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Barbara Ziselberger

b. 1959, Syracuse, NY

Lives and works in Silver Spring, MD

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

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

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

ONLINE MEDIA

2021     Niko Vartiainen, “Interview: Barbara Ziselberger”, TOOMBES, June 8, 2021

2020     Ivanna De La Rosa, “Barbara Ziselberger”, CHAPTER89, July 22,2020

            Nicholas Wilton, “Kitchen Table Art Project Episode 6 - What are you repurposing to make your art”, Art2Life YouTube Channel, Episode 6, 2020

BIO

Barbara 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. Her love of the outdoors led her to examine her own behavior related to consumerism and to explore themes of consumption, waste, and decay. Her process often involves placing constraints on the work, such as a limited palette or the use of specific materials, as a way of exploring how limitations force one to find more creative solutions.

She currently lives and works in the Washington DC area. In recent years she exhibited in group shows locally and online and was featured in online independent art journals Chapter 89 Magazine and Toombes.