Abstract Art by Barbara Shaw - 985.882.7169

Residency Award:

2002:  John T. Scott Master Artist Residency: Dance Steps New Orleans

Education:

1992-1995:  University of New Orleans (graduate studies)
1988-1992:  University of New Orleans (B.A. in Fine Arts)
1967-1968:  Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
1965-1966:  University of California at Berkeley

Public Art Commissions:

2008:  A Streetcar Named Inspire (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: City Business
2007, 2008 & 2009:  Legacy Tiled Benches (Bayou Woods School, Slidell, LA)
2007:  Fleur De Lis Project (New Orleans, LA)
2003:  Art in the Park (Abita Springs, LA) 
2003:  Art in the Park (Covington, LA)
2000:  Festival of Fins (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: Pan-American Life
2000:  Festival of Fins (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: Universal Technical Services

Curator

2007:  Games People Play (Hammond, LA)
2003-2009: Annual Hot Art in a Cool Space (Lacombe, LA)

Selected Juried Shows

2008:  Bayou Lacombe Fall Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by John Bullard
2007:  Bayou Lacombe Spring Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by Shirley Rabe' Masinter
2006:  Art for Arts Sake (New Orleans, LA)
2006:  Bayou Lacombe Spring Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by John Bullard
2005:  Bayou Lacombe Spring Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by Sam Urrate
2004:  Bayou Lacombe Spring Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by Robert Warrens
2004:  “Swamped” (Hammond, LA), juried by Joseph France
2003:  Bayou Lacombe Spring Art Show (Lacombe, LA), juried by Gail Hood; awarded 3 prizes
2001:  Slidell Art League (Slidell, LA), juried by Alexander Stolin; awarded 2nd place
1999:  White Linen Night (New Orleans, LA)
1999:  No Dead Artists (New Orleans, LA), juried by Doug McCash
1998:  Art for Arts Sake (New Orleans, LA)
1997:  Abstraction (Covington, LA), juried by Don Marshall
1997:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Emery Clark
1996:  George E. Ohr Fall Festival (Biloxi, MS)
1996:  FanFare, SLU (Hammond, LA)
1995:  Jumbo Art Show (New Orleans, LA), juried by Naomi Marshall
1995:  Northern Exposure, SLU (Hammond, LA), juried by Don Marshall
1995:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Patricia Whitty
1994:  St. Tammany Art Association (Slidell, LA), juried by Ted Potter
1994:  Jumbo Art Show (New Orleans, LA), juried by Doug McCash
1993:  Tom Peyton Memorial Show (Alexandria, LA), juried by Lynda Benglis; Honorable Mention
1991:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Mark Grote

Selected Solo and Group Shows

2008 & 2009:  Bayou Lacombe Art Center Spring Show (Lacombe, LA)
2008: Jammin' on Julia (New Orleans, LA)
2004 & 2006:  B.R.O.A.D.S. (Hammond, LA)
2003:  Hot August Nights (Hammond, LA)
2002:  All in the Frame Gallery (Slidell, LA)
2001:  West Valley Studio (Chatsworth, CA)
2000:  Borders Gallery (Metairie, LA)
1999:  Recent Paintings (New Orleans, LA)
1999:  Interior View Gallery (Slidell, LA)
1998:  Brunner Gallery (Covington, LA)
1998:  Crescent City Brewhouse (N.O., LA)
1998:  Patout’s (New Orleans, LA)     
1997:  Horaist Gallery (Slidell, LA)
1996:  Berkano (New Orleans, LA)
1995:  Patio Gallery (Covington, LA)
1994:  Gallery & Co. (New Orleans, LA)
1993:  Uptown Gallery (New Orleans, LA)
1993:  NOSAC (New Orleans, LA)