About the Artist
Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Jane Barnard now
lives in Stevens Point, Wisconsin where she is a painter
and fiber artist/teacher. She spent 20+ years in
Minneapolis/St. Paul where she worked full-time in business
and raised her family. During this time, however, she
remained committed to her art, and maintained a studio in
downtown St. Paul.
Although formally educated in literature, her love of art
accelerated in Paris at age 20, when she began her
life-long journey through museums, art books, classes, and
the joy of mixing with other creative and kindred souls.
Since then, she has exhibited in juried and non-juried
shows both locally and nationally. In Door County she
is a member of the Art League, and is represented by the
Paint Box Gallery (Ephraim) and Earth Art Studio (Sister
Bay). Elsewhere in Wisconsin she is allied with
multiple arts organizations and is active in promoting the
arts in the community. She has taught at the Center
for Visual Arts in Wausau, and exhibits regularly through
the Arts Alliance of Portage County.
Jane finally "took the leap" in 2007 from a career in
software project management to honor her creative side and
her artistic passions. She started her professional art
business, Barnard Studio, and now paints full-time.
Besides 25 years of art self-study and classes, her formal
education gained her a Master’s Degree (English Literature)
from Marquette University, a certificat
in
French from the University of Paris (the Sorbonne), and a
teaching certificate.
Artist Resume
Education–General
M.A., English Literature
Marquette University, Milwaukee Wisconsin
B.A. – English and French Marquette University, Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Education minor Teaching
Certificate, Wisconsin, Minn (7-12)
Certificat
Annuel, French Arts and Humanities
University of Paris (the
Sorbonne)
Education–Visual
Arts. Continuous since 1983: study, classes, workshops.
Notable teachers, Midwest.
Hazel Belvo, Elizabeth Erickson, et.al., Minneapolis
College of Art and Design. Rochelle Woldorsky, Susan
McDonald, Terry Genesen-Becker (Minn Museum of Art).
Margaret Lockwood, Wendell Arneson, Win Jones, et.al.
(Peninsula Art School, Door County, Wis.).
Bridget Austin, Pat Dobrinska.
Notable teachers, National Cheng-Kee Chee, Frank Webb, Don
Dennis, Margaret Huddy, Linda Doll.
Classes, Workshops Grand Marais (Mn) Art Colony, annually
for 5 years.
Peninsula Art School, 5 years
(current); Split Rock Arts Program U of Mn), 2 years;
Bloomington Arts Ctr, Mpls,
Mn, 2 years.
Mentorship
(juried) Women’s
Art Registry of Minnesota
1993-4 Elizabeth Erickson,
mentor
1995-6 Susan McDonald, mentor
Mentor/Mentee Exhibition University of Minnesota Fine Arts
Gallery, Twin Cities
Teaching
Experience (Arts)
Intro to
Watercolor Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, Wis (2000)
Barnard Studio Private students, painting (ongoing)
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2008
Francis Hardy Gallery Juried Exhibit Ephraim, Door County,
Wisconsin
2008 Visions Exhibit Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point,
Wis
1999-2007 No juried show
submissions; focused on artistic & professional growth
1999-2007 while single mother with FT employment in
computer-related business.
1994 Four person exhibit, Catherine G Murphy Gallery,
College of St Catherine, St Paul, Minnesota
1994 “War and Peace” exhibit, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis
Mn
1994 Association for Visual Arts National Juried Exhibit,
(Chattanooga, Tennessee)
1992 “Utopia: Visioning a Dream,” Forum Gallery, Jamestown,
New York
1992 Louisiana Watercolor Society International Juried
exhibit, New Orleans, LA.
Selected
Other Exhibitions I)
2003 – Present Door
County(Wis)Art League, Group-members’ exhibits
2003
Solo exhibit Ruth Gilfrey Ctr Gallery, Stevens Point Wis
1999-p resent Riverfront Arts Gallery group shows, Stevens
Point Wis
1998
Solo exhibit “The Local” Irish gallery/restaurant,
Minneapolis, MN.
**
Exhibit review, Minneapolis
Tribune 11-21-98
(below)
1994-97 ArtsWalk, St Paul
Minnesota (semiannual, open studio)
1990–94 Twin Cities Watercolor society members’ exhibits
1992 “Arts Action against Domestic Violence,” Minneapolis
Community College
Gallery
Representation
2006–
Present Earth Art Studio, Door County Wis
2004- Present Paint Box Gallery, Door County,Wis
1998-99 Koerten Gallery, Stevens Point, Wis
1997-98 526 Gallery, Grand Ave, St Paul, Minn
Professional
Affiliations, current
Door County (Wis) Art League
Arts Alliance of Portage County
Founding Member /volunteer, Fine Arts Coop of Portage
County (in progress)**
Northwoods Plein Air Painters (NE Wisconsin)
Door County Plein Air Painters
Peninsula Arts School (Door County)
Riverfront Arts Center (Stevens Point,Wis)
Press
Solo Exhibit review, Minneapolis
Tribune 11-21-98
by Doug Hanson,
visual arts reviewer.
"Throughout the Local (931 Nicollet Mall), Eagan artist
Jane Barnard presents homages to Irish literary figures and
sensitive watercolor landscapes of misty Western Ireland.
"Quotes from W.B. Yeats, Van Morrison, Paul Meehan or
Patrick Kavanaugh are set amid collaged imagery composed of
ink and watercolor plus browned vellum paper, bits of Irish
wool and stamped images of interlaced ornamentation that
look as if they were lifted from the illuminated
manuscripts of the 8th century Book of Kells. Barnard
nicely blends her affection for Irish tradition with an
evocation of its physical reality."