Part time painting and design instructor, spring semester.
1979-81 University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Teaching Fellow: drawing instructor of beginning and figure drawing.
Research/Exhibition History
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Close Imaginary Time Hillmer Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE.
2016 Immutable Time Kimmell Harding Art Center, Nebraska City, NE.
Liminal Space Wayne State College, Wayne, NE.
Threshold Sunderland Gallery, Cathedral Arts Center, Omaha, NE.
2013 Barbara Simcoe and Jenni Brandt Metropolitan Community College Gallery, Elkhorn, NE.
2012 Barbara Simcoe: Digital Photography Simpson College, Indianola, IA, one person.
2011 Mediations Peru State College, Peru, NE, one person.
Recent Works Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, one person.
2010 Photo Collages Palacky University Art Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic, one person
Matadors and Madonnas Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, two person.
2009 Drawings & Digital Photos Corning Art Center, Corning, NE, one person.
2007 Part of the Blessing Albert Gallery, Krakow, Poland, one person.
Barbara Simcoe Paintings and Drawings Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE, one person.
2006 Continuation and Promise Jewish Community Center Gallery, Omaha, NE, one person.
Retracing Hillmer Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE, one person.
2004 Barbara Simcoe, Paintings Rosewood Art Gallery, Kettering Art Center, Kettering, OH. One person.
Barbara Simcoe American Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, one person.
2003 Paintings & Drawings Crown Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, one person.
Barbara Simcoe, Painter Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN, one person.
2002 Dark Night Creighton University Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, one person.
Mediated Witness Lorimer Gallery, Southwest Missouri Art Center, Cape Giradeau, MO, one person.
2001 In Between Time Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Wayne State College, one person
2000 Waiting Bellevue University Art Gallery, Bellevue, NE, one person.
Paintings, Drawings and Digital Images Peru State College, Peru, NE, one person.
1999 Recent Paintings and Drawings Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, one person.
1998 Drawings & Paintings Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, one person.
Barbara Simcoe & Winston McGee Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX, two person
By the Book Brazos Gallery Richland College, Dallas, TX, two person.
1995 Paintings University of Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, one person.
1993 New Paintings Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, TX, one person.
1992 Paintings & Drawings ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, one person.
1991 Paintings & Drawings on Life Re-Moved CIU Art Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, one person.
1990 Recent Paintings Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, TX, two person.
1989 Paintings & Drawings Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, TX, one person. 1988 Paintings & Drawings Oltimo Salon, Dallas, TX, one person. 1987 Barbara Simcoe and David Smith Oak Street Gallery, Denton, TX, two person. 1985 Nothing Should Be Painted Which Can Be Kept Bright 500X Gallery, Dallas,
TX, two person. 1981 MFA Thesis Exhibition UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX, two person. Recent Works University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, Denton, TX, two person.
Select Juried Exhibitions
2017 Subjective New York Public Library (WCA – NY Exhibition), New York, NY.
Valdosta National 2017 Dedo Maranville Fine Art Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
2016 Nebraska Rising Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
Annual Juried Art Exhibition SAAC – South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AR.
State of Unions Core Annex – Women’s Caucus for Arts Denver, Denver, CO.
Chatauqua National Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
5th Annual Juried Exhibition JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL.
Viewpoints 2016 Aljira Contemporary Art Space, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ.
2015 Media Matters Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO.
A Sense of Place Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA.
2015 Annual Juried Art Competition South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AK.
Real People The Old Court House, Woodstock, IL.
The Water Show Core New Art Space, Denver, CO.
Strange Paradise First Street Gallery, New York, NY.
Unconventional Means Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.,
Art of Painting Washington Art Association, Washington, CT.
Force of Nature Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH.
The Juried Exhibition Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS.
Water Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI.
35th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL.
Creation Care: Water Bridge Gallery, Denver Seminary, Littleton, CO.
Small Works 2015 Shirt Factory, Glen Falls, NY.
2014 Deconstructed/Reconstructed The New Bohemian Gallery, Brainerd, MN.
Passage Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR.
Lore Degenstein Gallery Sixth Annual Figurative Competition Susquehanna University. Selinsgrove, PA.
Real/Surreal Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
A Sense of Place 2014 Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Augusta, GA.
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2014 The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
Northern National Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI.
Water: A Universal Human Right Robert Morris State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
LaGrange National XXVIII LaGrange Museum, LaGrange, GA.
Women’s Works 2014 Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL.
2013 Paintings and Photographs Fred Simmon Gallery, Omaha, NE.
Virtual Reality Foundry Exhibitions, St. Charles, MO.
American Art Today: Figures Bascom Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC.
National Juried Exhibition Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL.
Women Take Flight Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville AR.
Coburn Goes Small Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland OH.
Persona Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ.
Women’s Works Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL.
Pacific Art League Annual National Exhibition Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA.
2012 Small Oil Paintings Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
Juried Open Exhibition Visual Arts Alliance Gallery, Houston, TX.
Contemporary Women 6 Chico Art Center, Chico, CA.
43rd Annual Visual Arts Exhibition Visual Arts Society of Texas Gallery, Denton, TX.
Song of the Land Hebrew Union College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Open Small Works NAWA Gallery, New York, NY.
Works on/of Paper Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.
Womens’ Works Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
Isolation Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Online exhibition.
Art on Paper MFA Gallery, Annapolis, MD.
2011 Annual Juried Exhibition X Gallery, Xavier College, Cincinnati, OH.
From Our Perspective National Women’s Art Exhibition Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI.
Strokes of Genius MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD.
Northern National Art Competition Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI.
Drawing Expanse Space 4 Art, San Diego, CA.
Evolutionaries: Art & Healing Houston Commumity College Central Art Gallery Houston, TX.
Sanctuaries in Time Barnard University Kraft Center, New York, NY.
76h Annual Competition: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking Palm Beach State College Art Gallery, Palm Beach FL.
On Being Human Picture Art Foundation, California State Univerisy, Dominguez Hills, Carson City, CA.
The Process of Peace Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD.
32nd Annual Paper in Particular Columbia College, Columbia, MO.
Ephemera Northwest Missouri State University Art Gallery, Maryville, MO.
Photo ’11 Gallery 180, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL.
1000 Words: Contemporary Art as Narrative Business of Art Center, Manitou Spring, CO.
2010 Small Treasures Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Painting: The Artful Palette, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles MO.
Figuratively Speaking National Juried Exhibition, EYA Gallery, Montgomery AL.
Visual Narrative Gallery 180, The Illinois Institue of Art, Chicago, IL.
56th Stockton Art League Exhibition The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA.
5th National Juried Exhibition Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Pinnacle 2010 Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee, FL.
Axis Gallery 5th National Juried Exhibition Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Juried Photography Exhibition Delaplaine Center, Frederick, MD.
Enlightenment Through Experience Rosicrucian Art Salon, Albuquerque, NM.
The White Show Hausmann Millworks, San Antonio, TX.
2009 National Juried Art Exhibition: Small Works Harper College, Palatine, IL.
National Women’s Exhibition Impact Gallery, Buffalo, NE.
The White Show Balm Gallery, Lawrence, KS.
Current Exposures Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2008 National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2008 Wichita Art Center, Wichita, KS.
National All Media ’08 Chico Art Center,Chico, CA.
Love Works City Arts Factory, Kiene Quigley Community College, Orlando, FL.
2007 A Sense of Place Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA.
Small Wonders Circle Gallery of MFA, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
2006 Bridging Cultures Through Art: A Fulbright Alumni Art Exhibition
Les Atlassides Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
National Small Oil Exhibition Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
San Francisco Bay Area 2006 National Juried Show Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Languages of Silence Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA.
2005 Yitzhak International Gathering Akko Israel 2005.
2003 Combined Talents: Florida International Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
Mute John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD.
Twenty-Fourth Annual Paper in Particular Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO.
Bread Upon the Waters Travelling Exhibition of drawings and prints March 2003 to June 2006.
Venues: 1st Evangelical Free Church of Austin, March 1 to April 31, 2003, Austin, TX,
Gallery W. May 15 to September 15, 2003, Sacramento, CA.
Billy Graham Museum, September 20 to October 22, Wheaton, IL.
Witworth College Art Gallery, November 1 to Nov. 30, 2003, Spokane, WA.
Evangel College Art Gallery, December 6 to January 6, Springfield, MO.
2002 58th Juried Exhibition Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA.
National Women’s Exhibition Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
2001 Superstar: Female Gender Outlaw Jaffee Arts Center, Norfolk, VA.
2000 Combined Talents 2000: The Tallahassee Florida National Competition Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
12th Annual National Art Competition, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO,
Who’s Afraid of Y2K? Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
The Psychological Figure The Center for Spirituality and the Arts, San Antonio, TX. 3 Person.
1999 Redefining Feminism Beacon Street Gallery, Truman College, Chicago, IL.
1997 19th Annual Jurored Art Exhibition Salina Art Center, Salina, KS.
Cross Currents The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS.
Myth America Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
Juried All Media Works Exhibition Eklektikos Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1997 National Works on Paper University Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, TX.
1994 Contemporary American Artists Ga?l Imre Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
1993 State of the Art Institute of Fine Arts, Wharton, MA.
Texas Art Celebration ‘93 The Assistance League of Houston, Houston, TX.
1992 Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN.
1991 New American Talent Honorable Mention, included in slide section of show, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX.
1990 Salon de Peinture et d’Estampe de Montr?al F.R.R.I.C. International (Fondation pour la Recherche et la R?alization en Industrie Culturelle), Montr?al, Qu?bec,Canada.
1988 Art in the Metroplex Texas Christian University Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.
1987 Art in the Metroplex Texas Christian University Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.
1986 Mid-America Biennial Owensboro Museum of Art, Ownesboro, KY. Paper in Particular University of Columbia Art Gallery, Columbia, MO.
1982 Voertman Art Exhibition North Texas State University Art Gallery, Denton, TX.
1981 Rutgers National Works on Paper Rutgers University Art Gallery, Camden, NJ. 15th Annual Southwest Area Art Exhibition Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX. 27th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN.
Select Invitational Group Exhibitions
2016 Nebraska Rising Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
Breaking Criminal Traditions Gallery of Kean University, Human Rights Institute, Union, New Jersey.
2015 Threshold Kent Bellows Studio, Omaha, NE.
2014 Breaking Criminal Traditions The Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
2013 Breaking Criminal Traditions IIT Chicago – Kent College of Law Gallery, Chicago, IL.
DallasSites Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
7th Annual International Art Exhibitiion Albert Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
College of St. Mary’s Invitational College of St. Mary’s Art Gallery, Omaha, NE.
2009 To the Nines Hot Shops Art Gallery, Omaha, NE.
Annual Art Auction Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
2008 Annual Art Auction Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
2007 Go Figure Bellevue University Art Gallery Omaha, NE.
20th Anniversary Invitational, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH.
Bemis Auction Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
2006 8th Annual Bemis Center Art Auction, Bemis Art Center, Omaha, NE.
Sarah George 2006 Art Auction, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.
Project Yitzhak Canton Musseum of Art, Canton, Ohio.
Yitzhak: The Many Faces of Isaac South Shore Center for Visual and Performing Arts,
Munster, IN.
Objects of Desire Fundraiser Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Grand Opening Exhibition Corning Center for Fine Arts, Corning, IA.
2004 Figuratively Speaking Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE.
2003 Daughters Woman’s Caucus for Art Travelling Exhibition, Beacon St. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2002 20/20 Vision Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
Daughters Woman’s Caucus for Art Travelling Exhibition.
Venuse: Studio Art West Art Center, House Springs, MO.
Colfax Cultural Center, Southbend, IN.
Hillmer Art Gallery, College of St. Mary’s, Omaha, NE.
2001 Art Auction2001 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
Life Cycles NWCA exhibition which took place at the Creighton University Art Gallery in Omaha and the Burkholder Project in Lincoln, fall 2001.
Invitational Exhibition Hilmer Gallery, College of St. Mary’s, Omaha, NE.
CHAIRity Art Auction Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.
Art Faculty Exhibition UNOmana Art Gallery, Omaha, NE.
1999 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2000 Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX.
Faculty Exhibition UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE.
1998 Twenty by 500 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. (Show will travel to Waco Art Center, Waco, TX.) Gallery Artists Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1997 Erotica Antiquarium Gallery, Omaha, NE.
Gallery Artists Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1996 Brookhaven Faculty Exhibition Forum Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1995 The Nona and Richard Barrett Collection: Texas Collects D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX.
1994 Exquisite Corpse DARE at McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
1992 40th Birthday Benefit Auction Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Art Department Faculty Show University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton,, TX. 1991 Gallery Artists Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Painting Invitational Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX. Art Department Faculty Show University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX.
1990 Gallery Artists Eugene Binder Galerie, Cologne, Germany, 1990. Silent Auction Dallas Museum of Art; Dallas, TX. Real Images Griffin Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. 1989 The TV Show Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. Artists Table Auction Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. Men By Women Sheraton Dallas Hotel Gallery, Dallas, TX. 1988 JFK Performance Benefit Texas Theater, Dallas, TX. Memory Center for Research in Contemporary Art Gallery, University of Texas at
Arlington, Arlington, TX. Gallery Artists Eugene Binder Gallery; Dallas, TX. Zoomorphism: Animals in Art Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, TX. X500X 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Between the Cracks Center for Research in Contemporary Art Gallery, University of
Texas at Arlington; Arlington, TX. CityLife Texas Commerce Center, Dallas, TX.
1987 Ca Performance The Warehouse, Tallahassee, FL.
1986 Member Group Show 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1985 Industrial Action 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. Left-Right 500X Gallery (Non-member curated show that took place in conjunction with the Republican National Convention), Dallas, TX. 5th Annual Invitational Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Citizenship Credits 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1983 Member Group Show 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1981 3rd Annual Invitational Mountainview College, Dallas, TX.
Honors, Awards and Nominations
2014 American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist in Residence.
2013 UCRCA University Research Grant.
Honorable mention American Art Today: Figures.
2007 UCRCA University Research Grant.
Nominated for OEA (Omaha Entertainment & Arts) for Best 2D Artist.
2006 Artistic Achievement 3rd Place, National Small Oil Painting Exhibition.
2005 UCR University Research Grant Mini Grant.
2005 Nominated by 2 students for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
2003 Fulbright Scholar Award, Lithuania, Lecture/Research, spring term 2004.
1998 UCR University Research Grant.
1993 Texas Art Celebration 3rd place.
1992 The Helen Lakin Trueheart Award, a visual arts grant from the National League of American PEN Women.
1989 –90 Recipient of Gift of Art Billboard Competition sponsored by Patrick Media of Arlington, TX. Billboard rotated with 3 others at various locations in the Dallas area for one year.
1988 Claude M. Vance Memorial Award, Texas Christian University.
1981 Purchase award, Mountainview College.
1979-81 Teaching Fellowship, North Texas State University.
1979 Voertman Purchase Award, University of North Texas.
1972-76 Dean’s List, University of Illinois.
1972-74 James Scholar, University of Illinois.
Select Publications/Media/Catalogs
Force of Nature Exhibition Catalog 2015.
Art Ascent: Art and Literature Journal Reproduced, June 2015, Volume 13.
On Being Human Exhibition Catalog 2011.
Les Femmes Folles Blog No. 2 of 7 2011.
Pinnacle National Juried Exhibition Exhibition Catalog 2010.
Photo ’11 Exhibition Catalog 2011.
Visual Narrative Exhibition Catalog 2010.
John Pitcher “Look Close: Black Madonna Images are Sophisticated Collages” Omaha World Herald, Feb 11, 2010.
Jasmie Maharisi “Matadors and Madonnas” The Reader February 16, 2010.
Small Works: Harper College 31st Annual National Art Exhibition Exhibiion Catalog 2009.
Bridging Cultures Through Art: A Fulbright Alumni Art Exhibition 2007 Exhibition Catalog. Candi Puren “Gallery View” One Magazine December, 2006.
Nebraska Artist-Barbara Simcoe KYNE-TV, first aired December 2006 with multiple subsequent airings.
Mike Krainak “True Lies” City Weekly September 8, 2006.
National Exhibition 2006 Marin Society of Artists 2006.
“Finding the Creative Center in a Holy Place Full of Wonder” UNO Alum Fall 2005.
Ashley Hassebroek “Baltic Inspired Art on Display in Lincoln” Omaha World-Herald (Art and Travel, p. 2) July 18, 2004.
“Faculty in First Person” UNO Alum Fall 2004.
Allison Alfonso “Horizons Expand in Complexity of Good Visual Art” The Johnson City Press Tempo Arts, p.3) September 28, 2003.
The Florida International Combined Talents 2003 Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, catalog, 2003.
Daughters WCA (Women’s Caucus for Art), catalog, 2002.
Leslie Prisbell “Picks of the Week” The Reader (p. 38) October 9, 2002.
Sam Blackwell “Artifacts” Southeast Missourian (Arts & Leisure, p. 1) April. 2002.
Combined Talents 2000 Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, catalog, 2000.
“Culture of Cyberspace” New Observations Reproductions of paintings on inside cover and page 10.Winter 1999.
Kyle McMillan “UNO Faculty Displays Flexibility and Vitality” Sunday World-Herald (Entertainment Supplement) February 29, 1999.
20×500: Views from a Dallas Warehouse 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX, catalog, 1998.
Gary Demuth “Old & New” The Salina Journal (Section D, p.1) November 14, 1997.
19th Annual Jurored Art Exhibition Salina Art Center, Salina, KS, catalog, 1997.
Myth America Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, MI, catalog, 1997.
Al Harris “Barbara Simcoe” Art Papers Volume 17, No. 6 (p.60) Nov. & Dec. 1993.
Contemporary American Artists Ga?l Imre Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, catalog, 1994.
Texas Biennial Exhibition catalog, 1993.
Janet Kutner “Daringly Different Show” Dallas Morning News (Section C, p.1-2) November 26, 1993.
Janet Kutner “A Show of Their Own” Dallas Morning News (Section C, p.1-2) September 18, 1993.
Dee Mitchell “A Contrast in Art and Artists” Dallas Morning News (Section C, p.1-2) June 18, 1993.
Patricia Johnson “Views from Texas” Houston Chronicle (Section E, p.1 and p.3) February 18, 1993.
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN, catalog, 1992.
Janet Kutner “Tension Release” Dallas Morning News (Section C, p.1 & p.8) March 11, 1990.
Charles Dee Mitchell “The Colors of the Mind” Dallas Observer (p.21 & p.42) March 1, 1990.
Lee Murray “Barbara Simcoe” Artbreath on Cable Access of Dallas; a 20 minute video, first broadcast Dec.25, 1989 with multiple rebroadcasts.
Sophia Dembling “Road Crew” Dallas Morning News (Section C, p.1-3) Nov. 18, 1989.
Alan Sondheim “Taking Back What We Give Away So Freely” Dallas Arts Review No. 29 pp.11-13) 1989.
Johanna Drucker “(In)Appropriation” Dallas Arts Review No. 28 (pp.22-23) 1988.
Fort Worth Star Telegram November 4, 1988, reproduced on cover of Weekend Guide.
Anne Jarmusch “Artists Comment in Language of Vision” Dallas Times Herald (Living Section, p.1 & p.3) July 19, 1988.
Art Quest ‘86/The Catalog Reproduced, 1986.
ARTWEEK Fall 1985, Reproduced.
Collections
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Museum of Contemporary Art, El Paso, TX.
Creighton University
University of North Texas
Numerous private collections
Professional Memberships
WCA
Fulbright Association
Barbara Simcoe: An Awareness Beyond the Body Led
The breadth of feminine archetypes – woman as vessel of creativity, as intercessor, as of the earth, as mother, as primal aspect of the feminine/masculine dichotomy, as the complement of masculine divinity are what interest me. I work with these archetypes in order to create works that function as metaphor. Giving form to something that is non-visual and incomprehensible – to bring them within reach – is my primary intention. The artworks come out of the belief that discord and disorientation and a conflicted stance between the integration of interiority and the external must be experienced in order to approach the attainment of release of spirit that can regenerate wholeness. If this is possible, spirit provokes reflection on our subconscious.
I depict female figurative imagery in terms of vulnerability – the figures are in stances sometimes of protection and concealment but are at the same time emergent. Augmenting this, they inhabit notional and intangible spaces composed of imagery from the natural world and architectural fragmentation. Figures in these environments invite the viewer to engage and quietly participate in a mediated space between perception and meditation. It is a liminal space that is ephemeral and intuitively accessed.
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