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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