Audrey Barcio
(she/her/hers)
Audrey Barcio’s paintings merge feminist symbology with the esoteric science of sacred geometry. The linear structures apparent in the artist’s compositions hint at the notions of time, vision, and ancestry that inform the morphology of the work.
Barcio is a 2021 Joan Mitchell Fellowship nominee and 2019 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant recipient. She earned her MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her BAE from Herron School of Art and Design and has completed residencies at the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Vermont Studio Center, and Rodgers Foundation. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, New Art Examiner, Occhi Magazine, PATTERN, NUVO, and Las Vegas Weekly. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Syracuse University, Tube Factory, Las Vegas Government Center, Echo Arts Bozeman, and New Harmony Contemporary. Her work is included in the collection of the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the Rogers Foundation. Barcio splits her time between Chicago, IL and Muncie, IN, where she is an Assistant Professor at Ball State University.
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Select Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Sight \ Line, The Studio at Sahara West, Las Vegas, NV
2022 Peaks x Valleys, Rogers Foundation, Las Vegas, NV
2021 (no subject) non-Attachment, Echo Arts, Bozeman, MT
Sapientia Gloria Corona Est, curated by Shauta Marsh, New Harmony Contemporary, IN
Two-person exhibition with Rachel Leah Cohn
2018 Under Influence, Tube Factory, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Marking Time, Random Access, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Space Between, Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Continual Eventual, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
2015 There is More but No More of This, Grant Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 Indiana Beach, Satellite Art, Miami, FL
2021 Streetlight, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL
Urban Legends, Columbia College Library, Chicago, IL
2019 Human Contact, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art – West Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2018 Plural, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
Art in Context, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art – West Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2017 Greyscale, Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Masking, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art – Braunstein Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Last Ditch, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
Art in America: On Tour, Harper Gallery, Clinton, SC
Las Vegas CAC Annual Juried Show, Juror: Mary Leigh Cherry of Cherry Martin
Settlers + Nomads: 269 Miles, Blam Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Art in America, curated by Julie Torres for Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Satellite Art, Miami, FL
Out of Vegas, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
UNLV MFA, Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Project Space, Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
2014 Greater Los Angeles MFA (GLAMFA), UC Long Beach, CA
Education
2016 MFA, Painting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2007 BAE, Painting/Art Education, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Grants Fellowships & Residencies
2022 Rogers Foundation Residency, Las Vegas, NV
2021 Joan Mitchell Fellowship nominee
2019 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2017 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship & Residency
2016 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Graduate Research Grant
2007 Indianapolis Cultural Development Public Art Grant
2007 Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Brittany, France
Public Collections
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
Rogers Foundation, Las Vegas, NV
Press & Publications
2022 Self-Expression Through Abstraction, New Art Examiner, Alexander Stanfield
Ball State Art Professor Reflects on Career, Ball State Daily, Maya Wilkins
2021 Ball State Professors at New Harmony Contemporary, Ball State Daily, Maya Wilkins
2020 Apocalypse Mixtape, WQRT FM
In Conversation with Visual Artist Audrey Barcio, Occhi Magazine
2019 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards, Artforum
2018 Audrey Barcio on Curious Mix, WFYI Public Radio
Audrey Barcio Stares into Nothingness to Create Form, NUVO Magazine, Jennifer Delgadillo
Audrey Barcio at Tube Factory, Pattern Magazine, Emily Taylor
2016 Best of 2016: Fine Art, Las Vegas Weekly, Dawn-Michelle Baude
Dimension and Illumination, Las Vegas Weekly, Dawn-Michelle Baude
2015 New American Paintings, Issue 120
Artist in Spotlight, 15 to Watch in 2015, Las Vegas Weekly, Danielle Kelly
Lectures and Visiting Artist Invitations
2022 Peaks x Valleys, Rogers Foundation, Las Vegas, NV
2019 Artists at Work: Audrey Barcio, Lake Forest College, IL
2016 Artist Lecture, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
Academic Appointments
2019–Present Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2018–2019 Assistant Teaching Professor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2013–2016 Instructor, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture/Foundations, UNLV, NV
2007–2008 Instructor, Painting/Drawing, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN