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Biography
I am an artist known for my luminous paintings and prints of natural forces. I am fascinated by the most abstract qualities of landscape–storms, clouds, brushfires, and water ripples. A survey of my graphic works, Moments of Change, opened at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond, October 2009 and traveled to the University of Arizona Museum in Tucson, 2011.
Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: Trees are Poems that the Earth Writes upon the Sky, Kenise Barnes Fine Art; Summer Blooms, Chicago Art Source; Another Garden, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; and White Light at Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington, D.C. Galleries throughout the United States represent my work including: Addison-Ripley, Washington, D.C.; Chicago Art Source, Chicago, Illinois; Kenise Barnes, Larchmont, New York; and Allyn Gallup, Sarasota, FL. I am the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Award, the Warren Tanner Award and the U.S. Fulbright Specialist Program. In 2000, I was invited by Golden Artist Colors to lecture about my work for the Turner Colors Series to art schools and universities throughout Japan. My work is represented in over 500 collections worldwide including: The New York Public Library, New York; The Zimmerli Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; Palmer Museum, Pennsylvania; Museum of Art at the University of Arizona, Tucson; and the United States Embassy Collections, Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Jamaica, and Peru.
For the last twenty-five years, I have made a living from my studio practice and am a popular motivational speaker on the challenges of sustaining a successful career in the visual arts. I am the author of The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love, Da Capo Press, 2009.
Curriculum Vitae
E X H I B I T I O N S
Solo & Two Artist Shows (Selected)
2024 Happiest With Blossoms Above My Head and Flowers Around My Feet, Kenise Barnes Fine Art,
Kent, CT 2 person show with Margot Glass
2023 Shimmer, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2022 Summer Blooms, Gallery 1781, Chicago, IL
2020-21 White Light, Solo Show, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Trees are Poems that the Earth Writes Upon the Sky, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT. review
2019 One Fine Day, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York catalog
2018 Chasing the Sky, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL. 2 person show with Jennifer Falck Linssen
2017 Branched, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. 2 person show with Julia Bloom
2015 Mirage, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York (catalog)
2014 Another Garden, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
2013 Town & Country: Jackie Battenfield & Deborah Brown, Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2012 Field Notes, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2011 Moments of Change, Prints by Jackie Battenfield, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009 Moments of Change, Prints by Jackie Battenfield, Joel & Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Moments of Change catalog
2006 Shadow Play, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2004 Hothouse, DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
Tiptoe Motion, GwendaJayAddington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Day Burn, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Piedmont Arts Association, Piedmont, VA
2000 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1999 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Watermarks, Gallery CDS, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
1998 Water’s Edge, Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Roots & Wings, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Paintings & Works on Paper, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Gestures, Nelson/Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1997 Jackie Battenfield & Cecily Kahn: Recent Work, The Painting Center, NY
1996 Nelson Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1995. Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
1994 Fire & Water, Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Mizu, The Sounds of Water, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA
Geometry & Gesture: Battenfield & Martin, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Natural Forces, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
Permanent Art Commissions
2017 New York University, Langone Medical Center, Radiation Treatment Suite
MTA Arts & Design, Avenue P elevated subway station, “F” Line, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Shows
2021
- 40-4-40, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2019
- Cool & Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
- Summer Picnic, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
- Holiday Show, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
2018
- Crazy Beautiful III, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
- Flower Power, ODETTA|Garvey|Simon Fine Art, New York, NY
2017
- Art in Bloom, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2016
- Flower Power, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
- Night and Day the River Flows, Waterscapes from the Harnett Print Study Center Collection, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
- Luminous, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont. NY
2015
- Nature Transformed, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
- Natural Allusions, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
- Summer Show, DM Contemporary, New York, NY
2013
- You Just Never Know How It Looks Through Other People’s Eyes, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
- Plumbing the Depths, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
- The Summer Show, DM Contemporary, New York, NY
- Silhouette, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
2012
- Light & Life: Contemporary Landscape, 221 East 41 Exhibition Space, NYC Light&LifeBooklet
- ♥+ Art,
- DM Contemporary, NYC
- Mark Humphrey Gallery, Southampton, NY
2011
- Awakening, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2010
- Eastern Influence, Adelle Gandelman Fine Art, White Plains, NY
- Celebrating Prints, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
- Summer Exhibition, SHO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
- The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, International Print Center, NYC
- Uncommon Ground, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2007
- Michelle Mosko Gallery, Denver, CO
2006
- Summer Rotation II, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
- Lots of Landscapes, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
- Four Printmakers, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
- Invisible Threads, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2005
- Cool Art/Hot Summer, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
- The Color of Night: How Artists Work With Darkness, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
2003
- Recent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2001
- Power in my Hand: Works on Paper by Women Artists from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2000
- Significant Impressions, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
- Palimpsest, Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina State University, Asheville, NC
S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S
The American College of Greece, Athens, GR
Babson College, Boston, MA
Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York
Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Princeton, NJ
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Harvey Fierstein, Ridgefield, CT and New York, NY
Dr. Werner Ganz, Bern, Switzerland
Grant Thornton International, San Francisco & New York
Hong Kong Regent Hotel, Hong Kong
Jinling Tower, Nanjing, China
IBM, Armonk, NY
LVMH, San Francisco, CA
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
New York Public Library, NYC
New York University, Langone Center, NY
Osaka Hyatt Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Palace Hotel, Beijing, China
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Sasaki Collection, Tokyo, Japan
United States of America, Department of State, Embassy Collections
Lima, Peru: Sao Paolo, Brazil: Zaghreb, Croatia
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
Wave Hill, Riverdale, New York
G R A N T S / A W A R D S / H O N O R S
2011
- Fulbright Scholar Program
2009
- Arts and Architecture Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
2006-08
- Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
2006
- Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts
- New York Foundation for the Arts – Fiscal Sponsorship for An Artist’s Career Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love
1996
- Warren Tanner Memorial Art Fund Award in Painting
1991
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting
E D U C A T I ON
1978
- MFA, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, New York
1971
- BS, Pennsylvania State University, University Park