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Harriet Bart

Minneapolis MN United States

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    Over the years, I have had a deep and abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory, it is at the core of my work.

    Using bronze and stone, wood and paper, books and words, everyday and found objects, I seek to signify a site, mark an event, and otherwise draw attention to imprints of the past as they live in the present.
    Each of my extensive bodies of work begins with a subject or event and moves forward with intensely focused research.

    Since the attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the ensuing wars, I have created a number of conceptually based installations. Made from modest materials, they are not monuments, but rather meditations on cause and sacrifice.

    It is my intent to create evocative content through the narrative power of objects, the theater of installation, and the intimacy of the artists’ book.

    Harriet Bart
    September 2011

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    SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2011 Babcock Galleries. Drawn in Smoke - New York NY
    2010 Walker Art Center Library. Winter Projects - Minneapolis MN
    2005 Bethel University. Punica Granatum - St. Paul MN
    2004 Indianapolis Art Center. Object < > Book - Indianapolis IN
    2003 Babcock Galleries. The Art of the Book - New York NY
    2003 EVO Gallery. Dialogue: Bart+Löhr In the Presence of Absence - Santa Fe NM
    2003 CCA. Dialogue: In the Presence of Absence - Santa Fe NM
    1998 Laumeier Sculpture Park. WITHOUT WORDS: A Reading Room - St. Louis MO
    1996 Weisman Art Museum. Harvest - Minneapolis MN
    1995 Brunnier Museum. Iowa State University - Ames IA
    1990 Hamline University - St. Paul MN
    1987 Carleton Boliou Gallery. Harriet Bart: Paintings & Sculpture - Northfield MN
    1987 Textile Arts Intl. Harriet Bart: Woven Works of the 70s - Minneapolis MN
    1982 Peter M. David Gallery. Inscriptions - Minneapolis MN
    1981 Michigan Technological University - Houghton MI
    1980 W.A.R.M. Gallery - Minneapolis MN

    DUO EXHIBITIONS
    1995 Galerie Horst Dietrich. Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word IV - Berlin GER
    1995 Galerie Henn. Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word III - Maastricht NL
    1994 Galerie Schuppenhauer. Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word II - Köln GER
    1993 Fiterman Fine Art. Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word - Minneapolis MN
    1986 University of Minnesota Tweed Museum of Art - Duluth MN
    1984 Purdue University. Two Artists - West Lafayette IN
    1983 University of Nebraska Sheldon Memorial Gallery. Two Artists - Lincoln NE

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS
    2011 College of Visual Arts. Deceptive Distance - St. Paul MN
    2011 MCBA. Fine & Dirty: Contemporary Letterpress Art - Minneapolis MN
    2011 Minneapolis Institute of Arts. From Press to Page - Mpls MN
    2010 WAH Center. Special Choice Book Arts I+II - Bklyn NY
    2010 WAH Center. Tri-Fold: New Perspectives in Book Arts - NY
    2010 John Michael Kohler Art Center. Speaking Volumes - Sheboygan WI
    2010 Susan Hensel Gallery. A Reader’s Art - Minneapolis MN
    2009 Walker Art Center. Text / Messages: Books by Artists - Minneapolis MN
    2009 Traffic Zone. X LIBRIS The Re-Purposed Book - Mpls MN
    2009 University of Central Florida Art Gallery. TypeBound - Orlando FL
    2008 Form + Content. Party Party...This Republic of Suffering - Mpls MN
    2008 Minneapolis Central Library. Altered Books - Minneapolis MN
    2008 Scripps College Williamson Gallery. Performing the Book - Claremont CA
    2008 Traffic Zone Gallery. Ephemera - Minneapolis MN
    2007 Minnesota Center For Book Arts. Found in Translation - Minneapolis MN
    2007 UW. Books & Death: Constructions of Death Mourning & Memory - Mwke WI
    2007 Weisman Art Museum. The Exquisite Book - Minneapolis MN
    2006 Hofstra University. Euclid To e-books - Long Island NY
    2006 King St Stephen Museum. Intl Artist’s Book Exhibition - Székesfehérvár HU
    2006 New York Center for Book Arts. Found in Translation - NY
    2006 San Francisco Center for Book Art. Found in Translation - CA
    2006 Weisman Art Museum. WARM: 12 Artists - Minneapolis MN
    2006 University of the South. Works With Paper; Artists’ Books - Sewanee TN
    2003 Klingspor Museum. Corporal Identity Body Language - Offenbach GER
    2003 Museum of Arts & Design. Corporal Identity Body Language - New York NY
    2003 Rider University. Altered Books: Spine Bending Thrillers - Lawrenceville NJ
    2002 Columbia College. Third National Book & Paper Arts Biennial - Chicago
    2002 Volker Marschall. Bildsprache - Düsseldorf GER
    2000 Mpls College of Art & Design. New Work: McKnight Fellows Exhibition - MN
    1999 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. Legible Forms - Virginia Beach VA
    1999 Fullerton College. Open & Closed - CA
    1998 Weisman Art Museum. The Spirit of Seneca Falls - MN
    1997 Kurt Tucholsky Memorial Castle. Visuelle Poesie - Rheinsberg GER
    1996 Jewish Museum. Culture & Continuity: The Jewish Journey - New York NY
    1995 Minnesota Museum of American Art. In So Many Words - St. Paul MN
    1995 Northern Illinois University Art Museum. Bibliovertigo - DeKalb IL
    1995 Selby Gallery. Books as Objects - Sarasota FL
    1994 Comus Gallery. Books as Objects - Portland OR
    1994 Edith Lambert Gallery. The Book as Art - Santa Fe NM
    1994 MCBA. Re-Reading the Boundless Book - Minneapolis MN
    1994 North Dakota Museum of Art. Books as Objects - Grand Forks ND
    1993 Comus Gallery. Books as Objects - Portland OR
    1993 Pratt Institute. Artists’ Books and Art About Books - New York NY
    1993 Visuelle Poesie. Kühlungsborn GER
    1993 Pomona College Montgomery Gallery. Beyond the Book - Claremont CA
    1992 Ullrich Museum of Art. Volumination: The Book as Art Object - Wichita KS
    1992 Ibaraki Central Library Gallery. Ibaraki City Osaka JP
    1992 Renee Fotouhi Fine Art. The Books is Art - East Hampton NY
    1991 Intermedia Arts. Outspoken Women - Minneapolis MN
    1991 San Antonio Art Institute. Boundless Vision - San Antonio TX
    1991 University of Wisconsin. Collective Past - River Falls WI
    1990 Barbara Fendrick Gallery. The Book as Art/The Book in Art - New York NY
    1990 St. Lawrence University Brush Gallery. Intricate Narratives - Canton NY
    1990 Vaughan + Vaughn - Minneapolis MN
    1989 Center for Book Arts. 15th Anniversary Exhibition - New York NY
    1989 Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Volumes - Minneapolis MN
    1988 Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Visions of Fate - Minneapolis MN
    1987 First Bank of St. Paul - St. Paul MN
    1986 1st Bank Minneapolis. Overlay: Process & Memory, 3 Artists - Mpls MN
    1986 WARM Gallery. Structure & Metaphor: Six Contemporary Visions - Mpls MN
    1985 North Dakota State University - Grand Forks ND
    1984 Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Character Reference - Minneapolis MN
    1983 Macalester College. The Dark Core - St. Paul MN
    1982 Davis/McClain Gallery - Houston TX
    1982 Galleries International - Winter Park FL
    1982 Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis MN
    1980 Peter M. David Gallery - Minneapolis MN

    BIBLIOGRAPHY [Books + Catalogs]
    2011 Winter Projects. Harriet Bart with forward by Rosemary Furtak.
    2010 A Reader’s Art. Jon Coffelt. Susan Hensel Gallery.
    2009 XLIBRIS The Re-Purposed Book. Harriet Bart and Dennis Michael Jon.
    2009 TypeBound. Craig Saper & Theo Lotz. University of Central FL.
    2008 500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations...Timeless Form. Lark Books.
    2006 Beyond Words Artists' Books. Arlyn Ende. Sewanee University of the South.
    2006 Euclid to e-books. Bronwyn Hannon. Hofstra Museum.
    2006 Found in translation. Marshall Weber. Booklyn Artists Alliance.
    2003 Altered Books: Spine Bending Thrillers. Karen McDermott. Rider University.
    2003 Corporal Identity: Body Language. Museum of Arts + Design.
    2000 Bush Artist Fellows. Bush Foundation.
    2000 Visions. Jewish Agency for Israel, Northern Region.
    1997 Visuelle Poesie. Uwe Warnke. Kurt Tucholsky.
    1995 BiblioVertigo. Produced by Northern Illinois University Art Museum.
    1995 In So Many Words. Produced by the Minnesota Museum of American Art.
    1994 Books as Objects. Produced by Comus Gallery.
    1993 Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word. Fiterman Gallery/Galerie Schüppenhauer
    1989 Memento Mori: Visions of Fate. Adelheid Fischer.
    1986 Structure and Metaphor: Six Contemporary Visions. Ronny Cohen. WARM.
    1984 Character Reference. Eleanor Heartney. Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
    1984 Connections: A Landmark Exhibition. Diane Shamash. WARM.
    1978 Lights and Shadows: Bart/Belvo. Kate Johnson. WARM

    BIBLIOGRAPHY [Press + Reviews]
    A Reader’s Art [Zach Pearl]. Bound & Lettered. Fall 2010.
    Book art at Traffic Zone [Interview by Britt Aamodt]. KFAI Radio. September 2009.
    Art: Turning the Page [Mary Abbe]. Star Tribune. September 2009
    Absence as presence [Teri Thomson Randall]. Pasatiempo. September 2003
    Book art at Traffic Zone [Interview by Britt Aamodt]. KFAI Radio. September 2009.
    Art: Turning the Page [Mary Abbe]. Star Tribune. September 2009
    Absence as presence [Teri Thomson Randall]. Pasatiempo. September 2003
    Books as Objects [Thomas A Vogle]. January 1994
    No telling these books by covers [Joel Weinstein]. December 1993
    MN’s bronze books will grace a Japanese library [Mary Abbe]. Star Tribune.1992
    Volumes [Adelheid Fischer]. Arts. April 1989
    Memento Mori [Adelheid Fischer]. Arts. February 1988
    Art: Visions of Fate [Diane Hellekson]. Twin Cities. February 1988
    Chairs [Sylvia Paine]. W.A.R.M. Journal. Winter 1984
    Bart/Walker/Seekins [Elizabeth Erickson]. Art Paper. May 1984
    Backward Glances [Eleanor Heartney]. Arts. March 1984
    Three Characters [Nancy Roth]. Mpls. St. Paul Magazine. March 1984
    Chairs [Diane Hellickson]. New Art Examiner. October 1983
    Mixing Oil and Water Would Be a Snap [Susan Perry]. Twin Cities. May 1983
    The Dark Core [Monica Ochtrup]. W.A.R.M. Journal. Spring 1983
    Harriet Bart [Diane Hellickson]. New Art Examiner. February 1982
    Symbols are artist Harriet Bart’s vocabulary [Fran Addington]. January 1982
    Inscriptions (Broadcast) [Pat Anderson]. KUOM Radio. January 1982
    Looking at Art [William R. Hegeman]. Minneapolis Tribune. May 1980
    Art [Pamela Eyden]. Twin Cities Reader. May 1980

    BIBLIOGRAPHY [Artist Books]
    2011 Drawn In Smoke
    2009 PLUMB BOB
    2007 Vispoeologee: Anthology of Visual Literature - Minnesota Center for Book Arts
    2006 A Miscellany of Visual Poetry
    2005 Punica Granatum
    2004 13 ÷14
    2003 The Poetry of Chance Encounters
    2002 In the Presence of Absence
    2000 Garment Register

    HONORS
    2010 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Residency - Amherst VA
    2010 Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship finalist - St. Paul MN
    2004 Minnesota Book Awards - Fine Press, The Poetry of Chance Encounters
    2002 Minnesota Book Awards - Fine Press, Garment Register
    2001 Partnership 2000 - A Cultural Exchange Encounter - US + Israel
    2000 Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship - Minneapolis MN
    1999 MCAD/McKnight Foundation Fellowship - Minneapolis MN
    1996 Weisman Art Museum Sculpture Plaza [Jerome Foundation] - Mpls MN
    1993 Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
    1990 MacDowell Colony Fellowship
    1980 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant

    PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
    2007 Fort Dodge Library. Riversong Anthology - Fort Dodge IA
    2007 Rondo Community Outreach Library - St Paul MN
    2003 Opus Corporation Corporate Headquarters - Minnetonka MN
    2003 University of Minnesota Walter Library - Minneapolis MN
    2001 Poriya Regional Hospital - Poriya Tiberias Israel
    2000 Ceridian Corporation - Bloomington MN
    1999 Minnesota Humanities Education Center - St. Paul MN
    1999 Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis MN
    1998 University of St. Thomas Science and Technology Center - St. Paul MN
    1996 Weisman Art Museum Sculpture Plaza - Minneapolis MN
    1995 Carrie Chapman Catt Hall - Iowa State University - Ames IA
    1995 Doubleday Book and Music Clubs - Garden City NY
    1992 Ibaraki Municipal Library - Ibaraki Osaka Japan
    1991 Alexander + Alexander - Minneapolis MN
    1991 Caterpillar Corporation - Peoria IL
    1991 Muller-Schwann Zerlag - Nuremberg Germany

    PERFORMANCE + THEATER
    2011 Traces - Open Eye Figure Theatre - Minneapolis MN
    2005 Aphrodite’s Back: A Valentine Reveal - Southern Theater - Minneapolis MN

    COLLECTIONS
    Alexander + Alexander - Minneapolis MN
    Bland Development - Houston TX
    Boston Athenaeum - Boston MA
    Burns Hotel - Düsseldorf Germany
    Caterpillar Corporation - Peoria IL
    Ceridian Corporation - Bloomington MN
    Dartmouth College - Hanover NH
    Duke University, Perkins Library - Durham NC
    Donovan Construction - St. Paul MN
    Double Day Book and Music Club - Garden City NJ
    Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis MN
    First Bank - LaCrosse WI
    Fort Dodge Library - Fort Dodge IA
    Ibaraki Municipal Library - Ibaraki Osaka Japan
    Iowa State University - Ames IA
    The Jewish Museum - New York NY
    Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum - St. Louis MO
    Leonard, Street, and Dienard - Minneapolis MN
    Library of Congress - Washington D.C.
    Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge LA
    Long Island University - Brooklyn NY
    Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York NY
    Minnegasco - Minneapolis MN
    Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Minneapolis MN
    Minnesota Historical Society - St. Paul MN
    Minnesota Humanities Education Center - St. Paul MN
    Muller-Schwann Zerlag - Nuremberg Germany
    National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C.
    National Museum of Women in the Arts - Washington D.C.
    New York Public Library - New York NY
    Opus Corporation Headquarters - Minnetonka MN
    Poriya Regional Hospital - Poriya Tiberias Israel
    Rondo Community Library - St. Paul MN
    Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry - Miami FL
    Springhill Conference Center - Wayzata MN
    Scripps College - Claremont CA
    Smith College - Northampton MA
    Stanford University - Palo Alto CA
    University of California - San Diego CA
    University of Connecticut - Storrs CT
    University of Kentucky - Lexington KY
    University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN
    University of St. Thomas - St. Paul MN
    Walker Art Center - Minneapolis MN
    Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis MN
    Wesleyan University - Middletown CT
    Yale University - New Haven CT

    EDUCATION
    Bachelor of Arts - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN