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Education:
2001 Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
1980 JD, College of Law, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Law Review
1976 Master of Arts, European Literature and Thought, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1974 Bachelor of Arts, European Literature and Thought, English Literature, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude
Selected Awards:
2024
Honorable Mention, 32nd Annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Florida
2021
Best In Show at the 34th Annual Spring Into Art Gala, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA.
2020
32nd Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, Florida, Second Place
2019
Taiwan Ceramic Residency, Taipei, Taiwan (permanent collection, Yingge Ceramic Museum)
2017
Macon Museum of Art and Sciences (permanent collection)
C.R.E.T.A. Art Residency, Rome, Italy
2015
Artist in Residence, Association A.I.R., Vallauris, France
2014
Visiting Artist/Workshop Instructor, Association A.I.R., Vallauris, France
2013
Visiting Artist/Workshop Instructor, Association A.I.R., Vallauris France
Second Place, Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
Honorable Mention, 24th Annual Artists in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Center for the Arts, Quincy, FL.
2012
Artist in Residence, Association A.I.R., Vallauris, France
2011
First Place/President de la Generalitat Valencariana Award, X Bienal Internacional de Cerámica, Valencia, Spain
Best of Show, Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Best of Show, GFAA Juried Exhibition, President's Hall, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
2010
Best of Show, 21st Thomasville Juried Summer Showcase, Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville GA
Creative Capital Development Grant
Award of Merit, SouthWorks 2010, OCAF, Athens, GA
Honorable Mention, Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University Fine Art Gallery, GA
2009
Florida Museum of Women Artists Inaugural Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
2008
Best of Show, 20th Annual Arts in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Center for the Arts, Quincy, FL
First Place, Spring into Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
Honorable Mention, Southern Artists League Fall Exhibition, Annette Howell Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2007
State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, Secretary of State, FL
Best of Show, Valdosta National Juried Art Exhibition, Valdosta State University, GA
Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, National CCAC Juried Exhibition, Mableton House, Cobb County, GA
First Place, Best of Spring into Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2006
State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, Secretary of State, FL
Honorable Mention, Creative Tallahassee, City Hall, Tallahassee, FL
First Place, Honorable Mention, Best of Spring into Art Annual Juried Competition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2005
First Place, Southern Artists League Juried Exhibition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
Honorable Mention, Best of Spring into Art, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2001
Teaching Fellowship, College of Dance and Visual Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2000
Technical Fellowship, College of Dance and Visual Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Selected Exhibitions:
2024
32nd Annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Florida
34th Art in Gadsden Exhibition, Gadsden Arts Center and Museum, Quincy, Florida
“Spring into Art Juried Exhibition”, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia
2023
A Signature Collection of Our Local Artists, Signature Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
“When the Sky Has No Corners” (solo), Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
35th Art in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Center for the Arts, Quincy, Florida
Third Place, 37th All Florida Exhibition, Florida Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida
Third Place, Pensacola Museum of Art Members Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
2nd Place, Spring into Art Exhibition, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia
2022
24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas
2021
Bringing Evidence of Civilization’s Tender Spots, (solo) Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel Island, FL.
Figure in Form: Barbara Balzer & Lesley Nolan, LeMoyne Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
34th Annual Spring Into Art Gala, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA.
Artsfield, the Rob, Lake City, South Carolina
Civil Rights: Then and Now, Lemoyne Art Center, Tallahassee, Florida
2020
Sculpture National, New Orleans Clay Center, New Orleans, LA
2019
“Recent Works”, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Yingge, Taiwan
"Sculpture National", New Orleans Clay Center, New Orleans, LA.
“THOM Collective Artists Exhibition”, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, GA
“Shape Glaze Fire”, Gallery 621, Tallahassee, FL
2018
"B18 Wiregrass Biennal", Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL.
“The National Sculpture Exhibition”, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
“Clay: A Southern Census”, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
2017
“Untethered, Stories Come Like Charms: Barbara Balzer and Linda Hall”, Florida Gulf Coast University Art Galleries, Fort Meyers, FL.
C.R.E.T.A. Artists’ Residency Exhibition, Palazzo Delfini, Rome, Italy
Emerging Artists of the Southeast", Macon Museum of Art and Sciences, Macon, GA
All Media National Valdosta Exhibition, Valdosta State University Gallery, Valdosta, GA
2016
Exposition Figuratif, XXIVeme Internationale Ceramique de Vallauris, Place Lisnard, Vallauris, France
"Make Me Laugh", (solo exhibition) Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida
2015
Cluj International Ceramica Biennale, Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art, Romania
XII Biennal Internacional de Ceramica, Manises, Spain
Valdosta National Juried Competition, Valdosta University Museum Gallery, Valdosta, GA.
Artist in Resident Exhibition, Galerie Aqui Sam Ben, Vallauris, France
2014
Artist in Resident Exhibition, Galerie Aqui Sam Ben, Vallauris, France
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
National Juried Ceramic Exhibition, University of North Florida Art Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Valdosta National Juried Art Exhibition, Valdosta State University Art Gallery, Valdosta, GA
2013
"Exposition Retrospective 2013", Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France
"Hommage au Maitre", A.V.E.C., 15 Rue Sicard, Vallauris, France
Recent Work, Gallery Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France
Expanding Visions Invitational II, Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, Florida
Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
24th Annual Artists in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Center for the Arts, Quincy, FL
2012
3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL.
7 at City Hall, City Hall, Tallahassee, FL
Expanding Visions Invitational Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
Barbara Balzer/Recent Works, Vallauris, France
Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
"Alternatives to Unconsciousness", Gadsden Art Center, Quincey, FL
2011
X Bienal Internacional de Ceramica Manises 2011, Museo de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain
3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Cifrapolota, Kecskemet, Hungary
2nd Annual Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
Inaugural Naples International Craft Exhibition, Longstreth Goldberg Fine Art Gallery, Naples, FL
"Recent Works/Barbara Balzer," (solo exhibition) Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
Valdosta National, Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2011 Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, President's Hall, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
2010
1st Annual Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
"New Works," Signature Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
SouthWorks 2010 Juried Exhibition, OCAF, Athens, GA
Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA
"Wounded in Action", AAOS National Juried Exhibition, Morial Center, New Orleans, LA; Walter Reed Hospital National Museum, Washington, D.C.
2009
Florida Museum for Women Artists Inaugural Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
"Home", Susan Maasch Fine Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
"Recent Works", Signature Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
"Barbara Balzer, Recent Works" (solo exhibition), Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
Valdosta National Juried Art Exhibition, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA
21st Gadsden Juried Art Exhibition, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2008
20th Juried Art Exhibition, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL
Anatomy and Fairy Tales”, Founder’s Gallery, Barrier Island Group for the Arts, Sanibel Island, FL (solo exhibition)
"Seeing Red", Newbill Collection by the Sea, Seaside, FL (two-person show)
"Recent Works", Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA (solo exhibition)
"Soul-Mates Invitational Art Exhibition" LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
2007
"Dirty Linen", Lyons & Lyons Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
"Allegory, Attraction and Anatomy", (solo exhibition) Thomas Eads Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
"Nursery Rhymes, Cradles and Anatomy", (solo exhibition) Newbill Collection by the Sea, Seaside, FL
Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Best of Spring into Art Juried Exhibition, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2006
Annual All-Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
All-Media National Juried Exhibition, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Best of Spring into Arts Juried Competition, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
18th Annual Art in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
Southern Artists League Annual Juried Competition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
Thomasville Summer Showcase Juried Exhibition, Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
Creative Tallahassee Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Tallahassee, FL
2005
Southeast Regional Juried Exhibition, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2004
"One Hundred Poet Heads", LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL (solo exhibition)
2003
"Wonder. The Human Condition Invitational", LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
2001
Faculty Exhibition, Florida State University Museum and Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
14th National Juried Art Exhibition, Mableton House, Cobb County, GA
2000
Master Thesis Exhibition, Florida State University Museum and Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1999
Jean Bordeaux Florida Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
Permanent Collection:
A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
Publications:
July 2, 2023 “A Compassionate Obsession” by Barbara Balzer, Studio Potter.
August 9, 2018, "B18 Exhibit Has It All-abstract painting, gospel hymns and Diet Mountain Dew", Peggy Ussery, Dothan Eagle.
October 12, 2017, “Call and Response: Artists, Audiences and the Construction of Meaning” Anne-Marie Bouche, Ph.D. Columbia University.
August 28, 2017, “FGCU’s Gallery Director Wants Us to Appreciate Artwork, Discovering Happy Surprises” Paula Michele Bolado, Bonita & Estero Magazine
August 2017, “Circles: Only for my sister”, Barbara Balzer, International Ceramic Art and Perception No. 105.
2015, XII Biennal Internacional de Ceramica, Manises, Spain
12 Fevier 2014, "Une restrospective et des projuets pour AIR Vallauris", Philippe Depetris, Nice-Matin.
Spring 2013, "A Familiar Face Wins Best in Show", Dean Poling, The Valdosta Times.
2013, XI Bienal Internacional de Ceramica Manises, Museo de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain
5 Mai 2013, Createurs du Monde a Air Vallauris, Philippe Depetris, Nice-Matin
2011, X Bienal Internacional de Ceramica Manises, Museo de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain
June 2, 2011, Wounded in Action, Lauri Apple, Chicago Reader
March 2011, "Sculptor Brings Life to Sculpture", Dean Poling. The Valdosta Scene
September 2010, "Timeless World of Intellect and Beauty: The Sculpture of Barbara Balzer," Cindy Miller, Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 81
November 13, 2009, "A Gallery of One's Own", The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 8E Rick de Yampert
October 5, 2008, “Watching You Watch Them, the Art of Barbara Balzer”, Valdosta Daily News, p. E8, Dean Poling
November 7, 2008, Two Artists ‘Seeing Red’ at Newbill Collection by the Sea, The Destin Log
Mar-April 2007, Capital Culture Magazine, “News of Note” (photo), p. 3
April 2007, Valdosta Daily News, “Best of Spring into Art”, Dean Poling
Jan-Feb 2007, Tallahassee Magazine, “The Destination of Design”, pp. 26-29
December 8, 2006, Tallahassee Democrat, “First Friday”, (photo)
December 6, 2006, Tallahassee Democrat, “Week-end Heads-Up” (photo)
Sept-Oct 2006, Tallahassee Magazine, p. 54 (photo)
August 17, 2006, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, “Lean on Me, Please”, Michael Mills
July 23, 2006, The Palm Beach Post, “Two Art Shows: What, No Palm Trees?”, Gary Schwan
June 5, 2006, Valdosta Daily News, “Best of Best of Spring into Art”, Dean Poling (photo)
October 11, 2006, The Valdosta 11th Hour (cover photo)
October 5, 2006, Valdosta Daily News, “Best of the Best of Spring into Art”, Dean Poling (photo)
February 7, 2005, Tallahassee Democrat Limelight (photo)
July 16, 2004, Tallahassee Democrat Limelight (cover photo), “One Hundred Heads”, Mark Hinson
April 6, 2001, Tallahassee Democrat, (photo)
March 29, 1996, Tallahassee Democrat, “Take Time to Sample Sculpture”, Mark Hinson (photo)
January 1996, “BIG Arts”, The Sanibel Chronicle, Barbara Linstrom (photo)
January 12, 1996, “Bennet/Balzer Exhibit Imaginative, Beautiful”, Island Reporter, Marianne Dila Strickland (photo1) (photo2)