Barbara Westermann
Tree of Satellites, 28X22", pencil, 2003
Education
School of Visual Arts, Arts Education Program, New York, NY, 1995-93
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY, 1985
MA Sculpture, Fachhochschule Köln, Cologne, Germany, 1985-82
BA in Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Kassel, Germany, 1982-77
Curatorial
Workshop Leader, Joseph Beuys Symposium, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2005
Project Space director, LivingRoom, virtual art gallery. 2005-1999:
Summer 2006: Real Estate Show
Fall 2000: "Water," with Baker, Patsfall, Messner, Coffin, and Palmer, Winter, 1998
Winter 1999: with Kiki Smith, Beuys, Strong, and Baker
Spring 1998: with Paik, Tiravanija, Hayes, Oldenburg, Parnes, McElheny, Mosher, and Kahn.
Awards and Other Activities
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship, 1999
Sculpture Fellowship, Utica Sculpture Space, 1998
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY, 1990-89
Art Matters Foundation Grant, Inc., New York, 1988
Arts Organizing Fellowship, City of Offenburg, Germany, 1987-88
Editor, Kunstforum International, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany, 1984-2
Art Exhibitions
Artists Space, New York, NY, 2005
Wheeler Art Gallery, Providence, RI, 2005
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 2005
Clay Street Press Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2005
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI 2004
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, 2003
Newport Art Museum, 2005, 2003
Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY, 2000
Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1999
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1997
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY, 1995
Bischoff Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992
Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany, 1988
Orangerie, Kassel, Germany, 1986
Classes Taught
Design 101
3-D Design - Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner
2-D: Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner
WoodshopCeramics
Painting
Figure Drawing
Still Life
Contemporary Art
Social Sculpture/ Pubic Sculpture
Art Appreciation
Languages
Native German speaker, familiarity with French and Spanish