by Barbara Downs | Apr 15, 2022
The Pandemic Project is up in Venice! I’m beyond excited to be part of the Personal Structures — Reflections exhibition at Palazzo Mora, organized by the European Cultural Centre in the context of the 59th Venice Biennale. Click here for the exhibition website....
by Barbara Downs | Feb 18, 2021
I’m painting birds again. I’ve drawn and painted plenty of birds before, and written about it too, notably with The Daily Bird. The most salient point I’ve made about birds is that they are one of the few wild animals with which we interact on a...
by Barbara Downs | Dec 26, 2019
I’ll be in the upcoming show Take Aways: Art to Go! at the Pajaro Valley Arts gallery, January-March 2020. I’ve written before about this yearly show in this blog post, which explains my approach to the work I do specially for this show, so you can read...
by Barbara Downs | Nov 15, 2019
Many thanks to Mauro Bianchini, who wrote an article for the Sempione News about my piece Making My Own Paradise, currently on display at Palazzo Mora in Venice Italy: Sempione News: Mauro Bianchini on Barbara Downs Making My Own Paradise Before I say more, I just...
by Barbara Downs | Apr 13, 2019
Coming soon…and you’re all invited! I have 18 paintings included in The Very Very Rare Affordable Art Fair, a few of which can be seen here. There are many other artists as well, including Susana Arias and Jenni Ward, two of my Mission Industrial studio...
by Barbara Downs | May 18, 2017
“3 + 7” is the name of the collaborative sculpture that Jamie Abbott, Roy Holmberg and I did for the upcoming show Art in the Arboretum: Environmental Installations at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This exhibit was beautifully curated by...
