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Barbara Ziselberger
b. 1959, Syracuse, NY
Lives and works in Silver Spring, MD
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Solo Exhibition, The Materiality of Collage, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Juried Exhibition, Metamorphosis, Ann Marie Sculpture & Art Center, Solomons Island, MD
2022 Juried Exhibition, Wabi-Sabi, Art Fluent (virtual), curated by Amy Matteson Neill, online exhibition, https://www.art-fluent.com/wabi-sabi
Juried Exhibition, Nocturnal, Artist Alliance on Artsy (virtual), curated by Jen Tough
Juried Exhibition, SHE|DC, Shop Made in DC, La Cosecha Mezzanine, Washington, DC
Juried Exhibition, Assembly Required, Artist Alliance (virtual), curated by Jen Tough
Juried Exhibition, Fresh or Frozen, Artist Alliance (virtual), curated by Jen Tough
2021 Juried Exhibition, Catharsis, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
Juried Exhibition, Art Optimism, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Juried Exhibition, Water Stories, Artist Alliance (virtual), curated by Jen Tough
Juried Exhibition, SHE|DC, Shop Made in DC, Sunshine Gallery, Washington, DC
Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper, Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH (virtual)
2020 Juried Exhibition, The Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition, Art2Life, (virtual)
Juried Exhibition, Binary-Nonbinary, Curve Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, (virtual)
GROUP & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2024 Group Exhibition, In the Neighborhood Art on Howard, Pazo Fine Art, Kensington, MD
Group Exhibition, Member Mash Up, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, The Helen C. Frederick Gallery, Hyattsville, MD
2023 Group Exhibition, Member Mash Up, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, The Helen C. Frederick Gallery, Hyattsville, MD
Group Exhibition, What Would Andy Do, Artists & Makers Studios (A&M Studios), Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Monochrome, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Not Your Grandmothers Still Life, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Hair, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Green, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Creature, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Extremity, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Open Window, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
2022 Group Exhibition, Luminosity, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, X Marks the Spot, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Running with Scissors, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Perspectives, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, What I Am Working On, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Real or Imaginary, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, 10 x 10, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Invitational Group Exhibition and Artist Talk, Abstractions, curated by Gia Harewood, The Yard DC – Eastern Market, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition, Threads, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Dark and Light, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Group Exhibition, Love and Compassion, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
2021 Group Exhibition, Artist Alliance Member Show, Artist Alliance (virtual)
Group Exhibition, Tiny Assemblages Challenge, Artist Alliance (virtual)
Group Exhibition, Hope & Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Art MBA space, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibition, Celebrate, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
2020 Invitational Group Exhibition, Virtual Abstraction, curated by Karin Czermak and Daniela Prokopetz (virtual)
Invitational Group Exhibition, A6 Murals Worldwide Project, curated by Lydia Wierenga (virtual and print)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Produced a monthly resident artist group exhibition of approximately twenty-five works (in collaboration with Patricia De Poel Wilberg, Kate Bramante, and Pauline Jakobsberg).
2023 What Would Andy Do, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Monochrome, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Not Your Grandmothers Still Life, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Hair, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Green, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Creature, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Extremity, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Open Window, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
2022 Luminosity, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
X Marks the Spot, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Running with Scissors, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Perspectives, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
What I Am Working On, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Real or Imaginary, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
10 x 10, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Threads, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Dark and Light, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
Love and Compassion, A&M Studios, Rockville, MD
ART FAIRS
2023 Superfine Art Fair, Union District, Washington, DC
2022 Superfine Art Fair, Gallery Place, Washington, DC
AWARDS
2024 Recipient of the Artists & Scholars Project Grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
ONLINE MEDIA
2021 Niko Vartiainen, “Interview: Barbara Ziselberger”, TOOMBES, June 8, 2021
2020 Ivanna De La Rosa, “Barbara Ziselberger”, CHAPTER89, July 22,2020
BIO
Barbara Ziselberger (b. 1959, Syracuse, New York) invites the viewer to slow down and appreciate the stunning imperfections in objects we encounter every day. She incorporates and elevates the detritus of daily life into her works along with handmade paper, paint, and ink. Her love of the outdoors led her to examine her own behavior related to consumerism and to investigate themes of consumption, waste, and decay while creating works that explore states of transformation, renewal and the fleeting nature of life.
She is a 2024 recipient of the Artists & Scholars Project Grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD. In 2024 her first solo show, The Materiality of Collage, opened at the Sandy Spring Museum, in Sandy Spring, MD. In 2022-2023 she collaborated with a small group of artists to produce group exhibitions consisting of twenty-five plus works each month. Her art has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, both locally and online.
She currently lives and works in the Washington DC area and maintains a studio in Kensington, MD. In recent years she exhibited in group shows locally and online and was featured in online independent art journals Chapter 89 Magazine and Toombes.