"Inner Harbor Baltimore"
2006
graphite on paper
11 1/"W x 15 1/2"H

Barry Nemett Biography
Professional Activity and Honors
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Yale University, M. F. A., Painting, 1971
Pratt Institute, B. F. A., Painting, 1969
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1968
Philadelphia College of Art (summer scholarship program), 1964
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
Faculty Enrichment Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1999
Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, France -- to paint in Brittany, France, summer, 2005, 1999
Commissioned painting for the main sanctuary of Congregation Kol Ami, Annapolis, MD, 1992. (Reproduction of the painting included in the 1994-95 United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism calendar, distribution: 300,000 families)
Hugh Fraser Foundation -- providing for a series of lectures at the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 1984
Ford Foundation Grant, 1979-1980 for travel and painting in Italy
First Annual Trustee Fellowship awarded by Maryland Institute College of Art for excellence in teaching, 1978
Award, Maryland Biennial Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1978
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant for Painting, 1978
ITT International Travel Fellowship awarded through Fulbright Hays Commission to live and paint in Spain, 1973-1974
Ely Harwood Schless Award For Excellence In Drawing And Painting, awarded at graduation ceremonies by Yale University, 1971
EXHIBITIONS
2003-2005
"Conversations" Traveling Exhibition: Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD., Delaware Center for Contemporary Art (DCCA), Wilmington, DE., Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., Plymouth College, Plymouth, NH.
1971-2005
Faculty Exhibitions, Maryland Institute College of Art
2004, 2005
One Man Exhibition, Montecastello Gallery, "Paintings and Drawings from Umbria," Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2004
National Academy Museum, New York City, N.Y., "Annual Exhibition"
2004, 1999
Museum of Art, Rochefort-en-Terre, France
2003 Maryland Institute College of Art, "Drawings from Italy," Baltimore, MD
2002 '00, '99
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya , Japan, "Drawings"
2002 - Estraya Gallery, "Summer Show," Baltimore, MD
2001-02
St. John's University, "Laini and Barry Nemett: Related Works of Father and Daughter," Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, Jamaica, New York
2000 -- University of Maryland, University College Art Gallery, "Parallel and Crooked Tracks, Collaborations and Related Works by Barry and Laini Nemett," College Park, Maryland
2000 -- 50-foot Collaborative mixed-media installation, "Discovery & Exploration," exhibited at the Discovery Channel Store at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Balt., MD
2000 -- 48th Annual Exhibition of the Keisho Art Association, Tokyo, Japan
1998-99
One Man Exhibition, Retrospective, Rosenberg Gallery and Corrin Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
1998 -- One Man Exhibition, Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD
1998 -- Law Firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw, & McClay, Washington, D.C.
1997 -- School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, "Artscape '97: Outta Sight"
1997 -- ICE Gallery of Art, 5 E. 57th St., N.Y.C., N. Y., "Drawings"
1995 -- Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD
1994 -- Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
1994 -- One Man Exhibition, Norman Brown Art Gallery, JCC, Balt., MD
1992 -- One Man Exhibition, The Park School, Baltimore, MD
1991 -- One Man Exhibition, Hendler Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991 -- Loyola College, Balt., MD, "Mixed Media: Balt./Wash. Artists"
1988 -- One Man Exhibition, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1987 -- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, "Artscape"
1987 -- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, "Works On Paper"
1987 -- William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA, "Tabletop Still Life"
1987 -- McDonough School, Baltimore, MD, "Gardens of Paradise"
1986 -- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, "Watercolor Invitational"
1985 -- Delaware Museum of Art, "The Male Animal," Wilmington, Delaware
1981-1985 -
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Group Exhibitions
1985 -- Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Exhibition
1984 -- One Man Exhibition, Georgetown Court Artists Space, Wash., D.C.
1983, 1981 -
One Man Exhibitions, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Balt., MD
1983 -- Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1982 -- Towson State University, Towson, MD
1981 -- Gallery 409, Baltimore, MD
1981 -- Goucher College, Towson, MD, "Dimensions in Abstraction"
1980 -- Baltimore Museum of Art, Balt., MD, "Maryland Biennial Exhibition"
1980 -- Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD
1980 -- City Hall Museum, Salisbury Md, "Maryland Artists"
1979 -- Andre Zarre Gallery, N.Y.C., N.Y., "Persistent Patterns"
1978 -- Baltimore Museum of Art, Balt., MD, "Maryland Biennial Exhibition"
1977 -- One Man Exhibition, Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia
1976 -- Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD, "Landscapes"
1974 -- One Man Exhibition, World Headquarters of ITT, N.Y.C., N.Y.
1973 -- Institute of International Education, New York City, New York
1973 -- Alpha Gallery, Boston Massachusetts, "New Talent Show"
1971 -- One Man Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1971 -- First Street Gallery, New York City, New York
1969 -- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J., "5th Annual Exhibition of Painting"
EXHIBITIONS -- COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES:
Atlanta College of Art Davis and Elkins College
Frostburg State College Goucher College
Indiana University Hopkins University
Loyola College Maryland Institute College of Art
Pennsylvania State University Plymouth College
Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design
Rochester Institute of Technology Swain School of Design
Towson State University Tufts University
University of Hartford University of New Hampshire
University of Maryland University of North Carolina
St. John's University Wellesley College
William and Mary College Yale University


RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT, LECTURES:
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT, LECTURES:
Full time Faculty Member, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1971- present
Chair, Painting Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1992 - present
Visiting lecturer, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, Hawaii, 2006
Artist-in-Residence (one week), Bates College, Portland, Maine, 2006
Visiting artist/lecturer, The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy, July-September, 2004; June-July, 2005
Visiting artist/lecturer, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy, July, 2005
Visiting artist/lecturer, Delaware College of Art and Design, 2005
Juror for Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Exhibition and Scholarship Awards, 2005
Visiting artist/lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2004
Painted Illustrations for book cover and inside images of novel, "Sand Castle," Barnhardt & Ashe Publishing, Inc., Miami, Florida, 2004
Curator of "Impact Through the Arts," co-sponsored by Institute of International Education (IIE) and Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2004
Visiting artist/lecturer/instructor, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy, January-May, 2003
Visiting critic, Hoffberger School of Painting, graduate program. 1998-2003
Head, Senior Independent Painting Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1980-1989
Head, Senior Independent General Fine Arts Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1980- 1992
Curator of traveling exhibition: "Conversations," 2003-2005
Visiting artist/lecturer, Goucher College, Towson, MD, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997
Keynote Speaker (with Laini Nemett) for the Maryland Art Education Association, Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts, Brooklyn Park, MD, 2002
Visiting lecturer, Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Thinking Drawing," 2002
Production Designer for film entitled "The Instrument," a joint MICA/Princeton University production, release date, fall, 2005
Visiting critic and lecturer, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 2001
Visiting critic and lecturer, Center for Advanced Art and Culture (CAAC), Aix-en-Provence, France, 2001
Juror, Woodmere Art Museum's 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, 2001
Visiting critic and lecturer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2000
Visiting critic and lecturer, Carver Center for Art and Technology, Towson, MD, 1998, 1999, 2000
Visiting critic and lecturer, Patapsco Senior High School & Center for the Arts, Patapsco, MD, 2000
Visiting critic and lecturer, Society of Art Appraisers, Baltimore, MD, 2000
Visiting critic and lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design, Ontario, Canada, 1999
Visiting lecturer, Philadelphia Community College, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
Visiting lecturer, Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
Visiting critic and lecturer, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1999
Visiting critic and lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1999
Visiting critic and lecturer, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Ill., 1998
Prof. of Art, Taught course with faculty from Goucher College at Goucher College, "Settings and Sources", 1997-99, 2001, 2003
Guest lecturer with Mata Ghatan, "Contemporary Connections, A Dialogue: Narrative Paintings in the Gold Gallery of the Walters Art Museum," Baltimore, MD, 2000
Panel Discussion: "Creativity," Jewish Community Center, Baltimore, MD, 2000
Panel Discussion: "The Language of Landscape: Storytelling Beyond Words," Panelists: David Abram, Madison Smartt Bell, Alan Cheuse, Barry Nemett, Kristin O"Shee, at Goucher College, Towson, MD, 1998
Lectured on "Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age," an exhibition at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD "Painters on Paintings: A Dialogue between Barry Nemett and Karl Connolly," 1998
Keynote speaker for Countywide Professional Development Day, "Developing A Direction: The Integration of Word & Image, 1968-1998," Baltimore County Public School System, Patapsco Senior High School, Baltimore, MD, 1998
Keynote speaker to The Art Seminar Group, "Sight and Insight", Baltimore, MD, 1998
Keynote speaker for Countywide Staff Development Session addressing the theme of Image and Text, Howard County Public School System, Howard County Center for the Arts, MD, 1997
Keynote speaker for Countywide Staff Development Session, Howard County Public School System, Howard County Board of Education, MD, 1997
Speaker and panelist for Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth, The 1996 College Colloquium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1996
Speaker and panelist at national symposium held at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, "The Foundation Moment," 1996
Created illustration distributed by Religion News Service, Wash., D.C., (Sept, 1995) and published in numerous newspapers and magazines throughout the United States including The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California; The Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York; The National Christian Reporter, Dallas, Texas; and Mobile Alabama Press, Mobile, Alabama
Commissioned to create painting for color double page spread, "Learning the Golden Rule", "Public Issues", MBIA, New York, November, 1995
Juror, Laurel Art Guild Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Art Center, Laurel, MD. 1995
Keynote speaker for the East Coast Conference of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Program, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1995
"Going For Baroque", the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, 1995. Exhibit comprised of student work from a class taught by Barry Nemett (first time in this museum's history that student work was exhibited.)
Panelist: "Jewish Pop Culture - Old and New," JCC, Owings Mills, 1995
Curator of traveling exhibition: "Maryland institute: Then and Now: 100 Years," 1994
Lectures presented to docents at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1994, 1993
Lectures presented to docents, Walters Art Museum, Balt., MD, 1996, 1993
Artist-in-Residence, 1993 Summer Session, Keisho Art Association, Japan
Prof. of Art, Continuing Ed. Department, Johns Hopkins University, 1992
Diana Lee Fox Memorial Resident Artist, 1992, The Park School, Balt., MD
Artist-in-Residence, Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine, 1988
Curator of "Artscape, 1986: Elements of Style," Baltimore, MD
Lecturer for the opening of the exhibition "Master Drawing From Titian to Picasso", Curtis O. Baer Collection, Walters Art Museum, Balt., MD, 1986
Curator, "Maryland Artists," The Maryland State Arts Council, Balt., MD, 1985
Artist-in Residence, Summer Scholarship Program, Arbroath, Scotland, 1985
Artist-in Residence, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 1984
Consultant, visiting critic, and lecturer for "Gifted and Talented High School Art Program, Goucher College, Towson, MD, 1981
New York Studio School, N.Y.C., N.Y., visiting critic and lecturer, 1978
Consultant for Beautiful Walls for Baltimore" mural program, part of Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, 1978-1987
PUBLICATIONS:
Novel entitled "Crooked Tracks," Barnhardt & Ashe Publishing, Inc., 2006
"Conversations," Curatorial statement/Exhibition Catalogue essay, Traveling Exhibition, 2003-2005
"Variations: Howie Lee Weiss," Exhibition Catalogue essay, Goucher College, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2002
Dog Prints," Exhibition Catalogue essay for Tammara Sigler, Goya-Girl Press, 2000
"Weathering Time: The Art of Eugene Leake," Baltimore Magazine, feature article, 1999
"Forays", Maryland Institute College of Art publication of short stories and poems, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994
"Images, Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts", An introduction to the visual arts college textbook published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, College Publishers, August, 1991, later purchased by McGraw-Hill Publishers
Instructor's Manual to Accompany "Images, Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts," Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, College Publishers, 1992
"Poetry of Destruction, Traces of Time," Exhibition Catalogue for Kevin Kearney, at Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, September, 1991. The text for this catalogue was translated into German for HHS Magazine, published in East Berlin
Sandy Skoglund: "Uncommon Canines," Museum & Arts Washington, Washington, D.C., May/June, 1990
"Titian: Master of Complexity," Museum & Arts Washington, Museum & Arts Washington, Washington, D.C., Nov./Dec., 1990
"A View From Baltimore to Washington," Washington Review, Museum & Arts Washington, Washington, D.C., Oct./Nov., 1990
"Obssesive Objects", New Art Examiner, February, 1989
"Vessels", New Art Examiner, March, 1989
"Stuart Davis' Mythical John Hancock", Arts Magazine, New York City, N.Y., January, 1988
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Partial Listing):
Gary Mullinax, The News Journal, Life & Leisure, " 'Conversations' offers collaborative art," Delaware, March 7, 2004
Linnel Smith, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Artistic Give and Take," December, 18, 2003
Tom Chalkley, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, "Dialogue Boxes," December 10, 2003
Jen Waters, The Washington Times, "More Than Just a Brush with Art: Young Artists Find Expression in Painting at University," November, 2003
Jean-Charles Cavaille, "40 American Painters: One Hundred Years of American Artistic Tradition," Rochefort-en-Terre, 2003
Mike Giuliano, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, "A Sampling of Art on the Avenue: Summer Show at Estraya Gallery, July, 2002
Stephanie Silver, Baltimore Magazine, "Being Adam Nemett,"August, 2002
Joseph L. Adolphe, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C., "The Ordinary Begets the Mysterious," December, 2001
Bruce Miller, The Daily Record, "Discovery Paints New Attraction," Balt., MD, May, 2000
Jared Featherstone, Gazette, College Park, MD, (feature article), "Color, media, and family mix in father-daughter exhibit," April, 2000
Deborah Walike, Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD, (feature article), "Two's Company: Barry and Laini Nemett open their two-person show of collaborative works at the University of Maryland," April, 2000
Joe Shannon, Art in America, New York City, N.Y., "Retrospective at Goucher College," October, 1999
Mike Giuliano, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, "Back to Nature: MICA Faculty Presents Art Au Naturel in Annual Group Exhibit," Oct. 20, 1999,
Linell Smith, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "The World in a New Light," March 18th, 1999
John Yau, Exhibition Catalogue essay, "Archetypal Perceptions: The Art of Barry Nemett," 1998
John Dorsey, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Shared Humanity Lies at the Core," Annual Faculty Show, December, 1, 1998
John Dorsey, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Retrospective Shows Beauty in Detail," Art: Barry Nemett's work marries nature and nuance in works filled with Imagery," November 17, 1998
Louis Berney, Arts and Life, "Novel Idea," (feature article), Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD, November, 6, 1998
Mike Giuliano, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, "Art Lessons, MICA Instructors Show Their Work," October 29, 1997
John Dorsey, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Faculty Show Finds Institute in Good Hands," October 15, 1996
Mike Giuliano, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, "Paintings, Poems, and More," August 28, 1996
John Dorsey, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Nemett's Works Make Strong Statement," December 15, 1994
Adrienne Redd, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, "Maryland Institute is Gratifying Surprise," July 10, 1994
Marigrace Heyer, The Times News, Lehighton, Pennsylvania, "Maryland Institute Faculty Exhibits Work in Jim Thorpe," 1994
Jean Woods, The Herald Mail, Hagerstown, MD, "Paintings by Art School Faculty at Coolfont," May 1, 1994
The Capital, Annapolis, MD, "Barry Nemett Nationally Honored," 1994
Lisa S. Goldberg, "Shape of Things to Come: W