Resumé
BARBARA L. MORRISON
Education
B.A Magna cum laude, 1975, University of New Mexico
Teacher Certification, 1986, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
Personal
Married, with four children
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Website: www.morrisondesigns.com
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Gallery Affiliations
Gallery 709, 709 Ronan St., Missoula MT
River’s Mist Gallery Stevensville MT
Toucan Gallery, 2505 Montana Ave. Billings, MT
Exhibits and Shows
2022 - March- Group show Gallery 709 Missoula
2020 - December- Solo Show Gallery 709 Missoula
2018 - December- Solo Show Gallery 709 Missoula
April- Exhibition of Naif Art, Chagall House, Haifa, Israel
April- solo show, Berkshire Hathaway Gallery, Missoula MT
2017 - May- Van der Plas Gallery show, New York City
February- Mardi Gras show, Livingston, MT
2016 - December- solo show, Gallery 709
September- October Exposition d'Art naïf et singulier 2016 / Château de Waroux, Brussels, Belgium
June- Reg’Art Actuel Multidiscipline Exhibit, Belfroi de Bruges, Bruges, Belgium
June- Montana Professional Artist’s Show, Hamilton MT
2015 - February- Heart of Art group show Stevensville MT
June- Montana Professional Artist’s group show, Hamilton MT
Solo show at Gallery 709, in October 2015
2014 - October- Gallery 709, Images, Illustrations and Icons (Montana Art and Framing),
2013 - October- Solo Show River’s Mist Gallery, Stevensville, MT
2012 - November Solo show of sculpture and paintings Montana Art and Framing Gallery
2011 - October “Memento Mori” Solo show at Montana Art and Framing Gallery, Missoula
2010 - December Solo Show at Montana Art and Framing Gallery, Missoula
2010 - September -solo Show at Ryniker-Morrison Gallery Rocky Mountain College,
Billings, MT
2007 - May June- Group show at Toucan Gallery, Billings MT
2007 - April- May- Group show at Artisan’s Wares Gallery, Spokane WA
2005 - January- March Big Horn Magic- Billings MT
2005 - November- Flying Phoebes Doll Show, Houston, TX
2004 - April- October- Grizzly Prowl, University of Montana, Missoula MT
2004 - November -Flying Phoebes Doll Show, Houston, TX
2003 - November- Flying Phoebes Doll Show, Houston
2003 - April- Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
2002 - October- Flying Phoebes Doll Show, Houston TX
2002 - December- Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
2000 - April - Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
1998 - November- Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
1998 - August- Cafe des Poupees, New Orleans, LA
1998 - April- Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
1997 - July - Horizons, Houston, TX
1996 - April -Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
1995 - Aug- Parks Reece Gallery, Livingston, MT
1995 - Aug/Sept- Polymer Clay Guild Traveling Exhibit-Quinn Gallery, Surry, Maine
1995 - June- "Polymer Clay" Mind's Eye Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
March -"Fantoccini"-Cold Mountain Gallery, Billings, MT
1994 - June- Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
Sept/Nov- "Dollforms" Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI
1993 - Sept/Oct- "The Figure in Fiber", Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
Aug/Sept- "Wearable Art", Miller Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI
1992 - Nov- "Artist's Cards", Earth Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Oct- "New World of Clay", Blue Skies Gallery, Hampton, VA
Sept- "Flying Phoebes" Doll Show, Hayward, CA
March- Solo Show- Cold Mountain Gallery, Billings, MT
1991 - Nov- Group Show, Trappings, Missoula
Sept- "Dollmaker's Magic" Palo Alto, CA
1990 - Nov- Solo show of paintings, 1st Interstate Bank, Missoula, MT
1989 - April- Solo show of wearable art, Hazel Foley Gallery, Missoula, MT
1988 - May- Solo show of wearable art, Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
1986 - Dec- "Toys Designed by Artists" Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AS
1985 - Dec-"Toys Designed by Artists," Little Rock, AS
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Theater Costume Design, etc.
2009 - Masks for “Rigoletto” Missoula Lyric Opera Co.- August
1998 - February- Mask and Costumes for “A Perfect Ganesh” MSUB Drama Dept.
1994 - April- Costumes for "Colette," EMC Drama Dept.
1993 - May- Costumes for "All in Good Taste," EMC Drama Dept.
1992 - Jan/ Feb- Costumes for "The Apple Tree," benefit for Zoo Montana at Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
Published photos and articles
Books
“The Wind Wish” Children’s book
400 Polymer Clay Designs 2004
Irene Semanchuk Dean
Lark Books (Sterling Publishing Co.) New York NY
Polymer Clay 2002
Exploring New Techniques and New Materials
Georgia Sargeant and Celie Fago
Rockport Publishing, Gloucester, MA
Finishing the Figure 2001
Susanna Oroyan
C & T Publishing, Lafayette, CA 94549
Artists at Work- Polymer Clay Comes of Age 1996
Pierette Ashcraft and Lindly Haunani
Flower Valley Press, Rockville, MD
Periodicals
Piecework Magazine September 2022
Piecework Magazine, Spring 2018, “Cross-Knit Looping”
Distinctly Montana Magazine, Fall 2017, “Layers of Meaning” article about my art
TOSCA Magazine, ST Paul, MN, 2015, 2017
Art Doll Quarterly Fall 2008 “Dia de Los Muertes”
Contemporary Doll Collector Magazine, April/May 1995
“A Marvel from Montana”
Doll Life- April 1993
Contemporary Doll - October, 1993
- November. 1993
Poster Designs
2018 IBJ Myanmar - Rights Awareness Poster design
IBJ Myanmar - Legal Defense Manual design
2009 IBJ, Beijing, China - Rights Awareness Campaign Poster and Brochure
2008 International Bridges to Justice, Beijing, China - Juvenile Rights Poster
2004 Missoula YWCA - “A Taste of Missoula” Poster
2003 Missoula Public Library/ Head Start - Early Literacy Poster
2001 Greenough Park - Centennial Poster
Awards & Acknowledgments
2015 TOSCA Magazine named as Montana Artist of the Year
The Incredible Clay Book
Sherri Haab & Laura Torres
Klutz Press, Palo Alto, CA 1994
Employment & Teaching History
1975 - present
self-employed as a free-lance artist and designer
1977 - present
Teacher of various art and craft classes for
New Horizons, Adult Education, Miller Foundation,
Yellowstone Art Center, YWCA, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT,
St. Joseph School, Missoula
2002 - 2008 - Presenter of seminars for teachers for Alberta Bair Foundation, Billings, MT
2006 - 2013 - Rocky Mountain College Summer Art Academy, Billings, MT
2007 - Co teacher for “Transformations” project, Missoula Art Museum
2008 - Art teacher for Suzuki Institute, Missoula MT
2010 - 2018 Art classes at the Missoula Art Museum, Mansfield Center, UM Campus,
Missoula Continuing Education Program
2015 - present SPARK Artist, (Kennedy Center program in Missoula Public Schools)