Barbara Crawford

25 Buckland Drive
Lexington, VA 24450
(H)540 463 7695
(W) 540 261 8471
barbara.crawford@svu.edu
www.barbara-crawford.com

 

Virginia artist Barbara Crawford, has exhibited in over 40 invitational, solo, and juried shows, nationally and internationally. Her work, found in both public and private collections, focuses on the workings of memory in her contemplations of the landscape and urban scenes. She has been Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome and a fellow at the Tyrone Guthrie Center for the Arts in Ireland and the Virginia Center for Creative arts. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College and a Master of Arts from James Madison University.

 
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
 
2008 Solo A Vivid Darkness Carnetie Hall Museum Gallery, Lewisburg, WVA
  Solo Felled by Bliss, Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
  Solo A Vivid Darkness, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WVA,
  Two Person Sala Delle Logge, Piazza Dell Commune, Assisi, Italy
  Group Scapes: Sea, Land and Air, Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  Solo A Vivid Darkness, West Liberty State College, WVA
2007 Solo Buena Vista Backyards, Langdon Art Center, Tarlton State Uniiv, Branbury, TX
  Three Person Sky and Sea, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
  Group Spruce Creek Gallery, Nellys Ford, VA
  Group Galerie Elan’Art, Vallauris, France
2006 Solo Felled by Bliss, Shenandoah Valley Center for the Arts, Waynesboro, VA
  Solo Recent Works, Beverly Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
  Juried Brown & Scurlock Galleries, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont TX
  Juried Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, Through the Looking Glass, Richmond, VV
2005 Juried The Visual Arts Society of Texas, 38th Visual Arts Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Center for the Visual Arts, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX
  Juried BEST OF SHOW, Rio Brazos Exhibition, Dora Lee Landgon Cultural Center, Tarleton State University, Branbury, TX,
  Juried BEST OF SHOW, 2005 Season of Colors, Carnegie Hall Art Center, Lewisburg, WV
  Juried A Sense of Place 2005, National Juried Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute, Augusta, GA
  Two Person Crawford & Griffin: Recent Works, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA
  Two Person Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
  Two Person Constructed Community, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
  Solo Recent Works, Lewis Hall School of Law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
  Juried Sacred Space, Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 Solo Back to Square One, Etherredge Center for the Performing Arts, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
  Juried Southern Printmaking Biennial, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA
  Juried Original Prints: A Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
  Juried National American Landscape, Maryland Federation of Arts, Annapolis, MD
  Juried A Sense of Place, National Juried Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
  Juried All -Media Competition, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
  Juried 10th National Juried Exhibition, Memphis Germantown, Germantown, TN
  Invitational Past Present, Future, Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
  Juried Looking for America, Capitol Arts Network, StateArt.net at the Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
  Solo The Road to Mt. San Angleo; Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Studio Eleven, Lexington, VA
  Solo The Road to Mt. San Angelo: Recent Monotypes, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2003 Juried HOME, CP ARTSPACE. Washington DC
  Two Person Recent Works: Crawford and Griffin, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA
2002 Invitational Rockbridge Invitational, The Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts, Blacksburg, VA
  Juried Southern Printmaking Biennial 2002, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA
  Two Person Blackwell & Crawford: Recent Works, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA
  Solo The Road to Mont San Angelo: Recent Monotypes, Americas’ Arts, Gettysburg, PA
2001 Group Bath County Art Show, Warm Springs, VA 2001, 2002, 2003, Awards received all three years
  Three Person THREE VOICES. duPont Gallery Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
  Three person THREE VOICES. Americas’ Arts, Gettysburg, PA
  Group Nelson Street Gallery, Lexington, VA 2001, 2002, 2003. 2004, 2005.
2000 Solo Recent Works, Williams School of Commerce, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
  Solo A Vivid Darkness, Lewis Hall School of Law, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
1998 Solo Familiar Ground, Festival Park, Roanoke Island Gallery, Manteo, NC
1997 Group SVC Faculty, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA
1996 Solo Mary’s Kitchen, Mary’s Garden, Williams School of Commerce, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
1994 Solo Eve’s Counter Song, Hubbard Hall Gallery, University of South Carolina, Lancaster, SC
  Solo Eve’s Counter Song, Harb’s, Lexington, VA
1993 MFA Eve’s Counter Song, Vermont College, VT
 
Collections
 
  Washington & Lee University, Meditation Room, Leyburn Library.
  Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Collection, Lexington, VA
  Dabney Lancaster Community College, Office of the President, Clifton Forge, VA.
  Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
  Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA.
  First National Bank, Joplin, MO.
  Williams School of Commerce. W & L University, Lexington, VA.
  Ambassador & Mrs. Gordon Beyer, Lexington, VA.
  Ambassador & Mrs. Albert Beveridge, Lexington, VA.
  Betty Branch. Roanoke, VA.
  Ambassador & Mrs. Fred L. Hadsel, Lexington, VA.
  Mr. & Mrs. John Haines, Devon, England.
  Sally & Larry Mann, Lexington, VA.
  Andrew Pellicciaro, Washingfon, DC.
  Cy Twombly, Rome, Italy,
  Richard Guy Wilson, Charlottesville, VA.
 
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
 
2008 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artists
  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship
  Tyrone Guthrie Center, Ireland, Residency Fellowship
2007 A.I. R. Vallauris, Vallauris, Residency and exhibition, France
2006 Tyrone Guthrie Center, Ireland, Residency Fellowship
2005 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artists
  Tyrone Guthrie Center, Ireland, Residency Fellowship
  Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship, Sweet Briar, VA 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008.
2004 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
  Who’s Who in America’s Colleges and Universities
2003 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
2002 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
  Outstanding Faculty Award, by the Virginia State Higher Education Council, Southern Virginia University nominee
2001 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
1989 Southern Virginia University Award for Teaching Excellence
1988 Virginia Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, Fellowship
  Southern Virginia University Award for Teaching Excellence
1987 Outstanding Faculty Award, by the Virginia State Higher Education Council, Southern Virginia University nominee
1984 Virginia Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy Funding, Rssearch grant
 
Experience
 
  Professor of Art and Art History, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA 1979-present.
  Acting Director, part-time 1982-83, Associate Director, 1979-82, Stonewall Jackson House, Lexington, VA.
  Artist-in-Residence,Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 1979-1981.
 
Education
 
  MFA Vermont College, Montpellier, VT 1993.
  MA James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 1974.
  BS Oklahoma Slate University, Stillwater, OK 1968.