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Barry Parker

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BARRY PARKER 
SCULPTOR
3005 WEST GIRARD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19130

BORN
 
1942      Cass City, Michigan
 
 
EDUCATION
 
1967      M.F.A.  The University of Massachusetts                  
1964       B.A.E.  Eastern Michigan University
 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2011    Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York
2011    Sculpture Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008    Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA
2003    A Design Matteus Gallery, Budapest, Hungary           
1999    PNI Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
            Ratz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1998    Kouros Gallery, New York
1997    Ratz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
            St.Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
            Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
1996    Ratz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1988    McKinney Gallery, West Chester, PA
1986     Sculptors Guild, New York
1984     Christine Price Gallery, Castleton, VT.
1980     Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
 
 
WORKS IN PUBLIC PLACES
 
•   Zaborszky Sculpture Garden, Budapest, Hungary
•   Gallery of Modern Art, Vass Collection, Veszprem, Hungary
•    Dunaujvaros Sculpture Park, Hungary
•    Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
•    Telehouse, Staten Island, NY
•    10 Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA
•     Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J.                                  
•     Burlington County Community  College, Burlington, N.J.
 
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
 
2014     Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY
             Sculpture Now”  Lenox,Massachusetts
              New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2013      New Hope Sculpture, New Hope Arts Center, PA
              Montgomery County SPP Galleries, Conshohocken, PA
              “Metal Sculpture, PSG,  Philadelphia
2012      Philadelphia Sculpture Gym
2011       Reflections” , Rack and Hamper Gallery,   New York
2010       Woodmere Art Center, Chestnut Hill, PA 
2009       Woodmere Art Center, Chestnut Hill, PA     
2008       Hew Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2007       Gallery in the Garden, Orwigsburg, PA
2006       Stamford. CT
2004       Zaborszky Sculpture Garden, Budapest, Hungary
               “Sticks and Stones”,  Devault, PA
               “Masters and Mentors”, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003        Freeman’s Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002        Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
                Woodmere Art Center, Chestnut Hill, PA
2001        VAM Design Center, Budapest , Hungary
                Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
                Philadelphia International Airport
               Woodmere Museum
               Wayne Art Center
1999       Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
               New Arts Salon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
               Civic Center Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
1998        Fujiya Design Center, Kyoto, Japan
               “Gardens of Pleasure”, Budapest, Hungary
              “Artists Select Artists”, Century Club, New York
              “Idols and Fetishes”, Budapest, Hungary
1997       Rack and Hammer Gallery, New York
               Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1996       Quietude Sculpture Garden, East Brunswick, N.J.
               Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT.
1995       Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA.
               Kouros Gallery, New York
               Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka, Japan
               Cast Iron Gallery, New York
               Kouros Gallery, New York  (Drawing and small sculpture)
               Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J.
               Easton Art Center, Easton, MD.
1994       FFS Gallery, New York
               Cline Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
               Lever House, New York
               Wintergarden, PPG Building, Pittsburgh, PA.
               Heian Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
               Moravian College Gallery, Bethlehem, PA.
1993       Kouros Gallery, New York
               Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J.
               Studio One Gallery, Wilmington, DE.
               Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
 
 
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
•         Visiting Critic, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.   
         1984, 1985, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001
•         Board of Directors, International Sculpture Center, 1991 - 2001
•         Fine Arts Committee of the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia
         1997  - 2007
•         Contributing writer for Sculpture Magazine
•         Curated and organized exchange exhibitions with Philadelphia and the Hungarian Sculpture
          Association - 1999 and 2001
•         President of the New York Sculptors Guild, 1992-1993