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Barbara Bergstrom - Artist Statement
Women, in particular, use their daily dress to place their signature on personal presence. As we package ourselves in clothing, specific messages are offered for interpretation to surrounding observers. Flippant or formal, our clothes represent layers of meaning and purpose with every snap, zip, and clasp. Using alternative media to create contemporary outfits, I use the language of materials to illustrate my observations of how we awkwardly show off, unconsciously pay respect toward tradition, or push to recreate ourselves through what we wear.
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Education
2005 MFA, University of Arizona
2002 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2000 MED, Bachelor of Arts degree, Grand Valley University
1992 BS, Vanderbilt University
Exhibitions
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2005 Performative Functioning, Gross Gallery Centennial Hall
Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Repeat After Me, Showcase Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Systems Unseen, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2003 First Place Highlight, FUMC, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2002 B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Group:
- 2007 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2007 She Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2006 Vanderbilt University Alumni Show, Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
- 2006 CeraMix, Bronson Ingram Art Center Gallery, Nashville, TN
- 2006 Artists’ Collaborative Books, Art and Details Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2006 Ready, Set, D’art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Lomea: International Symposium for Contemporary Art Exhibition, City Art Museum, Rousse, Bulgaria
- 2005 Everyday, The University of Maryland Union Gallery, College Park, MD
- 2005 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Portal Spaces, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2005 Dinnerware Annual Art Auction, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Arizona Museum of Art / Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Creative City Annual Arts Festival, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Wild West Side Show Adventures, Workshop Arts Center, Willoughby, Australia
- 2005 Medici Scholars, Kachina Lounge Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Bound and Unbound, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Plugged: Video Collaborative, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Wild West Side Show Adventures, Mangere Community Outreach Gallery, Manukau, New Zeeland
- 2005 Connections, Pima Community College Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 ISQ404: Basic Shapes, Imaginestation, Lehigh Valley, PA
- 2005 One-Minute Video Collective, Jason Simon, Narrowsberg, NY
- 2005 Rombach Summer Reading Program, Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Ready… Set… D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 Medici Scholars, Kachina Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2005 321, Bay 3, Tucson, AZ
- 2003 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2003 Déjà vu, University of Arizona Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ,
- 2003 One to None, Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2002 University of Arizona Art History Club Auction, Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2002 Bulbous Projections, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2002 Domestic Discourse, Gallery X, Chicago, IL
- 2002 Institute of Chicago: Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
- 2002 Art Windows 2002, Lester Lambert Jewelers, Chicago, IL
- 2001 9-11, Gallery X, Chicago, IL
- 2001 Utopia Deceived, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2001 A Community of Arts, Hotti Biscotti, Chicago, IL
- 2001 Skopelos Arts Foundation Exhibition, Skopelos, Greece
- 1995 Celebration of Arts, FUMC, Grand Rapids, MI
- 1992 Margaret Stonewall Hamblet Exhibition, Nashville, TN
Awards
- 2005 Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Memorial Award
- 2003 University of Arizona Student Union Gallery International,
Best of Show
Collections
Intersections of Time, City Art Museum, Rousse, Bulgaria Wild West Side Show Adventures, Tekura Toi O Buck Nin Collection, Manukau, New Zealand
Arizona Artichoke, University of Arizona Special Collections, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Prestige of Acquired Time, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
… and they gave the winner a crown of olive twigs, Skopelos Mayoral
Administration, Skopelos, Greece
An Investigation of Class Size, Grand Valley State University Library, Grand Rapids, MI
Ottawa County Humane Society, West Olive, MI
Just a Thought, Richard Wiedebush, Tucson, AZ
Consciousness Pillar and Unconvinced Series, John Wahl and Mary Lou Forier Collection, Tucson, AZ
Chewed Up; An Installation, Mary Jane and Steve Evink collection, Grand Haven, MI
Professional Experience
- 2006-2009 Designer, Crate&Barrel, Tucson, Arizona
- 2006-2009 Assistant Manager, Crate&Barrel, Tucson, Arizona
- 2005-2007 Adjunct Instructor, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- 2005-2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- 2002-2003 Studio Technical Assistant, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- 2002-2003 Special Collections Librarian’s Assistant, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- 2002-2003 Secondary Art Teacher, Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, Michigan
- 2002-2003 Secondary Art Teacher, Gallatin Middle School, Gallatin, Tennessee
Publications
- 2004 “Ready… Set… D’Art,” Benefit for Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, March
- 2003 Margaret Regan, “Radical Demonstration”, Tucson Weekly, Vol. 20, No. 14, June
- 2003 Arizona Biennial ’03: Tucson Museum of Art Exhibition Catalog, Tucson, AZ, May–August
- 2002 “Self-Portraits”, F-News, Chicago, IL, March
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