JOSEPH BARRON

115 North Creek Lane Osprey Florida 34229

Studio Phone/Fax (941) 966-2255

Cell Phone (941) 928-3884

Email joe@josephbarron.com

Please Visit me on the Web

www.josephbarron.com

Joe Barron Is a professional artist who has worked in Chicago, New York and Sarasota since graduating with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1988. He has won international awards and recognition, exhibited in museums and gallery and public spaces. He paints large and small format canvases and Murals and has created designs for textile, fashion and Interior design clients including Ralph Lauren Polo, Hickey Freeman, Robb& Stucky and many others. He has worked at creative visual merchandising projects for Structure Stores and French Connection. He also assisted monthly show installations and coordination of events at Kathryn Sermas Gallery, New York.

Joe currently lives in Osprey, Florida where he creates unique murals, fine art and decorative designs and wall finishes for a variety of clientele including commercial projects as well as the homes of private clients in Southwest Florida's most exclusive residences. His Mural in The Garden Room at The Sarasota University Club was recommended as an Editor's Choice in Sarasota Magazine's Best of the Best issue in May 2004 and Featured in the same publication in October 2009. His work has been seen in the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Venice Gondier. His Madagaskar themed mural was featured in the cover article in the Magazine Housetrends-Greater Sarasota Winter 2006 issue.

Joe has substantial experience with and utilizes the latest digital imaging and media applications in his work. He has a practical knowledge of HTML which he utilizes to administer his own website.

AWARDS

Awarded New York City studio space for one year by the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art

Foundation.

Grumbacher Award in Painting in Juror John Caldwell, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Awarded Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant .

CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATION COLLECTIONS

Vin Cella located in Sarasota's Rosemary district is one of the most luxurious wine storage and tasting facilities in the world, combining new world technology with old world charm. Vin Cella offers a wealth of information pertaining to fine wine collecting and world class storage

Ritz Carlton Tower Residences Sales Model, Ceiling Murals and wall finishes and Decorative Art. Susan Dabney, ASID Designer. Year 2004.

Sarasota University Club 1605 Main Street Sarasota Florida 34236 Mural on all walls of The Garden Room. Recommended as an Editor's Choice in Sarasota Magazine's Best of the Best issue in May 2004.

Meyer Pediatrics Sarasota, Florida

Il Panificio at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida

Sullivan and Voigt Kids, Sarasota, Florida

SELECTED EXHlBlTlONS AND SHOWCASES

2007 MIRACLE HOUSE The Florida Suncoast Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation Build for the Cure March 2-18, 2007

Called Villa Milagros or Miracle House the home features nearly 11,000 sq. ft. of living space on more than 300 ft. of picturesque waterfront. Located just steps away from beautiful Lido Beach and St. Armands Circle, Villa Milagros is the first-ever luxury home in Sarasota designed to raise money exclusively for breast cancer research, education and early detection programs. A portion of the sale of the $8.9 million dollar home will benefit the Affiliate. Seventy-five percent of the money raised through the PINK PARTY, presented by Morgan Stanley (March 1, 2007), the public tours of the home (March 2-18, 2007) and the sale of the home itself will stay in our community to fund education, screening and treatment programs in our six-county area. The balance will go to Komen National to fund national and international breast cancer programs.

2006 Residence of US Representative Vern and Sandy Buchanan Longboat Key Florida. Painted commisioned art medallion in ceiling Dome.

1999 ASID Designer Showcase at The Taylor House, Sarasota, Presented by by The Florida West Coast Symphony Association. Painted art on plaque pediments and faux finished over grass cloth wallpaper. Treanne Michel and Melinda Voigt, ASlD Designers, Robb & StucKy.

1998 ASID Designer Showcase at lcard House at Hawks Harbor, Sarasota, Stairwell tropical mural and sitting Room aviary theme art.

1998 Sarasota County Arts Council, Sarasota, Florida, Solo Exhibition, "Joseph Barron".

1997 Sarasota Visual Arts Center,Sarasota Florida,"Hot Summer Cool Art", August.

1997 Gulf Gate Mall, Sarasota, Florida. "Art in Motion", an ARTarget exhibition at vacated mall

site.

1996,1997 Five Points, Sarasota, Florida, "Arts Day, A Visual and Per~performance Arts Event to Encourage Public Commitment to and Dialog in the Arts", January.

1995 The Century, Miami Beach in association with Griffin Gallery, Miami, January.

1994 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama. "Chiaroscuro: A Contemporary Study of Light and Dark, 1994 Montgomery Biennial", curated by Jane Kessler, Curator's Forum, September- October.

1994 Triplex Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New

York, "Courtship: Unity and Diversity", July -September, Curated by Linda Stein

and Christine Scott.

1993, 1994 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Space Program, "Open Studios", December 1993 and April 1994.

1993 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, "Corporeal Identities".

1990 Hispano 20 and Cartoon Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, "New Yorkers in Spain", Sponsored by Banco Hispano Americano.

1990 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, "Member" Show".

1989 The Museum of Contemporary Art Store, Chicago, " 6th Annual Shirts by Artists

Exhibition".

1989 Laguna Gloria Museum and Tour, Orig., Austin, Texas. "Texas Fine Art Association, New American Talent 1989". Juror, John Caldwell, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, 1989-93, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

PUBLICATIONS

2009 Sarasota-Magazine October 2009 "Casa de Familia" by

Ilene Denton.

2006Housetrends Magazine "Taste of the Tropics by Karen Bradner.

2004 Editor's Choice in Sarasota Magazine's Best of the Best issue in May 2004.

1998 Venice Gondolier, Feature ASID Designer Showcase lcard House at Hawks Harbor, Sarasota

1998 Sarasota Herald Tribune, "Ticket" feature.

EDUCATlON

The School of the Art institute of Chicago, MFA and BFA. Completed semester graduate program at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.