Biography

Jack Barnett

Nationality: American
Dates: Born 1944
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Education:
 

1975 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Awarded four year certificate
1968-1970 The Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
 

 

Select Exhibitions
One Person Shows:
 

2012 Metonymic Transfiguration: The Apotheosis of the Body in Recent Works of Jack Barnett, Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas
1991 Jack Barnett, Drawing and Painting, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
1991 Bodywork: Painting and Drawing on the Figure, Fort Worth Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1991 Barnett By Two, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1988 Other Shades of Pastel, The Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1988 Jack and Vera Barnett, Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1983 Jack Barnett, Ben Mangel Gallery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
1982 Jack Barnett: Recent Work, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1973 Jack Barnett: New Work, Vendo Rubes Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970 One Man Show, Commerce Building, Fort Worth, Texas
 

Invitational Exhibitions:
 

2002 Beyond the Apple and Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Belenky Gallery, New York, New York
1998 The Figure, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 Jack Barnett and Ron Tomlinson, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
1993 Faculty Show, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
1986 Big Work, Small Work, Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1979-1985 Faculty Show, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
1981 New Generation Artists, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980 The Figure, Woodmere Art Museum, Germantown, Pennsylvania
1980 Watercolors, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 Ten Philadelphia Graduates, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
1976 Emerging Talent, Rudgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1975 New Talent, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
 

Juried Exhibitions:
 

2014 Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas, jurors Andrea Karnes and Ron Tyler
2001 65th Mid-Year Annual Exhibition Butler Institute of American Art, Dayton, Ohio
1998 Annual Juried Exhibition 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991-1993 National Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Realism, 1992, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia
1990 National Juried Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1989 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, New York
1988 Annual Juried Exhibition, Society of Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth, Texas
1988 16th Annual Open Exhibition, The Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
1984 National Drawing Show, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1976 40th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1973 33rd Annual Exhibition, The Watercolor Society of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
1973 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
 

 

Awards
 

1990 Honorable Mention, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1990 Kar-Lynn Award, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1989 Best of Show, Society of Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth, Texas
1985 Third Prize, Allentown Annual, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1976 Elizabeth Coyne Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Germantown, Pennsylvania
1976 First Prize, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1976 Purchase Prize, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1976 S.J. Wallace Truman Award, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1973 S.J. Wallace Truman Award, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1974 Mabel Wilson Woodrow Award, Fellowship Annual, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
 

 

Academic Awards: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
 

Cresson Fellowship, traveling scholarship to Europe
Thouron Prize, for composition
Edna C. Penneypacker Starter Memorial Award
Henry C. Pratt Award, for graphics
Catheryn Grant Memorial Prize, for landscape
Toppan Prize, for drawing
Alexander Prize
Perspective Prize
 

 

Teaching Experience
 

1997 Painting Instructor , Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
1993-1994 Drawing and Design Instructor, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
1989 Guest Critic, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
1989 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1988 Guest critic for Richard Cramer Seniors Seminar, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979-1985 Painting and Drawing Instructor, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
1977-1978 Guest Critic, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania
1977 Painting Instructor, Main Line Center for the Arts, Wayne, Pennsylvania
 

 

Press Reviews
 

Mike Daniels, “Go Figure,” The Dallas Morning News, 1997.
 

Janet Tyson, “Schools out in Fort Worth,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 1998.
 

Janet Tyson, “Discretion and a Spousal Exhibition,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 1990.
 

Janet Tyson, “A Body of Work Looks at the Body From All Angles,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 1990.
 

Victoria Donohoe, “Contemporary Trends Reflected in Group of New Gallery Shows,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1983.
 

Victoria Donohoe, “Art Review,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1982.
 

Burt Wasserman, “Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship,’ The Drummer, 1977.
 

Carol Aiken, “Perseverance Pays Off,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 1970.
 

 

Public Collections
 

The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saint Charles Seminary Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas
Represented by Belenky Gallery, New York, New York

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