Carson Barnes
230 Pomona Rd., Griffin GA 30223
650 207 6762 nubrainiac@hotmail.com

Carson Barnes was born in California in 1956, raised in Maryland and found wild orchids in bloom in June of 1972 and was smitten. At about the same time he took up silkscreen printmaking. He holds the Bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Haverford College and the Master’s in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts. After 35+ years of printmaking an average of 5 hours per day all year (yes, over 60,000 hours’ experience) and sustaining injuries in both wrists, he’s taken to digital printing technology and so divides his time between fine art printmaking and growing, and hybridizing orchid plants. He has numerous awards in both endeavors, and moved to the Atlanta area in 2012 the better to pursue them.

The present images start as digital photographs, several in most prints, from the Nikon digital SLR, and after some weeks of processing are printed using archival inks on the Epson 9600 using Rives BFK acid free archival paper. The models are not of this time, they are mostly of the 19th century, some older, and a few more recent. They are of marble.

CURRICULUM VITAE

SUMMARY

Born 1956, Seaside California; began serigraphy in 1970; learned fundamentals of screenprinting in 1970, b/w photography 1974, and photosilkscreen processes in an industrial plant in east Los Angeles in 1975. B.A. 1978, Haverford College, Haverford PA, in printmaking (coursework at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges); MFA 1989, California College of Art, Oakland CA, printmaking.
Studied with Fritz Janschka, Charles Stegeman, Christopher Cairns, Dru Shipman, Nancy Goldring, Arthur Okamura, Betsy Davids, Dennis Leon, Jody Gillerman, Chris Johnson. More thoughtfully, Fritz Janschka was most influential in his mature ability to allow the unexpected to show in his and his students' work. Dennis Leon was insuperable in his ability to see, think about what he saw, and elucidate what he thought.
Awarded "Best in Show" in 1986 at the Triton Museum of Art's annual printmaking and drawing show, Santa Clara, CA. "First Place" in Eureka CA photographics exhibition, 1991. Additionally, only artist whose works were ordered removed by Steve Jobs from the NEXT corporate gallery, a distinction of sorts, in 1986.

EXHIBITIONS

Aug 1982 Focus Photographic Exhibition, SF CA
Jul 1984 New College of CA Gallery, SF CA
Jan 1985 L.A. Printmaking Society Annual
Oct 1985 Point Gallery, SF CA
Nov 1985 New College of CA Gallery, SF CA
Dec 1985 Comfort Gallery, Haverford PA
Feb 1986 Footworks Studio, SF CA
Mar 1986 Light Sensitive 7, University of Florida @ Gainesville
May 1986 Lillian Paley Ctr for Vis Arts, Oakland, CA
Jun 1986 Triton Museum Annual, Santa Clara CA
Jul 1986 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
Oct 1986 NEXT corporate gallery, Sunnyvale CA
Jun 1987 Crocker Museum Annual, Sacramento CA
Jun 1987 Marin Arts Guild, Larkspur CA
Aug 1987 E.G. Gallery, SF CA
Sep 1987 Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove CA
Feb 1988 The New Art Place, SF CA
May1989 Old Oakland Gallery, Oakland CA
Oct 1989 Gallery 601, SF CA
Jan 1990 Ambiance, Eureka CA
May 1990 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA
Jun 1990 Ambiance, Eureka CA, one person show
Sep 1990 Warner Roberts Gallery, Palo Alto CA, one person show
Apr 1991 Eureka Photo Annual Exhibition
May 1994 Comfort Gallery, Haverford PA
Nov 1995 Pro Arts, Oakland CA
May 1996 Pacific Printmaking Exhibition, University of Hawaii @ Hilo
Mar 1998 The Photography Gallery, Indianapolis IN, one person show
Feb. 2013 Safehouse, Griffin, GA (ongoing)

Works are in the private collections of individuals in at least eight US states and Prague, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION
Clarion East Writers’ Workshop, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1974
Haverford College, Haverford PA; BA 1978, fine arts
California College of the Arts, MFA 1989, printmaking

Choy Li Fut and Chigong with Sifu Doc-Fai Wong, San Francisco 1986-88
San Francisco Ballet School, 1984-88
Dancers’ Stage Ballet Co., San Francisco 1988-89

ACTIVITIES

Orchid judge, American Orchid Society
Travels in Indonesia, Mexico and Guatemala, visiting ancient monuments and meeting strangers in small towns as well as hiking and viewing native plant communities
Reading, rock climbing, yoga, bicycling and solo trips in desert wilderness