Born in Duluth, MN (1950) EDUCATION: The Art Students League, NYC (1970);
BFA in Painting, University of MN, MPLS (1972); Whitney Museum ISP Program (1972); MFA in
Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1974)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Muriel Guepin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2009);
Ezair Gallery, NYC, “Realities of Chance” (2008); Atwood Gallery, St. Cloud State U, MN, “Paintings & Tapestries
In Perpetual Motion”(2006); Port Washington Library, NY (2002); Dag Hammarskjold Tower, NYC (2001); Great
Neck Center For The Arts, NY (1999); International Visions Gallery, Washington D.C. (1997);Frank Bustamente
Gallery, NYC (1992)(1990)(1988); Zona Rosa Gallery, NYC; Resorts Int'l, Atlantic City (1986); Viridian Gallery, NYC
(1985)(1983); Robinson Gallery, NYC (1982); Pleiades Gallery, NYC (1982)(1981)(1980); Nat'l Arts Center, NYC
(1979); Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (1979)(1977)(1975); Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1974)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (May 2010) Andrews Art Museum, NC; France-Ameriques, Paris,
France, “Les Internationales”; (2007) Espace Chatelet-Victoria, Paris, France,”Les Internationales”;Venezuelan
Consulate, “Inner Bridges To Outer Scenes”; Salmagundi Art Club, “Feminist Art, The New Wave”; (2005) Galleria
Tondinelli, “Int’l Women Artists,” Rome, Italy; Museum of the Americas, “Women In The Arts 2005,” Miami, FL;
Maitland Art Center, “Re-visioning,” Maitland, FL; Makor/Steinhardt Center, “Tikkun Olam: To Repair The World,”
NYC, Marcus JCC, Atlanta; Williamsburg Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY; Manhattan Borough President’s Office,
NYC; (2004) "Int’l Women Artists," Oslo City Hall, Norway; New York Mercantile Exchange, NYC; Gallery 402, NYC;
"The Water Show," BWAC, Brooklyn, NY; (2003) Times Sq. Lobby Gallery, NYC; Alliance Francaise, San Francisco,
CA; Whitney Museum, NYC, ISP Auction & Benefit; (2002) Artists' Space, NYC, "Night of 1,000 Drawings; Nathan
D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; Starr Gallery, Newton, MA; Weil Cornell Medical Library, NYC; (2001)
American Jewish Museum of Greater Pittsburgh, PA "Encountering the Second Commandment"; Hopper House Art
Center, Nyack, NY; La Galerie Internationale, Palo Alto, CA; Marin Technology Center, San Rafael, CA; Spears
Tower, San Francisco; Viridian Gallery, NYC; (2000) Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, NY; Korea Gallery, Korean
Cultural Center, NYC; Brewster Gallery, NYC; Richart Gallery, NYC; (1999) Salon D'Automne, Paris, France;
Alexandria Museum of Art, LA; San Diego Art Institute, CA; Galerie Internationale, Palo Alto, CA; Art Center of
Northern New Jersey, New Milford; (1998) Paint Creek Center For The Arts, Rochester, MI; Fort Mason Art Center,
San Francisco; Fort Smith Art Center, AR; (1997) Salon D'Automne, Paris, France; Art Space, New Haven, CT;
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; New Jersey Center For Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; Ridgewood Art
Institute, NJ; Everarts Gallery, Paris, France; Chautauqua Center For The Arts, NY; Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City,
TN; Hill County Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX; Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS; Grants Pass Art Museum,
OR; Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, Farmington, NM; Stephen F. Austin State U, Nacogdoches, TX; Art
Association of Harrisburg, PA; Lake City Arts Council, CO; Lever House Gallery, NYC; West Side Arts Coalition,
NYC; Broome Street Gallery, NYC; (1996) Highland Cultural Center, NY; San Bernardino County Museum, CA;
Bechtel Center, Stanford University, CA; Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD; Fine Arts Museum of Long Island
(FAMLI), NY; Florida Museum of Hispanic & Latin American Art, Women In The Arts 1996"; Art Addiction Gallery,
Stockholm, Sweden; Akus Gallery, ECSU, CT; Laredo Fine Arts Center, TX; Adler Gallery, Eugene, OR; An Art Place,
Chicago; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, NYC; (1994) Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, NY;
(1993) Medici Gallery, Philadelphia; (1990) Banco Hispano Americano, Barcelona "New Yorkers in Barcelona";(1989)
Nabisco Corporation, NJ; Frank Bustamente Gallery, NYC; (1988) Jain Gallery, NYC; (1986) Abacus Gallery, Denver;
(1986) Denver Art Center; (1985) Heatherfield Gallery, NYC; Enthios Gallery, Palm Springs; (1984) Enthios Gallery,
Santa Fe; Bromfield Gallery, Boston; (1983) Joy Moos Gallery, Miami; The Arsenal, NYC; (1982) Marymount
Manhattan College, NYC; (1982) Judy Caden Gallery, NYC; (1981) Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh; (1980) Int'l Festival of
Women Artists, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum, Copenhagen; (1978) Roko Gallery, NYC; (1977) Grand Illusions
Gallery, NYC; Union Carbide Corporation, NYC; (1975) Atlantic Gallery, NYC; (1973) Gallery 91, NYC; (1972) The
Whitney Museum, NYC
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: MARQUIS WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN. 21st Edition, 1999-
2000; Book Art Press, Ltd. NEW ART INTERNATIONAL. New York, 1997, pp. 126-127; Alliance of Women
Artists. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS. California, 1997, pp. 162-163; Manhattan Arts, Summer 1996,
"Artist Showcase, p. 27; Sean Simon, "Barbara Schaefer: Premier post-modern abstractionist," Artspeak, March 1, 1990;
Les Krantz. THE NEW YORK ART REVIEW. Chicago: American References, Inc., 1988, pp. 1090, 1120, 1121;
Marilu Knodes, "Barbara Schaefer:One-Woman Exhibit at Viridian Gallery", Manhattan Arts, Oct. 1983; Marilyn
Mizrahi Faham, "Diverging Statements in Art", Artspeak, Oct. 1983; "A Conversation With Barbara Schaefer,"
Sunstorm Magazine, Sept. 1983; Salemme, Lucia A. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
New York: The Free Press, 1982, pp. 198-200; Mark Aji and Edie Cavalier. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
ARTISTS. Group W Cable Television, Channel 5, Sept. 13, Oct. 25, 26, 1982. Jacqueline Perelson, "Art Work Sets
Tone", Gannett Westchester Newspapers, Feb. 11, 1982. "Artist Schaefer Discusses Work", Co-op City Times, Oct. 9,
1982. William Pellicone, "Exhibition Review", Artspeak, May 21, 1981. William Pellicone, "Exhibition Review",
Artspeak, May 8, 1980. Harold Olejarz, "Exhibition Review", Arts Magazine, January, 1980. "Exhibition Review",
Phoenix Newspaper, February 24, 1977. Eileen Blair, "Schaefer At Atlantic", Phoenix Newspaper, June 5, 1975.
COLLECTIONS: Numerous private and public collections including, The American Jewish Museum of Greater
Pittsburgh; Chase Manhattan Bank; Citibank; Ladies Home Journal