Barry Chern
2691 Hibbert Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43202
(614) 294-7241
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Birth: March 27, 1950
GRANTS & COMPETITIONS:
- Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, FY 1988;
- Galleries Elect, '87, Purchase Award
- ArtQuest National Art Competition,'87 Finalist, '86 Finalist;
- Lazarus Print Competion, Cols., OH, '85, Purchase Award.
EDUCATION :
- Self, ca. 1956-present, varied;
- Ohio State University, '69-'70, film, music theory, electronic music;
- Columbus College of Art & Design, '78-'83 (part-time), printmaking, painting.
EXHIBITIONS:
One Person and Small Group Shows:
- Acme Art Co, Columbus, OH, '94;
- SPACES, Cleveland, OH, '89;
- Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH, '89
- Printmaking Invitational, Licking County Art Assosciation, Newark, OH, '89;
- Between Worlds, Worthington Arts Council Visual Arts Series, Worthington, Ohio, '86;
- C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, '86;
- My Back Pages Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, '81
- Ohio Union Main Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, '80;
Group Shows:
- 73rd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, OH, 1996
- 1995 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, 1995
- 84th Annual Spring Exhibition, Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH, 1995
- Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, Oh, '95 (Award), '92, ´91 (Special Award),'90, '89, '88, '86, '85, '84, '83, '82 (award);
- Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, '94;
- 1994 Water Tower Annual, (Merit Award) Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, '94
- Columbus Art League 6 for 2 Exhibition July '94 (artist/curator);
- 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual ,University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, '93;
- 1993 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, '93;
- Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson, SC, '93;
- The Boston Printmakers 44th North American Print Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts, '93;
- The Fragile Environment:Artitsts' Reactions, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, ´93;
- Print Invitational '92, Denison University, Granville, OH, '92;
- Vision/Voice: Nineteen Ohio Printmakers, Cleveland, OH '92;
- The Trumbull Art Gallery Annual, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH, '92, '90, '89;
- Graphic Imagery, Columbus Art League 6 for 2 Exhibition, Columbus, OH, '92;
- 82nd Annual Columbus Art League Spring Exhibition, '92 (Cols. Museum of Art Award for Graphics);
- The Printed Image, Artspace/Lima, Lima, Ohio, ´92;
- Ohio Print and Drawing Invitational 1991, Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Commission, Upper Arlington, OH, '91;
- TSC 1991 National Printmaking Exhibition, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey, '91;
- The Boston Printmakers 43rd North American Print Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts, '91;
- Columbus Art League Fall Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Municipal Services Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio, ´91,'89,'88,'87, '86,'85, '84 (Patron Purchase Award), '83, '82, '81;
- Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, ´91,'88;
- Showcase '90, Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY, '90;
- Fall Invitational, Worthington Arts Council, Integrity Life Ins. Company Gallery, Worthington, OH, '90;
- Contiguous Elements, Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH, '90;
- Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg, PA, ´91,'90 (Merit Award), '89, '88 (Executive Director's Purchase Award), '87 (Westmoreland Award), '86 (Merit Award), '85 (Merit Award);
- Columbus Art League Annual, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, '90;
- Print Types, The Print Consortium, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, '90;
- The Lithographic Process, The Print Consortium, Arkansas State University, '90;
- The Lithographic Process, The Print Consortium, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia, '89;
- American Print Survey, The Print Consortium, The Furlong Gallery, U of W-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin,'89;
- Midwest Prints, The Print Consortium, The Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, '89;
- Political Statements in Art, The Columbus Art League 6 for 2 Series, Columbus, OH, '89;
- All Ohio 1988, The Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio, '88;
- Print Types, The Print Consortium, The Kansas Union Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, '88;
- Finished Work, Unfinished Spaces, German Village Arts Festival Invitational, German Village, OH, '88 (Award);
- Columbus Art League Annual, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, '89, '88 (Columbus Museum of Art Award for Graphics), '86, '85, '84, '83 (Museum of Art Award for Graphics), '82;
- Shared Origins, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington Municipal Services Center, Columbus,OH, '88;
- Juror's Choice: A focus Exhibition from the German Village Arts Festival, Franklin University, Columbus, OH, '88;
- A Book of His Own: Male Visual Diaries, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, '87;
- Worthington Arts Council Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Worthington, Ohio, '87;
- Seventeenth Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, '87;
- 30th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual ,University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, '87 (Purchase Award);
- German Village Arts Festival, Alley Shop Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, '87 (Fourth Award);
- Poverty Plenty, Art Exhibit Concerning Hunger, the Body Shop Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, '87;
- 64th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, '87;
- Art-USA, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado, '87;
- The Artist Views the City, Gallery at the Old Post Office, Dayton, Ohio, '86 ( Special Mention), '85;
- Three Rivers Arts Fesitival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, '88, '86, '83 (Juror's Discretionary Award for Graphics);
- Three Rivers Arts Festival 1983 Festival Awards Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, '84;
- Current Visions II, Germanow Gallery, JCC, Rochester, New York, '86;
- Colorprint U.S.A., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, '86;
- 20th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, '85;
- 27th North Dakota Annual Print Show, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, '84;
- Los Angeles Printmaking Society Membership Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California, '85, ;
- Five Sides and Some Tops, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio, '85;
- All Ohio Print File, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio, '84;
- Small Impressions, Printmaking Council of New Jersey National Print Exhibition, Somerville, New Jersey, '83;
OTHER WORKS :
- Continuing performance and study of music in a number of historical American idioms, music teaching and song-writing. Other media have included film, video, comics, poetry, short stories, painting and electronic music.