Curriculum Vitae & Resume

Barbara Coleman
OPA, AIS

Signature Member of Oil Painters of America

Signature Member American Impressionist Society

Signature Member of Pastel Society of America

Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, President 2024

Associate Member, Women Artists of the West

Education

  • Master of Community and Regional Planning, with distinction, University of New Mexico, 1984

  • Bachelor of University Studies, University of New Mexico, 1980

  • St John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing, Aix-en-Provence, France

Selected Juried and Invitational Exhibitions, Awards, and Honors

Solo Shows

  • 2013, Popejoy Hall solo show, Benefactors Lounge and Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2006, New Space at Paragon Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2005, Water in the Desert, at Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2004, Liminal Space, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2003, New Paintings, solo show, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Pastel Paintings: Juried and Invitational Exhibitions, Awards, and Honors

2000
Jesus 2000, sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter, a worldwide art competition, Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, New York City, NY. This show also went on a national tour to Chicago, Illinois and to Belleville, Illinois.

1999
Pastel Society of America 27th Annual Open Exhibition, “Pastels Only”, nationally juried show, Salmagundi Art Club, New York City, NY
Featured Exhibit of Selections from Pastels Only Pastel Exhibition, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA. Pastel Society of America 27th Annual Open Exhibition.
First Place, Pastels, Professional Fine Arts Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
International Association of Pastel Societies National Juried Exhibition, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1998
Pastel Society of America, 26th Annual Open Exhibition, “Pastels Only”, nationally juried show, Salmagundi Art Club, New York City, NY
American Artist Magazine Award, National Painting Exhibition, Pastel Society of NM, Albuquerque, NM
Fourth Place Award, National Painting Exhibition, Pastel Society of NM, Albuquerque, NM

1997
Pastel Society of America 25th Annual Open Exhibition, “Pastels Only”, nationally juried show, Salmagundi Art Club, New York City, NY

1996
Land, Sea and Skyline, Pastel Society of America, nationally juried exhibition, Joanne Chappell Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Purchase Award, Southwest Art Festival, Albuquerque, NM

1991
First Place, Pastels, Twentieth Annual National Small Painting Exhibition, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM

1990
Pastel Society of New Mexico National Show, Albuquerque NM
Best of Show Award, Pastel, Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1989
Award of Merit, Pastel, Pastel Society of the Southwest National Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX

Press & Media

Catalogues of Paintings

  1. Twelve New Mexico Landscape Painters, Paintings and Essays, DSG Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1994.

  2. DSG Visible, Paintings, DSG Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1997.

  3. New Language, DSG Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2000.

  4. Outside, Inside, DSG Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.  

Book Chapters

Coleman, Barbara, and Richard Rohr and Friends. “Freeing the Soul Through Art.” Contemplation in Action, Crossroad Publishing Company, 2006. 

Coleman, Barbara, and Stephen D Dent. “A Planner's Primer: Lessons from Chaco.” Anasazi Architecture and American Design, edited by Baker Morrow and VB Price, The University of New Mexico Press, 1997, pp. 53–61.