Barbara Groh is a visual artist who has immersed herself in the creative process for over four decades creating highly personal abstract works of art. Many travels between continents inform her visual language as her sense of place, space and time are influenced by home and landscape. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums and has appeared in numerous publications and collections. Groh, who holds an MFA from Vermont College of Norwich University, has shared her talents and life experiences through teaching on numerous art faculties, primarily Drawing and Painting. She has moved her primary residence and studio from the countryside in Sweden to her studio in Brooklyn, NY. Most recently, she is represented by Gallery Sitka.
My visual inspiration began early with Abstract Expressionism. As I am primarily an abstract artist, I aspire to have my work affect others as I have been by provoking thought, emotional experiences, moods, and aesthetic pleasure.
Landscape is a primal presence for me. I explore by walking in diverse environments and return to the studio to transform my experiences into physical being. These inspirations can happen just outside my studio door or in distant lands with unfamiliar landscapes and cultures.
My paintings in oil, acrylic, or cold wax may reflect a quiet practice of noticing inner space, peace, and presence, while others may reflect a desire and will to express freedom and unencumbered thought. Both encompass the moment and the past – a synthesis of physicality, perception, meditation, and inner movement.
My earth and clay works are literally grounding. The act of digging, grinding, kneading and sanding is an intuitive transmission that comprises the language of abstract art – the state of self-discovery while creating primary expression.
My drawings serve as calligraphic meditations. Creating and shaping line is an intuitive process and intimate expression of centering myself in the moment.
I see my process of creating visual statements as a transitional passage – to hold the mystery and life force I seek in my work – mirroring my own transformative process and dedication to the power of art in our daily lives.
WORK AND EDUCATION
2023
2022
2019, 2022
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
One Moment In Time, Gallery Sitka, Newport, RI
2013
Cosmic Ebb and Flow, The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2009
Ritual Circle, Ripagården, Båstad, Sweden
2002
Images and Inscriptions, Wylie Art Center, Woody Creek, CO
2000
Vermont College of Norwich University, M.F.A. Graduate Exhibition, Montpelier, VT
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
1996
Collective, Foundry Arts, Studio 211, Denver, CO
1995
Recent Paintings, Broadway Studio, Denver, CO
1989
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1986
Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1984
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1983
Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
Ocean's Rising, Gallery Sitka East, Shirley, MA
2024
Summer Lights, Gallery Sitka South, Newport, RI
2023
The Fragile Beautiful Earth, Gallery Sitka, Newport, RI
2022
Seeing Music, NY Artists Circle, Virtual Show
2022 ARTMIX, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Earth Day 2022, Gallery Sitka, Newport, RI
2021
Metamorphosis, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Gallery Sitka @ Greenfield Gallery, Greenfield, MA
Our Connection To Nature, Gallery Sitka, Shirley, MA
(re)Building, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, NY
Drawn to Paper, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, NY
Open Theme, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Cape Cod, MA
2020
USPS Art Project, InLiquid, Pennsylvania, PA
USPS Art Project, Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
USPS Art Project, Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX
2018
High Line Open Studios, Chelsea, NYC, NY
2017
Moore College of Art Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Moore College of Art Alumni Exhibition, Curators Kelsie Halliday, Sylvie Patry, Philadelphia, PA
High Line Open Studios, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Postcards From The Edge, Visual Aids, NYC, NY
2015
High Line Open Studios, Chelsea, NYC, NY
2014
High Line Open Studios, Chelsea 2014, NYC, NY
Mo’Prints, The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
Blurred Lines, The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2013
New Beginnings, The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2012
HEDBERG, GROH, KÅBERG, Hallavara, Sweden
Threads, The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2011
Brooklyn / Hallavara, Groh Studio, Båstad, Sweden
2009
Side By Side, Ripagården, Ripagården, Båstad, Sweden
2008
Painting in the Garden, Alliance Francaise de Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2004
Solsidan Hotel and Conference Center, Torekov, Sweden
2002
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2000
Dragons / The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver, Denver,CO
39th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, COStructure and Past Present, Carson Mazuoka Gallery, Denver, CO
Gridlock, Mizel Arts Center / Singer gallery, Denver, CO
Collecting, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1999
Contemporary Colorado, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
1996
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1995
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Fine Arts Faculty, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Alumni Exhibition, Denver, CO
1994
Art Students League, Denver, CO
1993
Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY
1992
Sangre De Christo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Faculty Drawing Exhibit, Denver, CO
1991
Diverse Works, One West Contemporary Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1999
Broadway Gallery, Denver, CO
1989
Colorado Chamber of Commerce, selected painting exhibition, Denver, CO
1984
Brush It On, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1986
Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
1984
Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
1983
Houseguests, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1982
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1981
Immediate Concerns, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
Three Artists at the Putney, Putney Gallery, Aspen, CO
1980
Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
3rd Annual Roaring Fork Arts Exhibit, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
1979
American Portraits of the Sixties and Seventies, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen, CO
1976
Laguna Gloria Arts Museum, 65th Texas International Art Exhibition, Austin, TX
COLLECTIONS (selected)
The Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY
The Society Center, Cleveland, OH
Snowmass Club, Snowmass, CO
Signature Club, Dallas, TX
Bill Walters Company
Bates Container Corporation
Public Service Company
Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Coopers & Lybrand
Amaco Production Company
Jones Intercable
Karen Kielpikowski
Colorado Bank Shares
Bellco
Cook Energy
Piton Oil Corporation
Embassy Suites Hotels
The Regent Corporation
PUBLICATIONS
Vasari 21
New Observations
Nordvästra Skånes TidningarThe Denver Post
The Rocky Mountain News
New American Painting
Westword Magazine
The Aspen Times
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles Magazine
Artspace Magazine
ARTIST TALKS
2023
Observations: Of Landscape, Of Body, NYC Group Crit, Box Factory Gallery, Queens, NY
2021
Three Women Artists on Color, ATOA's 63rd Open Studio, Virtual