Bio

Honors and Awards
  • 2015 Greater Columbus Arts Council 2016 Raymond J. Hanley Award
  • 2015 National Basketry Organization Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2013 Penland School of Crafts, Outstanding Artist Educator Award
  • 2003 Fellowship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  • 1999 Fellow, American Craft Council
  • 1999 Ohio Governor’s Award for the Arts, Individual Artist
  • 1998 Ohio Designer Craftsman Award for Outstanding Artist
  • 1998 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
  • 1997 Women’s Leadership Award Recipient, Columbus State Community College, Ohio
  • 1994 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
  • 1993 Lifetime Achievement, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
  • 1990 Acquisition Award, Hawaii’s State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
  • 1986 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grant

Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
  • 2018 Dorothy Gill Barnes - In Nature, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio
  • 2016 Dorothy Gill Barnes & Dona Look: Beyond the Trees, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia
  • 2011-12 Collection Focus: Dorothy Gill Barnes and David Ellsworth, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin 
  •  2003 Wood Work/Play: Basketry and Sculpture by Dorothy Gill Barnes, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [brochure]
  • 1999 From the Woods: Works by Dorothy Gill Barnes, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio [catalogue]

Selected Group Exhibitions
  • 2016 Green from the Get Go: International Contemporary Basketmakers, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
  • 2015 Beyond Materials: Artists Pushing the Boundaries of Basketry, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
  • ​2014-17 Wonder Room, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
  • 2014 Of Two Minds: Artists Who Do More Than One of a Kind, browngrotta arts, Wilton, Connecticut
  • 2013 Nature in Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania    
  • 2011 Specimens, Baldwin-Wallace College, Fawick Gallery (Marked By) 
  • 2010 Emma Collaboration 2010, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Emma Unplugged
  • 2010 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery
  • 2009 Makers Without Borders, Penland School of Crafts
  • 2009-10  MAC Arts Center of Worthington, Inaugural Exhibition, Generations, Marks in Time
  • 2008-09  Basketworks: The Cotsen Contemporary American Basket Collection, Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin
  • 2008-09  Bending Nature - Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
  • 2007-09  Craft in America: Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, Traveling exhibition
  • 2008 Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2008 Seven Visions: Wood as Fiber, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2007 Textiles Now, Hibbard McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge, Colorado
  • 2006 The Presence of Absence, Collections of Wood Art, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2005 The Textural Revolution: Works by Dorothy Gill Barnes and Nancy Crow, Johnston-Humbrickhouse Museum, Roscoe Village, Coshocton, Ohio
  • 2005 Engaging Nature, Contemporary Baskets, Cotson Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
  • 2000 From Lausanne to Bejing, International Tapestry Art Exhibition, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
  • 1998 Threads, Inventing America, Barbican Centre, London, England
  • 1998 Five Points of View, San Francisco Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, California
  • 1996 Dorothy Gill Barnes & John Garrett, New Works, Brown / Grotta Gallery, Wilton, Connecticut
  • 1993 Basketry: Redefining Volume and Meaning, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii [traveled thru 1995]
  • 1989 Craft Today, European Tour, United States Information Agency [traveled thru 1992]
  • 1987 Interlacing: The Elemental Fabric, American Craft Museum, NYC, New York
  • 1986 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, NYC, New York
  • 1986 Kyoto International Craft Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1980 Fifth International Miniature Textiles, London, England
  • 1978 Fourth International Miniature Textiles, London, England

Selected Collections
  • Christchurch Polytechnic, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Erie Museum of Art, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Little Rock Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Mint Museum, Charleston, North Carolina
  • Museum of Arts and Design [American Craft Museum], NYC, New York
  • Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
  • RAM Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
  • Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Schumacher Gallery, Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio
  • Numerous private collections

Selected Residencies and Teaching
  • 2004-2018 Visiting Artist, The Ohio State University, Department of Art, Glass
  • 2015 Instructor, Fibers Program Workshop, School of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton
  • 2013 Instructor, Master Weekend, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • 2009 Guest Artist, International, Focus on Bark, Vissinnggarrd, Denmark
  • 2008 Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
  • 2008 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
  • 2005 Elm Tree Project, RISD and Brown University, University Residency, Furniture Department, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 2002 Special Guest, International Willow Gathering, Vissinnggarrd, Denmark
  • 1997 Commemorative Residency, Oregon College of Art and Craft
  • 1997 Fellowship/Guest in Textiles, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 1997 Visiting Artist, Pacific Rim University, Fiji
  • 1989 Distinguished Visitor, QEII Arts Council of New Zealand
  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee [instructor, multiple times]
  • Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, Ohio [multiple workshops]
  • Denman Island, British Columbia [private workshop]
  • Emporia, Kansas, [residency, textiles and glass]
  • Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine [instructor, multiple times]
  • Miami University, Craftsummer [instructor, multiple times]
  • Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia [residency]
  • Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina [instructor, multiple times]
  • Peters Valley Craft Center, Peters Valley, New Jersey [instructor, multiple times]
  • Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Massachusetts [workshop]
  • Ohio University, Textile Department, Athens, Ohio [workshop]
  • Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth and Minneapolis, Minnesota [instructor, multiple times]
  • Telluride, Colorado [featured speaker, basketry conference]
  • University of Washington Art Department, Seattle, Washington [residency in textiles]

Volunteer
  • Partners in Conservation, Gorilla Project, Rwanda, Africa 2011
  • Habitat for Humanity, 6 years, including first “Women’s House” in Columbus, Ohio
  • Honduras, Craft Volunteer
  • Earth Day, Worthington Schools, Junior High Natural Arts, 3 years

Education
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, B.A., M.A.
  • Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Minneapolis School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Born in Strawberry Point, Iowa