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Barry Nemett is Professor of Drawing & Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and served as chair of the Painting Department for 25 years. He studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, received his BFA at Pratt Institute and his MFA at Yale University. His awards include The Hugh Fraser Foundation, Ford Foundation Grant, MICA Trustee Grant for Excellence in Teaching, Maryland State Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, ITT International Travel Fellowship/Fulbright Hays Grant, Ely Harwood Schless Award for Excellence in Drawing and Painting at Yale University, Faculty Enrichment Grant, and the Berkeley T. Rulon Miller Award. Prof. Nemett has curated numerous traveling exhibitions, and has exhibited his own work at the National Academy Museum, Museum of Art, Rochefort-en-Terre, France, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, Baltimore Museum of Art, Delaware Museum of Art, Institute of International Education, Washington County Museum of Art, Andre Zarre Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Goucher College, Indiana University, Loyola College, New Jersey State Museum, University of North Carolina, Pratt Institute, St. John's University, University of Maryland, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College, College of William and Mary, and Yale University.

Nemett's publications include: Images, Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts, (McGraw-Hill, 1992) and Crooked Tracks (novel, 2006). He is a frequent contributor to Hyperallergic and has published articles in Brooklyn Rail, Two Coats of Paint, artcritical, Painters on Painting, Arts Magazine, Museum & Arts: Washington, New Art Examiner, Washington Review, Baltimore magazine, Forays Review, and many artist catalogue essays. Nemett has been a Visiting Artist at Chautauqua Institute, Chicago Art Institute, Delaware College of Art and Design, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, New York Studio School, Ontario College of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, Rhode Island School of Design, Salisbury State University, Swain School of Design, Swarthmore College, University of Maryland, Wellesley College, and Woodmere Museum of Art and has been Artist in Residence at Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, France, Bates College, Glasgow School of Art, Keisho Art Association (Japan), Studio Art Centers International Florence, and Summer Scholarship Program, Scotland.

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 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 “Barry Nemett” Guilin Art Museum, Guilin, China

“Barry Nemett” Carver Center Gallery, Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Towson, MD

“Expanding the Grid,” Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2012 “Paintings and Drawings by Barry Nemett,” The International School of Painting, Drawing, &

Sculpture, Umbria, Italy

2010 "Works on Paper," University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2008-10 Traveling Exhibition: ”Language of Landscape: Works from Italy”

George Mason University, Fine Arts Gallery, VA; Hood College, Hodson Art Gallery,

MD; St. Andrews School, Warner Gallery, O’Brien Arts Center, DE; Wilson College,

Elizabeth Holden Gallery, PA; Fairleigh Dickinson University, Fairleigh Dickinson

University Art Gallery, Teaneck, New Jersey; Studio Art Centers International (SACI),

Florence, Italy; ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy; Maryland Institute College of Art, Pinkard

Gallery/Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD (simultaneous exhibitions); Bates College,

Bates College Museum of Art, ME

2008 “Paintings and Drawings by Barry Nemett,” ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy

2004-07 “Paintings and Drawings from Umbria,” Montecastello Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

2006–07 “Tales of a Few Cities: Paintings, Drawings and Sketchbooks by Barry Nemett,” The John B.

Hurford Humanities Center, Stokes Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

1998–99 “A 30 Year Retrospective,” Catalogue essay by John Yau, Rosenberg Gallery and Corrin

Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

1998 Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD

1994 “Recent Paintings,” Norman Brown Art Gallery, JCC, Baltimore, MD

1992 The Park School, Baltimore, MD

1991 Hendler Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1988 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

1984 Georgetown Court Artists Space, Washington, DC

1983, 81 “Gatherings,” C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1977 Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, WV

1974 “Paintings from Spain,” World Headquarters of ITT, N.Y.C, NY

1971 “Thesis Exhibition,” Yale University, New Haven, CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018-2019 "People and Places,"International Wing, BWI (Baltimore Washington International) Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD

2018 “Sabbatical Exhibition,” Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2015 “American Painters in France,” Chataugiron, France

2014-15 “Dialoghi dell’ Arte: Perception and Motif—United  States, Italy, and China” (traveling show):

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri

Guilin Museum of Art, Guilin, China

Palazzo dei Cartelloni at the Studio Art CenterInternational, Florence, Italy

Montecastello Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

2015 “H2O Watercolor: Traditional & Experimental,” February 5-March 6, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD

2013 “La Lumière Fantastique: Brittany Shines in Baltimore” Sheila Riggs and Leidy Gallery, Graduate

Studio Center, Maryland Institute College of Art (November - December)

“Sharper Focus: Part II,” an Ethan Cohen Project, artSTRAND, Provincetown, MA

2013 “Sharper Focus,” Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY

"Speed and Pressure," VisArts, Kaplan Gallery, Rockville, MD

Bethesda Painting Award Finalists, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD

"Strokes of Genius," Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD

2012 “American Painters in Lehon,” Abbey Gallery of Lehon, Lehon, France

2011-12 Traveling Exhibition in France: “The Art In the Cities—American Painters” (“L’Art dans les Cities

—Peintres Americains”), Maison de Bretagne, Montparnasse, Paris, Chateaugiron, PontCroix, Lehon, Becherel

2012 “Dialoghi dell’ Arte,” McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina

2012 “Small Paintings,” Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

2011 “6th Bienal de São Tomé & Principe,” Casa das Artes Criacao Ambiente Utopias (CACAU),

São Tomé, Africa

2011 “A Jaca dos Americanos,“ Casa das Artes Criacao Ambiente Utopias (CACAU), São Tomé, Africa

2011 ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy (Two-Person Exhibition)

2011 “Adam’s Crayons: A Tale of a Few Stories, Barry and Laini Nemett,” Stevenson University Gallery,

Stevenson, MD

2011 Sabbatical Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art

2010 “Summer Selections," Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, New York

2010 “Sabbatical Exhibition,” Decker gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2010 “MICA Fulbright Honorees at BWI/Marshal,” Baltimore, MD

2008 “56th Annual Exhibition of the Keisho Art Association,” Tokyo, Japan

2007 Two-Person Exhibition, “Ying Li & Barry Nemett: Paintings and Drawings,” ISA Gallery,

Umbria,Italy

“MICA Painters,” Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College,

Harrisburg, PA

1971-07, 11 Faculty Exhibitions, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2003–05 “Conversations,” Traveling Exhibition: Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD., Delaware Center for

Contemporary Art (DCCA), Wilmington, DE., Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY;

Collaboration with William Bailey, Robert Koggee, and Laini Nemett

2004 “Annual Exhibition,” National Academy Museum, New York City, New York

2004, 99 Museum of Art, Rochefort-en-Terre, France

2003 Drawings from Italy,” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2002, 00, 99 “Drawings,” Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan

2002 “Summer Show,” Estraya Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2001–02 “Laini and Barry Nemett: Related Works of Father and Daughter,” St. John’s University, Chung

Cheng Art Gallery, Jamaica, NY

“Parallel and Crooked Tracks, Collaborations and Related Works by Barry and Laini Nemett,”

University of Maryland, University College Art Gallery, College Park, MD

“Discovery & Exploration,” 60-foot Collaborative mixed-media installation, exhibited at the

Discovery Channel Store at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

148th Annual Exhibition of the Keisho Art Association, Tokyo, Japan

1998 Law Firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw, & McClay, Washington, DC

1997 “Artscape ’97: Outta Sight,” School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

“Drawings,” ICE Gallery of Art, 5 E. 57th St, NYC, NY

1995 Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel MD

1994 Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

1991 “Mixed Media: Baltimore/Wash. Artists,” Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

“Artscape,” MICA, Baltimore, MD

“Works On Paper,” Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

“Tabletop Still Life,” William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA

“Gardens of Paradise,” McDonough School, Baltimore, MD

1986 “Watercolor Invitational,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1985 “The Male Animal,” Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE

1981–85 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Group Exhibitions

1985 Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Exhibition

1983 Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD

1982 Towson State University, Towson, MD

1981 Gallery 409, Baltimore, MD

“Dimensions in Abstraction,” Goucher College, Towson, MD

1980 “Maryland Biennial Exhibition,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD

“Maryland Artists,” City Hall Museum, Salisbury MD

1979 “Persistent Patterns,” Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC, NY

1978 “Maryland Biennial Exhibition,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

1976 “Landscapes,” Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1973 Institute of International Education, New York City, NY

1973 “New Talent Show,”Alpha Gallery, Boston Massachusetts

1971 First Street Gallery, New York City, NY

1969 “5th Annual Exhibition of Painting,” New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

EXHIBITIONS: COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES

Atlanta College of Art Davis and Elkins College

Fairleigh Dickinson University Frostburg State College

George Mason University Goucher College

Haverford College Hood College

Indiana University Johns Hopkins University

Kentucky School of Art Loyola College

Maryland Institute College of Art Montgomery College

Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute

Rhode Island School of Design Rochester Institute of Technology

Stevenson University Swain School of Design

Towson State University Tufts University

University of Hartford University of New Hampshire

University of Maryland University of North Carolina

University of South Carolina Wellesley College

William and Mary College Yale University

Selected Public Collections

Banque de Bretagne, Rennes, France

Caisse Epargne Prévoyance Bretagne Pays de Loire, Josselin, France

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME

Casa das Artes Criaçao Ambiente Utopias, São Tomé, Africa

Congregation Kol Ami, Annapolis, MD

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD

St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, France

RTKL (global architecture, planning and design firm), Baltimore, MD

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY

Stevenson University, Baltimore, MD

Towson State University, Towson, MD

Yale University, New Haven, CT

EXHIBITIONS CURATED

2003–05 “MICA--THEN/NOW,” simultaneous exhibition at Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY, and

Kunsthalle Beacon (KuBE), Beacon, NY

2003–05 Traveling exhibition: “Conversations,” Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD; Delaware Center for

Contemporary Art (DCCA), Wilmington, DE; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2004 “Impact Through the Arts,” co-sponsored by Institute of International Education (IIE) and Studio Art

Centers International (SACI), Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD

1995 Co-curated (with Lisa Corin) student component of “Going For Baroque,” Walters Art Museum,

Baltimore, MD, Exhibition of work from Barry Nemett’s class (first time Walters Museum included

student artwork in a major exhibition)

1994 “Maryland Institute: Then and Now: 100 Years,” Traveling exhibition, Anita Shapolsky/Josiah White

Exhibition Center, Jim Thorp, PA, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

1986 Co-curator (with Robert Storr) of “Artscape, 1986: Elements of Style,” Baltimore, MD

TEACHING and ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1992–2016 Chair, Painting Department, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD

1971–Present Full time Faculty Member, MICA

2004–12 Painting and Drawing instructor, The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture,

Umbria, Italy, Summers

2011 Painting and Drawing instructor, 5-week Summer Program, São Tomé & Principe, Africa

2013, 06-08, 2003-1998 Visiting critic, Hoffberger School of Painting, Graduate Program, MICA

2006 Drawing Instructor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, fall semester

2003 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy, spring

semester

2003, 2001 Professor of Art, team-taught with faculty from Goucher College, “Settings and Sources,”

1997–99 Goucher College, Towson, MD

1980–92 Head, Senior Independent GFA Program, MICA

1980–89 Head, Senior Independent Painting Program, MICA

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2013 Bethesda Painting Awards, "Best in Show", Gallery B, Bethesda, MD

2013 "Strokes of Genius," award winner, Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD

2012 Residency to paint in Lehon, Brittany, France, June 24-July 28,

2010 Brittany Painting Tour (6 towns), May 15-June 26, funded by French Government

2012, 10, 09, 99 Faculty Enrichment Grant, MICA

2007 Trustee Fellowship awarded by MICA for excellence in teaching

2005, 99 Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, France

1993 Artist-in-Residence, Summer, Keisho Art Association, Japan

1992 Painting commission for main sanctuary of Congregation Kol Ami, Annapolis, MD

1985 Artist-in-Residence, Summer Scholarship Program, Arbroath, Scotland

1984 Hugh Fraser Foundation/lectures at the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

1979–80 Ford Foundation Grant, Italy

1978 First Annual MICA Trustee Fellowship for excellence in teaching

Award, Maryland Biennial Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant for Painting

1973–74 ITT International Travel Fellowship, Spain, Fulbright Hays Award

1971 Ely Harwood Schless Award For Excellence in Drawing and Painting, Yale University

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012 Juror for “X-Large/ X-Small,” national painting exhibition, collaboration between Maryland

Federation of the Arts and University of Maryland, College Park, The Art Gallery, University of

Maryland, College Park, MD

2012 Visiting Artist/ lecturer, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2011 Television Interview, São Tomé & Principe, Africa

2011 Visiting lecturer, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

2010 Visiting lecturer, Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY

2010 Illustrator for “Adam’s Crayons,” Written by Niki Leopold, Galileo Press, Ltd., Baltimore, MD

Cover Illustration for “Lasting Transformation: Life Lesson & Soul-Wisdom Therapy,” Dr. Abby

Rosen, Author House, Bloomington, Indiana

2010, 09 Visiting artist/lecturer, Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY

2009 Juror for BFA NOW: NY-LA-Beijing, an International Painting Competition

Visiting lecturer, “Eyeballing Renaldo and Armida,” Baltimore Museum of Art (in conjunction with

Johns Hopkins University), Baltimore, MD

WYPR, The Signal, Aaron Henkin, Radio interview with Barry Nemett

Visiting artist/lecturer, St. Andrews School, DE

Visiting artist/lecturer, Wilson College, PA

Visiting artist/lecturer, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

Visiting artist/lecturer, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy

Bates College, Bates College Museum of Art, ME

Visiting artist/lecturer, Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY

2008 WYPR, Maryland Morning, Tom Hall, Radio interview with Barry Nemett

WYPR, The Signal, Aaron Henkin, Radio interview with Barry Nemett, “Crooked Tracks”

Visiting artist/lecturer George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Lecturer, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland

Visiting artist/lecturer, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Visiting artist/lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Visiting artist/lecturer, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD

Visiting artist/lecturer, Towson University, Towson, MD

Visiting artist/lecturer, Howard Community College, Ellicott City, MD

2007 Visiting artist/lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting artist/lecturer, Delaware College of Art and Design, DE

Visiting artist/lecturer, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting artist/lecturer (one week), Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Lecture: “Paintings, Sculpture, and Photography at Seven Bridges,” Seven Bridges Foundation,

Greenwich, CT

Juror for Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Exhibition and Awards, Baltimore Museum of Art

2006 Provided paintings as set dressing for the feature length motion picture, “Step Up,” Touchstone

Pictures and Summit Entertainment, Directed by Anne Fletcher

Visiting artist/lecturer, Mellon Learning Associate in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Bates

College, Lewiston, ME

Juror for Bethesda Arts Awards Exhibition, Bethesda, MD

Juror for Women Artists’ Forum Exhibition, Robert Artreasian Gallery, Hampden, MD

2005-03 Visiting artist/lecturer, Goucher College, Towson, MD

2001, 99, 97

2005 Visiting artist/lecturer, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Visiting artist/lecturer, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy, July

Visiting artist/lecturer, Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE

Production Designer for film: “The Instrument,” a joint MICA/Princeton University production

Juror for Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Exhibition and Scholarship Awards

2004 Visiting artist/lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Painted Illustrations for book cover and inside images of novel, “Sand Castle,” Barnhardt & Ashe

Publishing, Inc., Miami, FL

2002 Keynote Speaker (with Laini Nemett) for the Maryland Art Education Association, Chesapeake

Center

for the Creative Arts, Brooklyn Park, MD

Visiting lecturer, Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, “Thinking Drawing”

Poetry reading, “Spectrum of Poetic Fire,” hosted by Michael Collier (Maryland Poet Laureate) and

Chezia Thompson Cager, Prof., MICA

2001 Visiting critic and lecturer, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

Visiting critic and lecturer, Center for Advanced Art and Culture (CAAC), Aix-en-Provence, France

Juror, Woodmere Art Museum’s 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

1998–01 Visiting critic and lecturer, Carver Center for Art and Technology, Towson, MD

2000 Visiting critic and lecturer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Visiting lecturer, Patapsco Senior High School & Center for the Arts, Patapsco, MD

Visiting critic and lecturer, Society of Art Appraisers, Baltimore, MD

Guest lecturer with Mata Ghatan, “Contemporary Connections, A Dialogue: Narrative Paintings in

the Gold Gallery of the Walters Art Museum,” Baltimore, MD

Panel Discussion: “Creativity,” Jewish Community Center, Baltimore, MD

1999 Visiting critic and lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design, Ontario, Canada

Visiting lecturer, Philadelphia Community College, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting lecturer, Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting critic and lecturer, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Visiting critic and lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1998 Visiting critic and lecturer, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL

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

Lecture, “Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht During the Golden Age,” Walters Art Museum,

Baltimore, MD, “Painters on Paintings: A Dialogue Between Barry Nemett and Karl Connolly”

Keynote speaker, 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

Keynote speaker, The Art Seminar Group, “Sight and Insight,” Baltimore, MD

1997 Keynote speaker, Countywide Staff Development Session, Howard County Public School System,

Howard County Center for the Arts, MD

Keynote speaker, Countywide Staff Development Session, Howard County Public School System,

Howard County Board of Education, MD

1996, 93 Lectures presented to docents, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

1996 Speaker and panelist for Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth, The 1996 College

Colloquium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Speaker and panelist at national symposium held at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, “The Foundation Moment”

1995 Created illustration distributed by Religion News Service, Wash., DC, and published in The Los Angeles

Times, Los Angeles, CA; The Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY; The National Christian Reporter,

Dallas, Texas; and Mobile Alabama Press, Mobile, AL

Commissioned to create painting for color double page spread, “Learning the Golden Rule,” “Public Issues”, MBIA, NY, November

Juror, Laurel Art Guild Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Art Center, Laurel, MD

Keynote speaker for the East Coast Conference of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Program,

Baltimore Museum of Art

Panelist: “Jewish Pop Culture—Old and New,” JCC, Owings Mills

1994–95 Painting reproduced in United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism calendar, distribution: 300,000 families

1994, 93 Lectures presented to docents at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

1992 Prof. of Art, Continuing Ed. Department, Johns Hopkins University

Diana Lee Fox Memorial Resident Artist, The Park School, Baltimore, MD

1988 Artist-in-Residence, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME

1986 Lecturer for opening of “Master Drawing From Titian to Picasso,” Curtis O. Baer Collection, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

1985 Artist-in-Residence, Summer Scholarship Program, Arbroath, Scotland

1984 Artist-in-Residence, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

1981 Consultant, visiting critic, and lecturer for “Gifted and Talented High School Art Program, Goucher College, Towson, MD

1978 Visiting Critic and Lecturer, New York Studio School, N.Y.C., NY

1978–87 Consultant for “Beautiful Walls for Baltimore” mural program, part of Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture

PUBLICATIONS and ARTICLES

2012 “XL-XS” Exhibition Catalogue essay, Juror’s Statement, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland,

College Park, Sponsored by the Maryland federation of the Arts.

2012 “Jeanne Keck Paintings, Lance Miller Writings: Words and Paint, Uncommon Dialogue,” Exhibition

Catalogue essay, Whitmore Publishing, Inc., Annapolis, MD

2012 “Pam Bowers: Memento Mori,” Exhibition Catalogue essay, Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY

2009 “Barry Nemett: Paintings, Poems & Passages,” Author House, Bloomington, Indiana

2007 “Crooked Tracks” (novel), Barnhardt & Ashe Publishing, Inc.

2003–05 “Conversations,” Exhibition Catalogue essay, Traveling Exhibition

2002 “Variations: Howie Lee Weiss,” Exhibition Catalogue essay, Goucher College, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2000 “Dog Prints,” Exhibition Catalogue essay for Tammara Sigler, Goya Girl Press

1999 “Weathering Time: The Art of Eugene Leake,” Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD, feature article

1998, 97, “Foray’s” MICA publication of short stories and poems

1996, 94, 92 Instructor’s Manual, “Images, Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts,” Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, College Publishers

1991 “Images, Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts,” College textbook, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, College Publishers, later purchased by McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

“Poetry of Destruction, Traces of Time,” Exhibition Catalogue for Kevin Kearney, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California. Text was translated into German for HHS Magazine, published in East Berlin

1990 Sandy Skoglund: “Uncommon Canines,” Museum & Arts Washington, Washington, DC, May/June,

“Titian: Master of Complexity,” Museum & Arts Washington, Museum & Arts Washington,

Washington, DC, Nov./Dec.,

“A View From Baltimore to Washington,” Washington Review, Museum & Arts Washington,

Washington, DC, Oct./Nov.

1989 “Obsessive Objects”, New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, February

“Vessels,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, March

1988 “Stuart Davis’ Mythical John Hancock”, Arts Magazine, New York City, NY, January

SELECTED REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS REFERENCING BARRY NEMETT

2012 Lavanya Karthik, Bookpleasures.com, “Adam’s Crayons,” Mumbai, India

2011 “American Painters in the Small Towns of Character in Brittany,” edited by The Association of the

Small Towns of Character of Brittany, Forence Le Therisien

2011 Douglas L. Frost, “Making History/Making Art/MICA,” Permalink

2011 Urbanite Baltimore Magazine, Arts & Culture, “Family Practice, Adam’s Crayons: A Tale of a Few

Stories at Stevenson University features paintings by father-daughter team Barry and Laini Nemett,

created to illustrate a new children’s book.” by Cara Ober, March 1, 2011

2011 Journal Quest-France, edition: Ploermel- Rubriques-Malestroit, “L’art dans les cités accueille des artistes Américains,” June 30, 2010

Journal Quest-France, edition: Vannes-Rubriques-Rochefort-enTerre, “Dérniere rencontre des peintres américains,” June 29, 2010

Journal Quest-France, edition: Rennes 2-Rubriques-Bécherel, Deux Artistes américains en résidence dans la commune, June 12, 2010

2010 Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, “Jewels at the Museum,” February 21, 2010

Joel Welin, The Courier-Journal, Visiting Artist: Barry Nemett, April 23, 2010

2009 Martin L. Johnson, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, “Barry Nemett: Life in Full,” October 7, 2009

Jenny Glick, Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD, “Feeding the Soul: Barry Nemett Graciously Fuses Painting and Poetry to Reach His Artistic Vision,” November 27, 2009

2008 Vanessa Verdine, Johns Hopkins Newsletter, “Nemett Conquers Both Fiction and Art,” January 31,

2008 Jennifer Choi, Arts, Feature Section, “A Vivid ‘Imagination,’” Barry Nemett at Johns Hopkins University,

The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, February 7, 2008

2004 Gary Mullinax, The News Journal, Life & Leisure, “‘Conversations’ Offers Collaborative Art,” DE, March 7, 2004

2003 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, France, 2003

2002 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

2001 Joseph L. Adolphe, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, DC, “The Ordinary Begets the Mysterious,” December, 2001

2000 Bruce Miller, The Daily Record, “Discovery Paints New Attraction,” Baltimore, 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

1999 Joe Shannon, Art in America, New York City, NY, “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

1998 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

1997 Mike Giuliano, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, “Art Lessons, MICA Instructors Show Their Work,”

October 29, 1997

1996 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

1994 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

Feature article in the The Keisho Art Association Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, addressing the paintings of

Barry Nemett, October, 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: What the Creative Have Planned for 1994,” Jewish

Times,

Baltimore, MD, January 7, 1994

1993 Paul Benson, “Art and Soul,” Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD, October 22, 1993

Painting reproduced on cover of Cleveland Jewish Times, Cleveland, OH, Apr. 2, 1993

Feature article in the The Keisho Art Association Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, addressing the paintings of

Barry Nemett, August, 1993.

1992 Susan Lowe, “Issue Art, High Tech: New Art, New Rules?” Art in Progress, Baltimore, MD, March

24, 1992

Alyssa Gabay, “The New Israeli Art,” Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD, August, 1992

1991 Painting reproduced on the cover of The Baltimore Jewish Times, The Atlanta Jewish Times, and The

Detroit Jewish Times, March 29, 1991.

Alyssa Gabay, “Visual Poetry: The Work of Baltimore Artist Barry Nemett,” (cover story), Jewish

Times,

Baltimore, MD, May 3, 1991

John Dorsey, Loyola’s ‘Mixed Media’ Exhibit Nicely Showcases Artists’ Talents,” The Baltimore Sun,

Baltimore, MD, January 20, 1991

1990 John Dorsey, “Pleasing Show at Maryland Institute,” The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 16,

1990

1984 Paul Richard, “Arts: Barry Nemett,” The Washington Post, Washington, DC, February 16, 1984

1983 John Dorsey, “Striking Pair of Shows at Grimaldis,” The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Feb., 1983

Steven Purchase, “Nemett, Jacobs Show New Paintings at Grimaldis Gallery,” The Evening Sun,

Baltimore, MD, February 24, 1983

1982 Elizabeth Stevens, “Baltimore Renovates, Rebuilds, and Revitalizes,” Art News, New York City, NY,

October, 1982

1981 Elizabeth Stevens, Hyatt Regency: Class in Glass,” The Baltimore Sun, Sunday, Oct 11, 1981

1979 Craig Hankin, “Art Lovers Get One Last Chance,” News American, Baltimore, MD, July 13, 1979

Edgar Buonagurio, “Persistent Paterns,” Arts Magazine, New York City, NY, June, 1979

Peter Frank, “A Passell of Patterners,” The Village Voice, New York City, NY, Feb. 19, 1979

Ellen Lubell, “Lush Complexities and Visual Indulgences,” Soho News, February, 1979

1978 Baltimore Museum of Art Catalogue, “Maryland Biennial Exhibition,” 1978

1975 Bernard Chaet, The Art of Drawing, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York City, NY, 1975

1973 Robert Taylor, “New Talent Exhibited at the Alpha Gallery,” Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, MA,

June 17, 1973

EDUCATION

Yale University, MFA, Painting, 1971

Pratt Institute, BFA, Painting, 1969

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (summer scholarship program), 1968

Philadelphia College of Art (summer scholarship program), 1964