E. J. Barnes

Art Résumé


Publication Art/Design Clients Galleries Awards Grants and Residencies
Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Juried Art Festivals Film Festivals Teaching Experience
Media Coverage Reviews Professional Societies Education

Publication


Art/Design Clients


Galleries


Awards


Grants and Residencies

10—23 October 2009 Painting Residency with fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

Solo Exhibitions

April 2010 Out Of The Blue Gallery presents "Laughing To Keep From Crying: The Political Cartoons of E. J. Barnes", Upstairs at The Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, MA
July 2009 "Around the Neighborhood": 2007—2009 original editorial cartoons published in The Recorder and The Commons, at Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA
January — March 2007 "Funny Pictures, Serious Business II": 2006—2007 original editorial cartoons for The Recorder, Sunderland Public Library, Sunderland, MA
December 2006 "Odd Ducks: Avian Art for Cartoons, Comic Books, and Animation": watercolor and gouache paintings made for Birds of the Baltic, Leatherwing Bat, and other works, Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, Amherst, MA
September — October 2006 Untitled solo show of original topical cartoon art, including editorial cartoons that have appeared in The Recorder, at Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA
May — June 2006 "Funny Pictures, Serious Business": 2005—2006 original editorial cartoons for The Recorder, Greenfield Community College Downtown Center, Greenfield, MA
November 2004 A Taste of Art presents "Circles of Color": syncretic mandalas painted in gouache, Amherst Crepes, Amherst, MA

Group Exhibitions

30 April — 21 May 2010 "Get Your Freak On! Celebrating Circus Folk, Carnies & Sideshow Freaks", juried exhibition at Space 242, Boston, MA
6—28 March 2010 "Art of the Boston Comics Roundtable" at Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA
29 January — 13 March 2010 "I...You...We...ROBOT: A Visual Homage To Our Inner Geek!", juried exhibition at Space 242, Boston, MA
July 2009 "Five Valley Cartoonists: Gags, Politics, Fantasy", original cartoon, comic, and illustration art, Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, Amherst, MA
13 December 2008 "Tidings of Joy", group show of political art to benefit Doctors Without Borders, Gonzo Comix Studios, Holyoke, MA.

27—28 September 2008 "Critical Views IV", juried show of political art, Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA, held in conjunction with Jamaica Plain Open Studios.
26 July — 27 September 2008 "The Blues" themed group art show, the Barnes Gallery, Leverett Crafts & Arts, Leverett, MA
7—28 June 2008 "Artists for Animals", benefit for Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society, the Barnes Gallery, Leverett Crafts & Arts, Leverett, MA
1 April — 29 May 2008 "Accounts of Events: Narrative Works by Connecticut Valley Artists", original cartoon, comic, and illustration art, Greenfield Community College Downtown Center, Greenfield, MA
16 April — 14 May 2008 Artist Windows Exhibition, various downtown storefronts, Greenfield, MA. Organized by the Greenfield Business Association and Artists of Franklin County (please see Mass. Art and Culture). Included: Editorial cartoons for The Recorder by E. J. Barnes, at Ruggeri Real Estate, Greenfield.
3 December 2007 — 18 January 2008 2007 Alumni Art Show, Anne Reid Art Gallery, Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ
12 November 2007 — 3 January 2008 "A Hundred Under A Hundred", Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
14 September — 15 October 2007 Artist Windows Exhibition, various downtown storefronts, Greenfield, MA. Organized by the Greenfield Business Association and Artists of Franklin County (please see Mass. Art and Culture). Included: Editorial cartoons for The Recorder by E. J. Barnes, at Ruggeri Real Estate, Greenfield, MA.
29—30 September 2007 "Critical Views III", juried show of political art, Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA, held in conjunction with Jamaica Plain Open Studios.
May 2007 Art in Bloom Watercolor Festival, The Arts Center, Southbridge, MA
September — November 2006 7th Annual Great River Exhibition: "Homage to the Seasons", benefit for Pioneer Valley Institute, at Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
30 September — 1 October 2006 "Critical Views II," juried show of political art, Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA, held in conjunction with Jamaica Plain Open Studios
September — October 2006 "Artists for Animals", benefit for Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society, the Barnes Gallery, Leverett Crafts & Arts, Leverett, MA
April 2005 "Images of Peace and Protest", honoring Leverett Peace Pagoda, at the Barnes Gallery, Leverett Crafts and Arts, Leverett, MA

Juried Art Festivals


Film Festivals


Teaching Experience

Summer 2008 Basic Cartooning, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Continuing and Professional Education Program, Amherst, MA
Spring 2008 Editorial Cartooning, Greenfield Community College, Community Education Program (teen to adult), Greenfield, MA
Summer 2007 Editorial Cartooning, Sunderland Public Library, Sunderland, MA
Spring 2007 — Spring 2008 Basic Cartooning, Greenfield Community College, Community Education Program (teen to adult), Greenfield, MA
Winter 2007 Cartooning, A.C.E. of Clubs (After Class Experience), Mohawk Trail Regional High and Middle Schools, Buckland, MA

Media Coverage

June 2007 Fanboy blog: Coverage of Confessions of an American Ling Master, with photo.
July 2006 Zebra Magazine: recommendations included a plug for the Ling Master and an interview with E. J. Barnes.
25 May 2006 The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, Arts & Entertainment section, "Art Scene": column by Cheryl Rezendes Rulewich, "Funny Pictures, Serious Business," (not available online)
22 April 2006 Amerikos Lietuvis, The Lithuanian-American Weekly (Rytų Pakrantė [Eastern Edition]): Interview by Laurynas Misevičius, translated and edited by Eugenija Misevičius, "Rumunų kilmės karikatūristė susidomėjo Baltijos šalimis ir jų... paukščiais," (in Lithuanian; no longer available on the Amerikos Lietuvis site, but can be read here).
24 June 2004 The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, Diversions: The Arts & Entertainment Section: Interview by George W. Claxton, "Artistic Expression in Many Mediums," (not available online)

Reviews


Professional Societies


Education

1992—2009 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Certificate in Illustration received December 2009.
March 2000 Seminar with Edward R. Tufte: Presenting Data and Information. Visual design for information display and communication.
1982 California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland, CA.
1976—1980 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Concentration: Chemistry. Assistant in laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach. A.B. in June 1980.

References and further information available upon request


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