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BARBARA MADSEN
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901




EDUCATION
1988                 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, M. F. A. 
1985                 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, B.F.A. 
1978                 Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, Associate in Design.

Employment

2001-                Associate Professor, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick,
                                    New Jersey.
1997-01            St. Cloud State University, MN, Associate Professor.
1997                 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, Visiting Professor.
1995                 University of Wisconsin/Madison, WI, Lecturer, Printmaking.
1994-95            Drake University, Des Moines, IA, Visiting Assistant Professor, Printmaking.
1992-93            Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Assistant Professor, Printmaking.
1990-92            Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Instructor, Printmaking.
1989                 Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, UT, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Printmaking.

SOLO Exhibitions

2007               Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Lost and Foumd:Black and Blue.
2006               Recitation Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 
                       Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. Off Kilter.
2005               Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. Oh!, Banner.
                       Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland, Who Decides Our Future, Billboard.
                       Giorgio Furioso 15/15 Building, Washington D.C., Fear and Paranoia Win, Billboard
                       Scoula di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Eye Witness.
                       Heistand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford Ohio, Eyewitness.
2004               Brodsky Gallery, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, New Jersey Who Decides Our Future?
2002               Graphics Collective Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, Red Yellow Black.
                       Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Revenge, Never Ends.
                       Billboard, Jersey City, New Jersey, Eye 4 Eye = Blind.
                       Billboard, Newark, New Jersey, Revenge Never Ends.
2000               Benedicta Art Center, St. Joseph, Minnesota, Red Yellow Black.
1997               Sommers Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Capitulation/Photogravure.
                       Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Knots.
1996               Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Barbara Madsen.
1995               Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, "Capitulation"- Installation.
1994               Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Luteous Capitulation.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007               Guanlan Culture and Art Center, Shenzhen, China, International Print Biennial 
                       Guanlan China 2007.
2006 Vulcan Match Factory, Tidaholm, Sweden, 5th International Lithographic Symposium.
                       Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID, The Fine Art of Print.
                       William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, Philagrafika.
                       100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints, Traveling international exhibition: Maputo, Mozambique;                        Beirut, Lebanon; Aman, Jordan; Bethelehem, West Bank; Jerusalem, Israel; Tel Aviv, Israel. 2005 Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C., Pressing Images, Pressing Issues. Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Offset Posters: Lies Lügen, Klamstwa                        Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, Lies Lügen, Klamstwa.                        Te Kura Toi O Buck Nin – Buck Nin School of Arts, Te Wananga O Aotearoa, University of New Zealand, New Zealand, Cultural Collision.                        International Print Center New York, Manhattan, New York, New Prints 2005.                       Galerija SULUJ, Beograd, Serbia, Urbanism 8+8.                       Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, 2004 Print Studio Residency Exhibition.                        Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington, Blur Purlieu.                       Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey, Almost Human. 2004               Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, Multiple Perspectives.                         Susan Teller Gallery, New York City, New York, She Said.                        Sharjah University Fine Arts Deparment, Dubai, United Arab Emerates, Blur Purlieu.                         Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico-Gallup, New Mexico, 6 Degrees.                         Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson University, Patterson, New Jersey, Ameircan Impressios.                       Mont Clair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, On/Off and Over the Edge. 2003                Resnik Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, The New Hybrid.                         Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Women’s Work.                        South African Museum of Art, Cape Town, South Africa, Cross Cultural Identities.                       Association of Contemporary Art, Chamalieres, France, Sixth World Triennial of Small Prints                         Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Women in Print.                        Georgia Southern University, Gallery 303, Foy Fine Arts Building, Statesboro, Georgia, Your Cultural Conscience.                                Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Culture Clash.                         Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Women's Work.                        Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Multiple Perspectives. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey, 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints, Sopocani Gallery, Novi Pazar, Serbia, Sopocani Art Colony. 2002                Gallery HAOS, Belgrade, Serbia, Interactive Installation - Zoran Todovic.                         Raritan Valley Community College, Raritan, New Jersey, Impressions.                         Fleisher Art Memorial, Division of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Messages from the Ivory Tower.                                               Exit Art, New York City, Reactions.                        Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.                         Vulcan Match Factory, Tidaholm, Sweden, 4th International Lithographic Symposium, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia, 10th Biennial of Visual Arts.                         Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey, Resisting Categories. 2001                Painted Bride, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Facing Each Other.                        Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, Red Yellow Black, with John Buck.                       Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, 3rd Minnesota Print Biennial.                        Aumônerie St. Jacques, Gordès, France, Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Espace des Arts, Provence, France, Prints from Frans Masereelcentrum                         Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, Printwork ‘2K. 2000                Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Grant Recipient Exhibition: 1999                Impact Conferecne, Bristol, England, Mind the Gap: International Print Portfolio.             University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mind the Gap: International Print Portfolio.                        Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Lousiana, McNeese National Works on Paper.                        Maryland Federation of Art Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 22nd Annual Art on Paper.                        Central College, Mills Gallery, Pella, Iowa, Iowa Artists.                        Olson Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, Holiday Exhibition. 1998                Townehouse Gallery, Belfast, Ireland, Northern Ireland Print '98                         Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Fine Arts Center Gallery, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Delta National Small Print Exhibition. 1998                Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, Stewart Gallery Fall Preview. 1997                Frogman's Press, Beresford, South Dakota, Gallery Selections.                         Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, Three Printmakers.  1996                Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland, Graphica Creativa '96.                         Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 20th Harper National Exhibition.                        Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 20th Harper National Exhibition.                        Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, 17th Paper in Particular National Exhibition.                         Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, Spring Benefit and Art Auction. 1995                Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Winter at Thomson Gallery.                        Olsen Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, Group Exhibition.                         Frogman's Press, Beresford, South Dakota, Group Exhibition. 1994                C. Zuzoric Art Pavilion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 3rd International Printmaking Biennial.                         Museum of Contemporary Art, Ibiza, Spain, 11th International Printmaking Biennial, Ibizagrafic '94.   1994                University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota, Alternative Prints.                         Olsen Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, Holiday Exhibition.                         Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Drake Faculty Exhibition. 1993                San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, SDAI '93 Print.                         Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, CAJE '93.                         Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 11th North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show. 1992                Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah, Out of the Land: Utah Women.                         Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah '92, Utah. 1991                Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, India, The Second Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints.                        Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, Women Artist's '91.                         Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 15th Harper College National Print and Drawing Exhibition.                         Idaho, Utah, Washington, Spirit of the West Traveling Exhibition.                         Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Works on Paper '91. 1990                Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah Arts Festival, Exhibition 1990. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, Juried Show '90.                         University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, UTEP/BYU Faculty Exchange Exhibition.                         Stewart Schneider Gallery, Boise, Idaho, Northwest Invitational.                         Gallery 303, Provo, Utah, BYU Faculty Exhibition. 1989                Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery, Japan, 15th International Independent Exhibition of Prints.                         Fort Wayne, Indiana, Art Link '89.                         College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 3rd National Drawing and Print Exhibition.                         Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah '89.                         Eccles Gallery, Ogden, Utah, Statewide '89. Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah, April Salon. 1988                Southern Utah State College, Braithwaite Fines Arts Gallery, Cedar City, Utah. Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah '88, Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Introductions '88.                         Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery; Ames, Iowa, College Salon X.                           Artist Gallery Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, 4th College Invitational '88. 1987                Grand Forks, North Dakota, 30th North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual.                       COLLECTIONS                         New York Public Library, NYC University of Sharijah, Sharijah, United Arab Emirates                         Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.                         Amoco Corporation, Chicago, Illinois                         Hood Museum of  Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa                        Mark Twain Banks, St. Louis, Missouri                         Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana                         Dahlin, Smith and White, Salt Lake City, Utah                         Braithwaite Gallery, Cedar City, Utah                         Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Washington, D.C.                         Richard and Beth Sackler, Stamford, Connecticut                         Ohio University, Athens, Ohio                         Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois                         President Michael Ferrari, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa                         Boise State University, Boise, Idaho                         James Fox, Los Angeles, California                         Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa                         Anderson Consulting, Kansas City, Missouri                         Investor’s Fiduciary Trust Co. Kansas City, Missouri            PRIZES AND GRANTS 2005                 Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, New Jersey, Billboards Against Intoleranc.e 2003                 Trust for Mutual Understanding, New Jersey, Travel grant to Czech Republic 2001                 St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, Research Grant. 2000                 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1998                 St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, Foundation Grant. 1995                 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Faculty Research Development Grant. 1993                 Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, Amoco Purchase Award 11th NSAL, Midwest Print Show.                         Collaborative Printmaking Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, Mark Twain Banks Purchase Award 1991                 Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Purchase Award Utah ’91. 1989                 Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake Art Center, Juror's Purchase Award Utah ’89.                         Braithwaite Gallery, Cedar City, Utah, Purchase Award Exhibition 48.                         Art Link, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Art Link’ 89 Cash Award. 1987                 Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake Art Center, Juror's Purchase Award Utah ’87.                         Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Schloss Lounge Purchase Award. BIBLIOGRAPHY 2002                Sozanski, Edward J., The Philadelphia, Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, “Exhibition of                                     prints shows that science and art aren’t mutually exclusive,’ December 6, page w36.                         r.e.d., Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Zurnal, “Civilizacni a politicka temata soucasnosti,” November 22, 2002, page 3.                         Courier News, New Brunswick, New Jersey, “Innovative Prints from Rutgers go on view at RVCC,” October 2, 2002, page 7.                         Bellantoni, Ralph, Courier News, New Brunswick, New Jersey, “Master Prints come to RVCC,” October 3, 2002, page unkown LJ L, Blic Vodoc, Belgrade, Serbia, “Red Yellow Black,” July 12, 2002 M.M., Blic, Belgrade, Serbia, “Barbara Madsen,” July 18, 2002, page 13 Vecernje Novosti, Belgrade, Serbia, July 11, Nacional, Belgrade, Serbia, “Crveno zuto crna izlozba u galeriji Grafikog kolektiva,” July 10, 2002, page 19 Blic, Belgrade, Serbia, July 9, 2002 Glas Javnosti, Belgrade, Serbia, July 22, 2002 Glas Javnosti, Belgrade, Serbia, July 8, 2002 Borba, Belgrade, Serbia, “Nhcektn Barbara Madsen,” July 8, 2002 L.E., Politika, Belgrade, Serbia,. “Galerija Grafiki Collectiv,” July 8, 2002 Bischoff, Dan, Sunday Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, “Check fine print in show of virtuosity,” May 12, 2002, section four, page 2.                         Schiff, Daniel, Jersey Journal, Jersey City, New Jersey, “Eyes Looking Down from Billboard                                     Preach Tolerance,” January 2, 2002, section B, page 1. New York Blade News, New York City, New York, AP News, “NJ Professor Promotes Tolerance,” January 4, 2002, page 6                         Lanman, Sandra, Rutgers Focus, New Brunswick, New Jersey, “Fighting Hatred,” January 25, 2002, page 3 Reid, Keri, Rutgers Magazine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, “Another View,” Fall 2002, page7                         Supino, Adrian, NJN News, “Nightly News,” January 12, 2002                         Barker, Dave, WWOR News, “Nightly News,” January 5, 2002 2001                King, Christopher, News 12, “Nightly News,” December 28, 2001                         Granieri, Laurie, Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, New Jersey, “Dangers of Intolerance                                     Turn Driver’ Heads,” December 28, 2001, Section, On the Go, pages 1 and 4.                         Westfelt, Amy, AP News, Internet Bulletin, Newark, New Jersey, “Rutgers Art Professor Puts Up Billboards to Fight Hate,” December 31, 2001 2000                Reeves, Kathryn J., Contemporary Impressions, The Journal of the American Print Alliance,                                     Peachtree City, Georgia, “Prints and Politics:Printed Matter,” Fall Volume 8, #2, page 11                         Micáhlek, Ondrej, Grapheion, Prague, Czech Republic, “Artists in the Community,” 3rd -4th issue, 2000, page 109                         Meyer, Tom, Saint Cloud State Chronicle, St. Cloud, Minnesota, “Visiting Artists in the Community,” October 2, 2000, page 15 Frimpong, Amy, Arts Board News, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota, “2000 Fellowship and Cultural Collaboration Grant Recipients,” volume 14, No. 4, summer 2000, page 1 1997                 Craig, William, Valley News, Hanover, New Hampshire, “Print Show Strikes Stirring Note of Social Commentary,” December 4, 1997, page c8 Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, “Critics’ Picks,” April, 1997 Skyway News, Minneapolis, Minnesota, “Art Murmers,” April 10-16, 1997, page 13 1994                 Nusbaum, Eliot, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, “Drake faculty show spotlights quality,” October 23, page 7F                         Nusbaum, Eliot, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, “Madsen installation transforms art gallery,” February. 1993                 Shepley, Carol Ferring, St. Louis Dispatch, St Louis, Missouri, “Weaving Art From Family History,” April 21, section, Everyday Christianson, Richard, Deseret News, Salt lake City, Utah, “Images inspire some artists; the medium motivates others,” February 26, 1989, page E3 1988                 Nusbaum, Eliot, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, “ ’88 Fair art has ‘serious’ bent,” August 21, page 6F 1987                 Leonard, Gregory, Periphery ’87, Drake student publication, Des Moines, Iowa, Spring 1987 front cover, and i1lustraionts a1.                         Visual Arts Bulletin, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, Utah, Fall 1987, Volume 6/No.3, page 2.                         The Times-Delphic, Des Moines, Iowa, “Art winner receives $500,” April 7, page 7.                         The Times-Delphic, Des Moines, Iowa, “Drake students display handiwork at art exhibit,” RESIDENCIES / PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2005                 Te Kura Toi O Buck Nin – Buck Nin School of Arts, Te Wananga O Aotearoa, University of                                       New Zealand, South Auckland, New Zealand, Cultural Collision, Print Residency.                         Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado, Digital Printmaking Workshop. 2004                 Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, Print Fellow Resident. 2003-2004       Southern Graphic Council Conference. “3D Discourse Diversity Dimension,” Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Organizers: Barbara Madsen, Lynne Allen for printmaking members conference to be hosted by Mason Gross School of the Arts. 2003                 College Art Association,  NY, “Cacophony and The Matrices of Political Sublimation,”                         Panel Chair: Barbara Madsen. Panelists: Eric Avery, John Hithcock, Susan Doheny, Patricia Villalobos. 2002                 Graphics Collective Gallery, Belgrade Sebia, gallery lectuer.                         Palacky University, Olomoouc, Czech Repbilic, gallery lecture.                         Dejlibjlatcki Art Colony, Pesac, Serbia, Artist in Residence.                         Sopocani Art Colony, Novi Pazar, Serbia, Artist in Residence. Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, New Jersey. “Resisting Categories,” Public panel, co-presenters: Barbara Madsen, Nick Cave, Jane Hammond, Phyllis McGibbon, Pepon Osario, Carson Fox, David Kiehl,                         Quality House of Graphics, Queens, NY, “Co-organizer of consortium for experimental digital center at Queens,” New York, Participants include: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute School of Art & Design, Alfred University.                         Philadelphia Print Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA, “Broad Street Broadside.” Guinness book record for the world’s longest print. Participating schools: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Tyler School of Art, Moore College of Art, University of the Arts, Philadelphia Print Collaborative, 2000                Stewart Gallery. “Barbara Madsen,” Boise, Idaho. Gallery lecture.                         Saint Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, Mid America Printmaking Council Conference.“Artists in the Community.”Principal organizer 1999                 Florida Department of Agriculture, Gainseville, Florida, Guest Photographer of entomology collection. 1998                 Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Director of Student Study Abroad, Saint                         Cloud State University at Sole leader for group of students on study abroad program.                         Natural History Museum, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Guest Photographer of entomology collection.                         London Print Works, London, England, Guest Slide Lecture.                         Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium, Artist Residency. 1998                 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, Visiting Artist. 1997                 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, Art Forum Lecture. 1996                 University of Oregon, Eugene, Visiting Artist, Photogravure Workshop.                         University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Honorary Fellow.                         Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Visiting Artist.                         Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Visiting Artist. 1995                 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. “11th Drake Biennial Print Symposium,” Principal organizier, 1994                 Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland, Visiting Artist, January 5 - July 7, 1994 1993-94            Edinburgh Printmaker's Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, Visiting Artist, February 15 - July 7. JUROR             2003                 Lessedra Second World Art Print Annual. Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Juror for world print exhibition. 2002                 Lessedra Second World Art Print Annual. Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Juror for world print exhibition. 2002                 New Jersey Printmaking Council. Annual Members Exhibition. New Burnswick, New Jersey. Juror for annual members exhibition.