Education

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. MFA Painting. Graduated with Honors, received graduate fellowship in painting.

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., BFA Photography / fine arts. Graduated with Honors.

Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions

12 x 12 Observed, Origami Air Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL - 2018
The Way I See It, A Nested Unfolding, Sarasota Bay Club Gallery, Sarasota, FL - 2015
Paintings, Burns Court Cafe, Sarasota, FL. 2015, 2014

Paintings and Drawings, Mow Hall Gallery, Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY - 2006

Paintings of Italy,The Painting Center Project Room, New York, NY - 2004

Recent Paintings, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY. 2002

Landscape Views In And Around Portland, Davidson & Daughters Gallery, Portland, ME. 2000

Paintings and Drawings, Andrews Gallery, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 1997

Landscape Paintings, First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1992

Group Exhibitions

FLORA: The Impermanence of Beauty. Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota FL, 2022-2023

Past Influences of Present Work. Zeuxis and invited artists. There, New York, NY. Sep 2022

Out of Scale, Zeuxis and invited artists. There, New York, NY. June-July 2022.

For the Love of Chardin; Zeuxis artists. Traveling exhibition, June-October 2022, color catalog. The Miller Art Museum, WI June 2022; First Street Gallery, NYC Oct 2022.

Distance and Arrival: Petticoat Painters, June 2022, Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College, Sarasota, FL.

Enduring Paths:The Petticoat Collective, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL 2022

Women’s Work:The Petticoat Collective, Crescendo Gallery, Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota FL 2020.

25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY. 2019.

INTRO: Summer Invitational, GAZE Modern Gallery, Sarasota, FL 2019.

Florida’s Finest, Art Center Sarasota, 2019. Juror: Chris Jones, Ringling Museum of Art.

RISD Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI. July, 2017.

Observation-Reference-Gesture,Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota. 2016

Wish You Were Here, Annual Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2016

Recent Paintings (2014), and Winter Roses for February(2015), Burns Court Café, Sarasota, Fl. 2014, 2015

Art Center Gallery,Sarasota, FL. 2015

Faculty Exhibiton,Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, 2014, 2012

Lois Dodd, My Students, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME. 2012

The Common Object, Zeuxis travelling exhibition, 2010-2012, color catalog available.

Faculty Exhibition, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl. 2009

Small Takes, First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 2008

Outside the Box: Zeuxis Paints the Landscape.Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE. 2008

On Board. Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC. 2007

A Salon Show with Henri Matisse and…Ober Gallery, Kent, CT. 2006

Still Life, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME. 2006

Facets of Perception,Zeuxis traveling exhibition: Weigand Gallery, CA; Newhouse Center, Staten Island, NY; Scweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY; Eleanor White Museum, Roanoke, VA; Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa OK. Color Catalog available. 2006-2007

Poetic Dimensions in Modern Still Life, Zeuxis traveling exhibition: Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY; Kouros Gallery, NYC; DuPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. 2005

Artists Talk, Gallery at Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT. 2004

Spring Invitational Exhibition. Neptune Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY. 2004

Table Top Arenas. Zeuxis traveling exhibition: Colby College, Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Lori Bookstein Gallery, New York, NY; University of New Hampshire Art Gallery, Durham, NH; Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA; Ohr-O’keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Miss. Color catalogue available. 2004

Human Presence. Zeuxis exhibition, Acquinas College Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI. 2004

Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME. 2004

Holiday Group Show. Elan Fine Arts, Rockland, ME. 2004

Up Front, Elan Fine Arts, Rockland, ME. 2004

Italian landscape, Lucy Barber and John Moore. Cimabue Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, PG, Italy. 2003

A Moveable Feast. Zeuxis Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY. 2003

Works on Paper. Pennsylvania Academy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. 2003

2003 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Portland, ME. 2003

New York Collection, 2002. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. 2002-03

Small Treasures. HBO Corporate Gallery, HBO World Headquarters, New York, NY. 2003

Still Life, Art Access Gallery, Bexley, OH. 2002

Summer Group Exhibition. Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY. 2002

Plein-Air Revisited. Landscape paintings. Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 2002

Uncommon Perspectives: A Collaborative Still Life Project. Traveling exhibition: Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY; Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA; Washington Art Association, Washington, CT. 2002-03

Prospects: 6 Painters and the Landscape. Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY. 2002

Still Lives: A Tradition Retold. The Saco Museum, Saco, ME. 2002

Bowdoin Art Department Faculty Exhibition. Icon Gallery Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME. 2002

2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME. Jurors: David Driskell, painter; Cheryl Brutvan, curator, MFA, Boston; Nina Nielsen of Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA. 2001

Summer Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY. 2001

Serial Thinking. Zeuxis traveling exhibition. Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; University Art Gallery, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Purdue University Art Gallery, West Lafayette, IN. Color catalogue available. 2001-02

Zeuxis / Still Life, Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pamona, NJ. 2001

Still Life. Rittenhouse Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA. 2001

Winter Show. The Painting Center, New York, NY. 2000

Still Life Paintings. Olson Larsen Galleries, West Des Moines, IA. 2000

Small Works Invitational. Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY. 2000

Negotiating Time: Faculty 2000 Exhibition. Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME. 2000

Maine College of Art: Faculty Vision at the Millennium, River Tree Arts Galleries, Kennebunk, ME. 2000

Small Works, 23rd Juried Exhibition. 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY.
Juror: Tricia Collins of Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY. 2000

Still Life, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT. 2000

Still Life: The Human Presence. Zeuxis traveling exhibition.
University Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA; Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC;
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT; The Painting Center, New York, NY. Color catalog available. 1999-2000

Maine College of Art Summer Faculty Exhibition, A.J. Bueche Fine Art, Northeast Harbor, ME. 2000

Distilled Life / Zeuxis, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1999

Passages: Small Landscapes. Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME. 1999

171st Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY. 1999

Zeuxis At Marywood, Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA. 1999

Still Life, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. 1999

Zeuxis / Still Life, Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY. 1999

Almost New To Town, Davidson & Daughers Contemporary Art, Portland, ME. 1999

Small Works, 21st Juried Exhibition. 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY.
Juror: Ealan Wingate, Director, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY. 1998

Zeuxis: Small Works. Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA. 1998

7th Faculty Show. Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 1998

Zeuxis, An Association of Still life Painters with Guests. Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT. 1998

Second Annual Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY. 1998

Small Works. Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA. 1998

One Thing On Top of Another. Zeuxis exhibition. Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ. 1998

Object Lessons. Zeuxis exhibition. The Loomis Chaffee School Gallery, Windsor, CT. 1997

Thresholds, Reflections, Transformations. Zeuxis exhibition. The Gallery at Kohn, Pedersen, Fox, New York, NY. 1996

171st Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY. 1996

Out of the Ordinary, Contemporary Still Life Painting. Zeuxis exhibition. Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY. 1996

Two-person Show. Jewett Exhibition Corridor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 1996

Foundation Faculty Exhibition. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY. 1995

Art in Embassies. American Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, U.S. Dept. of State. Color catalog available. 1995

Intimate Spaces, Zeuxis. Gallery II, Blair Academy, Blaristown, NJ. 1995

Landscape Paintings. The Putney School Gallery, Putney, VT. 1995

Landscape: Works by Women Artists. Centennial Campus Gallery, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. 1994

Landscape Paintings. Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY. 1994

169th Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY. 1994

American Landscapes. Two-person show. The Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ. 1994

Recent Landscape Paintings. Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC. 1994

Still Life. First Story Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1994

Recent Oils. Courtyard Gallery, The Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C. 1994

Small Works. Denise Bibro Fine Arts, Juror: Gerrit Henry, art critic. 1993

Five Contemporary Realists. Asage Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 1993

The Art of Discovery. Krasdale Art Gallery, New York, NY. 1993

Blue Mountain Gallery First Street Gallery Prince Street Gallery. The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ. 1993

Highlights: Contemporary Art from the Brown-Forman Collection. Actors Theater, Louisville, KY. 1993

National Juried Competition. Bowery Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Louis Finkelstein. 1992

National Competition. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. Juror Paul Georges, 1992

Something Old Something New. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1992

Through a Glass Darkly. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1992

Alienation in the Industrial Landscape. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1991

Unexposed: New Gallery Artists. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1991

You Can’t Do That, You’re A Girl. The YMCA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 1991

Juried Show. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. 1990

Still Life Show. Ammo Artist's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1990

Lennart Anderson Selects. National Juried Competition. First Street Gallery, New York, NY. 1990

Master of Fine Art Exhibition. Westbeth Gallery 1, New York, NY. 1989

Selected Collections

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME

Brown-Forman, Inc., Louisville, KY

Bryn Mawr College, Scott Memorial Study Collection, Brywn Mawr, PA

General Electric Corporation

Lee Beltzer, Brooklyn, NY

Lenox, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ

Christine Neptune, Neptune Fine Arts, NYC

Pfizer Incorporated, New York, NY

United States Department of State

Numerous private collections

Selected Reviews and Publications

Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune, review “Observation-Reference-Gesture,” Willis Smith Gallery, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota. 2016

Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun. July 2007. “On Board” at Lori Bookstein Gallery.

The New York Times, New York, NY:

Helen Harrison, “Poetic Dimensions in the Modern Still Life.” March 2005

Ken Johnson, “Serial Thinking,” New York Exhibition. July 2001.

Holland Cotter, National Academy of Design's 171st National Juried Exhibit. August 17, 1996 (end of article).

Holland Cotter, review of Barber’s first solo exhibition. September 18, 1992

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA. Victoria Donohoe, January 30, 2005. “Tabletop Arenas.”

Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, ME. November 30, 2003. “Maine Seen” at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME.

Art New England, Aug/Sept 2003. “Zeuxis: Uncommon Perspectives” at Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA.

Awards and Appointments

Halo Artists’ Fellowship Grant, Sarasota, FL. 2022, 2021.

Merit Award, Art Center Gallery, Sarasota, Fl. 2015

Good Idea Grants, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME. For web site development and study of the human figure. 2003-2005

Rusak Fund Coastal Studies Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. "Observing Coastal Change, Representing Sense of Place." 2002

Faculty Research Fund Grants, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. “Landscape Painting in Umbria, Italy,” “Form and Meaning: Study of The Human Figure.” 2002-2003

Coastal Studies Scholar-In-Residence, Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Stipend/grant awarded. 2001

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. Two grants to support studio work. 2001, 1994

Grumbacher Award & Gold Medal, 169th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY, NY. 1994

Critics Grant (Lois Dodd), scholarship for month-long residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. 1990

Readers Digest Fellowship, awarded while in residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY. 1989

Graduate Fellowship In Painting, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY. 1988

Charles G. Shaw Award in Painting, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY. 1987

Teaching and Workshops

Lucy Barber Art Studio – 2003-present. Teaching online (since 2017) and in workshops. Independent artist teaching in studio, 2003 – present.

ACE/SCTI Sarasota, FL. 2014-2020 - Taught: Drawing Essentials, Painting, Color, Drawing with Color Pencils

Workshops, Classes, Private teaching, in-studio and on location in the Northeast and Sarasota, FL 2003 – present. Still-life and Landscape Painting, Drawing.

Venice Art Center Venice, FL 2020. Taught: Landscape Painting, Color Pencil

Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI - June – August 2017. Taught Painting Fundamentals to college-age students, a 6-week, 72 hours intensive class, taught two weekend painting workshops.

Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL 2008 - 2015

Instructor CSSP, Figure Drawing, Still-life and Landscape Painting, Figure Collage, . 2012 - 2015. Teach to adults and high school age students.

Instructor, Figure Drawing, Studio Drawing and Painting Wildacres Retreat Center, NC. A special program of Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. Fall Session, 2013 & 2014

Full-Time Visiting Artist (2008-2009), Adjunct Professor (2010-2011), Taught in the degree program to full-time college students, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Color

Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL. 2016 – present. Painting, Portrait Drawing, Color Pencil.

State College of Florida,Bradenton, FL - Adjunct Professor. Drawing I and Drawing II - Spring and Fall, 2013

University of Tampa, Tampa, FL - Visiting Adjunct Professor. Intro to Design. 2009

Riverdale Country School, Riverdale, NY - Studio Art Teacher/Upper and Middle School students. Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics. 2005-2008

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts,Lyme, CT - Visiting Artist. Landscape Painting and Color Workshop. March 2004 and September 2004

Bowdoin College,Brunswick, ME - Visiting Assistant Professor, two-year appointment. Landscape Painting, Drawing I & II, Painting. 2001-2003

Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Assistant Professor. First Year Painting, Foundation Drawing, Junior Painting. 1998-2000

College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA - Visiting Assistant Professor. Painting I, II & III, Foundation Drawing. 1997-1998

Pratt Institute,Brooklyn, NY - Visiting Assistant Professor. Foundation Light, Color & Design. 1995-1997

International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture,Umbria, Italy. - Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting June-July 2003

South Portland, ME School District,South Portland, ME - Independent Art Teacher and Consultant to at-risk High School Age students. 2000-2001

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY - Instructor. Drawing, 1996

State University of New York At Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY - Adjunct Assistant Professor. Intermediate Drawing, 2D Design, Spring and Fall, 1995