Carol Barton
6005 Yale Avenue
Glen Echo, Maryland 20812
301-229-2213
cbarton@mindspring.com
Selected Exhibitions
2014 DIY Culture Exhibition, London, England
2014 NCSW Exhibition, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2014 Binding Desire, Unfolding Artists’ Books, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Bibliophiladelphia, Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Quand Les Livres S’Amusent, Musée De L’I mprimerie, Lyon, France
2012 Exploring the Codex, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
2012 Carol Barton’s Artist’s Books, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
2012 No Library Card Required, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Rare Alignment 11-11-11, The Ice House, Morgan Arts Council, Berkeley Springs, WV
2011 Process and Product, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Mapping, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 Bound and Sculpted Artists' Books, Tompkins Public Library, Ithaca, NY
2010 Hand, Voice,Vision: Artist's Books, Grolier Club, New York City
2010 No Translation Required, Artists' Books in Germany/Georgia, Kingspor/Savannah GA
2010 Mind, Body, Spirit, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
2009 Defining Books: Multiple Perspectives, Philadelphia International Airport
2009 Paper Engineer: The Art of Carol Barton, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Book as Sculpture, La Sierra University, Riverside, California
2008 Beyond the Page, Carol Barton’s Art and Influence, Nashville Public Library, Tennessee
2008 Beyond Reading: Books as Art, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia
2007 Anatomy of the Book, Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Outside the Book, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, Arizona
2007 Off the Shelf: The Artist's Book Unbound, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2007 Pulp Function, juried by Lloyd Herman, Fullercraft Museum, Brockton, MA
2006 The Book As Art XX, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2005 A Flourish of Forms, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004 Collectors' Obsessions: A Treasury of Books, George Peabody Library, Baltimore, MD
2004 Stand and Deliver, National Traveling Exhibition
2003 Insomnia Exhibit, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2003 Mining the Lloyd Library Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
2002 Artists' Books, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2002 {Book} Art: Handmade Books, invitational exhibit, Klemm Gallery, Adrian, MI
2002 Orihon & More: Books by Artists, Snug Harbor Cultural Ctr., State Island, NY
2002 Books: Beyond the Binding, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2002 Kings, Hummingbirds, & Monsters, invitational exhibition, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD
2001 Libri fotografici, curated by Mirella Bentivoglio, Rome, Italy
2001 Book UnBound, invitational exhibition, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
2000 Reading Visual/Text: Regional Volumes, invitational, Space 101, Pittsburgh PA
2000 Book as Art XII, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1998 Changing Pages, international touring exhibit, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
1998 Travellers, Musee des Beaux-Arts de L'Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1998 Connections/Contradictions, Modern Art from Atlanta Collections, Emory University, GA
1998 Bound to Be, invitational exhibit, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, MN
1997 Artists on the Road: Travel, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1997 Wondrous World: Pop-Ups & Movable Books, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1997 Third Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford, Ireland
1996 Artists' Books from the collection of Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, South Africa
1995 Artist's Books, Tate Gallery, London, England
1995 On Beyond the Book, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1995 The Artists' Books of Carol Barton, one-person show, Bayside, CA
1994 Book Ends and Odd Books, Banff Centre Library, Alberta, Canada
1994 Book Arts in the U.S., USIA exhibition, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1994 Multiple World, An International Survey of Artists' Books, Atlanta College of Art, GA
1994 A World of Maps, Anchorage Museum of History & Culture, AK
1994 Books & Bookishness, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
1994 The Book as Art IV, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1994 The Book Unbound, traveling exhibition, Ormond Art Museum, FL
1993 The Book As Art Invitational, traveling exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, MI
1993 Beyond the Book, Claremont Colleges, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
1992 American Book Arts, Istvan Kiraly Muzeum, Hungary
1992 This Is A Book Show!, State University of New York, Oneonta, NY
1991 Photographic Book Art in the United States, national traveling exhibition
1991 Boundless Vision, San Antonio Art Institute, TX
1990 Il Librismo, International Artists' Books Exhibition, Cagliari, Italy
1990 Books: Inside and Out, Anchorage Museum of History and Culture, AK
1990 Artists' Books of the 1980's, Wichita Art Association, KS
1989 The Book as Art II, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1988 Bound to Learn, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1987 Artists' Books, U.S.A., USIA exhibition, New Delhi, India
1987 The Book As Art I, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1986 Train of Thought, two-person show, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
1986 International Bookworks, University of California, Riverdale, CA
1986 Page, Print, Process, one-person show, Duke University, Durham, NC
1985 A Page with a View, Institute for Design & Experimental Art, Sacramento, CA
1984 Offset, national traveling exhibit, New England Foundation/HERA Foundation
1984 Art as Book as Art, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1983 Maryland Biennial, Works on Paper, Baltimore Museum of Art, purchase award
Corporate and Non-Profit Clients
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Mattel, Inc
National Geographic Magazine
Awards
2014 International Technical Communications Award, Society of Technical Communication
2014 Faculty Development Award, Corcoran College of Art and Design
2008 Indie Book Award for Craft Books
2008 First Prize for Best Illustrated Text, Washington Book Publishers
2001 Sacatar Foundation Fellowship, Bahia, Brazi
2000 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Bogliasco, Italy
1996 Affiliate Artist Award, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
1993 Artist's Residency Grant, Nexus Press, Atlanta, Georgia
1992 Wampler Honorary Professorship, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
1989 Works-in-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
1989 Maryland Visual Arts Touring Program Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
1988 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Grant, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
1987 Affiliate Artist Award, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
1982 Works-in-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
Curator/Juror
2006 Mutilated/Cultivated Environments, Center for Book Arts, New York City
2003 & 2004 Art of the Book, National Canadian Traveling Exhibition
1995 Science & the Artist's Book, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1993 Milliseconds to Millennia: The Art of Time, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA
1991 Under Cover: Artists' Books, Torpedo Factory Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1990 Books & Bookends, national traveling exhibition, Maryland State Arts Council
Faculty
Classes
Offered
Albany Arts-in-Education Program, Albany, NY
Arlington Arts-in-Education Program, Arlington, VA
Artists' Book Works, Chicago, IL
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Center for Book Arts, New York City
Canadian Bookbinders' Guild, Toronto
Guild of Bookworkers 1998 Standards Conference, Greensboro, NC
International Center for Photography, New York City
John C. Campbell Folk Art School, NC
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Kennedy Center Education Program, Washington, DC
Kent State University/Blossom, Kent, OH
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Lake Superior Design Retreat, Minnesota AIA, Duluth, MN
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, MN
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arst, Washington, DC
North Redwoods Book Arts Conference, Humboldt State University, CA
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Paper Place, Toronto, Canada
Paper and Book Intensive, 1998, Santa Barbara, CA
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Peter's Valley Crafts Center, DE
Pyramid Atlantic Center for Paper, Prints, and Books, Riverdale, MD
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Rittenhouse Town Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, NM
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX
Smithsonian Associates Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Virginia Art of the Book Center, Charlottesville, VA
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Collections
American Institute of Architects Library, Washington, DC
Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, AK
Athenaeum Music & Art Library, La Jolla, CA
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Library, MA
Brown University, Providence, RI
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Chicago Art Institute, IL
Cleveland Institute of Art, OH
Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York City
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Dartmouth College Library, NH
The Getty Center Library, Los Angeles, CA
Kent Institute of Art & Design, England
Library of Congress Collection, Washington, DC
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Louisiana State University, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA
Manchester Metropolitan University Library, England
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museé de Beaux Arts de l'Ontario, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
New York City Public Library
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Pratt Institute, Library, New York City
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Savannah College of Art and Design
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Swarthmore College, PA
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection, FL
Tate Gallery of Art, London, England
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, San Diego, CA
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Louisville, KY
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
University of Toledo, OH
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Wellesley College, MA
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Yale University Library, New Haven, CT