SOLO SHOWS   

Gallery Neptune & Brown, “Carol Barsha: “A Piece of Magic”, Washington, DC 2024. Gallery Neptune & Brown, “Carol Barsha: Within My Meadow”, Washington, DC 2020. Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, "Carol Barsha/Birds, Blossoms and Books", Milton MA, 2016.
McLean Project for the Arts, “Les Fleurs du Livre: New Paintings by Carol Barsha”, McLean, VA, 2016.                                                                           National Institutes of Health, “Garden”, Bethesda, MD, 2014.                                            Reyes+Davis Independent Exhibitions, “Buds Shoot and Flourish”, Washington DC, 2013.
Chilmark Public Library, “Twenty Years at Beetlebung Farm”, Martha's Vineyard, MA, 2011.
Gallery Neptune, “A Logic of Their Own Making”, Bethesda, MD, 2009.
Gallery K, "Paintings and Works on Paper", Washington DC, 1998.
Gallery K, "Paintings", Washington DC, 1996.
Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Washington DC, 1995.
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, 1993.
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY, 1992.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Community Gallery, l982.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Satellite Gallery, 1981.
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 1977.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

Zurcher Gallery, “100 Women of Spirit”, NYC, 2024. Anita Shapolsky Gallery, “Living in the Moment of Abstract Art”, NYC, 2024. Zurcher Gallery, Salon Zurcher, “11 Women of Spirit’, Frieze, NY, NYC, 2024. Cosmos Club, “A Circle of Collaboration: Master Printer Susan Goldman/Lily Press”,WDC. 2023. Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Lily Press, Baltimore, MD, 2023. Katzen Museum at American University, “Landscape in an Eroded Field”, Washington, DC, 2020 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, “Misprints”, Hyattsville, MD, 2019. Ille Arts, "Pistil and Stamen", Amagansett, NY. 2018.                                                        Center for the Arts, Towson University, “Extravagant Visions, Extraordinary Imaginings”, Baltimore, MD. 2018                                                                        DCAC Gallery, "It's About That Time: Prints From Lily Press", Washington, DC. 2018. Studio Gallery, "Hats Off: Taking Art Outside the Gallery", Washington, DC. 2018.     Gallery Neptune & Brown, "Summer Bounce II", Washington DC, 2017. Artscape MICA Pinkard Gallery, "Field Work", Baltimore, MD. 2017. Gallery Neptune & Brown, "Ladies First", Washington DC, 2016.                                                  Brentwood Arts Exchange, "Between the Real and the Imagined: New Work by Jackie Brown and Carol Barsha", Brentwood, MD, 2016.                         University of North Carolina at Asheville, "7th Annual International Drawing Discourse", Asheville, NC, 2016.                                                                       New Hampshire Institute of Art "2015 Biennial", Manchester, NH, 2015.
A Gallery, "Codex/Book Arts", Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2015.
A Gallery, “Deep Dive” and Small Works”, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2014.
“57th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, Curator: Jerry Saltz, Chautauqua, NY, 2014.
Capital Arts Network, “Tokens and Sentiments”, Rockville, MD, 2014.
University of Mary Washington Galleries, “Mid-Atlantic New Painting”, Fredericksburg, VA, 2014.
The Hyattstown Mill Arts Project Gallery “Birds”, Clarksburg, MD, 2013.
McLean Project for the Arts, “Strictly Painting 9”, McLean, VA, 2013.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery, “Alchemical Vessels”, Washington DC, 2013.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery, “Portfolio”,  Washington DC, 2012.
Federal Reserve Board, “Acquisitions: 2009-2012, Washington DC, 2012.
Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC, 2010.
Katzen Museum at American University,  “Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French”, Washington DC, 2010.
Katzen Museum at American University, "Inspiration", Washington DC, 2010.
Gallery Neptune, “Five”, Bethesda MD, 2010.
Whitney Museum of American Art,  Whitney Biennial “Day for Night”, PEACE TOWER, New York, NY, 2006.
The National Endowment for the Arts, Office of the Chairman, Washington DC, 2009 - 2006.
Arts in Embassies Program, Residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Rangoon, Burma, 2008 – 2006.
Gallery Neptune, “Move It”, Bethesda, MD, 2008.
Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery,  “Art on Paper”, Annapolis, MD, 2007.
Boise State University, “National Women’s Exhibition”,  Boise, ID, 2007.
Gallery K, "Small is Beautiful", Washington DC, 2002- 1995.
Gallery K,  Summer Show", Washington DC, 2002 - 1995.
Maryland Institute College of Art,  "Faculty Exhibition", Baltimore, MD, 2000, 1999, 1998.
Gallery K, "Drawings" Washington DC, 1999.
Prince Street Gallery,  "Prince Street Artists Invite...", New York, NY, 1998-99.
National Jewish Museum, "The Binding ofIsaac", Washington DCand Creighton University Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, 1997 - 1999.
Gallery K, "Group Show", Washington DC, 1997.
Pelham Art Center, "Water", Pelham, NY, 1995.
Pelham Art Center,  "The Narrative Edge", Pelham, NY, 1994.
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, "Light, Substance, Space", Piermont, NY, 1993.
Islip Art Museum, Dowling College Gallery, "Maps and Boats", Islip, NY, 1992-93.
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, "Holiday Exhibition", Piermont, NY, 1992.
The Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, "The Printed Image", Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1992.
Upstream Gallery, "Invitational", Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1992.
Rye Arts Center, "Contemporary Works on Paper", Rye, NY, 1991.
The Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, "The Current River View", Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1991.
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, " Nautical Paintings of the Northeast", New Rochelle, NY, 1989.
The Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, NY, "The Figure Revisited", Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1989.
The Katonah Gallery, "Member Artists", 1987, Katonah, NY, 1987.
Boston University School of Visual Arts, Alumni Exhibition "Drawings and Prints", Boston, MA, 1987.
Artists Choice Museum, "The Figure in the Landscape", Curators: Jack Beal and Judd Tully, New York, NY, 1985.
The Prince Street Gallery, "Invitational",  New York, NY, 1985. The Katonah Gallery, "Eight Member Artists", Katonah, NY, 1985.
Terrain Gallery, "The Real and the Unreal",  New York, NY, 1984.
Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY, "On-Off the Wall", New Rochelle, NY, 1984.
Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, "Three Painters", Bridgewater, MA, 1983.
Newton Arts Center, "Carol Barsha and Cynthia Garrett",  Newton, MA, 1982.
The Katonah Gallery, "Selections-81", Katonah, NY, 1981.
Pratt Graphics Center, "Annual Print Competition", New York, NY, 1981.
Boston University Alumni Visual Arts Center, "Landscape - Vision and Space", Boston, 1981.
The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY, "For Real with Jack Beal", 1980.
Eighty Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, "Small Works", Curator: Patterson Sims, New York, NY, 1980.
TheArt Institute of Boston, "Faculty Exhibition", Boston, MA, 1978.
Walters Art Gallery, Regis College, "Faculty Art Exhibition", Weston, MA, 1978.
Boston Visual Artists Union, "Faces and Figures", Boston, MA, 1978.
Boston University Art Gallery, "Exhibitions of MFA", Boston MA, 1977.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA. University of Virginia Hospital, Culpeper, VA.     Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC.
Permanent Art Collection of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Martha's Vineyard, MA.
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS     

Semifinalist.  Two walls, mosaic designs for pool area. Commissioning agency: Public Art/Department of General Services/Construction
Services/District of Columbia Government. Site: River Terrace Special Education Center, Washington, DC. 

PUBLICATIONS

Landscape in an Eroded Field American University Museum at The Katzen Arts Center, Essay by Laura Roulet, 2020. Tradition and Transformation - Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture. Ori Z. Soltes, 2016.   Carol Barsha Works on Paper 2009 – 2012,  Essay by Julian Bell, 2012. Alchemical Vessels, Essay by Judy Sherman, Curator, Joan Hisaoka Healoings Arts Callery, 2013.
Carol Barsha Paintings 1998 – 2008,  Essay by Jean Lawlor Cohen, 2009.
Acquisitions 2009 – 2011, Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System, Essay by Stephen Bennett Phillips, 2011.
The Binding of Isaac – Genesis XXII And Its Progeny, National Jewish Museum and Creighton University Art Gallery, Essay by Ori Z. Soltes , 1997.

HONORS AND RESIDENCIES   

Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Artist Residency, 2022.  Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Artist Residency, Edwards Fellowship, 2018.   American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, 2018.                                                    Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts/Painting, 2016.   Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat, Ora Lehrman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA, 2010.
New York State Creative Artists Public Service Awards, Semi-finalist in Painting, 1983.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

EAST CITY ART, Claudia Rousseau PhD. “Carol Barsha: Within My Meadow”, 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST, Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Carol Barsha, 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST, Mark Jenkins, “Landscape in an Eroded Field”, 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST, Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Brentwood Arts Exchange filled with flora" and "Ladies First", 2016.                            MARTHA’S VINEYARD TIMES, Gwyn McAllister, “Small works, big impact at A Gallery”, September, 2014.
WHERE/WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, “Bee –close”, May, 2013.
THE VINEYARD GAZETTE, “Growing Art, Carol Barsha Captures Beetlebung Farm”, July, 2011.
WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS, “Around and Around”, January, 2009.
WHERE/WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, “Nesting Instinct”, January, 2009.
THE WASHINGTON POST, “Style on the Go”, January, 2009.
MCINSIGHT, Artists Among Us, “Expressions of Wonder”, April, 2007.
THE WASHINGTON POST, Ferdinand Protzman, "Arts", May 14, 1998.
KOAN, "Carol Barsha: Paintings and Works on Paper at Gallery K", May, 1998.
WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, "Art and Soul," May, 1998.
THE ART SCENE with Lila Snow,  Cable TV MontgomeryCounty, "Carol Barsha," January, 1996.
ARTICULATE, Lee Wayne Mills, "Carol Barsha at Gallery K," March 1996.
WHERE / WASHINGTON, Jean Lawlor Cohen, "In Carol Barsha's paintings..," February, 1996.
ARTICULATE, Suzanne Summers, "Gallery K Summer Show '95" July 1995.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "Getting a Grip on Dreams and Fantasies," Sunday, February 27, 1994.
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER, "Exhibits," December 9, 1994.
ARTS NEWS,  Westchester Arts Council, "Works With an Edge at the Pelham Art Center," March, 1994.
ARTS HAPPENINGS, Arts Council of Rockland, "Four Artists Show in Piermont," December, 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "A Curator's Eye for Imagery," Sunday, May 31, 1992.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, William Zimmer, "That Abiding Favorite, the Hudson River," Sunday, June 16, 1992.
STATE OF THE ART, "Carol Barsha," Channel 9 Cable TV, 1990.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "In the Figure Revisited, Figural Energy is Explored," Sunday, April 30, 1989.
THE RIVERDALE PRESS,  "Barsha Exhibition at Katonah Gallery," Feb. 7, 1985.
GANNETT WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPERS, February 3, 1984.
THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, "Satellite Gallery Program," 1982.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Critic's Tip," February 11, 1982.
BULLETIN, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Fall 1981.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Vivian Raynor, "The Brightly Realistic Perspective of Jack Beal," Sunday, August 17, 1980.
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Robert Taylor, "Review Art," September 27, 1977.

EDUCATION

Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY, 1979 - 1981, Post Graduate Work in Printmaking.
MFA in Painting, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks, 1975-77.
BFA Cum Laude in Painting, Boston University College of Fine Arts, 1971- 1975.
Boston University, Division of General Education, 1970 -1971.
Art Students League, NYC, 1969.

TEACHING POSITIONS

Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA. Upper School Studio Art Professor, 2001 - 2013.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Professor in Painting and Drawing, 1997 - 2000.
Maret School, Washington DC, Art Instructor, 1997 - 1999.
Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, Continuing Education, Instructor in Painting, 1997.
Private Children's/Adults Painting/ Printmaking Classes, Artists' Studio, 1996 - 2002.
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, Painting Workshops, 1994 - 1995.
Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, NY, Childrens’ Painting Workshops, 1989 - 1992.
Scarsdale Art Center, Scarsdale, NY, Adult Painting Workshops, 1985 - 1987.
College of New Rochelle, NY, Assistant Professor, Graduate Painting, 1882 - 1984.
College of Mt. Saint Vincent, Bronx, NY, Continuing Education, 1982.
Riverdale Community Center, Bronx, NY, PaintingInstructor,  1981 - 1985.
Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY, Painting Instructor,  1981.
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, Instructor in Drawing, 1980 - 1981.
Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies, Bronx, NY, Painting Workshops, 1980 - 1982.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, Monotype Workshop, 1982.
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, Instructor in Drawing, 1978 - 1979.
Regis College, Weston, MA, Lecturer in Art, 1977 - 1979.
Boston University College of Fine Arts, Teaching Fellow in Design and Painting, 1975 - 1977.