Solo Exhibitions and Two-Person Exhibitions

2018   12 x 12 Observed, two-person show, Origami Air Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL. 

2015   The Way I See It; A Nested Unfolding, Sarasota Bay Club Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
Paintings, Burns Court Cafe, Sarasota, FL. 2014 and 2015

2006   Paintings and Drawings, Mow Hall Gallery, Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY.  

2004   Paintings of Italy, The Painting Center Project Room, New York, NY. 

2003   Italian landscape, Lucy Barber and John Moore.  Cimabue Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, PG, Italy. 2003

2002   Recent Paintings, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.  2002

2000   Landscape Views In And Around Portland, Davidson & Daughters Gallery, Portland, ME.  2000

1997   Paintings and Drawings, Andrews Gallery, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  1997 

1992   Landscape Paintings, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.  1992

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Ladies + Littles. Soft Water Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL 2025

2023
Mixed Messages; Five New Voices. Soft Water Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL 2023
Birding: Obsession of Observation. Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
FLORA: The Impermanence of Beauty. Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota FL, 2022-2023

2022
Past Influences of Present Work. Zeuxis and invited artists. There, New York, NY.
Out of Scale, Zeuxis and invited artists. There, New York, NY. June-July 2022.
For the Love of Chardin; Zeuxis artists. Traveling exhibition, June-October 2022, color catalog. The Miller Art Museum, WI June 2022; First Street Gallery, NYC October 2022
Distance and Arrival: Petticoat Painters, June 2022, Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College, Sarasota, FL.
Enduring Paths:The Petticoat Collective, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL

2020  
Women’s Work:The Petticoat Collective, Crescendo Gallery, Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota FL 2020.

2019
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY
INTRO: Summer Invitational, GAZE Modern Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Florida’s Finest, Art Center Sarasota, 2019. Juror: Chris Jones, Ringling Museum of Art.

2017
RISD Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI. July, 2017.

2016
Observation-Reference-Gesture, Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota.
Wish You Were Here, Annual Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2016

2015
Recent Paintings (2014), and Winter Roses for February (2015), Burns Court Café, Sarasota, FL.
Art Center Gallery, Sarasota, FL. 2015  

2014
Faculty Exhibiton, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, 2014, 2012

2012
Lois Dodd, My Students, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME. 2012
The Common Object, Zeuxis travelling exhibition, 2010-2012, color catalog available.

2009
Faculty Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl.  2009

2008
Small Takes, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.  2008
Outside the Box: Zeuxis Paints the Landscape. Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE. 2008

2007
On Board. Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC.  2007

2006
A Salon Show with Henri Matisse and…Ober Gallery, Kent, CT. 2006
Facets of Perception, Zeuxis traveling exhibition:  Weigand Gallery, CA; Newhouse Center, Staten Island, NY; Scweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY; Eleanor White Museum, Roanoke, VA; Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa OK.  Color Catalog available.  2006-2007
Still Life, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME. 2006

2005
Poetic Dimensions in Modern Still Life, Zeuxis traveling exhibition:  Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY; Kouros Gallery, NYC; 
DuPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.   2005

2004
Artists Talk, Gallery at Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT.  2004
Spring Invitational Exhibition.  Neptune Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY.  2004
Table Top Arenas.  Zeuxis traveling exhibition: Colby College, Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Lori Bookstein Gallery, New York, NY; University of New Hampshire Art Gallery, Durham, NH; Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA; Ohr-O’keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS. Color catalogue available. 2004
Human Presence.  Zeuxis exhibition, Acquinas College Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI.  2004
Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME. 2004
Holiday Group Show. Elan Fine Arts, Rockland, ME. 2004
Up Front, Elan Fine Arts, Rockland, ME. 2004

2003
A Moveable Feast. Zeuxis Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY.  2003
Works on Paper.  Pennsylvania Academy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.  2003
Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Catalog. Portland, ME. 2003
New York Collection, 2002.  Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.  2002-03
Small Treasures.  HBO Corporate Gallery, HBO World Headquarters, New York, NY.  2003  

2002
Still Life, Art Access Gallery, Bexley, OH.  2002
Summer Group Exhibition.  Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.  2002
Plein-Air Revisited. Landscape paintings. Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  2002
Uncommon Perspectives: A Collaborative Still Life Project.  Traveling exhibition: Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY; Hermitage
Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA; Washington Art Association, Washington, CT.  2002-03.
Prospects: 6 Painters and the Landscape.  Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.  2002
Still Lives: A Tradition Retold.  The Saco Museum, Saco, ME. 2002
Bowdoin Art Department Faculty Exhibition.  Icon Gallery Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME.  2002   

2001
Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME.  Jurors: David Driskell, painter; Cheryl Brutvan, curator, MFA, Boston; Nina Nielsen of Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA.  2001
Summer Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY. 2001
Serial Thinking. Zeuxis traveling exhibition. Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; University Art Gallery, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Purdue University Art Gallery, West Lafayette, IN.  Color catalogue available.  2001-02
Zeuxis / Still Life, Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pamona, NJ. 2001
Still Life.  Rittenhouse Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA.  2001

2000
Winter Show.  The Painting Center, New York, NY.  2000
Still Life Paintings.  Olson Larsen Galleries, West Des Moines, IA.  2000
Small Works Invitational.  Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY.  2000
Negotiating Time: Faculty 2000 Exhibition.  Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.  2000
Maine College of Art: Faculty Vision at the Millennium, River Tree Arts Galleries, Kennebunk, ME. 2000
Small Works, 23rd Juried Exhibition.  80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY.  Juror: Tricia Collins of Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY.  2000
Still Life, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT. 2000
Still Life: The Human Presence.  Zeuxis traveling exhibition.  University Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; PeninsulaFine Arts Center, Newport News, VA; Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC; Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT; The Painting Center, New York, NY.  Color catalog available.  1999-2000
Maine College of Art Summer Faculty Exhibition, A.J. Bueche Fine Art, Northeast Harbor, ME. 2000 

1999
Distilled Life / Zeuxis, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1999
Passages: Small Landscapes.  Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME.  1999
171st Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY.  1999
Zeuxis At Marywood, Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA. 1999
Still Life, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. 1999
Zeuxis / Still Life, Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY. 1999
Almost New To Town, Davidson & Daughers Contemporary Art, Portland, ME. 1999

1998   
Small Works, 21st Juried Exhibition. 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY.  Juror: Ealan Wingate, Director, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY.  1998
Zeuxis: Small Works.  Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA.  1998
7th Faculty Show. Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  1998
Zeuxis, An Association of Still life Painters with Guests.  Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT.  1998
Second Annual Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY. 1998
Small Works.  Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA.  1998
One Thing On Top of Another. Zeuxis artists. Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ. 1998

1997
Object Lessons. Zeuxis exhibition. The Loomis Chaffee School Gallery, Windsor, CT.  1997

1996   
Thresholds, Reflections, Transformations.  Zeuxis exhibition. The Gallery at Kohn, Pedersen, Fox, New York, NY.  1996
171st Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY.  1996
Out of the Ordinary, Contemporary Still Life Painting. Zeuxis exhibition. Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY. 1996
Two-person Show.  Jewett Exhibition Corridor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 1996

1995   
Foundation Faculty Exhibition.  Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY.  1995
Art in Embassies. American Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, U.S. Dept. of State. Color catalog available. 1995
Intimate Spaces, Zeuxis. Gallery II, Blair Academy, Blaristown, NJ. 1995
Landscape Paintings. The Putney School Gallery, Putney, VT. 1995

1994  
Landscape: Works by Women Artists. Centennial Campus Gallery, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.  1994
Landscape Paintings. Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY.  1994
169th Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY.  1994
American Landscapes. Two-person show. The Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ. 1994
Recent Landscape Paintings. Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC.  1994
Still Life. First Story Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1994
Recent Oils. Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C. 1994

1993  
Small Works.  Denise Bibro Fine Arts, Juror: Gerrit Henry, art critic. 1993
Five Contemporary Realists. Asage Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.  1993
The Art of Discovery. Krasdale Art Gallery, New York, NY.  1993
Blue Mountain Gallery First Street Gallery Prince Street Gallery. The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ.  1993
Highlights: Contemporary Art from the Brown-Forman Collection. Actors Theater, Louisville, KY.  1993

1992  
National Juried Competition. Bowery Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Louis Finkelstein. 1992
National Competition. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. Juror Paul Georges, 1992
Something Old Something New. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1992
Through a Glass Darkly.  First Street Gallery, New York, NY.  1992 

1991  
Alienation in the Industrial Landscape.  First Street Gallery, New York, NY.  1991
Unexposed: New Gallery Artists.  First Street Gallery, New York, NY.  1991
You Can’t Do That, You’re A Girl. The YMCA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 1991

1990  
Juried Show. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. 1990
Still Life Show.  Ammo Artist's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1990
Lennart Anderson Selects.  National Juried Competition.  First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1990

1989
Master of Fine Art Exhibition. Westbeth Gallery 1, New York, NY. 1989

Selected Corporate & Private Collections

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
Brown-Forman, Inc., Louisville, KY
Bryn Mawr College, Scott Memorial Study Collection, Brywn Mawr, PA
General Electric Corporation
Lee Beltzer, Brooklyn, NY
Lenox, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ
Christine Neptune, Neptune Fine Arts, NYC
Pfizer Incorporated, New York, NY
United States Department of State
Numerous private collections

Selected Reviews & Publications

2016 Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune, review “Observation-Reference-Gesture,”  Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College of Art &
Design, Sarasota. 2016

2007 Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun. July 2007. “On Board” at Lori Bookstein Gallery.

2005 Helen Harrison, The New York Times, “Poetic Dimensions in the Modern Still Life.” March 2005

2001 Ken Johnson, The New York Times, “Serial Thinking,” New York Exhibition. July 2001.

1996 Holland Cotter, The New York Times, National Academy of Design's 171st National Juried Exhibit. August 17,    1996 (end of article)

1992 Holland Cotter, The New York Times, review of Barber’s first solo exhibition. September 18, 1992

2005 Victoria Donohoe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Tabletop Arenas.” Philadelphia, PA. January 30, 2005. 

2003 Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, ME. “Maine Seen” at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME. November 30, 2003. 

2003 Art New England, Aug/Sept 2003.“Zeuxis: Uncommon Perspectives,” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA.

Awards and Appointments

2022 and 2021 Halo Artists’ Fellowship Grant, Sarasota, FL. 2022, 2021.

2015 Merit Award, Art Center Gallery, Sarasota, Fl.  

2003-2005 Good Idea Grants (two), Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME.  For web site development and study of the human figure.  

2002 Rusak Fund Coastal Studies Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. "Observing Coastal Change, Representing Sense of Place."

2002-2003 Faculty Research Fund Grants, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.  “Landscape Painting in Umbria, Italy,” “Form and Meaning: Study of The Human Figure.”    

2001 Coastal Studies Scholar-In-Residence, Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.  Stipend/grant awarded.

 2001 and 1994 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants (two).  Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY.  Two grants to support studio work.

1994 Grumbacher Award & Gold Medal, 169th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY, NY.   

1990 Critics Grant (Lois Dodd), scholarship for month-long residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. 

1989 Readers Digest Fellowship, awarded while in residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY. 

1988 Graduate Fellowship In Painting (with stipend), Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.  

1987 Charles G. Shaw Award in Painting (with stipend), Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.  

Teaching and Workshops

2003-present
Lucy Barber Art Studio – 2003-present. Independent artist, working studio. Workshops, Classes, Private teaching, in-studio and on location  in the Northeast and Sarasota, FL 2003 – present (Still-life and Landscape Painting, Drawing). Maintain and run professional artist studio; making artwork; exhibiting; promotion; creating courses; open studio events; promotion on social media. Teaching online (since 2017) and in workshops.

2014-2020
ACE/SCTI Sarasota, FL. - Instructor, Drawing Essentials, Painting, Color, Drawing with Color Pencils

2017 June – August
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI. Taught Painting Fundamentals to college-age students, a 6-week, 72 hours intensive class; and taught two weekend painting workshops.

2020
Venice Art Center Venice, FL. Landscape Painting, Color Pencil

2008 - 2015
(RCAD) Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL 
Instructor CSSP, Figure Drawing, Still-life and Landscape Painting, Figure Collage, . 2012 - 2015. Teach to adults and high school age students. 

2013 & 2014
RCAD Instructor, Wildacres Retreat Center, NC, Figure Drawing, Studio Drawing and Painting. A special program of Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

2013
State College of Florida, Bradenton, FL - Adjunct Professor.  Drawing I and Drawing II

2010-2011
RCAD Adjunct Professor, Taught in the degree program to full-time college students, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Color

2008-2009
RCAD Visiting Artist, Full time teaching in the degree program; Drawing, Figure Drawing, Color

2016 –2017
Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL. . Painting, Portrait Drawing, Color Pencil.

2009
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL - Visiting Adjunct Professor.  Intro to Design.

2005-2008
Riverdale Country School, Riverdale, NY  - Studio Art Teacher/Upper and Middle School students. Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics.  

2004
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Lyme, CT - Visiting Artist. Two sessions - Landscape Painting and Color Workshop.  March and September

2001-2003
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME - Visiting Assistant Professor, two-year appointment. Landscape Painting, Drawing I & II, Painting.  

1998-2000
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Assistant Professor.  First Year Painting, Foundation Drawing, Junior Painting.  

1997-1998
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA - Visiting Assistant Professor.  Painting I, II & III, Foundation Drawing.

1995-1997
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Visiting Assistant Professor.  Foundation Light, Color & Design.

2003 June-July
International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy. Painting Instructor,  Landscape Painting workshop

2000-2001
South Portland, ME School District, South Portland, ME - Independent Art Teacher and Consultant to at-risk High School Age students.

1996
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY - Instructor.  Drawing

1995
State University of New York At Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY - Adjunct Assistant Professor. Intermediate Drawing, 2D Design, Spring and Fall semesters