About Barbara Hocker
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Born:
Norwalk, CT |
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EDUCATION |
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Studied: Cranbrook Academy of Art |
1988 | Bloomfield Hills, MI | |
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BFA: Syracuse University |
1981 |
Syracuse, NY | |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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Elegy |
2005 |
John Bryan Gallery, Farmington, CT | |
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Continuum |
2002 |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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Tree : Line : Pattern |
2001 |
John Bryan Gallery, Farmington, CT | |
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My Lost Dreams |
2000 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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The Bloom upon my Misery |
1999 |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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There’s Only Trouble and Desire |
1998 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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There’s Only Trouble & Desire |
1997 |
Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women,Htfd, CT | |
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Embodied Verse |
1995 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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New Sculpture |
1994 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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Textural Semantics |
1989 |
Partition 942 Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
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Pattern and Grain |
2003 |
Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA | |
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Echoes of Nature |
2003 |
The Promenade Gallery, The Bushnell, Hartford, CT | |
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Connecting Opposites |
2000 |
Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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Material Metaphors |
1996 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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Carrigan, Hocker, Tytla |
1992 |
Charter Oak Cultural Center Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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Ambiguous Structures |
1990 |
Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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Art From Connecticut Forests |
2004-2005 |
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Media EDGE |
2002 |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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Winter Juried Photography Show |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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26th Annual Member’s Exhibition |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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25th Annual Member’s Exhibition |
2001 |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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Works on Paper |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT (Juror’s Award) | ||
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Continuum |
2000 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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Trick or Treat |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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Newprints at Newport |
1999 |
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI | |
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Nine.9.99 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | ||
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“Untitled” |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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CT Women Artists 70th Annual |
Saltbox Gallery, W. Hartford, CT (Juror’s Award) | ||
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Out and About Exhibition |
Friends Gallery, S. Windsor Public Library, S. Windsor, CT | ||
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22nd Annual Member’s Exhibition |
1998 |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | |
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September Show |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | ||
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December Show |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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Kingston at NESAD/SU |
N.E. School of Art & Design at Suffolk University, Boston | ||
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Eleven at Fifteen |
1997 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston MA | |
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21st Annual Member’s Exhibition |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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Art vs. Craft: Defining the Fine Line |
Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor, CT | ||
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Connecticut Women Artist’s |
Hartford Art School Gallery, Hrtfd, CT | ||
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67th Annual Juried Show |
(Best Featured Artist Award) | ||
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New Members Exhibition |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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Artists Invite Artists |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | ||
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Eleven |
1996 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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December Show |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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Floor to Ceiling |
1995 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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December Show |
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT (juror’s award) | ||
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Surrealist Affinities |
1994 |
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT (catalogue) | |
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Anything-But-Paper Prayers |
1993 |
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA | |
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Random |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | ||
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Northeast Open |
Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA | ||
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The Connecticut Vision |
1992 |
The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury,CT | |
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VWA/WCA at ZONE Art Center |
ZONE Art Center, Springfield, MA | ||
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The Lost Landscape |
1991 |
The Newport Art Museum, Newport,RI | |
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Flying Buddhas |
MUSE Gallery, Hartford, CT | ||
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An Education of the Heart |
Boston Visual Artist’s Union,Boston, MA | ||
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Greater Midwest Intn. Exhibition III |
1988 |
Art Center Gallery,CMSU, Warrensburg, MO | |
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Sculpture 1987 |
1987 |
Johnson Atelier Extension Gallery, Warrensville, NJ | |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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featured guest on “Artists & Authors” |
2005 |
TV-14 originally broadcast week of 4/4/05 | |
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Lisa Brisson, “From one giant oak, many visions are born” |
2004 |
Connecticut Life, July 2004 | |
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Mark Valentine, “Kingston’s artists dressed to the nines” |
1999 |
South End News, September 9, 1999 | |
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Steven Starger, “Barbara Hocker” |
Art New England, Apr/May 1999 | ||
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Steven Starger, “Exhibit result of artist’s shattered peace” |
Journal Inquirer, January 8, 1999 | ||
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Matt Damsker, “A Meditative Response to road-building disruption” |
The Hartford Courant, January 15, 99 | ||
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Patricia Rosoff, “Grit and Grace” |
1997 |
The Hartford Advocate, June 12, 1997 | |
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Miles Unger, “Barbara Hocker: Embodied Verse” |
1995 |
Art New England, Oct/Nov 1995 | |
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Michael Rush, “Surrealist Affinities” |
Art New England, April/May 1995 | ||
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Raymond Smith,“Surrealist Affinities” |
1994 |
Catalogue, The John Slade Ely House | |
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Sal Scalora, “Car Parts, Body Parts” |
1992 |
The Hartford Advocate, February 27, 1992 | |
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
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Treasurer, Board of Directors |
1999-2002 |
Artworks Gallery | |
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Treasurer |
1994-2000 |
Kingston Gallery | |
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