2004-present
ROBBIE BARBER
Professor of Art
Sculpture, 3D Design, Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Baylor University
Department of Art and Art History
One Bear Place #97263
Waco, Texas 76798-7263
EDUCATION
1988-91 Master of Fine Arts: Sculpture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1982-87 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1986 University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Summer Classes, Cortona, Italy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000- Baylor University, Waco, Texas: Full Professor (2020-present), Associate Professor (2000-2020), tenured, fall 2004: Sculpture, 3-D Design, Jewelry and Metalsmithing
1994-00 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas: Assistant Professor of Art (tenure approved, spring 2000): Sculpture, Metalsmithing, Design II, Art Appreciation, Senior Exhibition
1993-94 East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina: Visiting Lecturer: Sculpture, Design I, Design II, Beginning Drawing
SELECTED COMPETITIVE EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Sculpture in the Park”, Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago, sponsored by Chicago Sculptur International, Chicago, Illinois, juried by committee
“2021 Old Town Keller Sculpture Exhibition”, Keller, Texas, juried by committee
“The State of Sculpture”, Texas Sculpture Group exhibition at the San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas, juried by Johannah Hutchinson, Director of the International Sculpture Center
2019
“2019-2020 Out of the Box: A Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Juried by Patrick Dougherty
“47th Annual International Exhibition”, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas, Juried by Joe Harjo and Mauricio Saenz
“2019 Handcrafted”, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Juried by Wendy Earle
2018
“2018 Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition”, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juried by Ricardo Ruiz, **Honorable Mention Award
“7TH “Annual Palestine Main Street Art Tracks Sculpture Show”, Palestine, Texas, Juried by committee, **1st Place Award
“2018-19 Boerne Art Al Fresco Public Art Competition”, Boerne, Texas, juried by committee
2017
“American Dream: 2017 National Juried Exhibition”, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juried by committee
“45TH International Art Show”, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownville, Texas, **1st Place Award in 3D/Sculpture, Juried by Cesar Martinez, Angel Cabrales, and Annie Moye
“2017-19 Yokna Sculpture Trail”, Pat Lamar Park, Oxford, Mississippi, sponsored by the city of Oxford, the University of Mississippi, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Juried by committee
2016
“Texas National 2016”, Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juried by Abelardo Morell “Art on Parade”, Taste of Salado Celebration, Salado, Texas, Juried by Troy Kelly and Johnny Shipman, **2nd Place Award
2015
“Fired: Iron”, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO, three works accepted, Juried by committee
“Biennial 600: Sculpture”, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX, juried by Leigh A. Arnold, Assistant Curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center
“58TH National juried Art Show”, Mary V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
“Dogwood Arts’ Art in Public Places Outdoor Exhibition”, Knoxville, TN, Juried by Ken Thompson, **Best-In-Show Award and People’s Choice Award
2014
“Texas Sculpture Group 2014: A Panoramic View”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas, Juried by James Surls
“Craft Texas 14”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas. Juried by Carol Sauvion, Piero Fenci, and Clint Willour
“Sculpture for All Competition and Exhibition”, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, **Third Place Award, Juried by John M. Daniel
2013
“Out of the Box: A Juried Art Exhibition”, Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Juried by Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett, **3rd Place Award
“45TH Annual Visual Arts Exhibition”, sponsored by the Visual Arts Society of Texas, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Juried by James Pace, **3rd Place Award
“Materials: Hard and Soft”, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, Juried by Jean McLaughlin, executive director of the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina
2012
“1st Annual Salmon Sculpture Competition”, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas, Juried by Jed Morse, Chief Curator for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, **Third Place Award
“2012 Cary Visual Art Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Cary Arts Center, Cary, North Carolina, Juried by Jeffery York, Public & Cultural Arts Administrator, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“46TH Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show”, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juried by Richard Ash, Professor of Art, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
2011
“Seven States Biennial Exhibition”, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma, **2nd Place Award, **Purchase Award, Traveled to the Goddard Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma, juried by Jesus Moroles
“Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
“Sculpture on Main”, Marble Falls Community Art Program, Marble Falls, Texas, **Best-In-Show Award
2010
“25th Tallahassee International”, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Juried by Carrie Ann Baade, Meg Mitchell, and Owen Mundy
“LaGrange National XXVI Exhibition”, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia, Juried by Dr. Richard Gruber, retired Director of the Ogden Museum
2009
“52ND Annual Juried Multi-Media Art Exhibition”, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, **Best-In-Show Purchase Award. Juried by Anne Lemanski
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Split Decision”, Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Juanita Harvey School of Visual Arts, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
2016
“Playful Visions”, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2014
“Critical Mass”, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas New Mexico
“Home Grown”, Temple College Art Department, Temple, Texas
2012
“Re:Assembled”, Weil Art Gallery, Dept. of Art, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
2011
“Southern Vernacular”, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007
“Robbie Barber: Sculpture”, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
2006
“Robbie Barber: Rural Dialogs”, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
2005
“Reflections”, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
2004
“Homemade”, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
“On the Bayou”, Texas Sculpture Group (TSG) exhibition, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Tanja Peterson
2019
“Art on Longpoint”, outdoor exhibition, Houston, TX, curated by Gus Kopriva
“Terra Splendora”, a curated TSG membership exhibition, Splendora Gardens, Splendora, Texas, curated by James Surls
“Gestalt: A New Entity” , a curated exhibition of TSG members, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, curated by Susan Oliver Heard
“From a Distance and Back”, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas, curated by Gus Kopriva
2017
“From a Distance: Contemporary Texas Sculpture”, Monchskirche, Salzwedel, Germany, curated by Gus Kopriva
“RAIR 50TH Anniversary Exhibition”, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, New Mexico
“2017 Summer Snow Instructor’s Exhibition”, Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
“Curated Professional Exhibition of Cast Iron Art”, Visitor’s Center Gallery at SLOSS Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
“Iron Tribe International Cast Iron Exhibition 2017”, Burris Hall Art Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2016
“Cross Current International Exchange Show U.S.-Japan”, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
“Beyond Structure: Representations of the American Barn”, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, Utah, Curated by Jason Lanegan, traveled to the Harris Fine Arts Center at Brigham Young University
“Visiting Artist Exhibition”, Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Hilmsen, Germany
“Trail of Art”, Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Houston, Texas, Curated by Gus Kopriva and Chris Silkwood
2015
“TAIC-Post Japan Exhibition”, Virginia Shore Art Gallery, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
“Rosen Sculpture Invitational” (commemorating the 29th year of the Rosen Competition, seven artists were invited), Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
“3RD Crosscurrent International Exchange Show US-Japan 2015”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2014
“Kindred Spirit”, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas, curated by Mary Forbes
“By Car, By Plane, By Boat, By Train…”, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, Utah, Curated by Adam Larsen
2013
“Texas Sculpture Inside and Out”, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas
“Summoned”, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas
2012
“Shark”, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Curated by Richard Ellis
“Sculptour“, 32nd Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene Cultural Affairs Council, Abilene, Texas
“Texas Atomic Iron Commission: Recent Work”, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. Curated by David Lobdell
2011
“Telling Stories”, two-person exhibition, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
“Exposed: Recent Sculpture by the Texas Atomic Iron Commission”, East/West Galleries, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
2010
“An Element of Surprise: Artists Working with Tin”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, Indiana
“A Time and Place”, Cabarrus Arts Council, Historic Cabarrus Courthouse, Concord, North Carolina
“Art on the Green: Outdoor Sculpture Invitational” Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas
”Oso Bay Biennial XVI”, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
2009
“Great Texas Sculpture Roundup”, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, traveled to the Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
2008
“Texas Atomic Iron Exhibition”, University of Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas
“Constructing Nostalgia”, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, Utah
2007
“40th Anniversary RAIR Exhibition”, Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
“2nd Annual Texas Uprising Exhibition”, St. Paul’s Square, San Antonio, Texas
“Outdoor Sculpture”, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
2006
“9TH International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, *Catalog, *Travels for two years to sixteen venues
“NASCAR Inspired”, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina
“The Sculpture Salmagundi X Indoor Exhibition”, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
2005
“Tri-State Sculptors Suitcase Exhibition”, Traveling exhibition: Art Station, Auckland, New Zealand
“Another Keen Idea”, Negative Space Gallery, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
“Mass: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
2004
“Fort Smith Outdoor Invitational, 2004-06”, Fort Smith, Arkansas
SELECTED LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS
2020
Visiting Artist, three days, Department of Art and Design at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, presented two resin-bonded sand casting demonstrations, one paint patina demonstration, and one power-point lecture to students and faculty.
2019
Visiting Artist, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, two-day workshop titled “Immediate Gratification: Sand Mold Carving”, presented to sculpture and jewelry students, included a bronze pour, power-point lecture and a gallery talk during the opening of the exhibition “Split Decision”
2019
Presented a two-day workshop titled “Immediate Gratification: Sand Mold Carving”, for both sculpture and jewelry classes, including a bronze pour, and presented a power-point lecture and a gallery talk during the opening of the exhibition “SPLIT DECISION”
As one of four presenters, we conducted a scratch mold workshop and iron pour at the Rockport Art Center, titled “Rockport Arts on Fire Iron Pour, Sept. 14”
2018
Presented a two-day workshop titled “The Potential of Carving into Resin-Bonded Sand Molds”, and presented a power-point lecture at the Art Department at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
Co-Coordinated an iron pour for the 2018 Dia De Los Muertos Celebration held in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas
2017
Presented a week-long workshop titled “Metal Casting with Resin-Bonded Sand Molds”, at Snow College, Ephraim, Utah, and included a lecture and power-point presentation
Presented a demonstration titled “Sand Mold Carving: An Often Over Looked Approach to Patternmaking”, with Greg Reuter, Sculpture Professor from Texas A&M Corpus Christi, at the 2017 NCCCIAP (National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices), at SLOSS Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama
2016
Presented a power-point lecture to the community at the Atilierhaus Hilmsen, Hilmsen, Germany
As one of three members of Texas Atomic Iron Commission comprised of Texas Educators, I was helped present an iron pour and a mold carving workshop for studies abroad students
and the local community at the Atilierhaus Helmsen, in Hilmsen, Germany
Presented a power-point lecture to the art department at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah
2015
Presented a workshop titled “Paint Patinas: Creating Interesting Surfaces on Sculpture with Color”,
and gave a power point presentation to the art department at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, an arts magnet high school in Grand Prairie, Texas. As a member
of the Texas Atomic Iron Commission comprised of Texas educators, over a three-day period we presented a sand mold carving workshop, power point presentations, and iron pour
Presented a gallery talk at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Tokyo, Japan, in relation to “3RD
Crosscurrent International Exchange Show US-Japan 2015”
2014
3 Earl Ranch Desert Pour, Sanderson, Texas, invited to cast iron
2013
Presented a workshop titled “Paint Patinas: Creating Interesting Surfaces on Sculpture with Color”,
in the Art Department at Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas. Also, as a member of the
Texas Atomic Iron Commission, I was invited to cast iron
2012
Co-presented a workshop titled “Immediate Gratification: Sand Carving” with Greg Reuter
(Professor of Sculpture at A&M Corpus Christi), in the Art Department at Texas Women’s
University, Denton, Texas. Also, as members of the Texas Atomic Iron Commission, we were
invited to cast iron
2011
“Paul Hanna Lecturer: Southern Vernacular”, A competitive lecture presented at the TASA Conference at Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
Gallery Talk in relation to “Telling Stories”, two-person exhibition, Haggerty Gallery, University of
Dallas, Irving, TX
JUROR
2021
Juror for the “17th Annual Sculpture Garden Exhibit”, presented by the Wichita Falls Arts Council at
the Kemp Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas
2020
Juror for the “55th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show”, at Del Mar College in
Corpus Christi, Texas
2019
Juried the “Sculpture for All Competition and Exhibition”, an outdoor exhibition at Stephen F. Austin University in Nachodoches, TX
2014
Juried the “University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Art Student Competition” in Belton, Texas
2012
Juried the “33rd Annual Central Texas Art Competition and Exhibition”, hosted by the Temple College Visual Arts Department, comprised of two divisions: high school and college
2007
Juried the “Salmagundi X”, an outdoor sculpture exhibition at the Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
One of three jurors invited to select the 2007-08 recipients of the “Border Arts Residence Awards”, El Paso, Texas
COMMISSIONS
2018-19
“Geri”, is one of a series of permanent animal themed sculptures placed along the Brazos river in Waco, Texas; known as the “Sculpture Zoo” Riverside Sculpture Project. It is a linear 19’ tall
abstraction of a giraffe, and is constructed from stainless steel pipe.
2004-10
Designed the “Horton Foote American Playwright Award”, for the Baylor Theater Department, made from cast bronze, given annually at the playwright festival
SELECTED GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS/ SABBATICALS
2020
Allbritton Grant For Faculty Scholarship, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in relation to an invitational outdoor exhibition at the University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
2017
“Faculty Research Leave”, One Semester Sabbatical for Fall 2017, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Allbritton Grant for Faculty Scholarship, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in relation to a Visiting Artist Invitation at the Atelierhaus Hilmsen, and Curated Exhibition in Salzwedel, Germany
2015
Allbritton Grant for Faculty Scholarship, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in relation to an international invitational group exhibition: “3RD Crosscurrent International Exchange Show US Japan 2015”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012
“Summer Sabbatical”, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
SELECTED HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
2017
Invited to bring my cupolette titled “Apollo II” as a guest furnace to the 2017 NCCCIAP (National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices), at SLOSS Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.
Artist-In-Residence, Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Hilmsen, Germany, 3 weeks
2016
Artist-In-Residence, Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Hilmsen, Germany, 3 weeks
Invited to participate in the Keen Foundry Invitational Symposium 2016, Houston, Texas, 13 artists were invited, nationally, and were allowed to bring student assistants
2012-15
Scoutmaster for Troop 453, Waco, Texas
2011
“Paul Hanna Lecturer: Southern Vernacular”, A competitive lecture presented at the TASA Conference at Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
2010
One of two assistants chosen to help international artist Patrick Dougherty install his outdoor
sculpture “River Vessels” in Cameron Park, Waco, Texas
2007
Invited to participate in the 5th Keen Foundry Invitational Iron Casting Symposium, Houston, Texas
For one week, only 10 artists were invited, nationally
Co-Created and Coordinated the “2007-09 Waco National”, a two-year invitational outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring four sculptures placed around the Waco Convention Center Waco, Texas, curated by committee
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2014
My work was featured in the online “TOP FIVE” art exhibitions in Texas by Glasstire for the week of July 7, 2014. This was for the curated invitational exhibition “Kindred Spirits”, at the Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas. It was curated by Mary Forbes.
2013
Featured in a blog at Smithsonian’s website, Smithsonian.com. The blog was by Megan Gambino,
and was called Collage of Arts and Sciences, about the intersection of art and science. The blog
featured my work from “The Reef”, a mixed media installation. It coincided with the Discovery
Channel’s “Shark Week”.
2012
Sculpture Magazine, for the October 2012, Volume 31, Number 8 issue, a photograph of my sculpture “Stroll in the Park” was included in a full-page advertisement featuring 4 images by different artists for the “32nd Sculptour” outdoor sculpture exhibition in Abilene, Texas. This exhibition was sponsored by the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council.
2003
Sculpture Magazine, photograph of “Southern Cross”, featured in relation to “ISC@GFS”, a competitive exhibition, one of six images chosen for print from a pool of fifty-six, July/August
ArtLies, A Texas Art Journal, #38, Spring 2003, Featuring photographs of “Settlin’ In” and “Wheel
of Fortune” and a review by Retha Oliver of a solo exhibition at the Center for Spirituality and
the Arts, San Antonio
COLLECTIONS
Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Anderson Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Northern Telecom
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Department of Art, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
Joe A. Diaz
Waco Chamber of Commerce, Waco, Texas
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma
Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
MEMBERSHIPS
2007-2016
Texas Atomic Iron Commission, founding member
2014-present
Texas Sculpture Group
1984-present
International Sculpture Center